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USC and Notre Dame prove that football rankings can be wacky business
Notre Dame began the season unranked in the Associated Press media poll and is now No. 1; USC started No.1 and is now unranked. Oops, sorry, and welcome to my jungle. Pro pundits can pick the New York Giants to win the Super Bowl and still be right when...
Tags: Politics, LSU Tigers, College Football, Johnny Manziel, Alabama Crimson Tide
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Does the SEC play fair in college football?
The Southeastern Conference has been accused of a lot of things through the years — but a scam? The league is cutthroat, for sure, and often overzealous in praise of itself. The SEC is wildly talented and over the top, with many of its fans...
Tags: Politics, LSU Tigers, Auburn Tigers, College Football, Virginia Cavaliers
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College football TV lineup for Saturday
MORNING Georgia Tech (6-5) at No. 3 Georgia (10-1) 9 a.m., ESPN Kids spilled into the streets of Athens, Ga., after Stanford's win over Oregon put Georgia on a controls-its-own-destiny track to this year's national title game. But the Bulldogs...
Tags: Western Athletic Conference, Auburn Tigers, Matt Barkley, Alabama Crimson Tide, Indiana Hoosiers
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Bystander SEC gears up for nonconference weekend
The Southeastern Conference is, for now, a helpless Bowl Championship Series bystander as it monitors three undefeated outliers competing for this season's title. Winners of six straight BCS crowns, the SEC needs any two among these three teams —...
Tags: Bowl Championship Series, Auburn Tigers, College Football, Alabama Crimson Tide, Cam Newton
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The Times' top 25 college football teams
The Southeastern Conference, taken out of the national title hunt for as long as three non-SEC teams keep winning, mostly takes the week off as it openly cheers for upsets of Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame. SEC schools bully up to play seven 1-AA...
Tags: Big 12 Conference, Utah State Aggies, West Virginia Mountaineers, Western Athletic Conference, LSU Tigers
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Little annoyances could add up to big trouble for USC
Unbuckling the mailbag: Question: How many more of these little annoyances will USC Athletic Director Pat Haden put up with? Kent Hollenbeck Answer: The thing about little annoyances is they eventually add up to one big annoyance. One parking ticket...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, LSU Tigers, Matt Barkley, Auburn Tigers, College Football
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College football rankings: Alabama, Oregon, Kansas State, Notre Dame
Rankman's steadfast "Never play on Election Tuesday" rule came back to bite Toledo when the Rockets forfeited their poll position by joining Mitt Romney in the loss column. Toledo, located in swing-state Ohio, lost to Ball State. Otherwise, it was...
Tags: Mississippi State Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Auburn Tigers, College Football, Texas Longhorns
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Four-team playoff could be necessary this season in college football
This weekend's very impatient, 6-year-old kid-like, takeaway question is: Why wait? Can't we just convene a council of BCS bishops and start the four-team playoff now? It would be just like college football to have two spots available this year for four...
Tags: Landry Jones, LSU Tigers, Auburn Tigers, College Football, AJ McCarron
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First BCS standings don't quite add up for Oregon
Oregon fans have been advised to stay away from sharp objects following their beloved Ducks' disturbing No. 3 debut in the first Bowl Championships Series standings. Third in the BCS is like fourth in the Olympics, but the good news is that this is the...
Tags: Big 12 Conference, LSU Tigers, College Football, Texas Longhorns, Alabama Crimson Tide
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USC needs to root for the enemy Notre Dame up until it plays them
No one seriously believes Notre Dame can get to the national title game with eek-out victories over Purdue and Brigham Young parlayed with replay-reviewed goal-line stands against Stanford. Only the Southeastern Conference scores near-pointless points...
Tags: Bowl Championship Series, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, LSU Tigers, College Football, USC Trojans
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Oregon keeps winning, and falling in BCS standings
Oregon can't afford to keep winning like this. A few more lopsided victories and the Ducks could finish last in the BCS and end up playing in the Toilet Bowl. On Thursday, Oregon sprinted to a 43-7, second-quarter lead on Arizona State and might have...
Tags: Big 12 Conference, West Virginia Mountaineers, LSU Tigers, College Football, Texas Longhorns
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The Times' top 25 college football rankings
The SEC (a.k.a., BCS) standings were released this week and it was a surprise to see that former Big 12 Conference member Texas A&M is the only Southeastern Conference school ranked between 13th and 25th. The SEC really needs to upgrade its...
Tags: Big 12 Conference, Western Athletic Conference, LSU Tigers, College Football, Texas Longhorns
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