Cotton Bowl Classic

Power conferences in college football gain even more strength

2013-04-25 17:45:00

College football commissioners were going to end their three-day unity conference in Pasadena with a round of "Kumbaya" at the hotel's valet carport. That was before the consulting firm that dreamed up "College Football Playoff" suggested something more...

Pat Summerall dies at 82; NFL broadcaster teamed with John Madden

2013-04-16 17:54:00

Pat Summerall, who was half of one of the best known announcing teams in television sportscasting history as John Madden's broadcasting partner for more than two decades of NFL games, has died. He was 82. Summerall, who lived in Southlake, Texas, died...

Alabama crushes Notre Dame, 42-14, for second straight BCS title

2013-01-07 20:51:00

Alabama has won its third Bowl Championship Series title in four years, overwhelming top-ranked Notre Dame, 42-14, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Coach Nick Saban's teams have won four national championships. He won his first as coach at...

Loved the Rose Bowl? Notre Dame-Alabama might have similar scent

2013-01-06 15:45:00

If you loved the Rose Bowl, you might also enjoy Monday night's Bowl Championship Series title game between Notre Dame and Alabama. Think of this as a pumped-up version of Stanford versus Wisconsin, a defensive, clock-control matchup that ended in a 20-...

Friday's TV Highlights: 'Paul Simon's Graceland Journey' on KOCE

2013-01-03 20:05:00

SERIES Sun Studio Sessions: Shannon McNally and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are featured (8 p.m. KLCS). Need to Know: The weekly current-affairs program begins a new season (8:30 p.m. KOCE). Bering Sea Gold: The dredging-themed docu-series...

Chris Dufresne's top 10 college football moments for 2012 season

2013-01-08 18:45:00

The end of this season means there's only a year left of the snaggle-toothed Bowl Championship Series, a cartel dreamed up by Satan that has been infuriating college football fans since 1998. We can't wait for the new four-team playoff starting in 2014...

Rice grounds Air Force to win Armed Forces Bowl

2012-12-29 12:22:00

FORT WORTH, Texas -- When Rice freshman quarterback Driphus Jackson was suddenly thrust into action in the Armed Forces Bowl, he drove the Owls within 2 yards of a tying touchdown before his errant pitch led to a turnover. Jackson more than made up...

Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel is first freshman to win Heisman

2012-12-08 21:06:00

— Johnny Football just got himself a way cooler nickname: Johnny Heisman. Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy, taking college football's top individual prize Saturday night after a record-...

Saturday's college football TV lineup

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Break out the chips and cold drinks, but let Chris Dufresne handle the remote. Each Friday, the Times' national college football writer handicaps what's worth watching, and skipping, on Saturday's menu of games. MORNING No. 15 Texas (4-1) vs. No. 13...

Play it forward: Week ahead in college football

2012-10-08 00:00:00

Five things to watch this week in college football. 1. Rise and shine. It's always better when Texas playing Oklahoma in the annual Texas State Fair game at the Cotton Bowl is a top-five matchup with national-title implications. We'll have to settle this...

Arkansas wins Cotton Bowl for 11th victory

2012-01-06 22:00:00

Friday's TV highlights

2012-01-06 00:00:00

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel scrambles away from Oklahoma linebacker Corey Nelson (7) in the third quarter in the AT&T Cotton Bowl game in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Friday, January 4, 2013. Texas A&M dispatched the Sooners, 41-13. (Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)

2013-01-31 11:38:00

Texas A&M Aggies quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) answers questions from the media during the Cotton Bowl Media Day at Cowboys Stadium Sunday, December 30, 2012. (Richard W. Rodriguez/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT)

2013-01-18 13:18:00

Johnny Manziel (#2) of the Texas A&M Aggies celebrates his touchdown against the Oklahoma Sooners during the Cotton Bowl at Cowboys Stadium on Jan.4, 2013 in Arlington, Texas. The Aggies beat the Sooners 41-13.

2013-01-04 21:24:50