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NCAA football stories: 157 news summaries

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 South Carolina Sacks 
 No. 4 Mississippi 

Gamecocks hound Rebs' star Snead in 16-10 victory

Sep 24, 09 10:51 PM CDT
(AP) - Mississippi wasn't ready for the top five—or South Carolina's defense. Star passer Jevan Snead was hounded all game and the fourth-ranked Rebels never got in gear, losing at South Carolina 16-10 tonight. The Gamecocks (3-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) had been 1-31 all-time against top-5 foes, but gave its home... More »

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NCAA football • Southeastern Conference • Houston Nutt • Mississippi Rebels • AP Top 25 • South Carolina Gamecocks • upset • Steve Spurrier • Jevan Snead

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 Huskies Shock USC, 16-13 

Gators stifle Vols; Va. Tech edges out Nebraska

Sep 19, 09 6:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Washington Huskies stunned No. 3 USC today 16-13, winning with a 22-yard field goal with 3 seconds left, the Seattle Times reports. In other action:
  • Vols coach Lane Kiffin may watch his mouth from now on. The No.1 Florida Gators beat Tennessee 23-13 with tight defense and
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NCAA football • Notre Dame Fighting Irish • USC Trojans • California Golden Bears • Virginia Tech Hokies • Washington Huskies • college football

OBITUARY

 NCAA President 
 Myles Brand, 67, 
 Dies of Cancer 

Philosophy professor led sports powerhouse after firing Bob Knight at Indiana U.

Sep 16, 09 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Myles Brand, the first academic in 50 years to head the National Collegiate Athletic Association and perhaps best known as the man who, as president of Indiana University, fired legendary basketball coach Bob Knight, died today of pancreatic cancer; he was 67, the New York Times reports. The former philosophy... More »

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NCAA • NCAA football • pancreatic cancer • Bowl Championship Series • Bob Knight • Indiana University • Myles Brand

(Newser) - The Ivy League has a reputation for excellence in all things, but the consignment of its sports programs—particularly the more visible ones like football and basketball—to college athletics’ second tier has alumni clamoring for change, the Wall Street Journal reports. Academic standards limit the pool of top student-athletes... More »

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NCAA • NCAA basketball • Columbia University • Ivy League • NCAA football • Dartmouth • Cornell University • Harvard • Princeton • Brown University • Penn • Yale • NCAA hockey • Lane MacDonald • Marcellus Wiley

(AP) - The New York Jets have their franchise quarterback. The Jets selected former Southern California star Mark Sanchez with the fifth pick of the NFL draft today after trading with the Cleveland Browns to leap from the 17th overall spot. Sanchez, with his powerful and accurate arm and excellent field vision,... More »

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(Newser) - A quest to play pro football might keep a Duke basketball player in school for another year, ESPN reports. Greg Paulus, who has used up his basketball eligibility at Duke, has been offered a tryout for the school’s football team—but at receiver, not quarterback, where he starred in... More »

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Duke Blue Devils • basketball • NCAA basketball • NCAA football • football • Michigan Wolverines • college basketball • Greg Paulus • college football

(Newser) - An academic-misconduct scandal that reached into all corners of Florida State University’s athletic department could cost the school victories in a number of sports, the St. Petersburg Times reports—including in football, where coach Bobby Bowden is second on the all-time list. An NCAA probe found that the Seminoles... More »

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NCAA football • Florida State Seminoles • Bobby Bowden • academics • Joe Paterno • NCAA sanctions

(AP) - The father of an NFL player among three men lost at sea said today the Coast Guard's hopes of finding survivors off the Florida Gulf Coast are waning. Bruce Cooper, father of Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, says he still has hope. But the Coast Guard told families privately that officials... More »

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NFL • NCAA football • Coast Guard • missing boater • fishing boat • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper

 No Distress Signal From 
 Missing NFLers: Coast Guard 

Lion, Raider were fishing off Gulf Coast

Mar 2, 09 6:56 AM CST
(Newser) - The Coast Guard got no distress signal from a missing fishing boat carrying NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith and two friends off Florida's Gulf Coast, the AP reports. “That's not to say they didn't send one out," said an official. "We didn't receive anything”—... More »

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NFL • NCAA football • fishing • Coast Guard • missing boater • missing person • fishing boat • Corey Smith • Marquis Cooper

 Deaf Athlete Joins NCAA Team 

Trailblazer is determined to break barriers for the deaf

Feb 5, 09 10:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Signing to play football for Baltimore’s Towson University is a big leap for Ryan Bonheyo—and for the Division I program, too, the Washington Post reports: Bonheyo is deaf, and will be the lone such player at Towson and one of very few to earn a scholarship in any... More »

