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  1. games
    Michigan Won At All Costs and Your Team Would TooScandals be damned; just by defeating Ohio State on Saturday, the team prevailed over its critics.
    By Will Leitch
  2. games
    What Happened to College Basketball?The sport, already fading in relevance, is paying a big price for being second fiddle to football.
    By Will Leitch
  3. games
    The Deion Sanders Hype Train Is Probably About to DerailAnd that’s a good thing for college football.
    By Will Leitch
  4. games
    College Football’s Sad Last DanceEnjoy one final season before everything turns upside down.
    By Will Leitch
  5. college football
    The Dawgs Versus the UnderdogsThis Georgia fan looks forward to a national championship game against TCU and its Hypnotoad mystique.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. games
    College Football Is Now NFL LiteA sport once defined by regional charm is awash in money and becoming more like the pros every week.
    By Will Leitch
  7. games
    College Football Is About to Change Drastically — and Not for the BetterThe rise of two super-conferences will make the sport more like the NFL, and rob it of much of its character.
    By Will Leitch
  8. politics
    Who Is Biden’s Big Voting-Rights Speech in Georgia Really For?Spurring action on a stalled bill would be tricky enough, and that’s not all the president is trying to accomplish.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. college football
    41 Years of Frustration Could End TonightIn a winner-take-all league, the Georgia Bulldogs need a championship to get the 1980 monkey off their backs.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. games
    College Football Is the Wild West NowAs a new season kicks off, it’s clear that the Supreme Court–weakened NCAA isn’t really in charge anymore.
    By Will Leitch
  11. games
    States Are Starting to Fix the NCAA — For the Wrong ReasonsCompetition, not morality, is driving legislation that allows college athletes to make some money.
    By Will Leitch
  12. 2022 midterms
    Georgia Republicans Wonder What to Do About Herschel WalkerHis indecision about a 2022 Senate race after Trump urged him to run is complicating life for other would-be senators.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. republican party
    Agonized Georgia Republicans Long for Herschel Walker to Run for SenateA battered and deeply divided state party bent on suppressing Black votes could use a Trump-friendly Black sports legend.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. reality tv
    Below Deck Guest Sorry for Eating Sushi Off Nude ModelThe college quarterback claimed the idea “was brought up by producers.”
    By Justin Curto
  15. college football
    Nick Saban’s Positive Test Makes COVID-19 Real in the Heart of TrumplandNobody pays more attention to detail than the legendary Alabama coach. Now college football in the South is as imperiled as COVID-19 denial.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. games
    The Fans Can Go to Games Again. Will They?The stadiums are open, but fans aren’t exactly rushing through the doors.
    By Will Leitch
  17. games
    College Football Is Still Recklessly Barreling ForwardSome of the big conferences canceled their seasons. Others seem to have adopted a “let’s hope for the best” pandemic strategy.
    By Will Leitch
  18. games
    Don’t Just Blame COVID-19 for College Football’s Lost SeasonPresident Trump, the NCAA, and many of the sport’s most loyal fans had their chance to improve the odds. They blew it.
    By Will Leitch
  19. games
    The College Football Championship Was All About the Crowd — and TrumpIn 2020, everything eventually turns into a political rally.
    By Will Leitch
  20. games
    The Sports Scolds Are WinningElijah Moore’s peeing-dog touchdown celebration was a fun, funny moment — not a threat to our children.
    By Will Leitch
  21. vision 2020
    This College Football Fan Thinks Buttigieg Is Right: The Game Is ‘Problematic’If you really love college football, it’s time to admit the truth about the exploitation the game involves.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. games
    Dabo Swinney Is College Football’s Real Evil VillainHe’s everything wrong with college football.
    By Will Leitch
  23. games
    College Football Players Are Going to Start Quitting Bowl GamesMaybe even on college football altogether. The only question is how soon.
    By Will Leitch
  24. games
    This Football Play Didn’t Just Trick the Other Team, It Gamed the Rule BookNow look for a lot of coaches to take advantage of new safety rules this way.
    By Will Leitch
  25. games
    Why Aren’t We Talking About Football’s Culture of Brutality?The environment which led to the death of a Maryland college football player in practice isn’t an aberration. It’s normal.
