News Stand Archives - May 2011 to October 2011 October 31 Rivals.com: Week 10 Watch: LSU-Alabama...and More SI.com: Stanford Handled Adversity; Now LSU and Alabama Get Their Turns ESPN.com: Remembering Classic 1 vs. 2 Encounters Times-Picayune: Sides Debate Whether Loser of LSU-Alabama Deserves a Spot In National Title Game Rivals.com: BCS Analysis: Good News For Stanford, Oklahoma Washington Post: West Virginia Leaving Big East for Big 12; Timing of Move Unclear Amid Bickering
October 28 South Carolina's The State: BCS Does Its Job Almost Every Season
October 27 ESPN.com: College Gameday Kickoff: Coming Out Of The Shadows Associated Press: NCAA Poised to Make Sweeping Changes
October 26 FOX Sports.com: Time To Give Boise State BCS Shot ESPN.com: Saluting the Heros of Week 8
October 25 Associated Press: NCAA Weighing $2,000 Payments to Student Athletes New York Post: West Virginia Lined Up to Leave Big East For Big 12 USA TODAY: Missouri Not Quite Ready To Tell Big 12 Goodbye for SEC
October 24 ESPN.com: Teams Make Mark By Playing Spoiler SI.com: Texas Tech's Shocking Upset of Oklahoma Shakes Up BCS Race Rivals.com: Week 9 Watch: Lessons Learned Associated Press: OU, Wisconsin Fall, LSU-Bama Set for 1 vs. 2 Game Wall Street Journal: The True Meaning of College Football
October 21 USA Today: NCAA's Move to Academic Standards May Keep Teams Out of Bowls Associated Press: Congressman Urges Hearings On College Sports Denver Post: A Plus-One is Best Way to Crown National Champion Birmingham News: Q&A With Former SEC Commissioner Roy Kramer On Conference Expansion
October 20 Kansas City Star: Both MU and Big 12 Could Have Done More To Prevent Departure
October 19 New York Times: Big East's Fate: Others Control Ball CBS Sports.com: McMurphy's Law: History Says LSU or 'Bama Will Make Titile Game
October 18 ESPN.com: A Deeper Look at the BCS Picture Houston Chronicle: Big East Invites UH To Join Conference New York Times: Missouri Moves Closer to Joining SEC
October 17 SI.com: With Few Upsets, BCS Title Race Lacking Usual Excitement ESPN.com: Sparty's Win Sets Up Showdown Rivals.com: Week 8 Watch: A Barnburner? New York Times: Conference Shake-Ups and B.C.S. Tweaks Times-Picayune: LSU Football: Game vs. Alabama Is BCS' Version of Playoff Game Wall Street Journal: BCS Complaint Line Forms Here CBS Sports.com: CUSA, MWC Consolidate Into One For Football CBS Sports.com: It's SEC and Big 12, Then Everyone Else In BCS Title Race Sporting News: Computer Polls Can't Keep LSU, Alabama From Being 1-2 In First BCS Standings
October 16 ESPN.com: College GameDay Final
October 14 USA Today: Big East Could Face Uncertain Hold On BCS Spot
October 13 ESPN.com: College Gameday Kickoff: Road to Excellence Sun Belt Conference: Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Wright Waters to Retire in July 2012 New York Times: Auburn Is Cleared in Investigation Into Newton
October 12 Times-Picayune: Sailing's J/22 World Championships Begin Today On Lake Pontchartrain Sports Illustrated.com: In Realignment Circus, Desperate Big East Will Likely Lose AQ Status Newport News Daily Press: Teel Time: Did Virginia Tech Really Lose Money On Last Season's Orange Bowl? New York Times: Missouri to Play in the Big 12 Next Season, and Then Decide
October 11 ESPN.com: Season's Second Act Promises Surprises CBS Sports.com: McMurphy's Law: Big East Wants 12 Members, But Who Will It Get? Associated Press: TCU Joins Big 12 Nearly 15 Years After Exclusion Assocaited Press: Big East Looks At 12 Teams for Football
October 10 ESPN.com: College Football Midseason Review SI.com: Reality Check Weekend Offers Rude Awakenings for Texas, Others Rivals.com: Week 7 Watch: Halfway Home Rivals.com: Monday With Mike: A Look At The Unbeatens ESPN.com: College Gameday Final: Awaiting the Initial BCS Standings LA Times: The BCS and the Unbeaten Boston Globe: Power Move By ACC NY Daily News: Big East Footabll Courting Air Force, Army and Navy to Join Conference, Replace Those Who Bolted
