| NCAA Football Headlines |
| Appalachian State seeded second in FCS (AP) |
| Three-time defending national champion Appalachian State will open the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs Saturday at home against South Carolina State, while top-seeded James Madison will face Wofford. Second-seeded Appalachian State (10-2) earned the Southern Conference's automatic berth for its 16th playoff appearance. -- read full article |
| Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:23:27 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| Small WRs get Penn State Big Ten title (AP) |
| Deon Butler is finishing his Penn State career the way it started: With a Big Ten championship. While coach Joe Paterno plans to return to the sideline in 2009, his standout receiving trio of seniors Butler, Derrick Williams and Jordan Norwood have played their last game at Beaver Stadium. And what a way to go out. -- read full article |
| Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:17:33 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| Wyoming ousts Glenn after 6 years (AP) |
| Wyoming fired coach Joe Glenn on Sunday, a day after the Cowboys finished their fourth losing season in his six years at the school. Athletic director Tom Burman said the program has not made the progress it hoped for under Glenn, including failure to compete for a Mountain West Conference championship. -- read full article |
| Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:15:47 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| San Diego St. fires Long after 3 seasons (AP) |
| Chuck Long spent the last 4 1/2 weeks presumably thinking his job as San Diego State's football coach was safe through next season. His bosses, president Stephen Weber and athletic director Jeff Schemmel, spent the last two weeks working behind Long's back to raise just more than $1 million in private money to help buy out the remaining two years of his contract. -- read full article |
| Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:10:42 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| No. 2 Oklahoma excited to face rival OSU (AP) |
| One impressive rout didn't provide quite enough to get Oklahoma where it needs to be in the BCS standings. The Sooners still have work to do -- and who better to do it against than their in-state rival? The Sooners' five-game winning streak pushed them past Texas, which handed OU its only loss a month and a half ago, in all three polls Sunday. -- read full article |
| Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:30:37 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| Paterno has hip replacement surgery (AP) |
| Penn State coach Joe Paterno had successful hip replacement surgery Sunday, a day after the Nittany Lions clinched the Big Ten title and a trip to the Rose Bowl. The 81-year-old coach was expected to get back on his feet Monday following the procedure at Mount Nittany Medical Center, the team said in a statement. -- read full article |
| Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:45:12 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| Kansas State to rehire Snyder as coach (AP) |
| Bill Snyder, whose turnaround of Kansas State has been called "the Miracle in Manhattan," has told school officials he'll return to coach the Wildcats again. A person with knowledge of the hiring told The Associated Press that the 69-year-old Snyder would be introduced at a news conference Monday morning. -- read full article |
| Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:41:29 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| Texas now No. 2 in BCS, Sooners third (AP) |
| The initial news from the BCS standings looked good for Texas. The long-range forecast, however, favors Oklahoma. The Longhorns stayed ahead of the Sooners on Sunday -- but not by much -- and moved into the coveted second spot in the standings, thanks to a better computer rating. The Sooners surged in the standings on the strength of a 65-21 victory against Texas Tech, which dropped to seventh... -- read full article |
| Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:59:03 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| Yates returns at QB for No. 25 Tar Heels (AP) |
| Quarterback T.J. Yates has returned to the starting lineup for No. 25 North Carolina for the first time since breaking his left ankle in September. Yates earned the starting job for Saturday's game against rival North Carolina State. He started the first three games for the Tar Heels (7-3, 3-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) before getting injured during a sack against Virginia Tech. -- read full article |
| Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:20:02 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| Toledo's Williams runs for 330 in win (AP) |
| Morgan Williams ran for 330 yards and three touchdowns, including an 86-yarder, to lead Toledo past Miami of Ohio 42-14 Friday night. Williams had an eight-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Quarterback Aaron Oppelt followed with a one yard rushing TD at the start of the second and then Williams broke free for his long run with 8:03 left in the half to put Toledo (3-8, 2-5 Mid-American) up... -- read full article |
| Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:05:45 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| Cincy must top Pitt to control Big East (AP) |
| Tired of playing to less-than-capacity crowds in the Big East's smallest stadium, coach Brian Kelly bluntly challenged the Cincinnati Bearcats' fan base to grow a little bit for the league's biggest game. If the 19th-ranked Bearcats beat No. 20 Pittsburgh at 35,000-seat Nippert Stadium on Saturday, they'll become the odds-on favorite for their first Big East championship. -- read full article |
| Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:55:38 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| Oregon St. continues Rose Bowl push (AP) |
| Let's play Pac-10 word association. Oregon State, Arizona, Rose Bowl. Yes, they all belong in the same sentence. When the 21st-ranked Beavers (7-3, 6-1 Pac-10) come to the desert on Saturday, they'll be hunting their first Rose Bowl berth since Jan. 1, 1965. A victory over the Wildcats and archrival Oregon on Nov. -- read full article |
| Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:58:37 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| Florida backup QB Newton arrested (AP) |
| Florida backup quarterback Cameron Newton was charged with stealing another student's laptop computer after being arrested Friday. Newton was suspended from the team, spokesman Steve McClain said, and was being held in the Alachua County jail. He has been charged with felony counts of burglary, larceny and obstructing justice. -- read full article |
| Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:33:04 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| Michigan tries to salvage sorry season (AP) |
| There's a sign in the Ohio State locker room that says, "Do you remember the score the last time Michigan beat us?" It's a reminder -- in the chill of winter or the heat of August -- that "The Big Game" is never far away. On his first day as coach at Michigan, somebody gave Rich Rodriguez an Ohio State button. -- read full article |
| Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:51:49 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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| Penn St. eyes Rose Bowl, hosts Spartans (AP) |
| For all of his years coaching, even Joe Paterno hasn't been involved in a game like this. No. 7 Penn State will play a veritable Big Ten championship game on Saturday when No. 17 Michigan State visits Happy Valley. Win and the Nittany Lions clinch a spot at the Rose Bowl. If the Spartans (9-2, 6-1) win, they'll still need Ohio State to be upset by Michigan to secure the trip to Pasadena. -- read full article |
| Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:41:14 PST - Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Football News |
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