Andrew Bagnato

Minnesota's 24-23 upset of second-ranked Penn State on Saturday may have dashed the Big Ten's hopes for a berth in the Sugar Bowl. But the conference still has a shot...

Sixty-one years after his final college game, Marshall Goldberg will make one last carry at Pitt Stadium. At halftime of Pitt's Nov. 13 game against Notre Dame, the two-time All-American...

In simpler times, the second-place team in the Big Ten rooted for the first-place team to lose. But that was before the Bowl Championship Series, with its quartiles and computers,...

Someone has to win the Pac-10. Why not Stanford? Granted, the Cardinal doesn't have a resume that shouts "major conference champion." It was annihilated by 52 points by Texas and...

The luckiest college football fan in the land works out of a cubicle in a Greektown loft office building. "I think I have the best job in America," Jared Newland...

Penn State coach Joe Paterno is optimistic quarterback Kevin Thompson will be able to play when the second-ranked Nittany Lions visit No. 16 Purdue this weekend. Thompson, the starter in...

Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer seemed surprised when someone suggested the Hokies' creampuff-laden schedule might cost them a shot at a Sugar Bowl berth. "Certainly James Madison is a quality...

Two years ago, an unidentified Michigan State player was quoted as saying "Michigan is dead" the week before the Spartans met the Wolverines. Though Michigan was clearly the superior team,...

Alabama coach Mike DuBose nearly lost his job before the off-season when he admitted to lying about his relationship with a school employee. The university had to pay $350,000 to...

To find the hottest young conference in Division I-A football, get off the "L" at State and Lake, walk toward the Chicago River and ride the elevator to the sixth...