Mississippi State Bulldogs

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...

Northwestern downs Mississippi State in Gator Bowl

2013-01-01 12:30:00

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Behind huge interceptions early and late, No. 21 Northwestern beat Mississippi State 34-20 in the Gator Bowl and snapped college football's longest postseason losing streak Tuesday. The Wildcats (10-3) earned their first bowl...

Georgia pulls away in fourth quarter to beat Nebraska

2013-01-01 14:05:00

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Aaron Murray threw five touchdown passes to set a Georgia bowl record, including two in the fourth quarter, as the sixth-ranked Bulldogs beat No. 23 Nebraska 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl on Tuesday. Murray shook off a pair of first-...

South Carolina edges Michigan with late touchdown in Outback Bowl

2013-01-01 14:10:00

TAMPA, Fla. -- Connor Shaw led No. 11 South Carolina to the brink of victory and Dylan Thompson carried the Gamecocks over the hump in the Outback Bowl. Thompson came off the bench to throw a 32-yard touchdown pass with 11 seconds remaining Tuesday,...

Times college football rankings: Five California schools make the list

2012-11-28 15:33:00

Rankman has rarely been this excited about two recently "dropped out" teams playing on a Thursday night in Piscataway, N.J. The showdown between Rutgers and Louisville now features two teams representing three different conferences. Rutgers is joining the...

New college football playoff format may not end controversy

2012-11-29 13:26:00

Those of you thinking the new four-team playoff coming in 2014 will simplify college football's maddening postseason process should think again and then read this Sports Illustrated story�posted Thursday. Writers Pete Thamel and Stewart Mandel...

College football TV lineup for Saturday

2012-11-22 20:20:00

MORNING Georgia Tech (6-5) at No. 3 Georgia (10-1) 9 a.m., ESPN Kids spilled into the streets of Athens, Ga., after Stanford's win over Oregon put Georgia on a controls-its-own-destiny track to this year's national title game. But the Bulldogs...

College football rankings: Alabama, Oregon, Kansas State, Notre Dame

2012-11-08 00:00:00

Rankman's steadfast "Never play on Election Tuesday" rule came back to bite Toledo when the Rockets forfeited their poll position by joining Mitt Romney in the loss column. Toledo, located in swing-state Ohio, lost to Ball State. Otherwise, it was...

Louisiana Tech and up-tempo offense: Change football can believe in

2012-11-07 00:00:00

RUSTON, La. — The triggerman for the highest-scoring college offense this side of Oregon can't be found anywhere in this week's NCAA passing statistics. Stephen Warner is built like a cinder block at 6 feet and nearly 300 pounds, and not one day in...

College football: Alabama vs. LSU could sort out BCS, SEC gridlock

2012-11-03 00:00:00

BATON ROUGE, La. — The traffic jam Friday on Highland Road near campus was a reminder of the gridlock we've come to expect whenever Alabama plays Louisiana State in football. It's always going to be a grind. The Smoothie King at the corner of...

Taking it on faith that Notre Dame's 8-0 record is real

2012-11-02 12:17:00

Unbuckling the mailbag: Question: I completely understand that you are the biggest USC honk in the land, but… the whole rest of the country is jumping on the ND bandwagon and you are being dragged behind in the dust. When are you going to give the...

Play it forward: The week ahead in college football

2012-10-22 00:00:00

Five things to watch this week in college football. 1: Off to its best start since 2002, Notre Dame (7-0) heads to Oklahoma in search of a signature victory that can keep the Fighting Irish in national title contention. Notre Dame has dominated...

Mississippi State Bulldogs forward Gavin Ware (20) is guarded by Florida Gators center Patric young (4) at Humphrey Coliseum.

2013-01-26 00:00:00

Northwestern Wildcats head coach Pat Fitzgerald in the second quarter of their Gator Bowl game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at EverBank Field.

2013-01-01 00:00:00

Arkansas has fired Bobby Petrino, seen during a Razorbacks game against South Carolina at Williams Brice Stadium on Saturday, November 8, 2008, in Columbia, South Carolina, saying he ''knowingly misled'' and engaged in reckless behavior in a relationship with a female football employee half his age.

2012-12-10 11:23:00