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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: Dick Butkus, Wisconsin Badgers, Oregon Ducks, Barry Alvarez, Colorado Buffaloes
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Watching the BCS on TV, Lane Kiffin thinks about big picture for USC
We're watching the BCS championship game together Monday night in Lane Kiffin's USC office — you know, the game the Trojans were going to be playing in Miami. It sounds silly, if not ridiculous, after the kind of season the Trojans have just...
Tags: Politics, Voting, Brian Kelly, Elections, Bowl Championship Series
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It's a title wave as Alabama pummels Notre Dame in BCS rout
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The only quarterback in the stadium Monday night who knew how to defeat Alabama wasn't allowed to take a snap. Johnny Manziel, the Heisman Trophy winner, watched from the stands, perhaps reminiscing about his team's upset win...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Brian Kelly, College Sports, Manti Te'o, Heisman Trophy
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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: Wisconsin Badgers, Cotton Bowl Classic, UCLA Bruins, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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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, John Elway, William Shakespeare, Wisconsin Badgers, South Carolina Gamecocks
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He's not shaken or stirred over UCLA-Stanford result
PALO ALTO -- What a great week, capped off by an entertaining and scintillating finish to a football game. It's good to have a life. The week begins last Saturday with UCLA hoodwinking Stanford into thinking the Bruins are pushovers followed by a news...
Tags: Oregon Ducks, UCLA Bruins, Marv Levy, Los Angeles Clippers, Mattel Inc.
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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: Big 12 Conference, Wisconsin Badgers, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Ohio State Buckeyes, Brian Kelly
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Stanford holds off UCLA to earn Rose Bowl berth
PALO ALTO -- UCLA started fast and showed it could handle a quick turnaround against a Stanford team that had defeated the Bruins soundly six days ago. But by the end of Friday night’s Pac-12 Conference championship game, the No. 8-ranked...
Tags: Football, Wisconsin Badgers, UCLA Bruins, Alamo Bowl, Big Ten Conference
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Alabama-Georgia game looks like BCS title-game tuneup
ATLANTA -- Alabama and Georgia haven't played in football since 2008 but won't be completely startled when they bump into each other at the Georgia Dome on Saturday. At stake is the Southeastern Conference championship — otherwise known as the...
Tags: Wisconsin Badgers, South Carolina Gamecocks, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Aaron Murray, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Notre Dame prevents BCS bedlam
Notre Dame is a religious school with a storied history of priests, playbooks, prayer books and spiritual advisors. No one in the Coliseum press box could actually recall, though, the Irish saving a season. That changed Saturday night when Notre...
Tags: Big 12 Conference, Oregon Ducks, LSU Tigers, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Ohio State Buckeyes
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Alabama crushes Notre Dame, 42-14, for second straight BCS title
Alabama has won its third Bowl Championship Series title in four years, overwhelming top-ranked Notre Dame, 42-14, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Coach Nick Saban's teams have won four national championships. He won his first as coach at...
Tags: Vince Vaughn, Cotton Bowl Classic, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Brian Kelly, Super Bowl
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Just wondering about UCLA's motivation against Stanford
To use an expression he knows so well, I don't give a rat's [tail] what Jim Mora says. I'm the guy trying to get the Rose Bowl named after him, and so after getting thrashed by Stanford I'm asking him if he had the Bruins just going through the motions...
Tags: Oregon Ducks, UCLA Bruins, Los Angeles Times Columnists, T.J. Simers, Pacific-12 Conference
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