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Nick Saban only SEC coach to vote against eight-game league slate
Nick Saban has been called “the devil himself” by one rival coach and “Nicky Satan” by another. The Alabama coach is also way ahead of hell’s curve on most matters involving college football — and he’s got...
Tags: Pacific-12 Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Tiger Woods, College Football, Missouri Tigers
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There's a method to the madness of Cal State Fullerton's Rick Vanderhook
Rick Vanderhook, Cal State Fullerton's baseball coach, has an in-your-face style and an edge — he doesn't mince words. Cody Decker, who played at UCLA when Vanderhook was a Bruins assistant, sums him up in two words: "Insane … genius."...
Tags: Yankee Stadium, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cal State Fullerton Titans, College Football, Sports
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Everett Golson hopes to return to Notre Dame in 2014
Everett Golson, the dual-threat quarterback who was suspended from Notre Dame, blamed his "poor academic judgment" and said he plans to return to the university and its football team in 2014. Neither Notre Dame nor Golson released further information on...
Tags: Rutgers University, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Sports, University of Notre Dame, Football
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National title game at Rose Bowl caps 35-game bowl schedule
The new college football bowl schedule is out! OK, it's not as exciting as Steve Martin in "The Jerk" rejoicing the arrival of the new phone book, but it can help you make travel plans for this year's holiday season. The Football Bowl Assn. on...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), New Mexico Bowl, Rose Bowl Game, College Football, Sports
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Chappin to leave Rose Bowl for job with College Football Playoff
Gina Chappin, who has run media operations for the Rose Bowl game since 2007, on Monday was named senior director of communications and brand management for the new College Football Playoff. Chappin will remain with the Rose Bowl through next season...Tags: Rose Bowl Game, Dwayne Johnson, College Football, Sports, Football
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Fox, Twitter team up to promote TV shows, sell ads
Fox and Twitter have entered into a partnership to promote the broadcaster's programs and help advertisers reach TV audiences as they discuss shows on the social network. Twitter Inc., which has established itself as the water cooler where America...
Tags: The Walt Disney Co., Advertising, Mad Men (tv program), Entertainment, ESPN (tv network)
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BCS leaders hone new college football playoff format
The last vestiges of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, conceived years ago on a cocktail napkin, will be phased out this week at a swank Pasadena hotel. College football power brokers are meeting in Southern California to tie up loose BCS ends...
Tags: Lobbying, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Southeastern Conference, Rose Bowl Game, College Football
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New college football playoff system gets a less-than-original name
The name for college football's new playoff system is … "College Football Playoff." "Brand X" and "Your Name Here" apparently were already taken. College football commissioners meeting in Pasadena this week were looking for simplicity in...
Tags: Pacific-12 Conference, Cowboys Stadium, Rose Bowl Game, College Football, Sports
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Cowboys Stadium to play host to first championship game in new format
Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will play host to the first championship game in the new College Football Playoff. "The stadium itself was the biggest determiner," Bowl Championship Series Executive Director Bill Hancock said after the...
Tags: Cowboys Stadium, Rose Bowl Game, College Football, New Year's Day, Sports
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Power conferences in college football gain even more strength
College football commissioners were going to end their three-day unity conference in Pasadena with a round of "Kumbaya" at the hotel's valet carport. That was before the consulting firm that dreamed up "College Football Playoff" suggested something more...
Tags: Pacific-12 Conference, Western Athletic Conference, Mountain West Conference, Oklahoma Sooners, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
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'Cheater' infiltrates new College Football Playoff logo contest
The new College Football Playoff logo campaign hit a snag Wednesday when what was termed a "cheater" cast 50,251 votes for logo No. 4. Fans have until Monday to cast votes for the new logo at http://www.collegefootballplayoff.com/. The contractor...
Tags: NASCAR, Sports, Politics, Elections, Football
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New name for college football playoff is: College Football Playoff
The new name for college football's new playoff was so inspirational and earth-shattering it could not be contained to its originally planned release date of Tuesday afternoon. Um, not exactly. It leaked out through ESPN, which owns the contract...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), Rose Bowl Game, Sports, Football
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