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BY BILL DWYREIt was 1947, and it was not much more than 30 minutes after Notre Dame beat USC 38-7 in the Coliseum before a typical ND-USC crowd of 104,593. Notre Dame entered the game unbeaten and No. 1 in the country. USC entered No. 3.Notre Dame’s quarterback, Johnny Lujack, the kid from Connellsville, Pa., was drying off after his shower when an official-looking person approached. He told Lujack ...

The Big 12 this week did more than add Colorado. The league is clearly trying to end the Pac-12 as we know it. It’s a potential first step.That is significant in Las Vegas because it also cracked the door open for UNLV to perhaps join a Power Five conference.The first point: There is a finite pot of money for television revenue in college sports, and distributing it among four power leagues would mean ...

A hooray is needed to go with this last hurrah.It’s been 25 years — a quarter of a century! — since UCLA last won the Pac-12 football title and there won’t be any more opportunities once the Bruins join the Big Ten in 2024.A breakthrough in this farewell season could revive the sort of memories that are fading faster than a sunset over the Rose Bowl. It would also accelerate the Bruins’ sluggish high ...

Some of the most memorable games in Colorado football history involve conference battles with Nebraska, Oklahoma and Missouri.The Buffaloes also played a pair of Big 12 title games against Texas.Those schools won’t be in the Big 12 when Colorado rejoins the conference next year, but CU’s administration is excited about the current makeup of their future home.Six teams from the original Big 12 have ...

For the first time in the program’s history, UCF opens a fall football camp as a member of a Power Five conference. The move to the Big 12 has been two years of patiently waiting and more than four decades in the making.Everybody has been swept up in the Big 12 excitement in Central Florida.Orlando has been designated as an official Big 12 city, with Mayor Buddy Dyer welcoming UCF athletics director ...

BIRMINGHAM - Entering the 2023 season, the UAB football team returners zero starters on the offensive line. However, veteran players like redshirt junior Trey Bedosky are expected to step into a bigger role this year."This summer, we emphasized a lot on the older players having to step up and play roles that we haven't known," said Bedosky. "Everyone is trying to earn those starting spots now." Bedosky ...

On Saturday in Canton, Ohio, Zach Thomas will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, taking his place among the greats of the game. He defied the odds all the way, making first-team All-Pro five times and second-team All-Pro twice after entering the league as a fifth-round draft choice.Before that, he earned all-America recognition in each of his last two seasons as a Texas Tech linebacker, ...

There’s a different vibe in Austin. Texas doesn’t hope it wins anymore. It knows it will win if the team puts in the work.Motivation has a tendency to work that way. If you know hard work will lead to success, you have a tendency to do what it takes to get to your goals. That’s what Texas is looking at with the most complete roster we have seen in Austin in a long while.The three takeaways I get from ...

The notion that was once floated out that very few players at Texas have cars from NIL deals by a former quarterback now at FAU continues to be proven wrong.On Friday, it was revealed that Texas offensive lineman Jake Majors had secured a flashy NIL deal with Lamborghini.Wire, Texans Wire, Rockets Wire, Aggies Wire and the Austin American-Statesman!

As a college football head coach you are only given so long of a grace period to find success before you are shown the door.Things such as the previous regime’s lasting effects, recruiting, and on-field improvement are all factored in but we often see coaches get some time to flip the culture and program.For Texas’ Steve Sarkisian, his grace period appears to be over. Not because he hasn’t found success ...