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Scott Shafer: Charter Member Of The Dabo Swinney Fan Club
Just before the half, Dabo Swinney's Clemson Tigers were thumping Syracuse 35-7. On fourth-and-goal inside the Cuse 1o, he went for it rather than just kicking the field goal. The Syracuse defense held them out of the endzone and head coach Scott Shafer pledged his everlasting love for Dabo....

Jonathan Johnson Narrowly Avoids Running Into Brick Wall
This, minutes into the second quarter in Tennessee, was almost a disaster. Jonathan Johnson stretches out for an overthrown fade pass in the back corner of the endzone and winds up running head first into the wall. Luckily, there was still some padding on that portion of the wall, but less than a fo...

SMU Ties Rutgers With Minute Remaining On Insane Two-Point Conversion
Somehow, today's Rutgers-SMU battle in Dallas is a conference game, and the two teams (okay, mostly the Mustangs) are doing their best to make it a worthy matchup. SMU tied it with a bit more than a minute left thanks to this two-point conversion they had absolutely no business completing....

'Bama Fans Made An Elephant-Float Out Of A Volkswagen
Warren: Hey Joel, know what I think I'm gonna do?...

ESPN Cameras Catch Nebraska Player Appearing To Relieve Himself
Can't a guy get a little privacy/patriotic whizzing?...

Jerry Kill Has Another Seizure, Will Miss Michigan Game
Jerry Kill suffered a seizure this morning—his second of the season—and will miss game action for the fourth time since joining the Gophers. The Gophers head coach was not feeling well Friday and did not accompany his team to its hotel in Dearborn, Michigan. He planned on traveling Saturday to join...

UVA Scores Three Last Week, Doubles It Right Here
UVA struggled to get any kind of offense going last week and lost 14-3 to Pitt. This week, against Ball State, it's an offensive smorgasbord—they currently lead 17-10 just inside the second quarter—including this diving and tumbling effort at the end of a 27-yard run from quarterback David Watford. ...

Show Us Your Tats: Northwestern-Ohio State <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
The nerds near Chicago are hosting Ohio State tonight and also ESPN's College Gameday this morning. Be sure to grab your dictionary and the, uh, the-other-one-with-the-different-words-that mean-the-same-thing-ary. You'll need them both to get most of these signs....

Texans Fans Support Matt Schaub With All Kinds Of Weird Headwear
This is a three-minute clip that aired during a news broadcast in Houston. Some people in Houston may hate Matt Schaub and may want him traded to Football Purgatory for a wide receiver and third round pick, but these are not those people. ...

The Injury History Of Everyone On The Field When Jake Locker Got Hurt
Four seconds into the play above, Jake Locker took an awkward double hit from Muhammad Wilkerson and Quinton Coples and had to be carted off the field with a hip injury. If anyone could sympathize, it was, well, everyone else on the field....

Family Member Says Paul Oliver May Not Have Meant To Kill Himself
USA Today has more details on the death of former Chargers safety Paul Oliver, who died last month from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Citing a police report, USA Today paints Oliver as a man who was directionless and possibly depressed at the time of his death....

What Really Went Wrong With Rob Gronkowski's Arm Surgeries?
Hours after the 2013 Super Bowl, Rob Gronkowski danced on stage at Encore, the kind of Vegas club you pray your friends never drag you to. As I watched the inevitable TMZ video—Gronk body-slammed a pal onstage—I was less interested in Gronk Gronking than in the black cast encasing his left forearm. ...

Shitbag Browns Owner Yuks It Up
Look at this evil motherfucker. Laughing it up as the Browns eked out an ugly win. This time next year, Jimmy Haslam could be in federal prison. Never forget that if supervillains were real, they'd start as sports owners....

Paul Rhoads Goes On Rant For The Ages After Officials Screw ISU
Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads, already on the hot seat after losing the Cyclones' opening game to Northern Iowa of the FCS, had a right to be upset with officials after tonight's game against Texas, a 31-30 Longhorns win....

Cleveland Spanks: Your Browns-Bills GIF Roundup
Browns 37, Bills 24: Even with both starting quarterbacks leaving due to injury, this was probably the most entertaining Thursday night game this season. Yes, even with Brandon Weeden and Jeff Tuel....

Here's The Worst Late Hit You'll See This Year In College Football
Hope you're proud, Longhorns fans....

How Did Philip Rivers Stop Sucking?
Last season, under Norv Turner and his Dink-and-Punt strategems, Philip Rivers became a dull, weaponless checkdown zombie, a man working anxiously behind a cobbled-together offensive line. Under Mike McCoy and his pepped-up offense, Rivers is looking a lot more like the slinging, derping Marmalard ...

A Very Important Picture Of Matt Millen Wearing Overalls
Via Matt Clapp/Sharapova's Thigh....

Meet Mr. Inside And Mr. Outside On The Hokies' Defense
Each week, Football Outsiders recognizes the most outstanding college linemen, defenders and other darkhorses from the previous weekend who are habitually overlooked in the hype for that other award (whatever it's called). These are the Lowsmen....

Report: Alabama Assistant Loaned Money To HaHa Clinton-Dix
After yesterday's practice, Nick Saban announced that standout safety Ha'Sean "HaHa" Clinton-Dix was suspended indefinitely. No reason given, just "violation of team rules," as with many of the other nine Bama players suspended over the past eight months. Now we've got a pretty good clue: Alabama ha...