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Dabo Swinney Denies Allegations That His Players Used Racial Slurs

According to South Carolina players, rivalry week allegedly took an ugly, racist turn on Saturday; Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney believes otherwise....

Government Officials Are Living It Up For Free At Publicly Funded Vikings Stadium

The five-person Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority was created to control and operate the Vikings’ new stadium on behalf of taxpayers, who coughed up half a billion dollars to build it. But it turns out that the MSFA members, along with other public officials, are being well taken care of by the ...

Grey Cup Kneel-Down Gets Very Profane

Calgary executed an incredible comeback to force overtime with Ottawa in the Grey Cup, and as the Redblacks took a knee to end regulation, things got very f-bomby on the line of scrimmage. (Let’s get this camera angle on NFL broadcasts, eh?)...

Football And Officials Go Flying In Wild Grey Cup Play

Ottawa is stomping Calgary in tonight’s Canadian Super Bowl, which is one of the most entertaining football events of the year but which gets next to no promotion or notice by ESPN, the CFL’s U.S. broadcast partner. That’s a shame, because more people could be watching great things like this. Or—dep...

Jaguars Junction: Week 12

A child’s first smile. A mother’s kiss. A new love’s glance. All of these people will eventually die. Life’s sweetest moments are inherently fleeting, their memories best preserved before the deleterious assaults of passing time. ...

Fuck Whoever Made This Sign

The bar for college football fans is really low, and yet, this joke about the water crisis in Flint, Mich., wiggles under it....

Indiana's Zander Diamont On Quitting Football: "I Need My Brain"

Indiana backup quarterback Zander Diamont didn’t specify how many concussions he’s had due to football, but he ballparked it at “a lot.” The junior has decided to step away from the sport after the Hoosiers’ bowl game. Diamont’s reasons were simple and sound. From the Indianapolis Star:...

Brian Kelly Closes Out Notre Dame's Dogshit Season By Losing, Yelling, And Talking About Accountability

Notre Dame finished its 2016 football season on an anemic note Saturday by losing to USC, 45-27. With a regular-season record of 4-8, the Fighting Irish are eligible for the Absolute Jackshit Bowl. Meanwhile, head coach Brian Kelly is reportedly sniffing around for any open coaching gigs, not becaus...

Is It In You? Not Anytime Soon

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UVA? More Like <i>No Va</i>

Notre Dame's Jerry Tillery Kicks Head Of Player Who Just Suffered Brain Injury [Update]

USC-Notre Dame has long been a dirty rivalry, so here’s Notre Dame defensive lineman Jerry Tillery kicking USC’s Aca’Cedric Ware in the head just after Ware took a brain-scrambling helmet-to-helmet blow from Nicco Fertitta—one that got Fertitta ejected from the game....

I Mean, You Shouldn't Fuck With Jabrill Peppers When He's Happy

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"He Was Giving Me The Business"

Veteran referee Ron Cherry was unable to whistle USC’s Michael Hutchings for “giving him the business,” because the blow knocked Cherry completely out. He managed to leave the field under his own control, though we can’t imagine he’ll make it back....

Pitt Beats Syracuse 76-61 Not In Basketball

Pittsburgh defeated Syracuse on Saturday by a score of 76-61, the highest-scoring FBS regulation game in history. ...

Ohio State Takes Down Michigan In Double Overtime

No. 2 Ohio State defeated no. 3 Michigan for their fifth straight victory in The Game, winning 30-27 in two overtimes. ...

Harbaugh Spikes Headset, Breaks It, Earns Penalty

Ohio State narrowed Michigan’s lead thanks in part to an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty earned by Jim Harbaugh as the Wolverines head coach melted down on the sideline, eventually breaking his headset....

Michigan Does Butt Stuff: Your <i>College GameDay</i> Sign Roundup

College GameDay was an insufferable five hours long today, a duration that allowed for the University of Texas to fire its head coach and hire a new one during the same broadcast. Here are some signs Bucknuts brought to the Oval....

Two Women Who Reported Gang Rapes By Baylor Football Players Settle With University

Two women who reported being gang raped by multiple Baylor football players in 2012 have settled with the university, according to ESPN. The financial settlement was announced Tuesday, and the exact terms were not disclosed. The women didn’t file a lawsuit and no details—including the names of the p...

Charlie Strong Is Now, Officially, Fired

Texas head coach Charlie Strong is now, officially, fired. He went 16-21 with the Longhorns, including yesterday’s blowout loss to TCU that saw him at the helm despite a week of brass in Austin telling the press he was a dead man walking....

Down Goes Miss Arizona

Brandon Dawkins must have gotten hurt on the play; it took him an awful long time to get up....