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Young Frogs prove they can compete in Big 12
The biggest question when two-time BCS buster TCU made the move to the Big 12 was whether the Horned Frogs could handle the week-to-week grind of ...
AP Source: Middle Tennessee joining Conference USA
A person familiar with the situation says Middle Tennessee has accepted an offer to join Conference USA and is leaving the Sun Belt. The person spoke ...
Awareness, enforcement help reduce child sex abuse
Increased public awareness of how child predators operate, along with better law enforcement and policies to protect children, may be helping to ...
Family: NFL great Jack Pardee ill with cancer
Jack Pardee, one of Bear Bryant's "Junction Boys" who went on to become an All-Pro linebacker and an NFL coach, has been diagnosed with gall bladder ...
Tulane, ECU to join Big East in '14, leaving C-USA
The Big East moved quickly to replace Rutgers and braced for more possible departures, getting Tulane and East Carolina to agree to join the ...
Will Manziel break Heisman Trophy frosh curse?
In the 77-year history of the Heisman Trophy, no freshman has ever won the award. Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel, the player who proved coach Kevin ...
Sweeping changes suggested for Pa. child abuse law
Pennsylvania should enact sweeping changes to its child abuse laws, including stronger penalties for failing to report the crime, a legislative ...
Balancing wins and losses with dollars and cents
Deciding whether to fire a college football coach often comes down to balancing wins and losses with dollars and cents. Five coaches were fired ...
Column: Johnny Football should be Johnny Heisman
Johnny Football finally got a chance to speak Monday. This was it, our first opportunity to hear from the quarterback himself why he feels he should ...
Badgers, No. 14 Huskers know all about close games
The courses for the Big Ten championship game opponents were set when they met in late September. Nebraska came back from a 17-point, third-quarter ...
Embree suggests he would have needed shortcuts
A choked-up Jon Embree suggested Monday that the only way he could have turned around the University of Colorado's flailing football program in his ...
Heisman hopeful Manziel happy to talk to media
The legend of Johnny Football has grown all season while Johnny Manziel piled up yards and the Texas A&M Aggies piled up wins. On Monday, the freshman ...
No. 12 Sooners right on schedule for Big 12 title
Casey Walker looked squarely into a television camera, clapped his hands and uttered words no Oklahoma player is accustomed to saying: "Let's go ...
Big 12 to send 9 teams to postseason
The health of the Big 12 has been a topic of debate since Nebraska and Colorado kicked off a four-team exodus a few years back. Judging by the results ...
SEC holds national bragging rights yet again
With the majority of conference regular-season games in the books, the SEC again holds national bragging rights. It appears that for the second year ...
Chizik, among 5 college football coaches fired
Gene Chizik, Frank Spaziani and Danny Hope got the pink slips many expected were coming after disappointing seasons. North Carolina State getting rid ...
Notre Dame is 1 and waiting for SEC to play out
Breaking down the AP college football poll after Week 13 of the regular season. ___ MAKING A STATEMENT Notre Dame is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top ...
BCS standings set up semifinal in SEC title game
Two years before the playoffs start in college football, the Southeastern Conference is staging a semifinal to determine who plays Notre Dame in the ...
Embree out as head coach of Colorado Buffaloes
Jon Embree is out as head football coach at the University of Colorado after just two seasons and four wins in 25 games. Embree told The Associated ...
Purdue make quick decision to fire Hope
Purdue wants a football team that can get to the Rose Bowl and decided Danny Hope was not the coach to take the Boilermakers there. About 24 hours ...
Notre Dame reigns atop college football again
The postgame roars from Notre Dame's locker room echoed right through the Coliseum's thick cement walls and metal beams Saturday night, moving around ...
Boston College fires football coach Spaziani
New Boston College athletic director Brad Bates is looking for a football coach who "oozes integrity," someone who cares about the students and ...
NC State fires O'Brien after 6 seasons
North Carolina State coach Tom O'Brien entered the season with hopes of contending for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship. Instead, his ...
Auburn fires Gene Chizik after 3-9 season
Gene Chizik led Auburn to perhaps the greatest season in the program's history, and two years later to maybe its worst. The rapid fall from a national ...
Penn State's 2012 football season for the ages
The white banner fluttered in a stiff breeze before being removed from the east facade of Beaver Stadium to reveal "2012" in bold, blue numerals next ...