Kent State Golden Flashes

Only major bowl question: Can Northern Illinois steal a BCS bid?

2012-12-02 11:00:00

Aren't you going to miss the Bowl Championship Series? (Don't email answer that). The college football selection system for bowl games that has been ordered to the junk heap after next season might have a couple of surprises left in it. Nebraska's...

No surprise: Notre Dame vs. Alabama in BCS title game

2012-12-02 18:50:00

The final Bowl Championship Series standings on Sunday produced a lot of expected news and one big surprise. Notre Dame and Alabama, in what everyone knew was just a formality, finished first and second in the final standings and will meet Jan. 7 in...

Reports: Northern Illinois earns BCS berth to Orange Bowl

2012-12-02 15:52:00

Well, sometimes the little guys do win. Northern Illinois has earned a Bowl Championship Series bowl bid, according to several media reports. The champions of the Mid-American Conference will play Florida State in the Orange Bowl. It will be the MAC's...

USC and Notre Dame prove that football rankings can be wacky business

2012-11-28 18:00:00

Notre Dame began the season unranked in the Associated Press media poll and is now No. 1; USC started No.1 and is now unranked. Oops, sorry, and welcome to my jungle. Pro pundits can pick the New York Giants to win the Super Bowl and still be right when...

Friday's TV Highlights: 'Last Man Standing' on ABC

2012-11-29 20:07:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week Nov. 25 - Dec. 1 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � -------------------- � SERIES Undercover Boss:� The CEO of Diamond Resorts International goes undercover for a second time in this new episode (8 p....

Chris Dufresne's look at the season's college football bowl games

2012-12-12 18:41:00

ESPN's "Octomom" family of networks hopes you enjoy this year's cavalcade of commercials and center snaps as it furiously tries to secure the two games it doesn't broadcast. Conspicuously missing from the lineup is Ohio State (12-0) vs. Louisiana Tech...

Is Northern Illinois' bowl bid a strength or weakness of the BCS?

2012-12-03 13:32:00

Northern Illinois will become the first team from the Mid-American Conference to play in a BCS bowl when it faces Florida State in the Orange Bowl next month. Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss whether the Huskies getting a BCS bowl berth is a...

BCS standings: No surprises with Notre Dame awaiting SEC winner

2012-11-25 18:00:00

Some years the football season comes down to the final weekend with several teams still in the championship mix. In 2006, it wasn’t known until the final Bowl Championship Series standings release whether Michigan or Florida would earn the right...

The Times' top 25 college football rankings

2012-11-22 00:00:00

This could be a first in the history of Rankman — two teams in the top 25 with the nickname Aggies: Texas A&M (11) and Utah State (24). Throw in Kansas State (8) if you count the nearby "Aggieville" bar scene. Missing the Aggies cut: North...

The Times' top 25 college football teams

2012-11-14 18:25:00

The Southeastern Conference, taken out of the national title hunt for as long as three non-SEC teams keep winning, mostly takes the week off as it openly cheers for upsets of Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame. SEC schools bully up to play seven 1-AA...

Tulsa World, Okla., John E. Hoover column

2013-05-12 10:54:03

There has been every indication so far that when college football's postseason goes to a four-team playoff to determine its champion in 2014 that a forthcoming selection committee will give all due consideration to a team's strength of schedule....

Purdue's Hazell a football coach on the go

2013-05-10 09:44:02

This is the first of a three-part Q&A series with Purdue football coach Darrell Hazell. WEST LAFAYETTE -- Darrell Hazel is a man on the go. There is a Purdue football tradition to restore, fan interest to revive, new offensive and defensive systems to...

DETROIT, MI - NOVEMBER 30: Head coach Dave Doeren of the Northern Illinois Huskies is surrounded by his team as he holds the championship trophy after defeating the Kent State Golden Flashes 44-37 during the Mid-American Conference Championship game at Ford Field on November 30, 2012.

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Coach Dave Doeren is presented the championship trophy by MAC Commissioner Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher after Northern Illinois defeated Kent State on Saturday.

2012-12-01 00:00:00

Anthony Wells (91) celebrates with fans after Northern Illinois defeated the Kent State Huskies for the Mid-American Conference championship at Ford Field in Detroit.

2012-11-30 00:00:00