October 7 ESPN.com: College Game Day Kickoff: From the Frying Pan... LA Times: Author of Fiction Attacks the BCS New York Times: Loss of T.C.U. Imperils Big East's Football Future
October 6 ESPN.com: Report: Missouri Hopes To Join SEC
October 5 The Statesman: Missouri Decides To Consider Leaving Big 12
October 4 ESPN.com: Solving the Sport's Psychological Issues CBS Sports.com: McMurphy's Law: Don't Rule Out A 'Bama-LSU Title Rematch Times-Picayune: New Orleans Saints Sell Superdome Naming Rights to Mercedes-Benz CBS Sports.com: Neinas Doesn't Need Big 12 as Much as Big 12 Needs Him Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Sorting Through College Sports' Realignment Upheaval Boston Globe: Big East Ready to Expand
October 3 SI.com: Five Surprising Undefeateds Make Marks As Conference Contenders ESPN.com: Texas, OU Unbeaten Ahead of Red River Rivals.com: Week 6 Watch: Bucks Start Here Arizona Republic: College Football Thriving, and BCS Deserves Some Credit ESPN.com: Who Is Chuck Neinas? Birmingham News: Is SEC Reconsidering Idea For Own TV Network? Tulsa World: Spreading the Wealth: As Big 12 Withers, Other Conferences Thrive With Equal Revenue Distribution
September 30 ESPN.com: BCS is actually pretty damn good idea
September 29 ESPN.com: GameDay Kickoff Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Big 12 needs to expand just to survive Birmingham News: SEC enters new world with unanswered questions about expansion Miami Today: Orange Bowl attempts to pass ticket sale slump USA Today: More financial help for NCAA athletes on the way
September 28 Associated Press: Slive: BCS 2-Team Conference Limit Reconsidered Sporting News: With Addition of Texas A&M, Expansion Scorecard Heavily Favors SEC Sacramento Bee: A Lonely Voice For Loyalty in the Big 12
September 27 ESPN.com: Dashing Through A Chaotic Month CBS Sports.com: McMurphy's Law: UNM's Locksley the Latest to Join JoPa's List ESPN.com: Texas A&M Welcomed to SEC
September 26 Washington Post: SEC: Texas A&M To Become Member Next July After Apparently Clearing Legal Hurdles ESPN.com: Florida Faces Pivotal Two-Week Stretch Hartford Courant: For Conference Realignment, Football Is King Kansas City Star: Will MU Follow Texas A&M Out of Big 12 Into SEC? Sports Illustrated: LSU and Alabama Set For De Facto National Championship Matchup Rivals.com: Week 5 Watch: Title Game Previews?
September 23 USA TODAY: Big 12 Seeks Reforms To Ensure Stability As Beebe Departs New York Times: TV Deal May Help Secure the Big 12
September 22 ESPN.com: What Realignment Means For BCS USA TODAY: Texas AD DeLoss Dodds Says School Is Focused On Big 12 Future Kansas City Star: Dan Beebe Working On Agreement To Exit Big 12 New York Times: After Weeks of Jitters, a Sense of Calm CBS Sports.com: Bit By Bit, College Football Is Imploding Before Our Eyes LA Times: Pac-12 Slows the College Football Expansion Train For Now
September 21 Rivals.com: LSU Defense Young But Hasn't Lost Bite ABC News/ESPN Sports: Superconferences Still On Hold As Pac-12 Stays Put LA Times: Pacific 12 Conference Won't Expand For Now ESPN.com: Search For Stability Sets Off Panic Press-Register: Whatever Happens With Conference Realignment, It Won't Ruin The College Game Sporting News: Slive, SEC Hold The Strings While Other Conference Puppets Dance
September 20 Associated Press: Big East, Big 12 Officials Talk Merger Associated Press: Big 12's Fate Rests With Oklahoma and Texas Reno Gazette-Journal: MWC, C-USA Considering Football-Only Merger The Coloradoan: Mountain West Looking To Add Teams Sports Illustrated: Realignment's Musical Chairs Would Leave Several Schools In The Dust New York Times: The Geography of College Football Fans (and Realignment Chaos)
September 14 CBS Sports.com: McMurphy's Law: Report Cards For New Coaches USA Today: Big 12's Prospects of Holding Together Grow Dimmer Orangebloods.com: What's Next For Texas? CBS Sports.com: Tuesday Top 10: Most Exciting Players In College
