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Watch Marquis Maze's Incredible 83-Yard Punt Return For An Alabama Touchdown
Marquis Maze goes back and forth across the field slalom-style en route to an 83-yard punt return for a touchdown. Alabama currently leads Arkansas 31-14....
Notre Dame Really Wanted To Lose Today, But Pitt Wouldn't Let Them
Notre Dame appeared to be hellbent on working themselves to a 1-3 record today, but the Pitt Panthers would have none of that. The game looked to have all the makings of another terrible Notre Dame loss:...
Your College Football Afternoon Games Open Thread
Three Top 21 matchups highlight the 3:30 p.m. eastern lineup: No. 14 Arkansas at No. 3 Alabama (CBS), No. 7 Oklahoma State at No. 8 Texas A&M (ABC) and No. 11 Florida State at No. 21 Clemson (ESPN)....
Your College Football Early Games Open Thread
Top 25 teams on the early slate: No. 20 TCU hosts Portland State, No. 22 Michigan hosts San Diego State in the Hoke Bowl and No. 25 Georgia Tech entertains North Carolina. The first game starts at 2 p.m. eastern, the others at noon....
Deadspin's College Football Top 25 Or So: Tiger Eat Tiger
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. ...
This Evening: Erin Andrews Gets Ready For Game Day At WVU
Your p.m. roundup for Sept. 23, the day we were reminded again to update our Facebook privacy settings. H/T to Michael for the photo. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Craig James And Jesse Palmer Share A Moment
The broadcast partnership that dare not speak its name. [From reader Lucas]...
The Big East Is Reaping What Its Founder Sowed
Since when did Dave Gavitt become a paragon for all that is harmonious and decent and noble in college sports? Gavitt, who died a week ago today at the age of 73, was the founder and first commissioner of the Big East. And because Pitt and Syracuse have decided to seek higher ground by airlifting t...
Ohio Bobcats Get Black Jerseys, Completely Lose Their Shit
Skip ahead to the 1:10 mark or so and watch as Ohio football players learn via video that they'll be wearing black jerseys this season. Much whooping ensues. One guy rolls around on the floor. Another raises his arms in supplication to the glory of Russell Athletic. This is the jock equivalent of ...
ESPN's Jenn Brown Doesn't Think Highly Of Bitch Butch Jones
The perils of live sideline reporting are such that even if you catch yourself calling a coach named Butch a bitch (as in, Jones of Cincinnati), a lot of people notice. And giggle. And take video of it and send it in to websites that may or may not post a six-second snippet of said slip....
The Cincinnati Bearcats Think The Cincinnati Bearcats Logo Is Worthy Of Being Protected By Velvet Rope
Welcome to Cincy's most exclusive night club....
Jamaal Charles Takes A Ride On The Fantasy Meat Wagon
There's an ad on the front page of NFL.com now. It shows Jamaal Charles being carted off with a torn ACL, near tears. His health, shot. His livelihood, threatened (only about 35 percent of his contract is guaranteed money). The Chiefs' season, shot....
Here's Chad McGhee With Your Weekly Knox City Greyhounds Update
When KFDX from Wichita Falls, Texas needed someone to shout-out the big Knox City/Newcastle game last weekend, they knew Chad McGhee was the man for them....
"Hit 'Em In The Face As Hard As You Can," Then Pray: Pee-Wee Coach Shows Why Football Won't Be Getting Less Violent
A reader sent in this video of a Texas U6 team getting a pep talk from its coach before a game. He exhorts the Frisco Gators to push hard, be tough, and "hit 'em in the face as hard as you can." (One of his kids corrects him—"in the chest"—to nervous laughter from parents.) But before the face- or...
High School Football Player Undergoes Brain Surgery After Suffering Serious Concussion In Game
Friday night's high-school football game between San Luis Obispo (Cal.) and Oxnard is best known as the game before which a cheerleader nearly got impaled and totally got trampled during player introductions....
Texas A&M Fans Provoke Baylor With Waco Billboard: "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Conference Deal"
Just when we think we've gone and boiled Texas football down to its essence, the Texans go and out-Texan themselves....
Giants LB Michael Boley Celebrates His Return TD By Whipping The Ball At Some Dude's Face
Whatever godforsaken gig has this guy standing on the sidelines—an innocent victim, forced into Boley's warpath—I hope like hell he's getting paid for it....
Your Monday Night Football Open Thread
Hakeem Nicks is likely to play; Steven Jackson will not. So it's Cadillac time in the Meadowlands! The Rams and the Giants both had hopes of competing this year, and one of them is going to have a lot less hope once this is done....
A Handy Map Of Where To Burn Your Couches When WVU Beats/Loses To LSU
Before the season began, WVU and Morgantown officials decided to crack down on the Mountaineer tradition of burning couches after big wins (and big losses). They aren't kidding around, making the celebratory pyre a felony arson charge. The new rules face their greatest test Saturday night, as No. 2 ...
In Michigan, The Grandmas Shotgun Beers Better Than You
Who says you can never relive the glory days? Who says you can't do it at age 85, in a parking lot, wearing a pair of jorts and a Michigan Wolverines windbreaker as you inhale the contents of a Keystone Light Michelob Ultra in just under ten seconds? This is what dreams (and Cirrhosis) are made of...