Chris Dufresne’s Top 25
1. Alabama (8-0): Nick Saban celebrated 60th birthday Monday by scaring kids off his porch. (1) 2. Louisiana State (8-0): Sorry Les Miles, only "hat" welcome where you're headed is...
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Longing for a rosy result
Texas may or may not end up in the Pacific-12 Conference. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott tried to lure the Longhorns last year before his dream for a 16-team super league...
How does Oregon stop Cam Newton?
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — A new year poses an old question: Who is going to stop Auburn quarterback Cam Newton? Kentucky couldn't do it. He rushed for 198 yards. South Carolina,...
Boise State makes strides while staying put
Boise State dominated Friday, ended up winning the weekend and still has a chance to ransack the entire season. The question: Can the Broncos maintain momentum moving toward December? The...
Auburn vaults Oregon to take over No. 1 spot in BCS standings
It was a new week but the same story for the Bowl Championship Series, with a team the poll voters have not endorsed jumping to No. 1 in the standings....
Conference expansion: The dust settles
Pac-10 Commissioner Larry Scott was back in his office Tuesday, plotting his next move after almost moving a mountain. The Harvard graduate and former women's tennis commissioner won't celebrate his...
Stevens young, but no babe in woods
INDIANAPOLIS — A thumbnail report on the Final Four coaches includes one coach who sticks out like a sore thumb. There are three hard-core veterans: Mike Krzyzewski, Tom Izzo, Bob...
It’s fate vs. precision
Texas will win the national championship because, in LA-LA land, people like scripts that come full circle, having their fortunes told and Jupiter aligned with Mars. There are too many...
Ohio St. to duel with dual threat
Jeremiah Masoli is the kind of quarterback college football loves and the National Football League recommends to the Toronto Argonauts. Oregon's junior quarterback is as fast as he is tall...
Meyer clung tight to whopper of job
When I met Urban Meyer he was on a fast track to the top of his profession. It was 2004. He was 3-0 as the head coach at Utah, on...