September 13 Birmingham News: Why College Football Still Remains Great Fathead.com: Q&A Time with Bill Hancock, Executive Director of the Bowl Championship Series The Statesman: Sources: Texas Has Three Viable Realignment Options
September 12 New York Times: On the Field, All Is Well CBS Sports.com: Auburn Can Win, Georgia Can Lose and Robinson Can Play Sports Illustrated: Quarterback Situations Determining Fates of Several High-Profile Teams New York Times: NCAA Strife, and How to Ease It ABC News/ESPN Sports: Scandals Give Way to Thrilling Football Weekend San Antonio Express: Big 12 Survival Hopes Surge The Oklahoman: SEC Official Expects Texas A&M Will Be Cleared; Expanded Pac-12 Might Not Use Division Scheduling Model
September 10 Times-Picayune: St. Paul's Edges Acadiana 15-14 In Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic Times-Picayune: Curtis Roars Past Westgate 27-7 In Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic St. Tammany News: Late TD Seals Seals Comback Win For Wolves
September 9 New York Times: Stall In Realignment Process Gives Big 12 Hope American-Statesman: UT Independence Fraught With Peril New York Daily News: Rumors Fly About Notre Dame and Texas Football Landing In Big 10 By 2014 If Major Changes Hit
September 8 Rivals.com: Texas A&M Accuses Big 12 of Backtracking CBS Sports.com: Bowl System Will Be "Chaos" If Big 12 Implodes Associated Press: Slow Pace of Realignment Hurts College Football TV Eyes.com: ESPN News San Francisco Chronicle: Pac-16 Football Makes Sense As Tradition Fades CBS Sports.com: When A&M Move Gets Done, Who'll Be The SEC's Lucky 14? Grantland.com: S-E-C! S-E-C! S-E-C! Sports Illustrated: Mass Realignment Would Alter BCS' Future; The Question Is: How?
September 7 The Register-Guard: Change Is In The Offing - And Soon For The Pac-12 Times-Picayune: Nike To Build Turf Football Field At Joe Brown Park By Early January Sporting News: Mass Hysteria Coming Once Texas A&M Officially Departs
September 6 OrangeBloods.com: Armageddon In College Realignment Looming? CBS Sports.com: Decades After The Dust Bowl, Oklahoma Looks West Once Again ESPN.com: Utah State, Uniforms Among Surprises
September 2 Sports Illustrated: Under Emmert, NCAA Has Sunk Deeper, Lost Even More Credibility Kansas City Star: Big 12 Expansion Targets May Be West The Statesman: What's Next For Texas, OU, Big 12 and College Football? The Birmingham News: Now Come The Hard Questions For SEC In Conference Realignment
September 1 The Register Guard: George Schroeder: Watch Out, Les: This 'Athlete' Gives Ducks The Edge FOX Sports.com: 2011 College Football Predictions Times-Picayune: College Football Begins Tonight Facing Several Issues Yahoo! News.com: Texas A&M Plans To Leave Big 12 By July 2012 USA TODAY: NCAA: 'Cheating Will Not Be Tolerated' USA TODAY: In College Football, Where Are The Enforcers? USA TODAY: Ten Must-See College Football Games To Watch This Season Lexington-Herald Leader: Bama, Georgia To Vie For SEC Title ESPN.com: College GameDay Kickoff
August 31 USA TODAY: After Tornado, Tuscaloosa Gets Lift From Crimson Tide Pittsburgh Tribune: Harris: Big East Relevance Matter of Perspective CBS Sports.com: Will No. 1 Sooners Win The BCS Title? History Suggests No
August 29 San Jose Mercury News: Jon Wilner's College Football Preview: BCS Earns A Tip of the Helmet USA TODAY: Losing Early Worse Than Losing Late In The BCS Chase USA TODAY: Are College Football Rivalries Getting Out of Hand? Boston Globe: Landscape Has Some Changes LA Times: BCS Forecast: An Early Look At The Bowl Games Rivals.com: A&M, Big 12 Talk Saturday About What Exit Will Look Like SI.com: Alabama, Oklahoma Headline Preseason Bowl Projections ESPN.com: Dash Through Freaks, Schedules, More
August 26 Kansas City Star: BCS To Justice Department: Maybe Next Time New York Times: Texas A&M Acts On A Possible Move CBS Sports.com: Top 25 Games Of The Season (Or Why The SEC Still Rules)
August 25 Times-Picayune: Tommy Moore Memorial Junior Tournament To Debut In December Rivals.com: Storylines To Watch This Season New York Times: If Texas A&M Is The SEC's 13th Team, Who's No. 14?
