LSU fans had all but disappeared into the New Orleans night by the final minutes of last month's dreary BCS title game, leaving en masse when they figured out a team that couldn't get past the 50-yard-line wasn't going to magically find a way to cross the goal line. They weren't alone, with people across the nation abandoning their TVs in hope of finding something even remotely more interesting.

The Big Ten, which helped squash the notion of a four-team playoff to crown a national champion in college football several years ago, is taking another look.

It was like 2008 all over again for disappointed Patriots fans who watched as their team lost Sunday to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl for the second time in five years.

Through it all, Jim Tressel never lost his charm.

Every coach claims to have a great national signing day. Nick Saban actually does - every year.

Michigan State's Kirk Cousins and Wisconsin's Russell Wilson threw touchdown passes to lead the North to a 23-13 victory over the South in the Senior Bowl on Saturday.

For decades, Joe Paterno was the public face of Penn State. For almost as long, his near-constant companion, wife Sue, seemingly wielded as much influence.

Bobby Bowden’s North team took it to former rival Howard Schnellenberger’s South team in the first Battle of Florida game.

Nine times out of 10, sequels are a bad idea. That’s why Herman Melville had the sense not to write <span class="italic">Moby Dick Jr.: The Next Generation</span>. Nor do we need Louisiana State vs. Alabama II.

West Virginia and Clemson will bring to South Florida exciting, high-powered offenses led by dual-threat quarterbacks.

College-affiliated football’s oligarchy serves us reruns to decide a national champion. Will The Staple Singers perform <span class="italic">Let’s Do It Again </span>before the anthem? In this sequel, instead of Biggie Smalls, Kansas City Mac, Bootney Farnsworth and 40th Street Black, we’ve got The Mad Hatter vs. Little Nicky.

University of Miami football hardly requires a game to make headlines. The program made news this week first for what won’t be happening, then for what its former players didn’t do and Tuesday for what coach Al Golden didn’t quite say.

John Amaechi was in Washington the other day, about to give a speech to the CEOs of various Fortune 500 companies, when the man introducing him to the room made the mistake of uttering a few sordid syllables.

Nick Saban makes $5.9 million. Mack Brown makes $5.1 million. John Calipari makes $4.6 million.

Is the era of Florida college football dominance over for good, or is the Sunshine State just in the midst of a temporary tropical depression? It depends whom you ask.

College football is undergoing a radical facelift — mostly money driven — with seven of 11 FBS leagues moving members and more possible.

Celebrated freshmen <span class="bold">Anthony Chickillo</span>, a defensive end, and receiver <span class="bold">Phillip Dorsett</span> talked to the media for the first time this week. Both are expected to get substantial playing time, especially if suspensions are handed down by the NCAA.