Alabama AG’s office to review Smith situation
College football newsThe Alabama attorney general’s office is reviewing reports of alleged contact between Crimson Tide offensive tackle Andre Smith and a sports agent after the All-American was suspended from the Sugar Bowl.
The attorney general’s office began reviewing the situation on Tuesday to see if a full investigation is warranted, spokesman Chris Bence said.
Crimson Tide coach Nick [...]
UCLA’s Walker picked as New Mexico St coach
College football newsUCLA defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker has been hired as New Mexico State’s new head coach.
NMSU athletic director McKinley Boston announced the hiring Tuesday. The university scheduled a news conference Wednesday morning to formally introduce Walker.
Walker, in his third season with UCLA, visited NMSU on Monday and met with administrators and toured the athletic facilities.
He will [...]
Scott rallies Maryland to bowl win over Nevada
College football newsRalph Friedgen’s initial reaction was to put Da’Rel Scott and the six other Maryland players who broke curfew leading up to the Humanitarian Bowl on a bus with a one-way ticket back to College Park, Md.
Instead of being run out of town, Scott stuck around and ran over Nevada.
Benched for 2 1/2 quarters for his [...]
David Letterman is going to love this at No 25.
College football newsDavid Letterman is going to love this at No 25. In the AP college football poll, his alma mater, Ball State.
The Cardinals, who have remained unbeaten while losing one of their best players to a career-ending spine injury, are ranked in the Top 25 for the first time.
After a week with few upsets, the top [...]
Notre Dame 4-1 start doesn’t measure up to the 27 other seasons.
College football newsNotre Dame 4-1 start doesn’t measure up to the 27 other seasons. In which the Irish had one loss in the first five games.
The difference: This time they’re unranked.
Every other season in which the Fighting Irish were either 4-1 or 3-1-1, they were ranked. The Irish were rated as high as No. 4 in 1942 [...]
No 20 Auburn woke up Sunday morning to several harsh realities.
College football newsNo 20 Auburn woke up Sunday morning to several harsh realities.
The Tigers lost to Vanderbilt for the first time since 1955, have already dropped two Southeastern Conference games and the offense is showing few signs of breaking out of its struggles.
“We’re pretty down right now,” center Ryan Pugh said Sunday. “It’s a loss to Vanderbilt. [...]
The Vanderbilt Commodores returned to the field for a curtain call.
College football newsThe Vanderbilt Commodores returned to the field for a curtain call. To celebrate with their excited and a bit stunned fans, not wanting the moment to end.
It’s time to believe.
These Commodores are rolling back not just the years, but the decades at a school that was a charter member of the mighty Southeastern Conference, but [...]
Top-ranked Oklahoma was already looking ahead.
College football newsTop-ranked Oklahoma was already looking ahead. Not even taking time to celebrate another lopsided victory over Baylor.
Finally, the much-anticipated annual matchup against Texas is next on the schedule.
“Everybody in the locker room is fired up about it and that week is here,” coach Bob Stoops said minutes after the Sooners’ 49-17 victory at Baylor. “You [...]
No 3 Mizzou believes it can be even better.
College football newsNo 3 Mizzou believes it can be even better.
The heavy lifting is just beginning for third-ranked Missouri.
The Tigers broke the 30-year hex in Lincoln with Saturday’s 52-17 win over Nebraska. But it’s the next two weeks - at home against No. 17 Oklahoma State and on the road against No. 5 Texas - that will [...]
Ball State wide receiver Dante Love can move his arms.
College football newsBall State wide receiver Dante Love can move his arms. And legs after undergoing a five-hour surgical procedure to stabilize a fractured back, the school announced Sunday.
Love needed the operation to stabilize a cervical spine fracture and a spinal cord injury, Ball State team physician Dr. Jay Matchett said in a statement.
We were told the [...]
