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Md. man sold fake BCS, Super Bowl tickets

A Maryland man pleaded guilty Thursday to selling more than $8,000 worth of counterfeit tickets to the 2012 Allstate BCS National Championship game and Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. Richard McNeal, 47, of Randallstown, Md., admitted to a charge of trafficking in counterfeit goods, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente ...

  • Updated: 7:26 a.m. Friday, June 14, 2013

Irish signee Vanderdoes switches to UCLA instead

Notre Dame said Tuesday it will not release a standout high school recruit from his letter of intent before he enrolls at UCLA later this month, meaning he can't play football for the Bruins this fall and will lose a season of eligibility. Eddie Vanderdoes will have only three years ...

  • Updated: 2:11 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Fighting Irish win battle of the fans

The parking lots opened at 1:30 p.m. for a concert by country musician Luke Bryan and were nearly full at 4 p.m., 41/2 before kickoff. Porta-John lines stretched hundreds of people long. When the gates opened at 6 p.m., the going rate for tickets outside the stadium was in the ...

  • 5:42 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, 2013
It's never too early to look at the 2013 college football season, and to look at candidates for the 2013 Heisman Trophy.

Early look at 2013 Heisman Trophy race

Who will win college football's top award next season?

  • 12:26 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012
The good people at Forbes have done some math (better them than us) and have calculated what teams in college football have spent the most per win -- and these teams don't have many of them -- over the last three years. Starting off the list is Auburn. The Tigers, who only won three games this season, trailed only THE Ohio State and Alabama as the biggest spenders per win -- a cool $3,433,053.

College football's worst spenders

The good people at Forbes have done some math (better them than us) and have calculated what teams in college football have spent the most per win -- and these teams don't have many of them -- over the last three years.

  • 6:53 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012
ESPN has crunched the numbers from the NCAA and has listed the top money makers in college football, based on the 2011-12 season. No surprise the Southeastern Conference, which has crowned six national title winners, has the most teams among the top 10. The average FBS, formerly Division I, football program brought in about $25 million. The lowest money earner in college football was the University of Louisiana at Monroe, with $3.6 million in profits. That wouldn't pay the coach's salary in some teams in the top 10. Here they are:

Top money makers in college football

Six SEC schools are among the top 10 grossing programs in college football for 2011-12.

  • 6:44 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. