Big Ten picks: As Vegas overreacts to Week 1, go the other way
Are you familiar with recency bias? "Recency" didn't pass the spell-check, but it's a thing. It's why we figure Alabama will never lose and Texas A&M's Kevin Sumlin can't tell...
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Ohio State’s Urban Meyer no fan of Tom Herman’s ‘new generation of excuse’
Urban Meyer did something football coaches never do: Lace into other coaches. In a stunning piece by CBS Sports' Dennis Dodd, Meyer lit up Tom Herman, the Texas coach groomed...
Beg, borrow, deal? Georgia fans with Notre Dame tickets set to invade Chicago
When people call Chet Coppock to beg for Georgia-Notre Dame tickets, he replies: "Call a broker." "Georgia fans are zealots," the inimitable sportscaster says. "To them this is New Year's...
Urban Meyer to get look at new kid on coaching block: Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley
Urban Meyer was once the hot young coach. He got the Bowling Green job at age 36, won national coach of the year at Utah at 40 and won his...
Iowa fires back on accusation that it should have protected C.J. Beathard
In a jarring piece published last week by The New York Times, Ed Cunningham disclosed why he gave up his prominent, 20-year gig as a college football analyst for ESPN....
Wildfires might alter Nebraska-Oregon and Minnesota-Oregon State games
With wildfires in the Pacific Northwest threatening air quality, the Nebraska-Oregon and/or Minnesota-Oregon State games might be adjusted. A Pac-12 news release Tuesday stated that that Oregon and Oregon State...
Son of Mike Locksley, former Illinois offensive coordinator, shot and killed
The college football community was filled with sadness Monday upon learning that one of Mike Locksley's four children has been killed. Meiko Locksley, 25, suffered a fatal gunshot wound, according...
Five things we learned about Big Ten football this weekend
Five things we learned after a wildly profitable weekend in the desert: (Hope someone got rich by betting on Howard, a 45-point underdog at UNLV. A hundred on the money...
‘A ton of work to do’ after shaky season-opening victory for Northwestern
Clayton Thorson has the kind of body that NFL scouts dig. He's a full 6 feet 4 and looks beefier than his listed 225 pounds. Northwestern's starting quarterback needed that...
Late push keeps Notre Dame’s home sellout streak alive
Notre Dame's sellout streak has endured snowstorms, gas shortages and coaching changes. It started in 1974. It was in jeopardy Saturday until a late push got every ticket sold. The...