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Power Ranking College Football’s Top 1-loss teams

We’re down to five undefeated programs as the college football season comes down the homestretch. Of course, only four of them have a legitimate shot at playing for a BCS National Championship in January (sorry, Louisville). There’s also Ohio State, but the Buckeyes aren’t even eligible for the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl. But there are a […]

Early Analysis: Oregon State vs. Stanford

No. 11 Oregon State at Stanford 3:00pm, Fox Line: Stanford -5 1/2 Oregon State rebounded after their first loss of the season with a 36-26 win over Arizona State last weekend and will take on a Stanford team that is on a 3 game winning streak this Saturday in a game that is going to […]

Mack so horn-y

According to multiple media reports floating around the World Wide Web yesterday, Mack Brown allegedly took umbrage with opposing players flashing Texas’ famous “hook ‘em” hand sign upside down. The comments were reported to have come in response to a question about a penalty that his team received last weekend against Texas Tech when receiver […]

Monday Morning Look Ahead: Johnny Football Hits Tuscaloosa

  With Alabama surviving, Oregon thriving and a whole bunch of madness in between, fans all over the country are already looking ahead to next Saturday and thinking to themselves, “Damn, how can it possibly top what we just saw this past Saturday?”   Well don’t look now, but chances are pretty good it does […]

Notre Dame 29, Pittsburgh 26: Golson, Irish wake up in time to win

Notre Dame football can’t help but be polarizing. College football does this to normal, rational people. Notre Dame football makes it worse. In the immediate aftermath of Notre Dame’s thrilling 29-26 win in triple overtime over Pittsburgh, public commentary ran the full spectrum, from “overrated” to “overachieving”. Mark May saw blood; Lou Holtz saw guts […]

Kentucky fires Joker Phillips

The first domino in the 2012-2013 coaching carousel fell on Sunday, when Kentucky Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart announced that football coach Joker Phillips had been fired. Barnhart wrote an open letter to Kentucky fans, which said in part: After much conversation, evaluation and prayer, I have determined that it is in the best interest of […]

BCS Bowl Projections: Week 10 Edition

Alabama managed to hold off LSU, Kenjon Barner torched the USC defense, Notre Dame escaped a scrappy effort by Pittsburgh and Kansas State withstood a barrage from the No. 1 offense in the nation, so with it, how have the BCS Bowl Projections changed as a result? Let’s take a look! Rose Bowl: Nebraska vs. […]

Alabama 21, LSU 17: SEC epic ends in familiar fashion

Despite the best efforts of the media to manufacture similar levels of hype for this year’s meeting between Alabama and LSU, it never really reached the same fever pitch of anticipation that either game between the two SEC West powers produced a year ago. Yet, the on-field drama of the Crimson Tide’s 21-17 victory Saturday […]

Oregon 62, USC 51: It was a Kenjon Barner Kind of Night

In a hyped matchup of superstars that featured Matt Barkley, Marquise Lee, De’Anthony Thomas and Marcus Mariota, it was another, less glamorous player who was the difference in Oregon’s 62-51 shootout win over USC on Saturday night. His name is Kenjon Barner, and he not only had a night to remember, but one that set […]

Franklin Rushes Into Record Books As Bruins Destroy Wildcats 66-10

UCLA broke out their special “L.A. Nights” alternate uniforms on Saturday evening for their homecoming game against the Arizona Wildcats. It was an L.A. Night to remember for the Bruins at the Rose Bowl, as they assumed control of their own destiny in the Pac-12 South race by demolishing a listless looking Arizona team, 66-10. […]

Texas 31, Texas Tech 22: Longhorns secure needed win

Texas continued its on-again, off-again relationship with being a decent football team on Saturday, getting a needed win over Texas Tech. The Longhorns bounced back from a string of dismal performances in recent weeks to put together a solid all-around performance in Lubbock. Quarterback David Ash shook off his struggles of a week ago versus […]

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