
Column: SEC needs to be flagged for soft schedule
Christian Robinson is a competitor. Naturally, the Georgia linebacker would like to see how the Bulldogs stack up against the best teams from around ...
USC hoping to extend dominance over Irish
The Jeweled Shillelagh has been spending an awful lot of time in Hollywood over the past decade. Southern California has won nine of its last 10 ...

Buckeyes close to perfection; Michigan in way
All that separates Ohio State from a season for the ages is a contest so big that everyone simply calls it "The Game." Just five teams in the ...

'Sir Jack' the toast of basketball after 138 pts
How did Grinnell's Jack Taylor wind up with 138 points in a game? Well, he did miss 56 shots, more than he made. And he didn't play for four minutes.
Sumlin's switch from defense to offense pays off
Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin has led one a top-five offense in four of the five seasons since becoming a head coach. If not for a push from Mike Price ...
ESPN to broadcast college football playoffs
The college football playoff system will be televised on ESPN for 12 years once it starts after the 2014 season, the network said Wednesday. The title ...

LeBron James calling 138-point scorer 'Sir Jack'
Attention, Grinnell College basketball office: LeBron James wants the tape from Jack Taylor's record-setting scoring spree. Or as "King James" is now ...

Senior Morris helps keep Penn State intact
The whispers from some younger Penn State defensive backs about transferring started after the 0-2 start, disappeared after the five-game winning ...

Irish trying to turn USC rivalry their way
The Notre Dame-USC rivalry has been defined by dominance over the last four decades. Two of college football's most celebrated teams have alternated ...
With Terps gone, UConn could be candidate for ACC
The latest round of conference musical chairs has left Connecticut once again looking for a seat. The Big Ten's recruitment of Rutgers from the Big ...

Zeller scores 17, No. 1 Indiana wins 82-72 in OT
When Cody Zeller bounced back, he brought his whole team with him. A night after an ineffective game, Zeller had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead ...

Rutgers joins the Big Ten, leaving Big East behind
As the Big East was being picked apart, Rutgers was looking for a way out and a new place to show off a football program that has been resurrected in ...

Butler holds off ninth-ranked UNC 82-71 in Maui
Maybe North Carolina should have just gone to the beach. Butler is the team to beat in Maui. Rotnei Clarke and Kellen Dunham each scored 17 points ...

Injured Matt Barkley isn't sorry he stayed at USC
Whenever Matt Barkley thought about his final run down the Coliseum tunnel, the Southern California quarterback never imagined doing it with no ...

California fires coach Jeff Tedford
Jeff Tedford made a downtrodden program relevant as coach at California, putting out competitive teams for a decade, developing dozens of NFL players ...

Little things adding up for Notre Dame's Golson
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly believes Everett Golson is ready for what awaits him at Southern California. He believes the 6-0, 185-pound sophomore ...

No peace: Conference realignment revs up again
Just when it looked as if there would be peace, that the conferences were done realigning, the Big Ten struck another blow that will send shock waves ...

Div. II Chaminade upsets Texas 86-73 in Maui
Thirty years after pulling off one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history, Chaminade knocked off another big-time opponent. The Division ...

Column: Waking up echoes? Or knees knocking?
That sound emanating from South Bend this week isn't the echoes of past greatness waking up. It's the knees of everyone with a stake in Notre Dame ...

Georgia Tech claims spot in ACC title game at 6-5
A team that was routed at home by Middle Tennessee and fired its defensive coordinator at midseason will get a chance to play for a BCS bowl bid.
Miami self-imposes 2nd straight bowl ban
Calling the move prudent and unprecedented, Miami is self-imposing a second straight postseason ban on its football program because of an NCAA ...
Maryland leaving ACC to join Big Ten in 2014
Choosing to look toward the future rather than honor the past, Maryland joined the Big Ten on Monday, bolting from the Atlantic Coast Conference in ...
College football's winningest coach retires
John Gagliardi put sleepy little Collegeville, Minn., on the national college football map with a style all his own. After 60 years at Division III St