    By Will Leitch
  26. College-Football Fans at Title Game Squeezed by Ticket Prices, Ice, and TrumpIt’s going to be a complicated evening in downtown Atlanta.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. unlikely fans
    Trump to Attend His First Kendrick Lamar Concert… inadvertently, at the College Football Playoff National Championship.
    By Tolly Wright
  28. Trump’s Going to the College Football Title Game in ‘Crime Infested’ AtlantaThe White House is hoping for a warm reception but Trump might be in for a surprise.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  29. 2017’s Special Elections Are Telling a Hopeful Story for DemocratsThe Donkey Party has been getting a lot more votes than expected.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. sexual assault
    Michigan State Football Players Charged With Sexual AssaultA judge issued arrest warrants for three players following an assault in January.
    By Sarah Spellings
  31. 4 Women On How One of The Worst Campus Rape Scandals Changed Their LivesOver the past year, one of the worst campus sexual-assault scandals has unfolded at Baylor University. Four women describe how it changed their lives.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  32. campus sexual assault
    Minnesota Boycotts Football After Sexual-Assault Inquiry Results in SuspensionsTeammates said they’re boycotting football games after 10 players were suspended following an investigation into sexual assault.
    By Theresa Avila
  33. sports
    Meet the Woman Who Wants to Fix Sexual Assault in College FootballJournalist and author Jessica Luther has some ideas for the sports industry.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  34. sexual assault
    The Baylor Sexual Assault Scandal Is Worse Than Anyone ThoughtFour gang rapes were reported.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  35. rape culture
    Rice Mocks Baylor Rape Scandal With Classy Football Halftime ShowRice’s marching band formed an IX on the field — yes, as in Title IX.
    By Jenni Miller
  36. the sports section
    See the Gutsy Alabama Onside Kick That Swung the College Football ChampionshipThe Crimson Tide won their fourth title in seven years.
    By Joe DeLessio
  37. the sports section
    5 Things to Know About Tonight’s College Football Championship GameAlabama is favored.
    By Joe DeLessio
  38. dumb things
    College Football Fans Suggest Alabama ‘Finish What Katrina Started’ Against LSU“Flood their homes and drown their families!” apparently wouldn’t fit on the banner.
    By Chas Danner
  39. the sports section
    Mississippi Coaches Call for State Flag ChangeOle Miss coach Hugh Freeze and Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen were among those whose names appeared in a newspaper ad calling for a change.
    By Joe DeLessio
  40. last night on late night
    Jimmy Kimmel Live’s Mean Tweets: College Football EditionPeople are mean. People tweet.
    By Jesse David Fox
  41. the national interest
    Why Jim Harbaugh Came Home to MichiganRomanticism scores a touchdown over cynicism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. the sports section
    NCAA Ends Penn State Football’s Postseason Ban EarlyThey’ll get their full complement of football scholarships back in 2015–16.
    By Joe DeLessio
  43. the sports section
    George W. Bush Feels Alabama Kicker’s PainHe said so in a note.
    By Adam Martin
  44. Bill Murray Body Slammed a Guy on ESPN This Weekend In his ongoing quest to out-Bill Murray himself, Bill Murray appear on ESPN’s College Gameday on Saturday, and when broadcaster Lee Corso […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  45. the player formerly known as mousecop
    Key and Peele Did Another Football Names SketchAnd it is great.
    By Margaret Lyons
  46. terrible things
    Four Former Vanderbilt Football Players Charged With RapeThree are in custody, and one is still at large.
    By Delia Paunescu
  47. real dead girlfriends
    Notre Dame Finds Fake Dead Woman Easier to Talk About Than Real Dead WomanAs Notre Dame rushes to defend star Manti Te’o, a reminder of the sexual assault victim the school failed.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  48. bcs championship game
    I Went to My First BCS Title Game and Watched My Team Get HammeredA Notre Dame fan reflects on watching her team lose to Alabama.
    By Heather Cocks
  49. insta-hotties
    73-Year-Old Perv Turns Random Hottie Into Helen of Troy of FootballUpdate: ESPN apologizes for taking lechery “too far.”
    By Maureen O'Connor
  50. bcs championship game
    Regional Sport Crowns Regional ChampionYeah, college football is just for the South.
    By Will Leitch
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