College Football
Big plays in fourth quarter becoming common for Vols
By RON HIGGINS
Monday, November 06, 2006
The post-game questioner tried to bait Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer into saying how good it felt for him to beat his old coaching nemesis Steve Spurrier.
Ohio St., Michigan atop Matthews/S-H Power Ratings
By HERMAN MATTHEWS
Monday, November 06, 2006
There is no change at the top of this week's Matthews/Scripps Howard computer college football rankings.
Fresh off a 44-0 rout of Minnesota Saturday, Ohio State (9-0) remains No.
A pause to honor Trojans' great run: Other thoughts
By JAKE CURTIS
Monday, November 06, 2006
Southern California's 33-31 loss to Oregon State is fraught with ramifications and implications, so we devote much of our six R's to Trojans.
_ RESPECT
The loss does not erase the fact that USC's four-year run is one of the most impressive in college football history.
Laurinaitis steps into lead role for Ohio State defense
By DEAN SPIROS
Sunday, November 05, 2006
The Ohio State Buckeyes had just completed their demolition of Indiana at Ohio Stadium last Saturday when sophomore linebacker James Laurinaitis joined his teammates in encircling the school band for the singing of "Carmen, Ohio," OSU's alma mater.
Wearing a smile befitting a kid on Christmas morning, Laurinaitis looked to the stands to acknowledge his burgeoning fan club, his eyes settling on four students wearing No.
Connecticut-Rutgers capsule
By JOHN LINDSAY
Friday, November 03, 2006
Capsule preview of Sunday night's Connecticut-Rutgers game. All times Eastern and all rankings Coaches' Poll.
CONNECTICUT (3-4) at No. 17 RUTGERS (7-0), 8 p.m., ESPN.
FAVORITE: Matthews/Scripps Howard power ratings say Rutgers by 17.
COACHES: Randy Edsall (40-47 in 8th year at UConn) and Greg Schiano (29-45 in sixth year at Rutgers).
LAST WEEK: UConn lost at home to West Virginia, 37-11.
Crosby is his own toughest critic
By B.G. BROOKS
Friday, November 03, 2006
Nick Holz couldn't imagine how pinning a football to the planet with his right forefinger would change his life. It earned him a college scholarship, weekend travel to semi-exotic locales (Ames, Iowa; Manhattan, Kan.
Critics crank up heat on Bowden: Other notes
By B.G. BROOKS
Friday, November 03, 2006
Bobby Bowden is no stranger to heat on his backside, but the thermostat apparently is being thumbed up this fall.
After Saturday's 24-19 home loss against Boston College, Florida State's veteran coach was targeted by Palm Beach attorney/ prominent school booster Peter Mettler, a member of the Golden Chiefs and former Seminole Boosters Inc.
FSU boosters are fools for wanting Bowden out
By RAY McNULTY
Friday, November 03, 2006
Those ungrateful bozos.
How dare they demand that Bobby Bowden go away?
If it weren't for Bowden, who put Florida State University on the college football map and spawned generations of Seminoles fans with a wonderfully unique mix of Southern charm and Hall-of-Fame coaching, these dolts would have none of the memories he has given them across the past three decades.
If it weren't for Bowden, the Seminoles might be playing in some off-Broadway league that boasts none of the prestige _ or profits _ of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Heck, if it weren't for Bowden, FSU might still be derisively referred to as "that women's college over in Tallahassee."
Such is the importance of college football in the state of Florida.
Hokies halt Tigers' running game
By JOHN BRASIER
Friday, November 03, 2006
Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer spent the previous five days talking as if Clemson running backs James Davis and C.J. Spiller were unstoppable.
"You'll be lunging at air on both of those guys," Beamer told reporters earlier in the week.
Gamecocks focus on rejuvenated Ainge, Vols
By STEPHEN FASTENAU
Thursday, November 02, 2006
The change has been significant.
Last year, Tennessee's offense floundered. Quarterbacks Rick Clausen and Erik Ainge split time and were equally ineffective.
