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Alabama’s BCS Win: A Fitting End to a Subpar Bowl Season

With ticket sales down and other teams feeling snubbed, it might be time to reevaluate the Bowl Championship Series

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Penn State’s New Coach: What the Backlash Says About The Program

The best way to break from their scandal-plagued record was to hire a coach with absolutely no ties to the man who headed the program for almost half a century.

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Stanford Out of Luck: Baylor’s Griffin Wins the Heisman Trophy

The quarterback better known as RG3 became the first ever winner from Baylor to bring home college football’s most coveted honor.

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Life Inside the College Bubble at Penn State

In this week’s issue of TIME, we explore the insular nature of college campuses — and how “Happy Valley” stays happy amid scandal.

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“Roll out the scarlet carpet. Ohio State has never seen anything quite like this.”

— ADAM RITTENBERG, blogger for ESPN, reacting to reports that “rock star” University of Florida coach Urban Meyer will accept a position with the Ohio State football team

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College Football Coaches’ Salaries Just Keep Going Up

Recent number-crunching has found that college football coaches are making 55% more than they were six years ago.

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Maryland’s Misstep: Football’s 8 Ugliest Uniforms

From horrible color schemes to details that leave something to be desired, NewsFeed takes a look at eight of the worst fashion faux pas in football’s history.

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University of Miami’s Booster Scandal: Who Really Deserves Punishment?

Wednesday, the NCAA handed down its punishment for eight current University of Miami players who accepted benefits deemed illegal under its rules.

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QUOTE: Joe Paterno ‘Fine’ After Collision

“I expect to be back at practice soon. I’m doing fine; tell everyone not to worry about me.” — JOE PATERNO, 84, Penn State’s football coach after suffering a hairline fracture when a player collided into him during practice (via ESPN)

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Jim Tressel’s Not-So-Proud Predecessors: Nine College Sports Scandals Through History

What are a few free tattoos—and maybe a few free cars—in the grand scheme of college sports scandals? Well, not a lot, it turns out.