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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: Atlantic Coast Conference, Bowl Championship Series, National Football League, New Year's Day, College Sports
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Mississippi, no joke, makes a big splash on football signing day
The Southeastern Conference conducted its annual player draft Wednesday in advance of winning its eighth straight national title next season. There's nothing like national SEC signing day, with other conferences participating the way the Washington...Tags: USC Trojans, Alabama Crimson Tide, Baylor Bears, Ole Miss Rebels, Washington Huskies
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UCLA football: Bruins have a difficult road schedule in 2013
The Pac-12 didn’t do UCLA any favors with the 2013 schedule. The Bruins have back-to-back road games against the conference’s top two teams, Stanford and Oregon. They also have difficult road games at Nebraska (Sept. 14) and USC (Nov. 30)....
Tags: USC Trojans, Utah Utes, College Sports, Pacific-12 Conference, Stanford Cardinal
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For Oregon and Kansas State, Fiesta Bowl is nothing but a consolation game
— The bumper sticker for this year's Fiesta Bowl could be: "They have only themselves to blame." Kansas State (11-1) and Oregon (11-1), playing Thursday night, would be playing for the national title had the season ended the afternoon of Nov. 17....
Tags: Andrew Luck, Heisman Trophy, Bowl Championship Series, Johnny Manziel, National Football League
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As usual, SEC claims ownership of BCS
ATLANTA -- No one down here in Southeastern Conference country was surprised Sunday when the final Bowl Championship Series standings confirmed Alabama would be playing Jan. 7 for the national title. The surprise is why the SEC isn't playing the SEC...
Tags: Sugar Bowl, Kansas State Wildcats, Alabama Crimson Tide, Georgia Dome, Wisconsin Badgers
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Chris Dufresne's top 10 college football moments for 2012 season
The end of this season means there's only a year left of the snaggle-toothed Bowl Championship Series, a cartel dreamed up by Satan that has been infuriating college football fans since 1998. We can't wait for the new four-team playoff starting in 2014...
Tags: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Maryland Terrapins, Johnny Manziel, USC Trojans, Penn State Nittany Lions
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Times college football rankings: Five California schools make the list
Rankman has rarely been this excited about two recently "dropped out" teams playing on a Thursday night in Piscataway, N.J. The showdown between Rutgers and Louisville now features two teams representing three different conferences. Rutgers is joining the...
Tags: Mississippi State Bulldogs, Jimbo Fisher, Alabama Crimson Tide, Big East Conference, Iowa Hawkeyes
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USC idle; Lane Kiffin still center of attention
Unbuckling the mailbag: Question: The temptation to cheat grows in proportion to Lane Kiffin's failures. Why does Pat Haden plan on keeping him? Matt McKillop Answer: Kiffin doesn't need to cheat to win. Players are not USC's problem. The Trojans had...
Tags: Johnny Manziel, USC Trojans, Kansas State Wildcats, Alabama Crimson Tide, Chris Dufresne
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Chip Kelly takes another pass on NFL, opts to stay at Oregon
Chip Kelly came oh-so close to making the leap to the NFL but in the end decided to stay put as the highly successful coach of the Oregon Ducks. Sound familiar? Multiple sources are reporting that after lengthy interviews with the Cleveland Browns and...
Tags: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bowl Championship Series, National Football League, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Philadelphia Eagles
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A South'easter roars over college football
Saturday is the reason they play the regular season all the way to the end. Just when you think you know everything, you know nothing. Kansas State was No. 1 in the Bowl Championship Series standings but now it's not. Oregon was No. 2 but now it's...
Tags: Bowl Championship Series, Auburn Tigers, College Sports, Kansas State Wildcats, Alabama Crimson Tide
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Notre Dame's BCS prospects are not quite golden
Top-ranked Alabama's stunning-if-you-say-so home defeat Saturday narrowed the national-scope scenarios but also raised the gun barrels of anxiety — especially in South Bend. The idea that Notre Dame could ever be left out of anything seems...
Tags: USC Trojans, Johnny Manziel, Utah Utes, Alabama Crimson Tide, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
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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: Harris Interactive Incorporated, USC Trojans, Kansas State Wildcats, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, Alabama Crimson Tide
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