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Exasperated Vanderbilt Fan Throws Shirt And Hat Onto Field During Game
One Vanderbilt fan was so sick of the Commodores' performance in a 41-3 loss to Ole Miss that he walked down the stands and threw his shirt and hat onto the field, then walked away, shirtless and presumably still fuming....

Stanford Refuses To Beat USC
Seven times, Stanford ventured inside the USC 35-yard-line, and in those seven trips, they picked up an average of 1.43 points. Advanced metrics say that is bad. They fumbled four times, all in USC territory, and lost two of them. In fact, the game ended when Stanford fumbled one last time inside th...

USC AD Pat Haden Runs Down To The Field To Yell At Officials
Far be it from me to tell Pat Haden how to do his job, but it has to be difficult to ask student athletes to not react to things childishly and emotionally when you're running down to the field because you just have to yell at an official for a call you didn't like....

Nebraska Gets Crazy Last Minute TD, Bums Everyone Out
McNeese State vs. Nebraska was super fun for three hours, but it only takes a few seconds to remind everyone anew that there are Nebraska athletes and there are McNeese State athletes, and that's kind of not fair....

A.J. McCarron Never Did This
Alabama is, predictably, crushing FAU—and Blake Sims is a big reason....

This Is What Happens When Punters Try To Tackle
(CMU is still, at the moment, beating Purdue.)...

Today's College Football Viewing Schedule
The rest of the college football world was good enough to get out of the way of Stanford vs. USC at 3:30, and that was very nice of them. The only exceptions were a handful of Ohio and Kentucky schools who just had to make 3:30 today the time when all Ohio vs. Kentucky football beefs were settled....

You Will Never Be As Cool As Brock Hekking
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The <em>College Gameday</em> Curse Is Real... For Some Teams
The college football season is underway, and with it, the 28th season of ESPN's pregame show, College Gameday. With it also, the College Gameday curse, or at least rumors of its existence....

EMU Players Accused Of Attacking Relative Of Teammate's Murderer
Three Eastern Michigan football players have been charged with assault after allegedly attacking a cousin of the man who pleaded guilty to shooting and killing an EMU player last October....

Don't Step To Will Muschamp About His One-Play Suspensions
Florida's season opener on Saturday was suspended after just one play, a kickoff, after rain and lightning strikes made the game unplayable. Two days later, coach Will Muschamp announced that three suspended Gators would be reinstated. This struck some observers as funny. It was not funny to Muscham...

Denver Mayor Doesn't Know CSU Coach's Name; CSU Coach Gets All Sad
Despite the fact that the University of Colorado and Colorado State University both have garbage-ass football programs, the two schools like to make a very big deal out of their annual early-season meeting, which is dubbed "The Rocky Mountain Showdown" and played in the Broncos' stadium. So of cours...

Wisconsin QB Doesn't Have An Injured Shoulder; He Has The Yips
Wisconsin head football coach Gary Andersen said Tuesday that backup quarterback Joel Stave was out indefinitely with a shoulder injury. Later that day, Andersen rowed it back, saying Stave's shoulder wasn't hurt; he's just working his way through a severe case of the yips....

The Associated Press Explains The Word "Trill"
"Though trill is a word to describe a vibratory sound, that's not what it means in rap culture. It's a hybrid of true and real and has long been used by Texas rapper Bun B, who calls himself Bun B Trill OG." ...

FIU Changes Mind, Will Credential <i>Miami Herald</i> Beat Writer
The Miami Herald reports today that FIU will credential the paper's beat writer, David J. Neal, for the rest of the season—less than a week after the same university refused to credential Neal for the team's home opener. ...

UTEP RB Crushes New Mexico, Who He Says Stood Him Up As A Recruit
Rushing for a career-high 237 yards and three touchdowns must have felt incredibly sweet for UTEP sophomore running back Aaron Jones. But add in the fact that this performance came against New Mexico, a school he says stood him up for a planned in-home recruiting visit, and Saturday just might have ...

The South Comes In All Flavors
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Baylor Line Breakdown Leads To Sprawled, Trampled Freshmen
Baylor's got a fancy new stadium, and they opened it tonight with the traditional Baylor Line—in which incoming freshmen rush the field like idiots and form a human tunnel for the football team. It didn't go so well tonight....

New Mexico State's Horse Knocks Over Girl During Pregame Ceremonies
One unlucky New Mexico State student was knocked over by a horse during Thursday's pregame ceremonies for the Aggies' season opener against Cal Poly....