August 24 Athlon Sports.com: Jim Delany Is The Most Powerful Man In College Football Sports Illustrated: College Football Bracket Busters? Mark Cuban's Idea Could Work
August 22 Associated Press: Boomer Sooner! Oklahoma No. 1 In AP Top 25 New York Times: College Football's Ugly Season, Facing Scandals of Every Stripe Houston Chronicle: With A&M All But Gone, Big 12 Faces Uncertainty
August 18 USA Today: College Football Schedules Ruining Game That Was Once Good USA Today: Booster Allegations Start Talk Of 'Death Penalty' For Miami ESPN.com: Miami Takes Its Turn On Wheel Of Scandal
August 17 Yahoo! Sports: Renegade Miami Football Football Booster Spells Out Illicit Benefits To Players
August 16 CBS Sports.com: Breaking: NCAA Head Contacts CEOs On Realignment New York Times: NCAA Chief Suggets A Summit On Conference Expansion
August 15 CBS Sports.com: Movement Not College Football's Problem -- Lack of Leader Is Modbee.com: College Game Filthy Rich
August 12 CBS Sports.com: Playoff Not Discussed At NCAA Meetings SI.com: Check The Sky For Pigs: NCAA's APR Ruling The Result of Common Sense Sporting News: Source: Report of Texas A&M Accepting SEC Invitation 'Just Not True'
August 11 ESPN.com: Summit Could Spark Major NCAA Changes Sporting News: Texas A&M To SEC Noise Gets Louder
August 10 Seattle PI.com: NCAA Calls For New Scholarship Rules At Retreat
August 9 SI.com: Utah's Pac-12 Success (of failure) Will Have Far-Reaching Implications ESPN.com: Q&A With SEC Commissioner Mike Slive SI.com: Ten Reasons To Embrace College Football After A Year of Scandal CBS Sports.com: After Summer of Turmoil, NCAA Football Needs Feel-Good Stories USA TODAY: NCAA Retreat Set To Tackle Several Critical Reform Issues
August 8 ESPN.com: Big Changes Coming To NCAA ESPN.com: Jim Delany, Mike Slive Battle Off The Field Tulsa World: Cotton Bowl Hoping For BCS Bowl Status USA TODAY: Marketers Reshape How College Teams Sell Tickets
August 5 USA TODAY: Oklahoma Leads Way At No. 1 In USA TODAY Preseason Poll CBS Sports.com: Life In The Circus: Nothing Quite Like Media Days SI.com: Hold The Parade: Pac-12 No Longer In Plum Realignment Position Times Picayune: Allstate Sugar Bowl Prep Football Classic To Feature Curtis, St. Paul's versus Acadiana, Westgate The Advertiser: Acadiana, Westgate Set Date In Dome New Orleans.com: New Prep Football Doubleheader Part of Superdome Revival
August 4 CBS Sports.com: Brave New World For Big East Commissioner SI.com: Do's, Dont's For Division Alignments, Impact Transfers; More Mailbag
August 3 New York Times: On TV, if Not on Field, Big East Is Still a Big Deal Boston Globe: Big East Looks To Cash In NY Daily News: TCU Football A Huge Addition To Big East, Conference Should Expand and Add Army, Navy and Air Force LA Times: Be In The Know About The Coming College Football Season
August 2 CBS Sports.com: College Football Faces Landmark Month Off The Field
August 1 Idaho Stateman: Mountain West Want To Modify Non-AQ Revenue Distribution Equation LA Times: No Seismic Shift, But Still A Shake-Up For Pac 12, Other Conferences Cleveland Plain Dealer: Big Ten Football: An Old Face With A New Game CBS Sports.com: Larry Scott Wants Meaningful, Quick NCAA Reforms
July 29 SI.com: The College Connection Chicago Tribune: Delany to Big Ten Coaches: Watch Your Step SI.com: Larry Scott Has Pac-12 Poised For Future. What Lies Ahead?
