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The likelihood of outrage seems inevitable this year in college football: The BCS controversy, which even President Obama has issued proclamations about, seems ready to explode, since six undefeated teams - two from minor conferences - survive with only three games left in the season. Two conferences, Mountain West and Western Athletic (WAC) are excluded from automatic participation in the BCS, and must compete for one of two wildcard teams, and both still have undefeated teams. But should a team which has gone undefeated and unchallenged take a slot from Alabama or Florida, which are likely to also go undefeated......

BYU advances in MWC tournament despite multiple dirty plays from New Mexico's Elizabeth Lambert.

It took a while, but Jonathan Nelson finally discovered the secret to getting on the field for No. 22 Oklahoma: peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. A string of injuries had held Nelson back since he arrived on campus in 2006, but the last hurdle he had to clear before earning some playing time was convincing secondary coach Bobby Jack Wright that he had put enough meat on his slight frame to play safety. That's where the PB&J came in. Strength and conditioning coach Jerry Schmidt put Nelson on a diet requiring him to eat several peanut butter and jelly sandwiches...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Southeastern Conference has suspended officials from last weekend's Arkansas-Florida game after the crew was involved in its second controversial call of the year. Referee Marc Curles' crew called a personal foul on Arkansas defensive lineman Malcolm Sheppard in the fourth quarter as the Gators were rallying for a 23-20 victory. The league said there was no video evidence to support the call.The same group of officials called the LSU-Georgia game earlier this month, which included a late unsportsmanlike conduct penalty the league said shouldn't have been called. "A series of calls that have occurred during the...

STORRS, Conn. - A University of Connecticut football player has died following an on-campus stabbing, hours after the team’s victory over Louisville. Twenty-year-old Jasper Howard of Miami, a junior and starting cornerback, was stabbed during a fight early Sunday. His death was confirmed to The Associated Press by an administration official who requested anonymity because of the police investigation.

Internet message boards, you know, like this one, are if nothing else a sociological petri dish. In a forum as vast as this one, it's possible for me to perform assigned FR College Football Live Thread hosting duties and get a pretty good pulse on what a lot of have on your minds about your team as well as other people's teams. It's perhaps my favorite aspect about keeping this ping list is all of the observations and banter between some of you, friend and foe alike. The past few days I've been lurking on several message boards devoted to...

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Do you remember the old adage, "those that can, do. Those that can't, teach. Those that can't teach become guidance counselors?" Well, I suppose if you can't become a guidance counselor you can always vote in the AP College Football Poll every week. Now, in terms of BCS standings, the AP is useless. However, it should serve as a reminder as to why nobody subscribes to newspapers anymore. If you go to this handy link, you can see in all its glory how each AP voter voted in their top 25 each week. In his weekly press conference on Monday,...

Do you ever stop and wonder what it is about this great game of college football that keeps you watching, that keeps you going to games and reading this, the FR College Football Live Thread every week? Surely I can allow my own ego to run amok here and say that certainly you must come back here every single Saturday because you're wondering who I'll make fun of each week, and let's face it. Anytime you have the opportunity to have a few laughs at Joe Biden's expense, you're doing your fellow man a wonderful service that no government program...

Who heard it? A player on the Giants offense gave his college as "University of Chief Illini" in the pre-recorded intros.

INDIANAPOLIS – The NCAA says Myles Brand has died after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 67. The university president turned NCAA chief who pushed for tighter academic standards in college sports and took on Bob Knight died Wednesday.

TV timeout? Blame the guy in the red hat Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:26 AM By Tim Feran THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH If you become irate over a long TV timeout during tonight's game between Ohio State University and the University of Southern California, there's a good reason to see red. A person called the "red hat" is to blame. Known officially as the TV commercial timeout coordinator, the official stands on the sidelines, wears a red hat and is responsible for when to stop and start play on the field for commercial breaks. "It's not very easy," said Oliver Dizon,...

We have completed a mere one week of play in the college football season and and we've already seen some things that some of us would prefer to unsee. What began with a punch Thursday night on "The Blue" ended on Labor Day evening in Doak Campbell Stadium with a team looking for a punch of a different variety and coming up short. (I'll do my best to console our Seminole fan FRiends later). In between, we had many blowouts, a few good marquee games, and a victory in Big D that could set the tone for the season to...

