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OPINION

Aug 23, 2008 9:31 AM CDT

5 Football Saturdays to Savor

Hype machine already churning for Ohio State-USC showdown Sept. 13

(Newser) - With the college football season set to kick off Thursday, blogger The Kid outlines the five weekends that will help decide who plays in the national championship game on Jan. 8 in Miami.

Aug. 30: Illinois and Missouri square off in St. Louis; Clemson and Alabama meet in Atlanta. “

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Georgia Tops Preseason AP Poll

Aug 16, 2008 3:37 PM CDT

Georgia Tops Preseason AP Poll

Six teams from SEC make the rankings

(Newser) - Georgia is the top Bulldog in the AP’s preseason poll, beating out Ohio State for the leading spot. The Bulldogs wowed voters with their 41-10 thumping of Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl, after finishing the year with seven straight victories. The Buckeyes, meanwhile, disappointed in the championship game for...

Coaches Take Lessons From Iraq Troops

May 29, 2008 5:38 PM CDT

Coaches Take Lessons From Iraq Troops

Mideast trip inspires grid bosses from Notre Dame, Auburn, Miami

(Newser) - Five big-name college football coaches toured the Middle East for five days, but it was they who came away star-struck by the troops—particularly the teamwork they witnessed among kids the same age as their own players. "We put signs up saying, 'Leave your egos at the door,'"...

NCAA Penalizes Teams for Classroom Performance

May 6, 2008 5:02 PM CDT

NCAA Penalizes Teams for Classroom Performance

Programs with poor graduation rates face sanctions

(Newser) - The NCAA has handed out sanctions to more than 200 college teams for poor academic performance, USA Today reports. More than a third of the 329 Division I schools had teams with subpar Academic Progress Rates, which means their players' graduation rate was lower than 60%. Twenty-six teams deemed chronic...

BCS Rejects Plan to Turn System Into 4-Team Playoff

May 1, 2008 12:32 AM CDT

BCS Rejects Plan to Turn System Into 4-Team Playoff

Format to remain until at least 2014 season

(Newser) - Even a three-game playoff was too much for the BCS. Bowl Championship Series officials rejected a plan Wednesday to turn the much-criticized system for deciding a national champ into a playoff involving four teams, starting in the 2010 season. The BCS format will remain the same until at least the...

Bowl System May Violate Federal Law

Apr 18, 2008 11:31 AM CDT

Bowl System May Violate Federal Law

Congress explores launching antitrust probe, backing playoff

(Newser) - A Congressional resolution could have the Justice Department looking into whether the college football bowl system is illegal, the AP reports. The authors of the resolution say the system restricts trade because only the biggest schools seem to have a shot at being voted into the championship game. A look...

But Mom, It's a Really Great Football School

Mar 25, 2008 1:46 PM CDT

But Mom, It's a Really Great Football School

Big winners in college sports see increased applicants, study finds

(Newser) - The admissions office at Davidson may be a bit busier in the coming year if a new study to be published in Southern Economic Journal holds true. Researchers found that the biggest champs in football and basketball were also the biggest winners in terms of student applications the next year,...

D-1 Dreams Dashed, Player Invents His Own

Feb 7, 2008 7:45 AM CST

D-1 Dreams Dashed, Player Invents His Own

Football scholarship to Cal? Nevada senior admits he made it up

(Newser) - Nevada football player Kevin Hart's proudest moment came last Friday when he stood before his entire school and announced that he had accepted a scholarship to play D-1 ball at Cal. His most crushing came yesterday when he admitted he made the whole story up, reports the Washington Post—after...

Rodriguez Implicated in Gutting WVU Football Files

Jan 16, 2008 12:25 AM CST

Rodriguez Implicated in Gutting WVU Football Files

WVU offices found emptied upon staff's return from Fiesta Bowl

(Newser) - Seven years of football documents have gone missing from WVU's Puskar Center - from player's personal files to conditioning charts - and former head coach Rich Rodriguez is the prime suspect, the Charleston Gazette reports. Rodriguez and an assistant were spotted shredding papers in his office on the 18th of...

Shorthanded Pitt Shocks Hoyas

Jan 14, 2008 9:47 PM CST

Shorthanded Pitt Shocks Hoyas

Minus starting guards, Panthers knock off last unbeaten Big East team, 69-60

(Newser) - Minus its two starting guards and suffering a profound height disadvantage, no. 15 Pittsburgh shocked no. 5 Georgetown in front of a rowdy home crowd, 69-60. Panthers big man DeJuan Blair continued to excel in his freshman campaign, snagging 15 points and nine rebounds despite conceding seven inches to the...