July 28 The Business of College Sports Blog: BCS Payouts vs. March Madness Payouts LA Times: Pac-12 Network Is Coming ESPN Media Zone: ESPN 2011 College Football Game Schedule Chicago Tribune: Setting Table For Big Ten Season SI.com: Rewriting NCAA Rulebook
July 27 Star-Telegram: An Interview With The Enemy - Chatting With BCS Mouthpiece Bill Hancock CBS Sports.com: Pac-12 Has Never Been Better -- Or Worse Rivals.com: Big 12 Commish Knows Doubters Looking For Cracks
July 26 Arizona Republic: ASU: Bowl Games Brought In $355 mil to Arizona Economy ESPN.com: Big 12 Focus Remains On Longhorns CBS Sports.com: Foes' Grumbling Won't Force Big 12 Hammer From Texas' Hands Macon.com: Pacific 12 Conference Likes Its Show Despite Holes In The Marquee
July 25 Boston Globe: Swofford Wants Colleges to Regain Control CBS Sports.com: Speech Won't Be Last You Hear On Slive's Proposals LA Times: SEC Media Days: The Most Eventful 'Nonevent' In Captivity
July 24 Times-Picayune: Marshall Faulk Proud to Take Stage With His Former High School Coach, Wayne Reese
July 23 Times-Picayune: LSU's Patrick Peterson, Kimberlyn Duncan to Receive James J. Corbett Award
July 22 Times-Picayune: Jim McCafferty Excelled In All Areas During His Career at Loyola
July 21 ESPN.com: Slive Wants To Alter Landscape SI.com: Slive's Suggestions Constructive, But Unlikely To Be Implemented CBS Sports.com: SEC Boss Slive Hopes Bold Proposals Will Lead To Change LA Times: The SEC Is Second To None In College Football The Birmingham News: Mike Slive Has Too Much To Do To Retire As SEC Commissioner Anytime Soon Times Picayune: UNO'S Javonne Brooks Will Be First Volleyball Player Inducted Into Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame
July 20 CBS Sports.com: Real Football Talk Returns As Media Days Bring Relief CBS Sports.com: SEC Commish Slive Senses That NCAA Change Is Coming Times-Picayune: Marshall Faulk Hopes His Success Inspires Children of New Orleans Times-Picayune: BCS Not Looking To Get Money Back From Ohio State The Birmingham News: SEC Divisions Turn 20 Showing Remarkable Balance The Advertisor.com: BCS Director Defends Format NCAA.org: Presidential Retreat Q & A With NCAA President Mark Emmert
July 18 The Tennessean: Sun Belt Coaches Ponder Playoff Times-Picayune: LSU Football Coach Les Miles Gets A Blast From the Past During Stop In New Orleans ESPN.com: Myth of Exploited, Impoverished Athletes ESPN.com: College Athletes Deserve To Be Paid ESPN.com: College Athletes Are Already Getting Paid
July 15 ESPN.com: Full Cost of Attendance Gains Traction
July 14 Times-Picayune: Renovated Super Dome Gets A Trial Run For The 2012 Final Four sportsNOLA.com: Final Four 2012: Super Dome Upgrades Should Improve Fan Experience ESPN.com: The View From Inside Anderson Independent Mail: SEC Media Circus Just Around The Corner July 11 Associated Press: Ohio State Vacates 2010 Wins, Sugar Bowl Endid News & Eagle: Feds Should Stay Out of BCS sportsNOLA.com: Allstate Sugar Bowl Announces LSU's Duncan and Peterson as 2011 Corbett Award Winners
July 8 Times-Picayune: Ohio State's decision will not lead to trophy for Arkansas
July 7 CBS Sports: Delany Doesn't Rule Out NCAA Split Times Picayune: Sugar Bowl, Greater New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame Announce Award Winners Florida Times Union: More Conference Realignment Is Coming Sports Illustrated: Utah's Holy War Edge, Oregon's Uncertain Future; more Mailbag
July 6 USA Today: NCAA Could See 'Fundamental Changes' In Way It Operates CBS Sports: Temple Recruits: Move To Big East Coming Soon
July 5 Hattiesburg American: C-USC, MWC Seek Best Path to BCS Bowls Cedar Rapids Gazette: Do You Like the BCS?
July 1 Associated Press: BCS Exec. Director Meets With DOJ Officials USA Today: NCAA Moratorium Stands; No New Bowls For Up to Three Years Arizona Republic: Fiesta Has to Be On Same Page As IRS, BCS CBS Sports: Conference Realignment Now Official, Teams Feeling Way Along Associated Press: Scott Officially Debuts New Pac-12 Friday Idaho Statesman: Boise State Embraces A New Era - And Plenty of Challenges - In Move to Mountain West Chronicle of Higher Education: NCAA Reorganizes Its Investigative Unit
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