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Spectator falls from stands at ACC Championship
A 22-year-old man is in critical condition after sustaining life-threatening injuries after falling about 40 feet off a fourth-floor ramp outside Bank ...
No. 13 Florida St. holds off Georgia Tech 21-15
Florida State has regained its perch atop the Atlantic Coast Conference. Now Jimbo Fisher plans to stay there. The third-year coach talked all season ...
No. 12 Oklahoma 24-17 win at TCU for Big 12 share
Landry Jones and Oklahoma treated their regular-season finale like a championship game — and finished wearing caps and T-shirts declaring the ...
Southwick, No. 25 Boise State beats Nevada 27-21
Boise State coach Chris Petersen stated the obvious for the thousands of orange-and-blue clad fans who made the trip to Reno on Saturday to watch the ...
NC State hires Northern Illinois' Doeren
Dave Doeren is leaving Northern Illinois after two straight championship seasons to take over at North Carolina State. N.C. State announced Doeren's ...
Minn. State turns coaching mess into perfect year
It's been a season of heartbreak and hope, adversity and achievement, stunning in both the worst and best of ways. And it's not over yet for Minnesota ...
Seastrunk, Baylor hold off No. 24 Oklahoma State
Nick Florence and other Baylor seniors have told Lache Seastrunk over the past few months to finish strong on his runs. The sophomore running back ...
Northern Illinois wins MAC and BCS lobbying begins
After two straight Mid-American Conference titles, Northern Illinois coach Dave Doeren figures his team is worthy of a major reward. The Huskies are ...
Stanford tops UCLA for Pac-12 crown, Rose Bowl bid
After the final whistle blew, Stanford coach David Shaw lifted his arms in triumph. His players paraded around the field, and students came down from ...
Future of cleared Mankato football coach uncertain
A Minnesota college football coach said he wants to return to work now that a judge has dismissed prosecutors' claims that video he took of his ...
Hogan leads Stanford past UCLA 27-24 to win Pac-12
Kevin Hogan has taken Stanford to a place Andrew Luck never could. With the NFL's No. 1 overall draft pick and an elite class of seniors gone, a ...
N. Illinois wins MAC in double OT over Kent St
Jordan Lynch and Northern Illinois won a MAC title game that lived up to the hype. Now the Huskies are lobbying for a chance to play on an even bigger ...
Georgia eager to carve out new legacy vs. Alabama
The national championship could be decided with a dream matchup between two of college football's most storied programs: Notre Dame vs. Alabama.
No. 14 Nebraska hoping for title luck vs. Badgers
Nebraska's Will Compton may never forget the agonizing details of his first two conference championship game. A third one could finally put those ...
Banged-up Bridgewater leads Louisville to BCS
Teddy Bridgewater had a brace on his arm and a protective boot on his foot after the game. He said that while he was playing, the sore ankle hurt more ...
Bridgewater leads Louisville to BCS
Teddy Bridgewater couldn't take a snap from under center because of a broken wrist, and had a hitch in his step because of a sore ankle.
Notre Dame beats eighth-ranked Kentucky 64-50
Notre Dame's experience and raucous home crowd were too much for eighth-ranked Kentucky and its heralded freshmen. Junior guards Eric Atkins and ...
Column: Time for college players to demand justice
Hey, major college football player. Can you give us a few minutes of your time? Don't worry about drawing the attention of your school administrators.
BCS implications in NIU vs Kent St MAC title game
The Mid-American Conference championship game this year has a lot more at stake than usual. It's a showcase for two Top 25 teams on long winning ...
Badgers get redemption shot in Big Ten title game
Wisconsin is in some unfamiliar territory. No, not the Big Ten title game. The Badgers count as grizzled veterans after playing in last year's ...
Ala. man gets 2 years in jail for viral BCS video
An Alabama football fan got a dressing-down and two years in prison for obscenity in a viral video with an unconscious LSU fan after last year's ...
MAC championship has BCS implications
Time to put the BCS puzzle together. There's not a lot of mystery going into championship weekend. Mostly, everything should simply fall into place.
Les Miles and LSU agree to raise, extension
Les Miles has a new seven-year contract at LSU that also will result in a pay raise for one of the most successful coaches in the history of the ...
ACC presidents vote to add Louisville as member
Atlantic Coast Conference leaders got the school they wanted. Louisville was relieved to find a home amid the latest wave of realignment. The ACC ...