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Don't count on a Saturday snoozefest
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These are the bland Saturdays when no one is safe.
No, really.
How often have we seen this is the past: the relatively uneventful developing into the remarkably significant.
Even No. 1 Florida, playing host to cupcake Florida International, isn't immune at...
Spotlight game: No. 11 Oregon at Arizona
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Place: Tucson, Ariz.
Time: 8 p.m. ET
TV: ABC
Line: Oregon by 6
Three reasons Oregon will win
He's back: LeGarrette Blount could contribute for Oregon against Arizona.
Double trouble: After LeGarrette Blount TKOd much of his 2009 season, LaMichael James became the newest Ducks...
Hayes' Week 12 picks: Ohio State dominance over Michigan will continue
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Sporting News' Matt Hayes picks the 10 best games of the weekend and throws in his upset pick of the week as a bonus.
Ohio State 27, Michigan 14: This will be another Buckeyes-Wolverines game in the mold of yesteryear: Neither team can throw the ball, and one team plays better...
What We Learned: Irish are onto something (but not Notre Dame)
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Sporting News' Matt Hayes analyzes what Thursday's buzz means to college football.
Replay madness
If only college football were so simplistic.
Ireland challenged France to replay a World Cup qualifying match after television replays clearly showed a French player touching...
Gophers linebacker Maresh suspect in assault
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The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that Minnesota freshman linebacker Sam Maresh is a suspect in an alleged assault on Nov. 9 of a 26-year-old male student outside a local cafe.
"It is an allegation until further investigation reveals different...
Players say Mangino provoked them physically, verbally
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Tuesday's news that Kansas coach Mark Mangino is being investigated by the athletic department was followed Wednesday by a story in the Kansas City Star describing the incident that triggered the probe.
Citing sources, The Star said Mangino...
Oklahoma's Stoops continues to shoot down Notre Dame talk
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Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops on Wednesday again tried to dismiss rumors that he is a candidate to take over at Notre Dame if the school fires coach Charlie Weis after the season.
Asked by Sporting News Radio's Tim Montemayor if there is "...
What We Learned: Spiller should book his trip to NYC now
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Sporting News' Dave Curtis analyzes what Wednesday's buzz means to college football.
And the award goes to...
C.J. Spiller? Through 11 weeks, the only quarterback in America who deserves Heisman Trophy hype is Boise State's Kellen Moore. In a perfect world, the...
Saturday could help decide USC's Rose replacement
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Jeremiah Masoli has thrown for 1,581 yards and run for 558 more this season.
After watching his team get walloped for the second time in three weeks, USC coach Pete Carroll confessed the obvious: The gap between his Trojans and the rest of the Pac-10 had shrunk to almost nothing....
Eight new things in college football that you can take to the bank
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USC won't make the BCS. SMU is good, and Temple is better. The national title game should include two unbeaten teams.
A lackluster Big East record shows that Jim Leavitt's teams aren't built to last a full season.
All sorts of alleged guarantees in college football have...
Hayes' Hot Seat: Millions don't alleviate coaches' stress
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Sporting News' Matt Hayes analyzes those feeling the heat heading into Week 12.
1. A coach's life
So I've got this guy who emails me every so often, more frequently in previous years but less so this fall.
It seems as though the target of his vitriol—Dave Wannstedt...
Introducing ... Western Michigan RB Brandon West
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West, a 5-10 senior, has enjoyed the best November of any college football player east of Stanford. On Nov. 7, the senior from Brunswick, Ga., set a new Division I-A record for career kickoff return yards. Then Saturday at Eastern Michigan, he surpassed DeAngelo Williams as Division...
What We Learned: Things about to get worse for Michigan
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Sporting News' Matt Hayes analyzes what Monday's buzz means to college football.
A turn for the worse
For those who think Michigan's slide since September has hurt coach Rich Rodriguez in Ann Arbor, it's about to get much, much worse.
