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Alabama's championship came with price tag

The University of Alabama's January trip to Miami resulted in a second consecutive BCS national championship and another layer to the Crimson Tide's football tradition. On those things, a price can't be placed. But for the trip itself, the price tag was very real. Through an open records request, The ...

  • Updated: 11:29 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Notre Dame's Kelly: All eyes on Cowboys Stadium

Notre Dame chose to play a "home" game in North Texas long before Cowboys Stadium was picked as the first venue for the national championship in the new playoff system. Now it just so happens that the Fighting Irish will play Arizona State in the $1.2 billion showplace of the ...

  • Updated: 3:51 p.m. Thursday, May 2, 2013

Sites picked, selection committee next for playoff

Now that the guys putting together the College Football Playoff have determined where the games will be played, there's only one major item left on the agenda — and it just might be the most important piece. Who is going to pick the teams that play for the national championship ...

  • Updated: 3:20 a.m. Thursday, April 25, 2013
FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2013, file photo, a member of the U.S. Army jumps into the stadium before the first half of the BCS National Championship college football game between Alabama and Notre Dame in Miami. The conference commissioners in charge of putting together the four-team playoff system that will start after the 2014 regular season will meet starting Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Pasadena, Calif. At the top of their agenda: Pick three more bowls to be used in the semifinal rotation and decide on a site for the first national championship game. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Cowboys Stadium gets 1st playoff championship game

The grandest stage in sports was too much for the guys who are putting together the College Football Playoff to pass up. The BCS conference commissioners announced Wednesday that Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, edged Tampa, Fla., in the bidding to be the site of the first championship game in ...

  • Updated: 10:22 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Pedestrians pass a branch of Barclays Bank, in London, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Barclays PLC on Wednesday reported a return to profit in the first quarter, as it tries to restructure and get past recent scandals. In the three months ending March 31, Barclays made an adjusted profit after tax of 839 million pounds ($1.3 billion). That contrasted with a 589 million pound loss a year earlier and came despite a 5 percent fall in income to 7.7 billion pounds. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Barclays returns to profit in Q1

Barclays PLC on Wednesday reported a return to profit in the first quarter, as it tries to restructure and get past recent scandals. In the three months ending March 31, Barclays made an adjusted profit after tax of 839 million pounds ($1.3 billion). That contrasted with a 589 million pound ...

  • Updated: 12:42 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Stanford head coach David Shaw lifts the trophy following their 20-14 win over Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Rose Bowl to mark 100th game in January

The Rose Bowl will celebrate its 100th game on New Year's Day in 2014 as college football's oldest bowl. To mark the occasion, the game trophy has been modified by Tiffany to add 24-karat yellow gold vermeil accents to the 21-inch tall design that includes a three-quarter size sterling silver ...

  • Updated: 12:06 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Jacobs: Auburn review finds no evidence of fraud

Former Auburn coach Gene Chizik lashed out at media reports accusing the football program of flouting the NCAA rules and called it "the most scrutinized" and sometimes vilified program in college football. Chizik spoke Monday evening, hours after athletic director Jay Jacobs said an internal review into allegations by former ...

  • Updated: 9:49 p.m. Monday, April 22, 2013

Kelly's message: Notre Dame close to title caliber

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly knows the importance of staying on message and he has been consistent all spring. As the Fighting Irish prepared for the annual Blue-Gold game Saturday, Kelly said he believes Notre Dame is close to winning its first national championship since 1988. At the same time, ...

  • Updated: 4:25 p.m. Friday, April 19, 2013

Fighting Irish win battle of the fans

The parking lots opened at 1:30 p.m. for a concert by country musician Luke Bryan and were nearly full at 4 p.m., 41/2 before kickoff. Porta-John lines stretched hundreds of people long. When the gates opened at 6 p.m., the going rate for tickets outside the stadium was in the ...

  • 8:42 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, 2013
It's never too early to look at the 2013 college football season, and to look at candidates for the 2013 Heisman Trophy.

Early look at 2013 Heisman Trophy race

Who will win college football's top award next season?

  • 3:26 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012
The good people at Forbes have done some math (better them than us) and have calculated what teams in college football have spent the most per win -- and these teams don't have many of them -- over the last three years. Starting off the list is Auburn. The Tigers, who only won three games this season, trailed only THE Ohio State and Alabama as the biggest spenders per win -- a cool $3,433,053.

College football's worst spenders

The good people at Forbes have done some math (better them than us) and have calculated what teams in college football have spent the most per win -- and these teams don't have many of them -- over the last three years.

  • 9:53 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012
ESPN has crunched the numbers from the NCAA and has listed the top money makers in college football, based on the 2011-12 season. No surprise the Southeastern Conference, which has crowned six national title winners, has the most teams among the top 10. The average FBS, formerly Division I, football program brought in about $25 million. The lowest money earner in college football was the University of Louisiana at Monroe, with $3.6 million in profits. That wouldn't pay the coach's salary in some teams in the top 10. Here they are:

Top money makers in college football

Six SEC schools are among the top 10 grossing programs in college football for 2011-12.

  • 9:44 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. Manziel led the Aggies to a 10-2 in their first season in the SEC and orchestrated an upset at then-No. 1 Alabama. But how did his record SEC season of 3,419 passing yards and 24 touchdowns, plus 1,181 yards rushing and 19 more scores stack up against college football's other top signal callers? | Year in review | More AJC Sports

2012: College football's top quarterbacks

How does Heisman winner Johnny Manziel compare against college football's other top passers?

  • Updated: 1:12 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2012

College football fans

They are there every game, decked out and showing their support. These are college football's devoted fans.

  • 1:55 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012

No doubt about it: Alabama is the best after BCS rout

Alabama Crimson Tide rolls over LSU in the BCS championship game.

  • 8:09 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012
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