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TV Cameras Continue Catching Filthy-Mouthed, Then Shocked, Fans
Last week we had this Texas Tech fan horrified by her own dirty mouth. Today it's this lady from UNC. ...
Toledo's Alonzo Russell Makes Ridiculous One-Handed TD Catch
We've had several great touchdown catches already this college football season, but Alonzo Russell's this afternoon to put the Rockets up 21-7 on CMU is as good as any of them....
Ohio State Crushing FAMU, Leaving Trail Of Waste Including Officials
Ohio State is doing to Florida A &M today what you'd expect; as of this writing, they're up 41-0 18 minutes into the game. Nobody on the field with the Buckeyes is escaping unscathed, and that includes the umpire....
"Crap On Me Sam Ponder": Your NDSU-Delaware State <i>GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
We don't know much about our friends up in Fargo, North Dakota, but we are learning every day. For example, today on ESPN's College GameDay from North Dakota State, we learned that they enjoy scat play. Which is nice. For that and so much more, join us in our GameDay sign roundup from The Great Nort...
This Is The Photo That Got A BYU Football Player Suspended
No, really. That's it. That's Spencer Hadley, senior linebacker, having what looks like a swell time in this undated photo from what looks like a club located in the dark heart of somewhere sinful. Hadley's the one in the greenish-blue shirt in the middle, holding up a bottle of what we're guessing...
Arian Foster Says He Took Money At Tennessee
Texans running back Arian Foster admits (maybe "admits" isn't the right word, because public opinion is swinging away from shaming the athletes, toward shaming the system that facilitates and encourages it) that he took money while he was a student at UT. ...
Here's The Uppercut That Got A Clemson Player Ejected
Isaiah Battle earns his ejection from last night's Clemson-NCSU game with a start-button uppercut. You can tell he's smart because he punched the guy who was wearing a helmet....
ACC Officials Decide N.C. State Didn't Score TD They Totally Scored
The latest conference to make its officials, rather than players and coaches, the story is the ACC, as tonight's Clemson-North Carolina State game was marred by a botched call that reversed a Wolfpack touchdown and led to one for the Tigers. ...
This Might Soon Be An Actual Virginia Tech Helmet
This design, featuring a representation of the "Hokie Stone" dolomitic limestone endemic to the Blacksburg campus, has been floating around for a couple of days. Today came confirmation: it's real....
Michigan Paid To Have "Go Blue" Skywritten Over East Lansing
This was not some Wolverines fan with disposable income tweaking their in-state rivals by putting "Go Blue" in skywriting above Spartan Stadium before last weekend's MSU game. This was Michigan's athletics office, paying "thousands" to put the message in the skies. And it sort of backfired. ...
Thanks For The Tips, <em>Journal Star</em>. We're Interested.
Cindy Lange-Kubick, the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star's Life columnist, has written a response to our Bo Pelini story in which she provides us with a number of tips for possible stories. We take all the tips we get very, very seriously, and so we'd like to use this space to let Ms. Lange know exactly ...
The Petty, Thin-Skinned Bravado Of Bo Pelini: 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. Last week's rankings were not consulted. ...
We Are Marshall
Here's a cool archival site for those of you who care about Marshall. The Herd Vault: Sons of Marshall. ...
Goal-Line QB Sneak Works Out As Poorly As Possible
Hot, steamy D-III action here for your consumption. Albright College lined up on Stevenson University's one-yard line, ready to punch it in and tie up the score. Someone would score a touchdown, all right....
Infographic: Are College Sports In The Midst Of A "Shaq Boom"?
Over on his blog, Ken Pomeroy makes a convincing case that we're in the midst of a "Shaq Boom." The babies named "Shaquille" that were born in O'Neal's heyday in the '90s are now turning 18 and entering college basketball. The name "Shaquille" first entered the list of top 1,000 baby names in 1991 (...
How We Acquired That Bo Pelini Audio Recording
That audio of Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini venting and cursing (and cursing and cursing) about fans and some members of the media has existed for two years now. But it was made public yesterday because that's when we first learned of it. In fact, the source who gave us the recording reached out...
Texas A&M Raised A Record $740 Million In Donations Last Year
For the fiscal year ending Aug. 31, Texas A&M received a mammoth $740 million in pledges and gifts, according to an email sent out by chancellor John Sharp. When it's all collected and finalized, it should be an all-time record for a public university. And make no mistake: it's about football....
So What Was That All About? Ask <em>SI</em>'s Editors About Their OSU Series
A week ago, Sports Illustrated began publishing its much-discussed, much-criticized five-part investigative series on Oklahoma State's football program. Yesterday, SI managing editor Chris Stone and executive editor Jon Wertheim provided a coda, explaining the intent of the package:...