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Mark Dantonio Doesn't Have Time For Your Stupid Questions
Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio wasn’t about to suffer multiple questions from ESPN’s Heather Cox before tonight’s Cotton Bowl playoff matchup against Alabama, so the Michigan State head coach went full Popovich and walked away. Maybe he heard about this....
ESPN Promo For Cotton Bowl Semifinal Features Michigan, Not Michigan State
ESPN has gone all-in on its Latin American programming strategy, with today’s college football semifinals airing on ESPN Deportes, a Deportes simulcast on ESPN2, and on the main ESPN in Mexico. Unfortunately, some confusion still reigns as you can see in this promo that ran on Deportes (and ESPN2) d...
Jimbo And Candi Fisher Are Divorced
Jimbo Fisher and his wife of 22 years, Candi, are officially divorced, GossipExtra.com’s Jose Lambiet reported today. The process didn’t take long; Lambiet reported that the Florida State football coach filed for the split less than five months ago and the couple has been separated since May. ...
Iowa Knocks Off #1 Michigan State, Who Scored An Own Goal
We love these incredible basketball plays, so here’s Michigan State’s Alvin Ellis scoring on his own basket while trying to deflect an Iowa inbound pass. It’s emblematic of the Spartans’ rough night in Iowa City; they fell to the Hawkeyes 83-70....
One Of ESPN's "Hot Topics" Is A Football Game That Does Not Exist
Midway through tonight’s Russell Athletic Bowl, ESPN’s Mike Patrick introduced a sponsored segment intending to highlight the biggest stories in college football. One of these, strangely, was a game that did not happen....
Alex DeBrincat Earns Game Misconduct For Spearing
The U.S. is currently taking on Canada at the IIHF world juniors in Finland, and the Yanks will have to play the final two periods without potential NHL first-rounder Alex DeBrincat after the Michigan native delivered his stick blade straight into Flyers prospect Travis Konecny’s gut. Go USA!...
Here Are Videos Of Dez Bryant Racing A Horse In College
Oklahoma State blog Pistols Firing unearthed a couple of videos of Dez Bryant racing Bullet—Oklahoma State’s mascot horse—in Boone Pickens Stadium....
Can Steph Curry Dunk?
According to the invaluable Basketball-Reference, Steph Curry has scored via dunk 15 times in his NBA career. And so one might say that the answer to the question up in the headline of this blog is, “Yes, of course he can dunk, you fool. He has dunked, he is capable of dunking, he can dunk.” In fact...
How The Warriors Streak Ended
24 wins in a row is as impressive of a streak as you’ll ever see to start an NBA season, but the Warriors were close to a different, sneakily difficult record last night. Had they beaten the Milwaukee Bucks, they would have secured the first 7-0 road trip in history. That stat doesn’t leap off the p...
Milwaukee Beats Golden State; Warriors' Record Season-Starting Win Streak Snapped At 24
Finally, someone has beaten the Golden State Warriors this 2015-26 season—and it’s the Milwaukee Bucks, whose 108-95 win lets us go back to pretending the NBA doesn’t exist for another two weeks....
Ohio State's Adolphus Washington Suspended After Getting Arrested In Prostitution Sting
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer just announced that defensive tackle Adolphus Washington will be suspended for the Fiesta Bowl, due to a violation of team policy. The suspension comes just two days after Washington was arrested for trying to solicit an undercover cop....
Oklahoma State Basketball Coach Travis Ford Ejected From Son's High School Game
So, Oklahoma State University men’s basketball coach Travis Ford was kicked out of his son Brooks’s high school basketball game yesterday, and that’s pretty funny, if perhaps unremarkable. This sounds like any run-of-the-mill Too Raw Sports Dad story, where a probably bad parent got too fired up liv...
Beat Writer's Leg Broken In Iowa State Court-Storming [UPDATE]
Iowa State fans stormed the court after the Cyclones beat in-state rival Iowa in Ames tonight, leading one beat writer to the hospital with a broken leg....
Ohio State Players Tease Defensive Coordinator For Talking About His New Job
Ohio State defensive coordinator Chris Ash has been hired to be the new head coach at Rutgers, and he wants everyone to know how excited he is about the new job:...
College Football Coaches Are Making Millions Off A Useless Metric
As a part of a project helmed by HKM and Deadspin, we have retrieved and reviewed the contracts of every Division I public university head football coach. In this space, we will look at the academic incentives within these coaches’ contracts and how they were brought upon by the NCAA’s focus on the ...
Here Are Your College Football Playoff Matchups
ESPN just revealed the matchups for the second annual College Football Playoff. #1 Clemson will take on #4 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, and #2 Alabama has #3 Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl. Both games will be played on December 31, with the final on January 11 in Arizona. ...
Gimme The Trophy And Get Out Of My Way, Old Man
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Michigan State Wins Big Ten, Ends Iowa's Unbeaten Season With Last-Minute Touchdown
Michigan State went 82 yards on a whopping 22 plays before L.J. Scott pushed his way into the end zone for the Spartans’ first touchdown of the night, one that earned them a 16-13 win that ended Iowa’s unbeaten season....
Tallahassee Police Finally Admit Problems With Investigation Of Jameis Winston Rape Case
One of the most sinister things that came to light in the Jameis Winston case was how Florida State and local police protected athletes accused of sexual assault. A former FSU administrator admitted as much last month in a deposition, and the stunted investigation into rape allegations against Winst...
Cowherd Hates Santa: Your B1G Championship <i>College GameDay</i> Sign Roundup
Lick it up, kids, because this is probably our last College GameDay sign roundup....