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  • August 2008

    • Realistic NCAA Football Rosters Are Video-Game Gold

      Ars Technica  |  Aug 27, 08 2:40 PM CDT

      Realistic NCAA Football Rosters Are Video-Game Gold

      (Newser) - College-sports video games offer players and teams carefully designed to mirror real-world counterparts, but NCAA regulations bar use of college athletes’ names in-game. But, Ars Technica finds, fans are willing to pay those who put in the time-consuming work of compiling rosters, with one company grossing $150,000 last year selling memory cards and downloadable files that put names to players in Electronic Arts’ football franchise. More »

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      football  • NCAA  • NCAA football  • Electronic Arts  • video game console  • video games  • EA Sports

  • May 2008

    • Coaches Take Lessons From Iraq Troops

      ESPN  |  May 29, 08 5:38 PM CDT

      Coaches Take Lessons From Iraq Troops

      (Newser) - Five big-name college football coaches toured the Middle East for five days, but it was they who came away star-struck by the troops—particularly the teamwork they witnessed among kids the same age as their own players. "We put signs up saying, 'Leave your egos at the door,'" Charlie Weis told ESPN. "If you get your team to live that creed the way these soldiers do, you'll be OK." More »

    • NCAA Penalizes Teams for Classroom Performance

      USA Today  |  May 6, 08 5:02 PM CDT

      NCAA Penalizes Teams for Classroom Performance

      (Newser) - The NCAA has handed out sanctions to more than 200 college teams for poor academic performance, USA Today reports. More than a third of the 329 Division I schools had teams with subpar Academic Progress Rates, which means their players' graduation rate was lower than 60%. Twenty-six teams deemed chronic underperformers still face reductions in practice time and scholarship awards. More »

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      NCAA basketball  • football  • NCAA  • NCAA football  • college basketball  • college sports  • graduation rates

    • BCS Rejects Plan to Turn System Into 4-Team Playoff

      Associated Press  |  May 1, 08 12:32 AM CDT

      BCS Rejects Plan to Turn System Into 4-Team Playoff

      (Newser) - Even a three-game playoff was too much for the BCS. Bowl Championship Series officials rejected a plan Wednesday to turn the much-criticized system for deciding a national champ into a playoff involving four teams, starting in the 2010 season. The BCS format will remain the same until at least the 2014 season. More »

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      football  • NCAA  • NCAA football  • SEC  • BCS

  • April 2008
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  • January 2008

    • Rodriguez Implicated in Gutting WVU Football Files

      Charleston Gazette  |  Jan 16, 08 12:25 AM CST

      Rodriguez Implicated in Gutting WVU Football Files

      (Newser) - Seven years of football documents have gone missing from WVU's Puskar Center - from player's personal files to conditioning charts - and former head coach Rich Rodriguez is the prime suspect, the Charleston Gazette reports. Rodriguez and an assistant were spotted shredding papers in his office on the 18th of December, only a day after the coach announced his departure to Michigan. More »

    • Shorthanded Pitt Shocks Hoyas

      Associated Press  |  Jan 14, 08 9:47 PM CST

      Shorthanded Pitt Shocks Hoyas

      (Newser) - Minus its two starting guards and suffering a profound height disadvantage, no. 15 Pittsburgh shocked no. 5 Georgetown in front of a rowdy home crowd, 69-60. Panthers big man DeJuan Blair continued to excel in his freshman campaign, snagging 15 points and nine rebounds despite conceding seven inches to the Hoyas' goliath center, Roy Hibbert (7'2"). More »

    • USC's Carroll Flirts With Falcons

      ESPN  |  Jan 11, 08 3:27 AM CST

      USC's Carroll Flirts With Falcons

      (Newser) - It wouldn't be a high-profile NFL coaching search without an appearance by USC's Pete Carroll—and Atlanta owner Arthur Blank is actively wooing the former Jets and Pats coach, ESPN reports. Blank and Carroll spoke yesterday by phone to discuss the vacancy, but Carroll is expected to turn down the job if it's offered. More »

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      NFL  • NCAA  • NCAA football  • Atlanta Falcons  • USC Trojans  • Pete Carroll

    • UGA President Wants to Scrap BCS for Playoff

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jan 10, 08 5:09 AM CST

      UGA President Wants to Scrap BCS for Playoff

      (Newser) - If University of Georgia President Michael Adams had his way there would be less to gripe about at the water cooler during the bowl season. Adams, who is chairman of the NCAA’s executive committee, wants to replace the confounding Bowl Championship Series with an eight-team playoff. He believes that the chances are “at least 50-50” that his proposal will pass, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. More »

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      NCAA  • NCAA football  • BCS  • Georgia Bulldogs

    • WVU Turns on Rodriguez

      Charleston Daily Mail  |  Jan 9, 08 7:23 AM CST

      WVU Turns on Rodriguez

      (Newser) - Rich Rodriguez's abrupt departure from WVU to become head coach of Michigan's football program has left Mountaineers fans in an uproar and his family under siege, reports the Charleston Daily Mail . Rodriguez's mother tells the paper that her grandchildren have received death threats at school, and her son's West Virginia home has been vandalized. More »