It's week No. 1 in NCAA football. Tonight the S.C. Gamecocks of the SEC go against the N.C. Wolfpack of the ACC and No. 19 Boise State of the WAC takes on the No. 16 Oregon Ducks of the Pac-10.

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DETROIT -- Several Michigan football players claim the program regularly violates NCAA rules limiting how much time they can spend on training and practice sessions, according to a published report. ... One former player who started for Michigan last season told ESPN Saturday night that the report was accurate. The player, who asked not to be identified for fear of repercussions from fans, said in-season Sundays at the football facility lasted from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., including a one-hour lunch. That would be an 11-hour day. The NCAA daily limit is four hours, the weekly limit 20. The same...

Several Michigan football players claim the program regularly violates NCAA rules limiting how much time they can spend on training and practice sessions, according to a published report. Players from the 2008 and 2009 teams told the Detroit Free Press for a story published on the newspaper's Web site on Saturday that the amount of time they spend on football activities during the season and in the offseason greatly exceeds the limits. The players spoke to the newspaper on condition of anonymity because they feared repercussions from coaches.

In ten days (I'd say ten short days, but this time of year the days are never short enough), Ohio State will open its 2009 season with a home game against the United States Naval Academy. It will mark the first time these two teams have faced each other since the 1981 Liberty Bowl, which the Buckeyes won, 31-28. Prior to that, Ohio State and Navy hadn't played since 1931. Ohio State University wants its fans to know that this isn't exactly the Kentucky School of Turfgrass Management that's coming to town. The Midshipmen are giving up a minimum of...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—Memphis has been stripped by the NCAA of every victory in its 38-win season under coach John Calipari that ended in the national title game last year. The reason: an ineligible player believed to be Derrick Rose. The announcement Thursday came 16 months after the Tigers lost to Kansas in the championship game following the 2007-08 season. Memphis president Shirley Raines said the school would appeal the ruling.

HONOLULU -- Hawaii coach Greg McMackin was suspended for 30 days without pay and has volunteered to take an additional 7 percent pay cut from his $1.1 million salary for making a derogatory comment while describing Notre Dame's chant before last year's Hawaii Bowl. In a room full of players, assistant coaches and boosters, a tearful McMackin addressed reporters late Friday after meeting with school officials for several hours. "I just want to say I made a big mistake. I want to apologize to everyone and anyone that I offended with my remarks," he said. "I'm committed to do whatever...

Tim Tebow LifeSiteNews.com) - Last week Florida Gators Quarterback Tim Tebow's photo may have graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, the same magazine that is best known for its annual "swimsuit issue," but the contrast between the two cover stories couldn't have been more glaring.At 21 years of age and graced with boyish good looks, Tebow is one of the most talked about rising stars of the NCAA; but the football superstar literally left reporters speechless last week when he answered a question during a press conference about whether or not he is "saving himself" for marriage. quot;Yes I...

.....Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who chaired the hearing of the antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights subcommittee, said the BCS bowl “regime” is best described as a violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act--a law aimed at protecting against monopolies and business arrangements that stifle competition.........

CLEMSON — The ACC has halted its plans to hold its conference baseball tournament in Myrtle Beach, citing failure to reach an agreement on the Confederate flag issue. In May, the ACC awarded the event to Myrtle Beach for 2011-13, expressing a willingness to look past the NCAA’s ban of predetermined championship events being contested in the state. On Monday, the league announced it had given the event to Durham, N.C. (for 2011, 2013) and Greensboro, N.C. (for 2012), confirming a report by The State that its plans had changed. Clemson coach Jack Leggett - Mary Ann Chastain /AP Do...

