Texas to hand off to Newton from start

Texas offensive coordinator Greg Davis on Monday tabbed redshirt freshman running back Tre' Newton as the starter for the Jan. 7 national title game against No. 1 Alabama.

Texas KR Monroe back for title game

Texas freshman kickoff returner/wide receiver D.J. Monroe was reinstated to the Longhorns team Monday after his driving while intoxicated charges were dismissed last week.

No. 2 Horns about to take podium

...season from these Longhorns, who head to the Rose Bowl as five-point underdogs to No. 1 Alabama

McKnight, Bush intersect again

Long before Joe McKnight ever set foot on USC's campus, he was being hailed as "the next Reggie Bush." Coaches who had scouted the shifty Louisiana fo...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 21, 2009

Penn State chasing SEC schools for DT

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Pullen hits six 3s en route to season-high 30 points in K-State's win

Jacob Pullen hit six 3-pointers and scored a season-high 30 points, leading Kansas State (No. 22 ESPN/USA Today, No. 17 AP) to an 87-74 victory over Alabama on Saturday night.

Alabama fills Senior Bowl roster

Top-ranked Alabama will have four All-Americans playing in the Senior Bowl.

Video: BCS National Championship preview

ESPN's college football analysts look at the biggest concerns for Texas and Alabama going into the BCS National Championship Game

How can Texas stop No. 1 'Bama?

BCS National Championship Preview

No. 2 Texas squares off against No. 1 Alabama for the BCS National Championship on January 7th, 8pm ET on ABC

Opening the mailbag: Are recruiting rankings meaningful?

...look that much different than the final polls. If you go here, you see a lot of Alabama, Texas, Florida, USC and other national powers. If you're asking why schools that typically don't...

...Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Paul Abell-US Presswire 3- November 21, 2009; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban (right) before the game against Chattanooga Mocs at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama...

Pac-10 vs. MWC: Who wants it more?

Don't expect either Jeff Tedford or Mike Riley to suggest that Utah or BYU would be "mid-level" Pac-10 teams over the next few days. That assessmen...

The 2010 rise of the Pac-10

...Florida is not only losing Tim Tebow but potentially could lose a lot of big-time juniors. Alabama should be loaded again, even if it does lose junior LB Rolando McClain, but the rest of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 18, 2009

The SEC's issue: Is bigger better?

The SEC is as close as it gets to the NFL. In fact, an "Outside the Lines" examination of the big money behind the nation's top college football conference finds just one significant difference: The players get scholarships instead of paychecks.