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Michigan State Students Force Two Consecutive Shot-Clock Violations

In the final minutes of Friday night's win over Columbia, the Michigan State student section provided a new counter to the ball-controlling, time-eating Princeton offense: chant a phony countdown that forces a shot-clock violation....

The Final BCS Champion Will Be Legitimate, Like Always

Rumors of the BCS's humiliation were greatly exaggerated. While many in the college football playoff camp would have liked nothing more than to see a BCS Armageddon with undefeated Alabama, Oregon, and Florida State teams, last week's results prove once again that the current system is not the booge...

This Lee Corso-Kirk Herbstreit swordfight is unfortunately SFW....

Jonathan Martin Is A Pussy: Your Stanford-USC <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup

Well, this was bound to happen when you take the College GameDay crew to USC for a game against Stanford. Jonathan Martin, who met with the NFL yesterday to discuss the Richie Incognito/Miami Dolphins bullying issue, is a Stanford man and so the Trojan faithful had plenty of Martin-themed signs to s...

How The Sexual Battery Investigation Of Jameis Winston Became A Story

Matt Baker of the Tampa Bay Times was the first reporter to contact the Tallahassee Police Department to inquire about case No. 12-32758. He was acting on a tip he got back on Nov. 6 from a trusted source, who told Baker that a woman had brought some sort of sexual abuse complaint to police last Dec...

Kentucky's "Perfect Season" Marketing Blitz Didn't Work Out

The thing with talking about (let alone selling merchandise hyping) a 40-0 season is that perfect seasons very rarely work out. It's exceedingly more likely that you'll lose, then everyone will point out the fact that you sold t-shirts, and you'll become a punchline. Like those shirts over there! ...

College QB Beaten Up By Opposing Players Day Before Game [Update]

Rudy Johnson, quarterback for D-II Winston-Salem State, was reportedly assaulted and hospitalized by five members of the Virginia State team this afternoon, according to the Winston-Salem Journal....

Alleged Drunk Driver Seriously Injures Voice Of Marquette Basketball [Updated]

Steve "The Homer" True, a Milwaukee sports-talk personality and the longtime radio voice of Marquette basketball, sustained a serious head injury yesterday morning when the car he was driving was struck by an alleged drunk driver. As of last night, according to TV station WISN, True was listed in cr...

Chart: The Best NBA Players Left Off The "Rivals 150" Prospect Ranking

Tomorrow is a big day for basketball recruiting, as four of the top five high school prospects—per the Rivals ranking, at least—will announce where they'll be going to college. 125 of the 150 players on the Rivals list, representing the best American high school players graduating next spring, have ...

The Buckeyes Are Out For Blood: 125 FBS Teams, Ranked

Each week during college football season we put the conventional polls to shame by ranking every FBS team from 1-125, by whatever standard we see fit. As always, last week's rankings were not consulted....

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Sitting Courtside On Press Row Can Sometimes Be Hazardous

At least it was yesterday at the Mullins Center, where UMass's Derrick Gordon and LSU's Johnny O'Bryant III took out a laptop, a couple of sodas, and some guy in a red shirt during their relentless pursuit of a loose ball. Be sure to watch Gordon completely launch himself during the slow-motion repl...

Mike Leach Once Called The Big 12 Commish In The Middle Of A Game To Complain About The Officiating

The year was 2007. It was a simpler time. Dan Beebe was in his first season as Big 12 Commissioner, and Mike Leach was still at Texas Tech, probably not even having met redshirt freshman Adam James. But he was already a crazy person....

Mike Krzyzewski Thinks Tanking NBA Teams Are Un-American

Someone asked Mick Krizilonski what he thought about NBA teams potentially tanking the season in order to get a better shot at drafting someone like Jabari Parker or Andrew Wiggins. His response was peak Coach K....

Lowsman Trophy Watch: UCLA's Freshman Two-Way Threat

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....

Andrew Wiggins And Jabari Parker Have Arrived. Get Excited.

Last night, we finally got to see superstar freshmen Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker in a prime-time game against top-flight opponents. If you weren't planning on paying much attention to college basketball this year, it's time to amend those plans. These guys are going to make this season a whole ...

Dancing Pitt Coach Paul Chryst Proves He Has A Personality

"It's not that Paul Chryst is intentionally trying to sound boring." That's how the Associated Press once described the Pitt football coach's public persona. But behind closed doors, after a big win like Saturday's against Notre Dame, with a big ol' naked ass nearby? Paul Chryst boogies down....

Kansas Wigginses Defeat Duke Jabaris

The Jabari Parker/Andrew Wiggins match we eagerly wanted hit a snag, because eight other players just had to also play on the court. Wiggins and Parker each had their moments in the Jayhawks' 94-83 over the Blue Devils....

Michigan State Fan Behind ESPN Set Is <em>Really</em> Into Usher

Spartans supporters had reason to celebrate in Chicago tonight after MSU held off top-ranked Kentucky to earn a major early-season OOC win. One Michigan State fan took the opportunity to show off his terrible dance moves on ESPN's airwaves....

How To Make Football Players Lose Their Minds: Cancel Saturday Practice

Man, those kids are gonna get druuuuuunk on Friday night....