May 23, 2013

College Football: Big 12, SEC announce a deal for champions to play in bowl game

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(AP) — The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year’s Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch to a four-team playoff. In fact, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive all but said [...]

Connecticut’s Geno Auriemma has a problem with Notre Dame

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — With the future of the Big East in doubt, Connecticut women’s basketball coach Gene Auriemma has lashed out at Notre Dame and its insistence on playing as a football independent. Auriemma’s comments came Thursday at the conference’s media day for women’s basketball when UConn was not picked No. 1 in [...]

NCAA College Football: Scott against expanding Pac-12

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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott has said the conference is not actively seeking new members, despite all the talk of schools wanting to move. If fact, if it were up to him, Scott would keep the conference just the way it is. Speaking to reporters before Friday night’s game between Arizona State [...]