Category: Big 10

Nebraska on Wednesday named true freshman Dylan Raiola (above, 15) its starting quarterback for its season opener. (Photo courtesy of CBS SPORTS)
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‘Huskers name Raiola starting QB

Nebraska coach Matt Rhule has made his first, big, public win-loss-affecting decision. The Cornhuskers announced Wednesday that Dylan Raiola, a Nebraska legacy player – and more importantly than that, a true freshman – will get the start at quarterback on

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Texas and Alabama meet in Austin here in this footage from the new EA Sports College Football 25, released this coming Tuesday on several platforms. (Photo courtesy of GAMEINFORMER.COM)
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EA Sports’ CFB 25 release is Tuesday

Here’s the question: are you more excited about the lead-in to college football season this week, hearing all the talk about the season getting closer, the previews for the games, as the SEC Media Days takes place in Dallas, for

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COUNTDOWN TO COLLEGE KICKOFF: 81 DAYS

Texas fans celebrate a score over Oklahoma State in the last Big 12 Championship Game in which the Longhorns will likely ever play; they’ll move to the Southeastern Conference, along with Oklahoma, beginning this season. We’ll only have to wait

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Rapper Snoop Dogg will sponsor, along with his new alcoholic beverage, the Arizona Bowl this coming season in Tucson. Last year's game was sponsored by Barstool Sports. (Photo courtesy of PATABOOK.COM)
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Oh, it’s true: Snoop sponsoring a bowl

Are you ready for the Gin & Juice Bowl? It’s not a party recipe; it’s a bowl game. We’re not sure we’re ready, either. But it’s here. Technically, it’s a little longer name than that. But Snoop Dogg – you

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Former Southern Cal running back and Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush and his Heisman have been reunited, 14 years after it was removed from him, and the university, for NCAA violations. (Photo courtesy of USATODAY.COM)
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Bush, USC get Heisman Trophies returned

Not sure how to feel about THIS one. Decades after he was at Southern Cal and starred there – make no mistake about it – and earned his Heisman Trophy on the field, former Trojans running back Reggie Bush, who

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Saturday’s spring game schedule

About 72,000 people attended the University of Alabama spring game last Saturday, presumably to get a glimpse of what the Crimson Tide MIGHT look like under first-year head coach Kalen DeBoer. THE Ohio State University spring game was televised a

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Enjoy prop bets? NCAA President Charlie Baker -- not so much. (Photo courtesy of THEDAILYRECORD.COM)
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NCAA Prez Baker calls for college prop bet ban

If you’re into prop bets – like betting whether or not Alabama’s Jalen Milroe will throw for four touchdown passes in a game, or even throw two interceptions a game – then the head of the NCAA would like a

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Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and his players look on during a 2023 game. Would a 64-team college football playoff, ala the NCAA's March Madness Men's and Women's Basketball Championships, work? ESPN has put together a 2024 football version. (Photo courtesy of SI.COM)
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ESPN presents hypothetical 64-team football playoff

Everybody knows it’s March Madness time, when even people who have no clue what “bluebloods” and “diaper dandies” are in reference to college basketball have all filled out brackets and will be checking their phones for scores on Thursday, hoping

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