College Sports

LSU moves up opener to avoid hurricane

Fox News (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

With Hurricane Gustav projected to strike land around the Thibodaux area, Nicholls State and New Mexico State University agreed to cancel next week's road football game. School president Stephen T. Hulbert said the schools agreed it was not in the best interest of the students, coaches and support staff to send them away from their families for the Sept. 4 matchup.

• Hurricane Gustav moves LSU opener to 11 a.m. ET - ESPN

Muschamp just what Texas defense needed

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

• AUSTIN – Will Muschamp's image preceded him to Texas, a defensive coordinator straight out of a Friday Night Lights casting call. The YouTube videos showed a vein-popping, vocal cord-busting personification of intensity stalking the sideline. "He's lived up to it, plus more," defensive end Brian Orakpo said. "He's so animated out there. We feed off his energy out there." That was certainly part of...

Step up to tune of Oklahoma

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Since becoming a member of a BCS Conference in 2005, playing ranked teams has become a common occurrence for the University of Cincinnati football team. But there's nothing ordinary about playing Oklahoma.

UA opponent worst in nation?

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

The Idaho Vandals are No. 1 in ESPN's Bottom 10 poll as the worst in collegiate football.

UW kicks off search for clues to mystery team

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

A season of uncertainty begins with Washington looking for answers, especially on defense.

Spread out: Oregon offense makes stooges of opposition

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

For the Huskies to reverse their fortunes against Oregon on Saturday, they must figure out how to stop the Ducks' spread offense.

Football: UNT set for latest big challenge

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

North Texas has never taken the easy way out when it comes to its season opener; just ask any one of the Mean Green’s veterans. UNT has opened at Oklahoma and Texas the last two years and would have began the season at Death Valley at LSU in 2005 had it not been for the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The tradition of tough openers will be extended another year today when the Mean Green takes on Kansas...

"Big fan" Wulff is facing rough transition at WSU

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Passionate new coach Paul Wulff will be trying to get team on track today against Oklahoma State.

Ready or not, Cougars on prowl

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

New Cougars coach Paul Wulff might have liked an easier test for his WSU debut, but he's stuck with a game against Oklahoma State at Qwest Field on Saturday.

NW Briefs | Mark Rypien to join state hall today

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Mark Rypien, a former Washington State quarterback who was MVP of the 1992 Super Bowl, will be inducted into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame today at Qwest Field.

The Great Unknown?

Conquest Chronicles (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

It's Time! When SC takes the field against UVA this afternoon all the questions that we have wondered about will start to be answered. This team has gotten a lot of love probabbly because of the defense while all the new faces on the offensive line offer some mystery that's makes this team hard to peg. An early injury to Mark Sanchez 3 weeks ago led to an accelerated QB battle between Mitch Mustain...

College Football | St. Louis hosts Top 20 matchup

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

After a 12-victory season and ranked higher than ever before to start a season, No. 6 Missouri is expecting an immediate test from Illinois...

SMU receiver Robinson starts fast against Rice

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

HOUSTON – Sophomore receiver Aldrick Robinson made his first touchdown as a Mustang a flashy one. Early in the first quarter, freshman quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell connected with Robinson on a quick pass on the left side, and Robinson took over from there. He turned his defender inside out, then zigzagged all the way to the right sideline. Robinson's speed took over at the 10, and he shook off another...

June Jones made right call about SMU's quarterback

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

• HOUSTON – June Jones made the right decision when he decided to start SMU's season with a true freshman quarterback for the first time. Bo Levi Mitchell proved it Friday night. Even though you couldn't tell from the final score, a pretty easy 56-27 win by Rice. And you couldn't tell from his stat line that featured three interceptions and a lost fumble. Bo Levi couldn't stop SMU from losing its 11th...

SMU receiver gets off to fast start

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

HOUSTON – Sophomore receiver Aldrick Robinson made his first touchdown as a Mustang a flashy one. Blogs | Rice 56, SMU 27SMU: | C-USA: | | Early in the first quarter, freshman quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell connected with Robinson on a quick pass on the left side, and Robinson took over from there. He turned his defender inside out, then zigzagged all the way to the right sideline. Robinson's speed took...