Alabama found enough offense Sunday night to win the PetroSun Independence Bowl but stumbled so much that even its star quarterback acknowledges the Crimson Tide aren't rolling just yet.

Running back Steve Slaton knows he'll be playing at least one more game for West Virginia.

The Dallas Cowboys' new 80,000-seat stadium in Arlington, Texas, might be just the key to unlock the Cotton Bowl's inclusion in one of college football's most exclusive clubs: The BCS.

Rick Neuheisel has been named UCLA's 16th head football coach, Bruins' Athletic Director Dan Guerrero announced Saturday.

The Indiana University football team arrived in Arizona seven hours late on Thursday, missing a practice for the Insight Bowl.

West Virginia University's Board of Governors is suing former football coach Rich Rodriguez to collect a $4 million buyout of his contract with the school.

Central Michigan Coach Butch Jones interviewed with West Virginia President Mike Garrison in Morgantown on Thursday, the second time he has discussed the job opening with the university.

Defensive standouts Jonal Saint-Dic and SirDarean Adams are among five Michigan State players who will sit out the Champs Sports Bowl on Friday against No.

Gary Pinkel helped lead long-suffering Missouri into college football's elite ranks this year.

Florida State offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher, who was being wooed by West Virginia officials to fill their head coaching vacancy, has decided to remain with the Seminoles, a statement released Sunday on the school's Web site said.

Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel wanted to reward two of his players for being named Academic All-Americans.

Oregon football Coach Mike Bellotti, approached by UCLA in its search for a head coach, said Friday he's staying put.

The hits keep coming for Tennessee's football team, as coach Phillip Fulmer announced Friday that six scholarship players would be academically ineligible for the Outback Bowl.

Authorities have charged two women and a man with a weekend attack on three North Carolina football players, which police said was motivated by robbery and included the sexual assault of at least two players.

While Florida assistant Doc Holliday is being seen as a favorite to become the new football coach at West Virginia, another son of the Mountain State remains a popular candidate for the job.

Rick Neuheisel had a second interview for UCLA's open coaching position, this time with chancellor Gene Block, several Los Angeles media outlets reported Wednesday.

It began as a friendly basketball game in Mark Mangino's old neighborhood of New Castle, Pa.

Tim Tebow's unprecedented season keeps getting better.

Attorneys for former West Virginia Coach Rich Rodriguez are planning to argue against Rodriguez having to pay the university a $4 million buyout, claiming he was "fraudulently induced to sign a contract with false promises.

Florida State must pay offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher $2.

West Virginia turned to the task of finding a new football coach Monday, and the Mountaineers already have at least one very interested candidate -- Terry Bowden.

Michigan has hired West Virginia's Rich Rodriguez as its next football coach following a search that featured two other top prospects deciding to stay put.

Scratch Gary Pinkel's name off other schools' wish lists.

Louisville running back Anthony Allen will transfer after being granted a release from the program.

Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel encouraged 13 of his juniors to ask the NFL where they might go in the next draft.

UCLA has contacted Tennessee Titans'Offensive Coordinator Norm Chow and invited him to interview for its vacant head coaching position as soon as this weekend.

When it comes to being an All-American, Darren McFadden doesn't have to settle for second.

Bobby Petrino will resign his position as coach of the Atlanta Falcons and is close to an agreement to become the new coach at the University of Arkansas, multiple sources tell ESPN.

Michigan's pursuit of LSU Coach Les Miles is apparently not over -- despite the fact that Miles signed a contract extension with the Tigers last week.

Bobby Bowden agreed to a new contract Monday for a 33rd season as coach at Florida State, with options to stay longer if he wants.

South Carolina football player Jordin Lindsey had his neck slashed during a weekend altercation near the school campus, police said.

LSU's Glenn Dorsey won the Lott Trophy on Sunday, topping off a week full of individual honors for the Tigers' defensive tackle.

Tim Tebow took a few deep breaths, steadied himself, then plowed through his Heisman Trophy acceptance speech much the same way he takes on tacklers -- fast and furious.

Sporting News magazine on Friday named Arkansas running back Darren McFadden its player of the year.

Greg Schiano rejected overtures from Michigan and will remain the football coach at Rutgers.

Arkansas running back Darren McFadden was honored as the 2007 player of the year Thursday by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the first player from his school to receive the honor.

Rutgers' Coach Greg Schiano met with Michigan Athletic Director Bill Martin on Wednesday in New York City to discuss the school's coaching vacancy, according to a report in The Star-Ledger.

LSU Coach Les Miles has signed a contract extension that will keep him with the Tigers through 2012.

The five finalists who will be invited to New York for the Heisman Trophy presentation will be announced on SportsCenter tonight at 6 P.

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, trying to become the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy, and Arkansas running back Darren McFadden, the runner-up for last year's award, were among the four finalists selected Wednesday.

Auburn Coach Tommy Tuberville agreed to a two-year contract extension Tuesday that includes a $200,000 annual raise and ends speculation that he might leave for another job.

A day after their teams landed in the national championship game, LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey and Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis spent Monday night playfully talking trash in a hotel ballroom.

Ousted UCLA football Coach Karl Dorrell has decided not to coach the Bruins when they play BYU in the Las Vegas Bowl.

Clemson Coach Tommy Bowden has agreed to a contract extension amid published reports he was talking with Arkansas officials about its coaching vacancy.

Arkansas has focused its coaching search on Clemson's Tommy Bowden and is prepared to offer Bowden a contract in excess of $2 million annually, sources told ESPN.

UCLA football head coach Karl Dorrell was fired during a meeting with athletic director Dan Guerrero this morning, sources said, after leading the Bruins to a 6-6 record in his fifth season in charge.

A day after watching its national title hopes disappear, Missouri learned its bowl fate: a New Year's Day matchup with Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl.

Don't mess with Rose Bowl tradition.

Hawaii is taking its perfect record to the Sugar Bowl, where Colt Brennan and the high-scoring Warriors will face No.

LSU has a ticket to the title game.

Looking to improve its beleaguered defense, Nebraska officially named Bo Pelini as Bill Callahan's successor on Sunday.

The first piece of the BCS puzzle has been revealed and LSU appears to be a good bet to join Ohio State in the national championship game.

Hawaii has done all it could in the regular season.

The championship dream finally died for No.

The curse of No.

Southern California is returning to the Rose Bowl thanks to another late-season surge capped by a convincing victory over its biggest rival.

LSU Coach Les Miles says he's not going anywhere.

Sources have told ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit that barring any unforeseen circumstances, Michigan will announce early next week it has reached an agreement with LSU Coach Les Miles to be its next head football coach.