Andrew Bagnato

Scoonie Penn detected the first hint of surrender during a recent Ohio State practice. A day earlier, on Jan. 16, the Buckeyes had absorbed a 10-point loss to an inferior...

For years, Bobby Bowden joked that his tombstone should say "But he played Miami." After repeated heartbreaks, Bowden finally gained the upper hand on Florida State's bitter rival. So it's...

In December 1989, then-Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz addressed his players at a practice before the Orange Bowl. The Fighting Irish had watched their hopes of a repeat national championship...

The Bowl Championship Series was promoted by ABC and the NCAA to "guarantee a true national champion for the first time ever," but barring a playoff system, fans still may...

Ohio State coach John Cooper has had a long time to come up with an argument for why his Buckeyes deserve to play for the national title--since the final gun...

When it comes to basketball, the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big Ten have few connections. But when it comes to television revenue, the conferences have plenty in common. They both...

Kansas State slipped farther behind UCLA Monday in the race for the top two rungs in the Bowl Championship Series standings and a berth in the Fiesta Bowl. Tennessee remained...

In August, Ohio State coach John Cooper strode to the front of a ballroom at the Chicago Hilton and Towers at Big Ten media day and told reporters his team...

Football coaches like to talk about the importance of graduation rates. But when the NCAA released its inch-thick annual report on the subject last weekend, there was hardly a peep...

The pollsters have been saying it since August. On Monday the Bowl Championship Series rankings agreed: Ohio State is No. 1. If the Fiesta Bowl were played Saturday, it would...