Rivals has an article about a thirteen year old accepting a scholarship from Tennessee. Lets reiterate that Tennessee just offered a college football scholarship to a kid who probably has not finished putting all of his eighth grade trip pictures on his face book account. A kid three years away from legally learning to drive, a kid who has probably not looked at any aspect of college other than the fact his big brother is a star with the Volunteers.. The NCAA has more rules, regulations, and bylaws than some nation have in their tax codes so how about one...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The College of William & Mary in Virginia is looking for a mascot and ideas have ranged from a feathered horse to an asparagus stalk. The school said Monday more than 400 nominations have been submitted. William & Mary for decades was known as the Indians, but the school changed its nickname to Tribe in the 1980s. The NCAA ruled in 2006 that the college could keep the Tribe nickname but its feathered logo was demeaning to Native Americans and had to go. The school's athletic teams will still be called the Tribe, but the college wants...

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Texas is beating TCU 5-0 so it looks like, but not over yet, Texas will advance to Omaha. Here are the brakets Semi-final Group ‘A’ Double Elimination Arizona St (5) v North Carolina (4) Southern Miss v Texas (1)/TCU winner Semi-final Group ‘B’ Double Elimination UVA v LSU (3) Arkansas v Cal St Fullerton (2) Champion ship (Best of 3) Group ‘A’ Double Elimination winner v Group ‘B’ Double Elimination winner Seeded teams eliminated UC Irvin (6) Oklahoma (7) Florida (8) Brief exclamation on how the semifinals work. In the four team groups, the winner of game 1 plays the...

6/1/2009 - RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFNS) -- Henry Bautista wasn't one of the U.S. servicemembers seven NCAA football coaches visited at a U.S. military hospital in Germany May 29, because servicemembers are not the only ones risking their lives in dangerous places like Iraq. Mr. Bautista, a field representative for a light armored vehicle contractor in Iraq, was injured May 26 when a vehicle mishap almost severed his leg. The doctors at the hospital pieced his ankle back together, but his tibia is still broken. He needs more surgery. Meanwhile, his family is back in Roy, Wash., on the...

Texas tops Boston College in longest game in NCAA history Sunday, May 31, 2009 10:19 AM AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Travis Tucker hit an RBI single with one out in the top of the 25th inning, leading Texas to a 3-2 victory over Boston College on Saturday night in the longest game in NCAA history. The game eclipsed the previous record of 23 innings, set in 1971 when Louisiana-Lafayette defeated McNeese State 6-5. The game began at 7:02 p.m. EDT Saturday and concluded 7 hours, 3 minutes later at 2:05 a.m. Sunday. "I knew we were going to win as...

The University of Memphis is responding to NCAA allegations that the men's basketball program committed major violations during the 2007-08 season under John Calipari, a newspaper reported Wednesday. The allegations include "knowing fraudulence or misconduct" on an SAT exam by a player on that season's team, which finished runner-up in the NCAA tournament, The Commercial Appeal in Memphis reported on its Web site. The university received the notice on Jan. 16. Lamar Chance, spokesman for the basketball program, declined comment Wednesday night when contacted by The Associated Press.

Gillette Stadium - at Foxborough, Ma Semifinal #1 Saturday May 23rd, 2009 - 12pm EDT ESPN 2 (3) Duke at (2) Syracuse Semifinal #2 Saturday May 23rd, 2009 - 2:30 pm EDT ESPN 2 (5) Cornell at (1) Virginia Championship, Monday May 25th, 2009 - Noon EDT ESPN Semifinal Winner #1 v Semifinal Winner #2

Upper Bracket Hofstra at Cornell (5) Umass at Princeton (4) Winners play in Hempstead, NY May 16th, 2009 Brown at Johns Hopkins (8) Villanova at UVA (1) Winners play in Annapolis, MD May 17th, 2009 Lower Bracket UMBC at North Carolina (6) Navy at Duke (3) Winners play in Annapolis, MD May 17th, 2009 Maryland at Notre Dame (7) Sienna at Syracuse (2) Winners play in Hempstead, NY May 16th, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP)—Tackling an issue sure to rouse sports fans, lawmakers pressed college football officials Friday to switch the Bowl Championship Series to a playoff, with one Texas Republican likening the current system to communism and joking it should be labeled “BS,” not “BCS.” John Swofford, the coordinator of the BCS, rejected the idea of switching to a playoff, telling a House panel that it would threaten the existence of celebrated bowl games. Sponsorships and TV revenue that now go to bowl games would instead be spent on playoff games, “meaning that it will be very difficult for any bowl, including...

