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College Football

  1. 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
  2. games
    The College Football Championship Was All About the Crowd — and TrumpIn 2020, everything eventually turns into a political rally.
    By Will Leitch
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. games
    Dabo Swinney Is College Football’s Real Evil VillainHe’s everything wrong with college football.
    By Will Leitch
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. unlikely fans
    Trump to Attend His First Kendrick Lamar Concert… inadvertently, at the College Football Playoff National Championship.
    By Tolly Wright
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  22. 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
  23. sexual assault
    The Baylor Sexual Assault Scandal Is Worse Than Anyone ThoughtFour gang rapes were reported.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. the sports section
    5 Things to Know About Tonight’s College Football Championship GameAlabama is favored.
    By Joe DeLessio
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. last night on late night
    Jimmy Kimmel Live’s Mean Tweets: College Football EditionPeople are mean. People tweet.
    By Jesse David Fox
  32. the national interest
    Why Jim Harbaugh Came Home to MichiganRomanticism scores a touchdown over cynicism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. 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
  36. the sports section
    George W. Bush Feels Alabama Kicker’s PainHe said so in a note.
    By Adam Martin
  37. 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
  38. the player formerly known as mousecop
    Key and Peele Did Another Football Names SketchAnd it is great.
    By Margaret Lyons
  39. terrible things
    Four Former Vanderbilt Football Players Charged With RapeThree are in custody, and one is still at large.
    By Delia Paunescu
  40. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. bcs championship game
    Regional Sport Crowns Regional ChampionYeah, college football is just for the South.
    By Will Leitch
  46. sports movies
    Alabama Watched Zero Dark Thirty Last NightNotre Dame watched Knute Rockne, All American for the 160th time.
    By Jesse David Fox
  47. big ten conference
    The Madness of Big Ten ExpansionIt’s like taking your family dog and replacing it with a slightly better-trained breed.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. big east conference
    The Big East Is Looking for One More MemberWe have a suggestion!
    By Will Leitch
  51. college football
    College Football Starts Tonight, FolksStart painting your face.
    By Will Leitch
  52. college football
    Is There Any College Football Near NYC?Not much.
    By Will Leitch
  53. bcs championship game
    Rough College Football Season Finally EndsA long, difficult college football season finally ends.
    By Will Leitch
  54. penn state nittany lions
    Listen to Disgusted Penn State Alum Kim Jones on WFAN YesterdayIt’s worth your attention.
    By Joe DeLessio
  57. homerism
    Esteemed Political Analyst: Michigan State Is ScumOur politics blogger takes a second to behold troglodytism in East Lansing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  58. big east tournament
    NCAA Madness Is Gonna Ruin a Great MSG EventThis is going to be the last real Big East tournament, this March.
    By Will Leitch
  59. Hurricane Irene’s Effects Reach College FootballUConn–Fordham will have to be delayed because of the hurricane. Yup, we’re still doing that.
    By Seth Rosenthal
  60. sports media
    Gus Johnson Is Officially Out at CBSIt appears that he’s headed to Fox.
    By Joe DeLessio
  61. college football
    Care to Guess Which Major TV Market Had the Lowest Ratings for Last Night’s BCS Championship Game?Yep, it’s New York.
    By Joe DeLessio
  64. going bowling
    Syracuse Will Play in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee StadiumThey’ll play a yet-to-be-announced Big 12 team.
    By Joe DeLessio
  65. yankee stadium
    Watch Time-Lapse Video of Yankee Stadium’s Transformation Into a Football FieldThis, by the way, is the college game in the major-league ballpark that won’t require a goalpost attached to an outfield fence.
    By Joe DeLessio
  66. photo op
    Take Me Out to the Football GameThe Yankee Stadium field has been striped in advance of the November 20 Notre Dame–Army college football game.
    By Joe DeLessio
  67. college football
    College Football Starts This WeekendCollege football, you guys!
    By Will Leitch
  68. ncaa
    Could Student-Athletes Potentially Get Paid?We’ll find out in the courtroom, and maybe within the next decade.
    By Joe DeLessio
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