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Syracuse stuns Notre Dame, 24-23

Brian Bennett, Big East

...stunning upset at South Bend moments ago. Cam Dantley -- whose father, Adrian, was a Hall of Fame basketball player who graduated from Notre Dame -- threw a touchdown pass to Donte Davis with 42 seconds left...

Blog | November 22, 2008

Purdue punishes Indiana in Tiller's final game

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...rival Indiana. It looked much like the games from the early part of Tiller's tenure, when "Basketball on grass" gashed opposing defenses. Senior quarterback Curtis Painter finally had a breakout performance (448 pass yards...

Blog | November 22, 2008

Big 12 breakfast links: Another week, another huge game

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...walk-on kicker Matt Williams.Kansas State athletic director Bob Krause, munching on popcorn during a basketball game earlier this week, didn't look like a man heavily concerned with finding a replacement for...

Blog | November 22, 2008

Opening the mailbag, extra credit: Who's the Coach of the Year?

Ted Miller, Pac-10

...Matt from Sisters, Ore., writes: Ted, It's not unreasonable to think that the WSU Men's basketball team might have a chance to register a better points against per game average than the football...

Blog | November 21, 2008

Purdue's Tiller preparing for sendoff

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...Are those left over from coach [Gene] Keady's retirement?" he joked, referring to Purdue's longtime basketball coach.  When Tiller did his television show later that day, the final segment was devoted to...

Blog | November 20, 2008

West Virginia-Louisville game loses luster

Brian Bennett, Big East

...Fans are too busy debating Steve Kragthorpe's coaching ability or talking about their No. 3-ranked basketball team. There's a lot of negativity around the football team right now, and it's something...

Blog | November 20, 2008

Expect several Big Ten coaches to get rewarded

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...Fred Glass not taking over until Jan. 2 (after hiring season) and beaucoup bucks owed to two basketball coaches (Kelvin Sampson and Tom Crean), a change isn't likely. Obviously, Purdue will have a change...

Blog | November 19, 2008

Tech's underrated defense readies for Sooner challenge

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...Brandon Williams, the Big 12's leader in sacks, was discovered playing defense and rebounding in a basketball game for his high school in Fort Worth. "He must have weighed about 215 pounds at the...

Blog | November 18, 2008

Lorenzen's return a relief to UConn

Brian Bennett, Big East

...coach Randy Edsall: Lorenzen is 15-4 as a starter. Edsall talked last week about how UConn basketball coach Jim Calhoun compared Lorenzen to former Huskies point guard Taliek Brown. "He said, 'It's really...

Blog | November 18, 2008

SEC mailbag: Absolutely, Alabama has a chance

Chris Low, SEC

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low We've still got two more weeks of football remaining before Alabama and Florida clash in what has to be the most antici...

Blog | November 18, 2008

Where do Tigers, Lee go from here?

Chris Low, SEC

...the largest comeback victory in the modern history of LSU football. "I've been around those games, basketball games and really in every sport -- football, baseball -- where a team makes a great run at you...

Blog | November 18, 2008

'Cost-cutting' Vols slashing free Cokes, hotdogs

Chris Low, SEC

...the athletic department. To cut costs, the Tennessee athletic department is no longer allowing its ushers at basketball games to have a free Coke and a free hotdog. In the old days, the ushers -- many...

Blog | November 17, 2008

Pryor-Wells backfield a runaway success

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...out of him. He's just that good of a back." Wells acknowledged he can dunk a basketball, but Pryor is the one known more for his hoops exploits. "Man, if [Wells] keeps doing that...

Blog | November 15, 2008

On second thought, Neuheisel's return no Hate-a-palooza

Ted Miller, Pac-10

...I'm convinced that if nobody snitched on Neuheisel's innocent participation in a NCAA basketball tournament auction/pool with friends in 2003, he'd still be the coach and the ...

Blog | November 14, 2008

Starks contrast: Former QB contributing at receiver for WVU

Brian Bennett, Big East

...I saw him blocking and trying to block. He was a big high school quarterback and Mr. Basketball down there in Division II in the state of Virginia. He was a great athlete and was...

Blog | November 13, 2008