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College Football: A Season Opener Returns, and the Meadowlands Is Watching

When the new football stadium at the Meadowlands is finished in 2010, the Meadowlands wants to bring back its Kickoff Classic.

Posted Friday, August 29, 2008 4:04 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Football

Roundup: Longhorns Ready to Retire Young’s Jersey Before Season Opener

Vince Young, the quarterback who led Texas to the 2005 national title, will have his No. 10 retired in a ceremony before the season opener against Florida Atlantic.

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:24 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Football, Young, Vince

Trying to Live Up to the Hype

The top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs will get to play football Saturday, finally, and satisfy some curiosity about how good they really are.

Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:24 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Football, University of Georgia

New Position and Outlook for Rutgers’s Davis

Anthony Davis’s move from right guard to left tackle is one of the unknown quantities for the Scarlet Knights this season.

Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 7:42 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, College Athletics, Football, Davis, Anthony

Former Top Recruit Follows Long Road to Uncertain Future

Willi Williams, the top-rated high school linebacker in the Class of 2004, was a mega recruit. That was three universities ago, before his dismissal from Louisville.

Posted Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:32 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Football, National Collegiate Athletic Assn, Williams, Willie

Alabama Is Through With Apologies

Although Alabama rebounded to beat Colorado in the Independence Bowl and finish with a 7-6 record, the late collapse was a deflating way to end what was once a promising season.

Posted Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Football, University of Alabama

Nebraska’s New Coach Has an Old Coach as a Boss

Even with this season being Coach Bo Pelini’s first, Nebraska’s rabid fans are more than eager for him to revive the Cornhuskers, who have not won a Big 12 title since 1999.

Posted Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Football, Callahan, Bill, University of Nebraska, Osborne, Tom, Pelini, Bo

Players Feel the Florida State Mystique

Myron Rolle, a junior safety for Florida State, takes a tour of the Moore Athletic Center on the campus of Florida State.

Posted Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Football, Florida State University, Bowden, Bobby

After Sinking Sensation, Weis Tells Irish to ‘Dive Right In’

This is unlikely to be the year Notre Dame reclaims its position among college football’s elite, but there are signs of renewal.

Posted Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Football, University of Notre Dame, Weis, Charlie

Many Hats, but Finally the One That Fits for Neuheisel

This is where Coach Rick Neuheisel always imagined he would be: standing at Spaulding Field, in the shadow of Pauley Pavilion, wearing a U.C.L.A. baseball cap.

Posted Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Football, University of California, Los Angeles, Neuheisel, Rick

Feisty Quarterback Could Help B.Y.U. Crash the B.C.S.

Max Hall, a dark-horse Heisman Trophy candidate, has the B.Y.U. campus bubbling with optimism over its football program.

Posted Saturday, August 23, 2008 2:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: College Athletics, Football, Brigham Young University, Hall, Max

Georgia’s Moreno Finds Peace Outside the Hedges

Running back Knowshon Moreno decided he should get away for a few weeks before the season starts and be around those who loved him before he was a Southern icon.