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      NCAA football  • Michigan Wolverines  • West Virginia Mountaineers  • Rich Rodriguez

    • LSU Roars Past Ohio State for National Title

      Columbus Dispatch  |  Jan 8, 08 3:00 AM CST

      LSU Roars Past Ohio State for National Title

      (Newser) - Ohio State coach Jim Tressel must have felt a sense of deja vu last night: his team played poorly and lost to a Southeastern Conference team in the BCS title game—just as it did in January 2007. This year's opponent, LSU, beat the Buckeyes, 38-24, backed by four TD passes by fifth-year quarterback Matt Flynn, writes the Columbus Dispatch. More »

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      NCAA football  • SEC  • Big Ten Conference  • Ohio State Buckeyes  • BCS  • LSU Tigers

    • Smith, Tulsa Roll Over Bowling Green

      Tulsa World  |  Jan 7, 08 4:35 AM CST

      Smith, Tulsa Roll Over Bowling Green

      (Newser) - Paul Smith shattered records all night yesterday and he dragged the Tulsa football team along for the ride. Smith threw for 312 yards and five touchdowns as the Golden Hurricane destroyed Bowling Green 63-7 in the GMAC Bowl in Mobile, the Tulsa World reports. Smith set an NCAA record by throwing for at least 300 yards in all 14 Tulsa games. More »

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      NCAA football  • Tulsa

    • Rice Romps as Rutgers Blasts Ball State

      New York Times  |  Jan 5, 08 10:08 PM CST

      Rice Romps as Rutgers Blasts Ball State

      (Newser) - Ray Rice knew Ball State had the 99th ranked defense in the country against the run, but the Rutgers tailback probably didn't think things would be this easy today. The junior rushed for a school-record 280 yards and four touchdowns in a 52-30 romp in the International Bowl in Toronto, the New York Times reports . More »

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      NCAA  • NCAA football  • Big East Conference  • Rutgers Scarlet Knights

    • Mountaineers Soar Past Sooners

      Associated Press  |  Jan 3, 08 4:26 AM CST

      Mountaineers Soar Past Sooners

      (Newser) - University of Phoenix stadium has become a house of horrors for No. 3 Oklahoma, which yesterday lost its second straight Fiesta Bowl there, 48-28, to West Virginia. Pat White rushed for 150 yards and threw for 176 yards and two scores for the Mountaineers, who put aside the distraction surrounding the departure of coach Rich Rodriguez, reports AP. More »

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      NCAA football  • West Virginia Mountaineers  • BCS  • Oklahoma Sooners  • Rich Rodriguez  • Bob Stoops

    • Warriors Get Sacked by Georgia

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jan 2, 08 4:30 AM CST

      Warriors Get Sacked by Georgia

      (Newser) - There was little drama in this year's Sugar Bowl matchup, as SEC power Georgia showed no regard for Hawaii's 12-0 record in a thorough dismantling of the WAC champs, 41-10. The Bulldogs, feeling slighted at not being chosen for the national championship game, recorded eight sacks, forced six turnovers and knocked out Hawaii QB Colt Brennan, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. More »

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      NCAA football  • Southeastern Conference  • Georgia Bulldogs  • Hawaii Warriors  • Colt Brennan  • WAC  • Mark Richt  • Sugar Bowl

    • Mizzou Whips Up on Arkansas

      Kansas City Star  |  Jan 2, 08 1:51 AM CST

      Mizzou Whips Up on Arkansas

      (Newser) - The Missouri Tigers, ranked No. 1 at one point this season, were left out of the BCS bowl picture altogether and didn't forget it Tuesday, posting a 38-7 Cotton Bowl win over Arkansas, reports the Kansas City Star. Missouri's Tony Temple had records of 281 yards rushing and four touchdowns. "Games like this...you can't dream about it," he said. More »

    • Trojans Roll in Rose Bowl 49-17

      Associated Press  |  Jan 1, 08 10:40 PM CST

      Trojans Roll in Rose Bowl 49-17

      (Newser) - Just imagine if the Trojans had played this well all season. No. 6 USC set a Rose Bowl record in total offense and tied the record in points in a 49-17 thrashing of No. 13 Illinois. Freshman Joe McKnight did his best Reggie Bush impression, gaining 170 of his team's 633 yards, and the Trojans' dominating defense created four turnovers. More »

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      NCAA  • NCAA football  • USC Trojans  • Illinois Fighting Illini  • John David Booty  • Pete Carroll  • Joe McKnight

    • Texas Tech Wins Gator Bowl

      Associated Press  |  Jan 1, 08 8:27 PM CST

      Texas Tech Wins Gator Bowl

      (Newser) - The Red Raiders rallied from a 28-14 fourth-quarter deficit to beat Virginia 31-28 in the Gator Bowl today, the AP reports. The comeback was capped by Alex Trlica's game-winning 41-yard field goal with 7 seconds left on the clock. QB Graham Harrell broke multiple Gator Bowl records with his 407-yard, 44-for-69 performance. More »

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