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Penn State Fans Aren't Particularly Sportsmanlike
Generally speaking, we enjoy a good harmless scrum among rival fans, but ... this would seem to cross the line considerably. How far past the line? A Michigan blog is appalled by this. And why wouldn't he be? Any normal human would be....
Everybody To The Goal Line! Stat!
Whatever your thoughts about Georgia's whole-team-celebration last Saturday after scoring the first touchdown against Florida, you can't deny it wasn't fascinating to look at....
Why Not Create "Fall Madness?"
Dan Shanoff writes a weekly college football column for Deadspin. Email him to let him know what you think....
Undefeated Teams Remain Undefeated
Boston College got things off to a good start for the undefeated teams back on Thursday night. By the time Monday morning rolled around all four of the unbeaten BCS schools remained perfect. The Sun Devils of Arizona State came out with the most significant-and perhaps most unexpected-victory of the...
As If Boston Didn't Have A Good Enough Night Already
Not that anyone in Boston saw it last night — seriously, ESPN had to have been cursing the scheduling gods — but Boston College, still ranked No. 2 in the country, garnered its most impressive and dramatic win in a decade...
After 33 Games, The Weis Era Is As Ugly As Ever
If it's the Friday after another Notre Dame blowout, you know what time it is: Time to play the Charlie Weis vs. Tyrone Willingham game!...
One Way To Sustain College Football Interest
We've purposely made the thumbnail picture as small as we can, because what follows, after the jump, from the Kentucky-Florida game this weekend, is disturbing and Not Safe For Work. There. You have been warned....
The Tyranny Of The Unbeaten
Dan Shanoff writes a weekly college football column for Deadspin. Email him to let him know what you think....
A Long Night In Champaign
We very much enjoyed our trip to Champaign on Saturday, even if we watched our Illini lose, once again, to those Michigan Wolverines. A note to Michigan fans: As if you didn't already know, your fans travel very well....
The Associated Press football poll is hot off the presses, and this week's "Second Ranked Spinal Tap Drummer" is: undefeated Boston College! Can they avoid the #2 curse? Well, they have a road game at ... 8th ranked Virginia Tech. Yep. Mick Shrimpton is putting money on the Hokies. [Yahoo! Sports]...
Iowa State's Mascot Is Somehow A Living Thing
Bringing you all things North Dakota State, Minnesota and NDSU are seesawing back and forth. NDSU has a 24-21 lead thanks to running back Tyler Roehl hitting the 250-yard mark on just 15 carries. But most of you are watching Iowa State-Oklahoma, Vanderbilt-South Carolina, Cincinnati-Pittsburgh, Indi...
How Pam Ward Can Get You Hammered
Not to slurp all over my cable provider, but Buckeye Cable is cool enough to not only provide the Big Ten Network, they actually air TWO games at once. So that's why I'm watching Minnesota-North Dakota State. It's tied 14-14, and apart from the sadness surrounding the fact that these two teams are o...
For My Next Bet, I'll Need A Volunteer From The SEC
You've got a half hour left to put down money on amateur athletes. You're desperate. I mean, REALLY desperate. You turn to Deadspin for three shoe-in victories. You'll probably only cash in on one of them, but it's that one game in which you'll be forever indebted to me....
Nobody Knows Crushing Losses Like A Boiler
Before Purdue's shellacking at the hands of Michigan last week, three Boilermakers team managers decided to run onto the field and recreate the famous blocked field goal at the end of the Appalachian State game....
Beware The NDSU Bison
We don't mean to imply that there might be something weird happening with the BCS computer rankings, but ... North Dakota State is currently No. 18 in the Sagarin ratings....
Derek Jeter > Daniel LaRusso?
Yesterday's Derek Jeter post got me a little nostalgic for the greatest teenage karate movie ever made, and I wasn't really sure why. Until just now....