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Why Matt Barkley passed up being a top-five pick in the NFL draft to return to USC.

1. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla. 2. Randy Shannon, former head coach, University of Miami The story that got me was the one about Nevin Shapiro attempting to throttle a school compliance director in the press box. I mean, we can theoriz...

1. Ki-Jana Carter, running back In my mind, Ki-Jana Carter is not who you think he is. In my mind, Ki-Jana Carter is the man in this video, a sculpted 21-year-old who takes a handoff on a sunny day in Pasadena, Calif., stumbles forward, regains his ...

1. Greg Schiano, football coach, Rutgers University College football is the most compelling sport in America, yet nothing is more torturous than listening to college football coaches speak publicly about their teams. I know this because I spent Tu...

1. The National Football League, New York, N.Y. Once, in Kansas City, I watched Conrad Dobler self-medicate. He had cycled through Percocet and OxyContin, and by the time I found him, a few years back, he was getting through the day on a regimen o...

1. Garrett Gilbert/Matt Saracen, quarterbacks, Austin/Dillon, Texas The most emotionally compelling moment in the recent history of college football came on January 7, 2010, in the first quarter of the national championship game, when an 18-year-o...