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30-Point Underdog Louisiana-Monroe Upsets Eighth-Ranked Arkansas On Ballsy Overtime Fourth Down Play
Sun Belt also-ran Louisiana-Monroe shocked the world by beating a depleted Arkansas 34-31 in overtime in Little Rock tonight....
Yet Another Player Carted Off As Arkansas DB Tevin Mitchel Victimized By Helmet-To-Helmet Collision
Tears, prayers, and hushed tones overtook yet another college football stadium today as a third major injury led to a player lying motionless on the turf in Little Rock. Razorbacks defensive back Tevin Mitchel, while attempting to tackle a Louisiana-Monroe opponent, made a direct helmet-to-helmet ...
Denard Robinson Had More Offense Than Michigan's Offense Today
Some stock car named Denard Robinson suited up for Michigan today and accomplished more offense than the entire Michigan offense. This sounds impossible but it is not. Like the American financial system, college football's statistics attribute success to individual performance while collectivizing t...
The Honey Badger Is In The Stands At LSU-Washington
That's Tyrann Mathieu sitting in the stands as Washington meets Mathieu's former team, LSU, in Death Valley. He looks relaxed, as does LSU, up very big in the third....
Bad Luck Continues For College Football Players As Indiana QB Tre Roberson Snaps Lower Leg In Two
The unpaid athletes that make up big-time college football are having a rough day. After Devon Walker's horrifying injury earlier today, we have another gasp-inducing play that resulted in an athlete strapped to a gurney....
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Tulane Player Devon Walker Given CPR Onfield, Taken Off In Ambulance After Helmet-To-Helmet Collision [UPDATE]
EMTs administered CPR to Devon Walker, a Tulane player injured on the last play of the first half of the Green Wave's game at Tulsa earlier today....
Your College Football Open Thread
A pretty light slate of early games, so you have plenty of time to get drunk and overly optimistic before the real action starts. Things get good in the early afternoon. Full schedule, with TV coverage, right here. We'll link back to this yak throughout the day, so all yakking can go in the same pla...
Your College Football Master Schedule: September 8
Schedule via and cross-referenced with. If you spot any errors, let us know below. Conferences reflect home teams. Ranked teams bold; rankings from the USA Today Coaches Poll. Times (EST)....
Two Different High School Football Games Ended In Fans Fleeing The Stands Because Of Violence
In Chicago, either a stabbing or a shooting (details are still sketchy) at Simeon vs. Morgan Park High School; in Naples, Florida, players from Immokalee went into the stands to deal with some persistent hecklers after a loss to Naples High....
Deadspin's College Football Top 25 Or So: Scoreboard!
It's time for a new installment of Deadspin's college football rankings. As always, the teams are ranked according to the logic and values of college football, no matter how bizarre or contradictory they may be....
The Savannah State Athletic Director Sure Does Hate His Football Team
Or least that's the way it looks in the short-term. Partly as an investment in the future, Savannah State has offered itself up as a cupcake to far better teams this season, and has proven itself thus far a rich, artisanal cupcake, with delicate pink frosting and cinnamon accents. The program's fir...
Here's Chris Kluwe Explaining Why He Wrote Today's Response To An Anti-Gay Marriage Politician
Earlier today, we published a letter from Vikings Punter Chris Kluwe to a Maryland legislator who tried to use his position of influence to silence Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo, who has spoken out in favor of a Maryland ballot initiative that would legalize gay marriage....
Mike Gundy Says He Wasn't Running Up The Score When Oklahoma State Won 84-0
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Cowboys were going easy on Savannah State, they swear....
Let's Not Forget That Alabama Also Added Five Iffy National Championships
Texas A&M is (deservedly) taking a lot of shit for deciding over the summer to add two very questionable national titles to their history. But they're far from the only school to count championships awarded by obscure polls or retroactively applied formulas. Why, their new conference-mate Alabama is...
"They Won't Magically Turn You Into A Lustful Cockmonster": Chris Kluwe Explains Gay Marriage To The Politician Who Is Offended By An NFL Player Supporting It
Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo has spoken out in favor of a Maryland ballot initiative that would legalize gay marriage. Yahoo has published a letter that Maryland state delegate Emmett C. Burns Jr. wrote last week to Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti, urging him to "inhibit such expressi...
Texas A&M Picked Up Two National Championships, Two Conference Titles Over The Summer
You're looking at two photos of Texas A&M's Kyle Field, both via Rant Sports. The top was taken last season, the bottom snapped just this week. Pretend this is one of those "spot the differences" bar games, and see if you can tell what's new. Yep, the Aggies' history managed to get a lot more storie...
Are You Ready For Many, Many More Years Of Chris Berman? ESPN Is.
Two months ago, there was buzz in Bristol that Chris Berman was on the verge of re-signing a big contract. Bristolites were surprised. First, his contract wasn't set to expire till May 2013, so why do anything 10 months before? Especially since ESPN let plenty of prominent contracts go down to the w...
High School Football Players Kicked Off Team After Hiring Hookers At Team Hotel
DeMatha Catholic High School in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., has an athletic program that counts Keith Bogans, Adrian Dantley, Danny Ferry, and Brian Westbrook among its alumni. But its nationally ranked football team will have to get by without five of its reserves, after they were booted from ...
Arkansas Interim Head Football Coach John L. Smith Files For Bankruptcy
Arkansas football coach John L. Smith, thrust into the interim role after Bobby Petrino's midlife crisis, is facing a crisis of his own after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in an Arkansas court today....