WASHINGTON -- The coordinator of the Bowl Championship Series told Congress Friday that a switch to a playoff system -- favored by fans, President Barack Obama and some lawmakers -- would threaten the existence of celebrated bowl games. Sponsorships and TV revenue that now go to bowl games would instead be spent on playoff games, "meaning that it will be very difficult for any bowl, including the current BCS bowls, which are among the oldest and most established in the game's history, to survive," said BCS coordinator John Swofford in prepared testimony. "Certainly the twenty-nine games that are not part...

President Barack Obama stands with coach Urban Meyer, second left, after he was presented with a personalized football by the 2008 NCAA Football Champions Florida Gators in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama (C) is presented with a football and a football jersey by tight end Cornelius Ingram (R) and other players as Obama welcomes the 2008 NCAA national champions, the University of Florida football team in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 23, 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama peeks through a giant replica of...

NCAA investigations into former USC stars in football and basketball have been combined into one probe of the Trojans' athletic program, sources connected to one of the cases said Wednesday.

Here is "One Shining Moment," put together by CBS Sports this year to cap the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. It is a music video showing key highlights from this year's tournament, culminating in the North Carolina Tar Heels 89-72 victory over Michigan State last night to win the school's 5th National Championship. NOTE: Here are Highlights of the Championship Game

(2) Michigan State 82, (1) Connecticut 73 Associated Press DETROIT -- Raymar Morgan grinned and lifted his right arm high in the air, saluting a stadium filled with Michigan State fans with a little wave. The Spartans promised their downtrodden state something good, and boy, did they deliver. Morgan broke out of his late-season slump with 18 points, Kalin Lucas added 21 and the smaller Spartans ran roughshod over Hasheem Thabeet and Connecticut in an 82-73 upset in the Final Four on Saturday night. The Spartans will play the winner of Villanova-North Carolina for the NCAA title Monday night, a...

1st Game, 6:07pm Michigan State Spartans at University of Connecticut Huskies 2nd Game, 8:47pm Villanova Wildcats At University of North Carolina Tarheels

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Saturday, April 4th, 2009 - CBS TV Westwood One Radio 6:07pm EDT - Michigan St (2) at Connecticut (1) 8:47pm EDT - Villanova (3) at North Carolina (1)

Here's a quick look at today's NCAA tournament regional championship games:

Upset SpecialA second Big East team is headed to the Final Four, but the first No. 1 seed has fallen as Villanova knocks out Pittsburgh 78-76. Results »

On the 17th Anniversary of the Leitner miracle shot, Pitt refuses to play defense and loses 76-74. Another 0bama pick bits the dust.

Spartans KO ChampsMichigan State is back in the Elite Eight, ending Kansas' defense Friday night 67-62.

The Louisville Cardinals destroyed the Arizona Wildcats 103-64 to advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Louisville used pressure defense, hot three-point shooting, and great inside play to dominate Arizona from start to finish. The video above gives all the highlights of the game. . . . . (Watch Video)

<p>Why no women's bracket? asks Christine Brennan of USA Today.</p>

Here is an interview with Arizona State's Anthony Robles who has been named an NCAA Wresting All-American. Robles was born with one-leg, and this interview video shows him in action. What an amazing young man who is a living testimony to obstacles that can be overcome through dedication, hard work, and a great attitude. . . . . . (Watch Video)

Here is video of Yahoo Sports' Dan Wetzel reporting that the University of Connecticut (UConn) Basketball team violated NCAA rules in the recruitment of former guard Nate Miles. The violation reportedly took place in 2006. UConn is in the Sweet 16 of this year's NCAA Tournament. . . . . . (Watch Video Report)

Has the Bible verse John 3:16 become too controversial to be displayed at sporting events? Some might be asking that question after a basketball fan at the NCAA Tournament had his sign featuring the famous New Testament quote snatched away from him by a security guard. The incident took place last week during Round One of the annual contest, as Siena College, a Catholic school, was taking on Ohio State at the UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. CBS Sports coverage posted on YouTube shows the sign being confiscated by a security guard, who then folds it up several times so...