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The seventh week of the college season is in the books and here are some winners, losers and top performers from this weekend’s action. HEAD NODDING PERFORMANCE LSU: It’s hard to imagine a bigger swing of emotions than the ones going through...

Five things to watch this week in college football. 1. Oregon at Arizona State on a Thursday didn't look like much of a game two months ago with the Sun Devils coming off a 6-7 season. First-year Coach Todd Graham, however, has Arizona State at 5-1 and...

LEXINGTON — If Joker Phillips knows anything about his future as Kentucky’s coach, he didn’t let it out Monday during his weekly press conference. Instead, when asked the last time he talked to Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart...

Breaking down the AP college football poll after Week 7 of the regular season. ___ MAKING A STATEMENT Don't get comfortable, Florida. Same goes for you, Kansas State. Notre Dame, too. For the second straight week, multiple top-five teams in The...

Before we get into the picks this week, I just want to take a quick moment to acknowledge the death of Beano Cook. I really appreciate it when an analyst is devoted to the sport they cover. People talk shit about Dick Vitale, but no one can argue that he...

For the 11th time in 17-year history of Big 12, Kansas has earned at least a share of the designation as preseason favorite to win the Conference. The Jayhawks have been picked to win the 2012-13 Big 12 men's basketball crown in a vote of the league's...

The college football season is in full swing and the buzz is already growing on several players who could be Heisman Trophy candidates Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia Buzz: The Mountaineers quarterback continues to distance himself from the rest of the...

Week seven of the college football season offers several key games featuring ranked teams.  No. 15 Texas vs. No. 13 Oklahoma When: Saturday Where: Cotton Bowl; Dallas, Texas Time: Noon ET TV: ABC Buzz: It’s time for another edition of the...

Break out the chips and cold drinks, but let Chris Dufresne handle the remote. Each Friday, the Times' national college football writer handicaps what's worth watching, and skipping, on Saturday's menu of games. MORNING No. 24 Northwestern (5-0) at Penn...

We had most of it right. This year's early Heisman Trophy favorite was correctly identified as the quarterback with "unfinished business." He returned for his senior year to lead a high-octane offense, featuring the nation's best receiver tandem, on a...

Last weekend was a football carnival with jugglers, clowns, cotton candy, flamethrowers and sword swallowers. My favorite act was "The Bearded Bevo." It was fun in a nonthreatening, do-or-die way. Who besides Nick Saban didn't like West Virginia and...

We had most of it right. This year's early Heisman Trophy favorite was identified correctly as the quarterback with "unfinished business." He returned for his senior year to lead a high-octane offense, featuring the nation's best receiver tandem, on a...