May 21, 2013

NCAA College Football: College Football Playoff to replace BCS

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(Bill Hancock, executive director of the Bowl Championship Series, introduces the new College Football Playoff. Reed Saxon/AP) PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Bowl Championship Series will be replaced by the College Football Playoff. The BCS conference commissioners announced the name of the new postseason system that starts in 2014 on Tuesday, the first of three [...]

College Football: Ronaiah Tuiasosopo says he fell deeply in love with Manti Te’o

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Linebacker Manti Te’o of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish works out at IMG Academy on January 23, 2013 in Bradenton, Florida. (January 22, 2013 – Source: J. Meric/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the man on the phone impersonating Lennay Kekua, said he fell deeply in love with Manti Te’o over [...]

College Football: Woman in Te’o fake girlfriend photo speaks out

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(Diane O’Meara, the woman whose photo was used as the “face” of the supposed girlfriend of Manti Te’o (pictured), says the man allegedly behind the hoax apologized to her. AP) NEW YORK (AP) — The woman whose photo was used as the “face” of the Twitter account of Manti Te’o’s supposed girlfriend says the man [...]

College Football: Sports just need to be sports

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — At a party over the weekend, somebody asked me: Why does anybody still care about this stupid Manti Te’o story? I said something about how every story is a combination of important and interesting, and the Te’o story is a 0 on the Important scale, but on the Interesting scale, it’s [...]

College Football: Arizona overcomes Nevada 49-48 in New Mexico Bowl / Utah State routs Toledo 41-15 in Idaho Potato Bowl

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Matt Scott watched helplessly as Nevada kicked a field goal to pad its lead. The Arizona quarterback had already thrown two interceptions, and now needed two quick scores and some luck — in a hurry, too — to somehow win the New Mexico Bowl. Scott even admitted he didn’t have “positive” [...]

College Football: Arizona, Nevada to meet in New Mexico Bowl / Toledo, Utah State set for bowl game

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Expect a lot of offense when Arizona meets Nevada in the New Mexico Bowl today. The game features two of the nation’s best scoring offenses against two of the nation’s worst scoring defenses. Oh, and it also has two of the nation’s best running backs. Arizona’s Ka’Deem Carey [...]

College Football: Notre Dame holds top spot, but no team is truly dominant this season

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(PhatzRadio / SI Feature) — Every time I click on Twitter, my mentions blend into the same message. Every team in the top 12 is overrated. No one played anybody good. Every conference stinks. Fans of a particular team can punch holes in another team’s schedule/best win/worst loss, and guess what? They’re all correct. Is [...]

College Football BSC Playoffs: College football playoff to have 6 games, not 7

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — The Big East will compete with four conferences that have not had BCS automatic-qualifying status for a guaranteed spot in the lucrative marquee bowl games when college football’s new postseason system starts in 2014 That group of five conferences just won’t have a bowl of its own. The conference commissioners decided [...]

College Football: Another Top 10 Poll – Kansas State No.1??? Really

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(PhatzRadio / TTT) — I had to repost this poll I saw today. Again, I just want to know what the heck is going on? Kansas State is No.1?? Have we lost our mind? Alabama – there is nothing else to say people. The SEC is the best conference in college football. In what world [...]

College Football: Tyrann Mathieu ineligible for return to LSU Tigers, according to report

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(PhatzRadio / SI) —- Tyrann Mathieu is ineligible to return to play for LSU at any point in the future, despite earlier reports saying he could sit out this season and play for the Tigers in 2013. LSU senior associate athletic director for NCAA compliance Bo Bahnsen told Gannett Louisiana late Monday that Mathieu did [...]