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NCAA football • deaf people • college student • Towson University • football player • Ryan Bonheyo • Gallaudet

 Heisman Winner 
 Staying in College 

Sam Bradford picks another year with Sooners over NFL draft

Jan 15, 09 2:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Sooner sophomore Sam Bradford is skipping the NFL draft for at least another year of college football, reports the Oklahoman. The Heisman-winning quarterback, expected to have been a first-round pick, said his dream has always been to play for the University of Oklahama, and he sees no reason to cut... More »

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Heisman Trophy • NCAA football • NFL draft • Oklahoma Sooners • University of Oklahoma • Sam Bradford

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 Florida, Tebow Are Champs 


Jan 8, 09 10:57 PM CST
(AP) - Tim Tebow gave Florida the second-half jolt it needed, and the Gators toughed out a second BCS title in three years. Their 24-14 win over No. 2 Oklahoma in a choppy, sloppy affair made them national champions. The high-scoring shootout between Heisman Trophy winners never materialized. Oklahoma's Sam Bradford couldn't... More »

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Florida Gators • NCAA football • Oklahoma Sooners • Tim Tebow • BCS championship

Pelosi Sacks
Fla. Rep's Plea to Delay Votes for Gator Game

Ocala pol wanted to suspend biz for football

Jan 7, 09 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - A Florida congressman asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to postpone certifying the election of Barack Obama and other business so the Florida and Oklahoma delegations can attend the Gators and Sooners BCS championship game tomorrow, AP reports. "Madam Speaker, kindly consider," Republican Cliff Stearns pleaded in a handwritten... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • electoral college • Florida Gators • NCAA football • House of Representatives • Oklahoma Sooners • President-elect Obama • Cliff Stearns

 Gators-Sooners Game 
 Scores 3-D Movie Priemier 

Fox Sports launching experimental broadcast in 80 theaters

Jan 7, 09 1:52 AM CST
(Newser) - The Florida-Oklahoma championship game will be broadcast by Fox Sports live in 3D in 80 movie theaters across the US tomorrow in what is being hailed as a breakthrough event. Fans will pay up to $22 to watch the action through plastic 3D glasses. Every sport and network is closely... More »

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NBA • NFL • Florida Gators • NCAA football • Oklahoma Sooners • BCS championship • 3-D • Fox Sports • Bolt • Journey to the Center of the Earth • Sony Electronics

(Newser) - Two Santa Ana College football stars and a friend have been busted for videotaping their gang rape of an unconscious teen, according to Orange County cops. The 18-year-old victim, who was dating a friend of the men, was called to a hotel where the group was partying. The men took... More »

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NCAA football • football • rape • videotape • sexual assault • felony assault

(AP) - Utah is the best of the BCS busters, the AP reports. Brian Johnson threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns, and the No. 7 Utes upset fourth-ranked Alabama 31-17 in the Sugar Bowl on tonight to finish 13-0. With the victory, Utah became the first team from a non-BCS conference... More »

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(AP) - Ole Miss isn't just the team that handed Florida its only loss. These Rebels are seriously on the rise. Behind Jevan Snead's passing, Dexter McCluster's squirming runs, and some big returns by Marshay Green, No. 20 Mississippi overcame an early deficit and beat No. 7 Texas Tech 47-34 today in... More »

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USC Crushes Penn State
to Win Rose Bowl


Jan 1, 09 7:55 PM CST
(AP) - Southern California made a strong case of its own to be No. 1 as it manhandled Penn State in the Rose Bowl, 38-24. Mark Sanchez passed for 413 yards and four touchdowns, and USC dominated on defense. Out of the BCS championship mix, the fifth-ranked Trojans (12-1) could only wonder... More »

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 Notre Dame Ends 
 15-Year Bowl Drought 

First post season win in 15 years

Dec 24, 08 11:57 PM CST
(AP) - Jimmy Clausen set Notre Dame bowl records with 406 yards passing and five touchdowns to lead the Irish to their first postseason victory in 15 years—a 49-21 shellacking of Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl. Golden Tate had six catches for 177 yards and three touchdowns, including a 69-yarder that... More »

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OPINION

College Football Still Needs Breakthrough Black Coach

English hire makes 5 out of 119 in NCAA's top division

Dec 23, 08 3:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Yesterday’s hiring of Ron English by Eastern Michigan brings the total number of African-American head coaches in major college football to five—out of 119. That miniscule number underscores the barriers black coaches face, and, Michael Rosenberg writes for Fox Sports, the need for a black coach to dissolve... More »

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sports • race • African Americans • NCAA football • college • coach

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