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Auburn fires Gene Chizik
Auburn informed Gene Chizik today that he would not be returning as head football coach next year. The Tigers, two years removed from winning the BCS National Championship, wrapped up a 3-9 (0-8 SEC) season in Tuscaloosa on Saturday, falling 49-0 to SEC Championship-bound Alabama.
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Gators outmuscle Seminoles in physical road victory
TALLAHASSEE — One year ago, coach Will Muschamp called the Gators “soft.” Now he doesn’t question his team’s toughness. No. 4 Florida scored 24 straight points in the second half to pull out a come-from-behind 37-26 victory against No.
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Ohio State caps perfect season with 26-21 win over Michigan
COLUMBUS — For most of the morning and afternoon here on Saturday, a faint snow fell from a slate-colored sky, an appropriate backdrop for the renewal of the timeless Michigan-Ohio State rivalry.
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No. 1 Notre Dame, in a 22-13 win, keeps Trojans at bay
Given the opportunity to upset No. 1 Notre Dame in the 84th edition of the storied intersectional rivalry, USC flashed the talent and explosiveness that emboldened many preseason prognosticators to ticket the Trojans — not the Irish — for a date in January’s BCS national championship game in Mi...
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Alabama humiliates Auburn, clinches spot in SEC championship
There are close games, and there are blowouts. Then, there’s the 2012 Iron Bowl. The No. 2 Crimson Tide, playing with new life after being thrusted back into the national championship picture, throttled their cross-state rival Auburn Tigers 49-0 on a chilly day in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
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Column: Barkley’s career leaves behind mixed legacy
There are, in life, things that’ll always seem incomplete: a piece of art you can’t quite seem to add the finishing touch to or a home-cooked dish missing that spice giving it the extra kick. These circumstances puzzle us. We’re left scrambling to understand what is, in fact, missing.
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Maryland leaves the ACC for the Big Ten
The Cameron Crazies have made the “not our rivals” chant a staple of Duke-Maryland basketball games. And beginning in the 2014-2015 season, that statement will be fact.
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Notre Dame trounces Wake Forest, leaps to top of polls
From the moment they ran through the tunnel to the singing of the alma mater, the Irish seniors shined, leading Notre Dame to a near-perfect 38-0 victory over Wake Forest and its first undefeated home season since 1998. The win, coupled with losses by No. 1 Kansas State and No.
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No. 13 Stanford crushes No. 2 Oregon’s title dreams with overtime field goal
The déjà vu was hard to ignore. For the second time in two years, Alejandro Maldonado’s kick was just a little too far left, and Oregon found itself out of hope, out of chances and out of the running for the national championship. Behind the best rushing defense in college football, No.