The Detroit News reported that...
Conference Call: Mountain West tops non-BCS leagues
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Each week, Sporting News' Matt Hayes ranks the Division I-A conferences—and the teams within each league.
7. Mountain West
1. TCU
2. Utah
3. BYU
4. Air Force
5. Wyoming
6. San Diego State
7. UNLV
8. Colorado State
9. New Mexico
Rising
TCU: The defense has been spectacular...
Conference Call: Auburn tumbles in SEC
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Each week, Sporting News' Matt Hayes ranks the Division I-A conferences—and the teams within each league.
1. SEC
1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. LSU
4. Mississippi
5. Auburn
6. Georgia
7. Tennessee
8. Arkansas
9. South Carolina
10. Kentucky
11. Mississippi State
12....
What We Learned: Cincinnati's unorthodox moves pay off
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Sporting News' Dave Curtis analyzes what Sunday's buzz means to college football.
Inside BK's brain
Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly went unorthodox Friday night, subbing Tony Pike in for quarterback Zach Collaros in some scoring situations against West Virginia. The move...
BCS breakdown: TCU's big win further clouds picture
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Think about the statement, and take in the enormity of it all.
Utah coach Kyle Whittingham on TCU: "I have been a coach for five years, and that is the best team I've faced." Utah has faced a handful of BCS teams in Whittingham's tenure, but the one that stands...
BCS bowl projections
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Sporting News college football expert Matt Hayes projects the BCS bowl games:
BCS national championship game: Alabama vs. Texas
Rose Bowl: Ohio State vs. Stanford
Fiesta Bowl: Boise State vs. Iowa
Sugar Bowl: Florida vs. TCU
Orange Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Pitt
Matt Hayes covers college...
Legends Poll: Who comes after the Big 3?
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USC, a BCS regular the past seven Januarys, is suddenly thinking Sun Bowl.
Georgia Tech, which hasn't played in one of the big bowls since the BCS' inception, is talking...
Play of the day: Three plays save Buckeyes' season
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Before the weekend, Ohio State's seven most recent wins all had come by at least 17 points. But the Buckeyes stuffed a season's worth of drama into Saturday evening, when they withstood Iowa's fourth-quarter comeback to win 27-24 in overtime. Three plays in the extra...
Week 11 Sporting News Top 25 college football poll
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Team
Record
Pvs
1. Alabama
10-0
3
2. Florida
10-0
1
3. TCU
10-0
4
4. Texas
10-0
2
5. Cincinnati
10-0
5
6. Boise State
10-0
6
7. Georgia Tech
10-1
7
8. Pitt
9-1
11
9. LSU
8-2
8
10. Oregon...
Jimmy Clausen: We had to dig ourselves out of a hole
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Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen threw for 283 yards and a touchdown in the Irish's 27-22 loss to Pitt. Clausen met with Sporting News' Matt Hayes and other reporters after the game.
Q: Any specific reason you guys struggled early on offense?
Jimmy Clausen: We...
Ohio State needs to take the next step in Rose Bowl
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Congratulations, Ohio State. Way to hit the benchmark again. Now comes the part where things have to change.
A Big Ten title and a BCS bowl berth have become birthright in these parts. Saturday's 27-24 overtime victory over Iowa brought a fifth straight...
Cincinnati RB Pead: 'He was just probably caught up in the fire'
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Cincinnati running back Isaiah Pead rushed for a career-best 175 yards on a career-high 18 carries—meaning for one night this season, the unbeaten Bearcats morphed into a running team. Following Cincinnati's 24-21 victory over West Virginia, Pead spoke with Sporting News...
Cincy's QB drama proved more interesting than Kelly-to-Irish talk
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CINCINNATI—There was an intrinsic beauty to the quarterback debate that seized this town during the six days before the Cincinnati Bearcats put their perfection at risk against West Virginia.
It was extraordinary on account of the fact it involved Cincinnati football, and never...
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