
Will game live up to hype in BCS championship?
Sometimes, the buildup to a game can overwhelm what actually happens on the field. Certainly, No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama would have to play ...

Money for college athletes: not if, but how
After decades when paying college athletes was thought to violate the spirit of amateurism, the enormous television revenue generated by sports — ...

Kelly wants Notre Dame keeping bar at title height
Win or lose, Notre Dame's Brian Kelly doesn't want his team aiming any lower than the national championship game in the future. Kelly said Sunday ...

Saban opens up at media day; ND's pair of 5s
Nick Saban has a charity called Nick's Kids Fund. He and his wife Terry have been running it for 14 years and it raises money for needy children.

Kelly not paying attention to NFL teams
Brian Kelly says leaving Notre Dame "isn't an option." Alabama's Nick Saban says he has no "unfinished business" in the NFL. While Oregon coach Chip ...

Alabama's Saban, ex-Dolphins coach, back in Miami
Nick Saban returned to his former NFL home and insisted he's not looking for another one. The Alabama coach was back at Sun Life Stadium — where he ...

BCS Championship: Tale of the tape
Everything about the BCS championship between No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama seems larger than life. Not only do these schools stand among the ...

Alabama avoiding the D word _ for now
Barrett Jones was definitely not going there. Alabama's All-American offensive lineman has spent five seasons with coach Nick Saban and he knows ...

Golson hopes Notre Dame's season ends on BCS note
When Everett Golson sees a piano, he usually sits down and starts entertaining. He plays several instruments, keeps a keyboard in his room and loves ...

Can BCS title game challenge TV ratings record?
Two undefeated teams, three Heisman Trophy finalists, five lead changes and 19 seconds left when the winning touchdown was scored. No other BCS title ...

K-State looks to future after Fiesta Bowl loss
All season, Kansas State was content to live in the moment. Longtime coach Bill Snyder has adhered to the "one week at a time" mantra for two decades, ...

Oregon runs past K-State 35-17 at Fiesta Bowl
As Oregon coach Chip Kelly was about to receive the massive Fiesta Bowl trophy, Ducks fans inside University of Phoenix Stadium started a chant of "We ...

Texas A&M renews Oklahoma rivalry in Cotton Bowl
Spencer Nealy and some of his Texas A&M teammates were discussing potential bowl games even before their first SEC season began. "We were like, how ...

Saban, Kelly lead Bama and ND out of darkness
There were some dark days at Notre Dame and Alabama, dark years really, during which two of college football's proudest programs flailed and foundered

Tide, Irish go old school on way to title game
The BCS championship is going old school. In this era of wide-open, pass-happy offenses, college football's ultimate prize will be decided Monday ...

Alabama ready for big-play Irish defense
When Alabama offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier sizes up the Crimson Tide's challenge in the BCS championship, it comes down to cracking a Notre ...

O-lines paving way to BCS championship game
Offensive linemen are usually the unsung heroes, the guys who only get talked about when they screw up. Not at Alabama, where the second-ranked ...

Louisville upsets Florida 33-23 in Sugar Bowl
Terell Floyd and the Louisville Cardinals gave the embattled Big East Conference at least one more triumphant night in a major bowl — and at the ...

Notre Dame, Alabama arrive for BCS title game
Brian Kelly walked off the tarmac, hopped aboard one of Notre Dame's team buses that bore his image on the side and grinned broadly as he sat in the ...

Championship classic: Notre Dame vs Alabama
At a time when college football was generally considered the domain of eastern blue bloods, Notre Dame and Alabama were upstart teams that gave blue ...

Cotton coaches Sumlin, Stoops know each other well
Before Kevin Sumlin became a successful head coach at Houston and Texas A&M, he learned plenty during five seasons and two national championship game ...

Stanford holds off Wisconsin 20-14 in Rose Bowl
Andrew Luck, Toby Gerhart and coach Jim Harbaugh started Stanford's improbable football renaissance, yet they never stood in the center of the Rose ...

No. 13 FSU beats No. 16 NIU 31-10 in Orange Bowl
Laughing and mugging for the cameras, the Florida State Seminoles happily hoisted the Orange Bowl trophy as a consolation prize, their disappointment ...

Column: Badgers make best of a bad situation
Loyalty being what it is these days in college football, you didn't know whether to be happy or sad to see Barry Alvarez back on the Wisconsin ...

Kelly a top NFL target again
One of the first questions Oregon coach Chip Kelly was asked after arriving in Arizona for the Fiesta Bowl was about the possibility of coaching in ...