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NCAA needs to shake up enforcement efforts
These are dark times for the NCAA. As an organization in charge of monitoring all things college athletics, the NCAA has prided itself with creating a certain brand of integrity. That integrity, however, has taken a big hit as of late. From the way it...
Tags: Clemson Tigers, Big 12 Conference, Nevin Shapiro, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, North Carolina State Wolfpack
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U.Va., Virginia Tech attempt to balance competitive, business concerns in football scheduling
Bold non-conference schedules will serve Virginia Tech, Virginia and the ACC well as college football drives toward the playoff era. The challenge is in balancing that ambition with business and competitive concerns. Strength-of-schedule has long been a...Tags: Clemson Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Hampton Pirates, Virginia Cavaliers, Football
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Bill Walton never takes a timeout from talking
In a week when you thought you might have heard it all, I present to you Bill Walton speaking to USC students and bashing UCLA basketball. "I never knew they had pretty girls here at USC," began Walton, one of UCLA's all-time greats, after being...
Tags: Junior Seau, Jamaal Wilkes, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Phil Jackson, Pau Gasol
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Stanford-Wisconsin not exactly a matchup made in Rose Bowl heaven
The Rose Bowl pregame weather has been about as crummy as the seven combined losses for Stanford and Wisconsin. It's never good to make Dick Butkus, who made the game-clinching interception for Illinois in the 1964 game, slog through drenching rain...
Tags: Wrestling, Ohio State Buckeyes, College Sports, Andrew Luck, Washington Huskies
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College football TV lineup for Saturday
MORNING No. 16 Texas A&M (6-2) at No. 17 Mississippi State (7-1) 9 a.m., ESPN Two former Big 12 schools joined the Southeastern Conference this season. One has gained instant respect and credibility; the other is Missouri. Texas A&M, in its first...
Tags: Vanderbilt Commodores, Clemson Tigers, Kentucky Wildcats, Tennessee Volunteers, Football
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Saturday's college football TV lineup
Break out the chips and cold drinks, but let Chris Dufresne handle the remote. Each Friday, the Times' national college football writer handicaps what's worth watching, and skipping, on Saturday's menu of games. MORNING No. 15 Texas (4-1) vs. No. 13...
Tags: Vanderbilt Commodores, Kentucky Wildcats, Tennessee Volunteers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Football
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A couple of USCs — one surprising, one not — are making noise
Handshakes and helmet stickers go out to the two schools known as USC in this week's top 10 — we could not be more thrilled for the players and their families. The USC at No. 3 lost the legal right to be called USC, so it will heretofore be...
Tags: Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Football, Northwestern Wildcats, Oregon State Beavers, Stanford Cardinal
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Law of probability may catch up to some college football unbeatens
The only thing more endangered than being Arkansas' head coach is being undefeated. Stanford found out Thursday night what others will discover Saturday. The Cardinal sin of losing at Washington leaves 26 unbeatens as the season winds toward an Agatha...
Tags: Vanderbilt Commodores, Clemson Tigers, Kentucky Wildcats, Tennessee Volunteers, UMass Minutemen
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Wait for it college football fans ... it's the ACC!
This column will be devoted almost entirely to the Atlantic Coast Conference. The ACC earned the clear-out space in advance of Saturday night's enticing matchup of No. 10 Clemson at No. 4 Florida State. ABC trotted its "A" team to Tallahassee and ESPN...
Tags: Clemson Tigers, Ball State Cardinals, Big 12 Conference, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Football
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Johnny Football, Texas A&M are the future of SEC football
Someone finally figured out how to knock an SEC team out of BCS national championship contention. It just took another SEC team to do it. Texas A&M, which was a member of the Big 12 Conference this time last season, stunned top-ranked Alabama 29-24...
Tags: Poinsettia Bowl, Big 12 Conference, Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Football
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Despite its record, Georgia Tech poses problems for USC
Unbuckling the mailbag: Question: Imagine how USC fans are going to feel after a 6-7 Georgia Tech team wins the game. Larry Diaz Answer: How could USC fans feel any worse? The Trojans were picked to win the national title, lost five times and have...
Tags: Big 12 Conference, Kentucky Wildcats, Tennessee Volunteers, Robert Griffin III, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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Jontel Evans must slow former teammate Kendall Marshall if Virginia is to upset North Carolina
Slow is to Roy Williams what tofu is to Paula Deen. North Carolina's Hall of Fame coach will tolerate any number of mistakes, as long as they're committed in overdrive.
Fast is to Tony Bennett what bacon-wrapped doughnuts are to Jillian Michaels....Tags: Austin Rivers, Kendall Marshall, Atlantic Coast Conference, Virginia Cavaliers, College Basketball
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