USC's Carroll Flirts With Falcons

Jan 11, 2008 3:27 AM CST

USC's Carroll Flirts With Falcons

Coach leaning toward 'no thanks' to latest courtship, sources speculate

(Newser) - It wouldn't be a high-profile NFL coaching search without an appearance by USC's Pete Carroll—and Atlanta owner Arthur Blank is actively wooing the former Jets and Pats coach, ESPN reports. Blank and Carroll spoke yesterday by phone to discuss the vacancy, but Carroll is expected to turn down the...

UGA President Wants to Scrap BCS for Playoff

Jan 10, 2008 5:09 AM CST

UGA President Wants to Scrap BCS for Playoff

Head of vital NCAA panel thinks 8-team tourney a real possibility

(Newser) - If University of Georgia President Michael Adams had his way there would be less to gripe about at the water cooler during the bowl season. Adams, who is chairman of the NCAA’s executive committee, wants to replace the confounding Bowl Championship Series with an eight-team playoff. He believes that...

WVU Turns
on Rodriguez

Jan 9, 2008 7:23 AM CST

WVU Turns on Rodriguez

Mountaineer faithful sending death threats after coach leaves for Michigan, says mom

(Newser) - Rich Rodriguez's abrupt departure from WVU to become head coach of Michigan's football program has left Mountaineers fans in an uproar and his family under siege, reports the Charleston Daily Mail. Rodriguez's mother tells the paper that her grandchildren have received death threats at school, and her son's West Virginia...

LSU Roars Past Ohio State for National Title

Jan 8, 2008 3:00 AM CST

LSU Roars Past Ohio State for National Title

Coach Les Miles' squad scores 31 unanswered points after trailing early

(Newser) - Ohio State coach Jim Tressel must have felt a sense of deja vu last night: his team played poorly and lost to a Southeastern Conference team in the BCS title game—just as it did in January 2007. This year's opponent, LSU, beat the Buckeyes, 38-24, backed by four TD...

Smith, Tulsa
Roll Over Bowling Green

Jan 7, 2008 4:35 AM CST

Smith, Tulsa Roll Over Bowling Green

QB throws for 5 touchdowns in 63-7 GMAC Bowl win

(Newser) - Paul Smith shattered records all night yesterday and he dragged the Tulsa football team along for the ride. Smith threw for 312 yards and five touchdowns as the Golden Hurricane destroyed Bowling Green 63-7 in the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, the Tulsa World reports. Smith set an NCAA record by...

Rice Romps as Rutgers Blasts Ball State

Jan 5, 2008 10:08 PM CST

Rice Romps as Rutgers Blasts Ball State

Junior rushes for 280 yards and 4 TDs in International Bowl rout

(Newser) - Ray Rice knew Ball State had the 99th ranked defense in the country against the run, but the Rutgers tailback probably didn't think things would be this easy today. The junior rushed for a school-record 280 yards and four touchdowns in a 52-30 romp in the International Bowl in Toronto,...

Mountaineers Soar Past Sooners

Jan 3, 2008 4:26 AM CST

Mountaineers Soar Past Sooners

West Virginia overcomes coach's departure for 48-28 win

(Newser) - University of Phoenix stadium has become a house of horrors for No. 3 Oklahoma, which yesterday lost its second straight Fiesta Bowl there, 48-28, to West Virginia. Pat White rushed for 150 yards and threw for 176 yards and two scores for the Mountaineers, who put aside the distraction surrounding...

Warriors Get Sacked by Georgia

Jan 2, 2008 4:30 AM CST

Warriors Get Sacked by Georgia

Bulldogs shut down offense led by Heisman finalist

(Newser) - There was little drama in this year's Sugar Bowl matchup, as SEC power Georgia showed no regard for Hawaii's 12-0 record in a thorough dismantling of the WAC champs, 41-10. The Bulldogs, feeling slighted at not being chosen for the national championship game, recorded eight sacks, forced six turnovers and...

Mizzou Whips Up on Arkansas

Jan 2, 2008 1:51 AM CST

Mizzou Whips Up on Arkansas

Tigers had chip on their shoulder after BCS snub

(Newser) - The Missouri Tigers, ranked No. 1 at one point this season, were left out of the BCS bowl picture altogether and didn't forget it Tuesday, posting a 38-7 Cotton Bowl win over Arkansas, reports the Kansas City Star. Missouri's Tony Temple had records of 281 yards rushing and four touchdowns....

Trojans Roll in Rose Bowl 49-17

Jan 1, 2008 10:40 PM CST

Trojans Roll in Rose Bowl 49-17

Four Illini turnovers become TDs as frosh McKnight runs wild

(Newser) - Just imagine if the Trojans had played this well all season. No. 6 USC set a Rose Bowl record in total offense and tied the record in points in a 49-17 thrashing of No. 13 Illinois. Freshman Joe McKnight did his best Reggie Bush impression, gaining 170 of his team's...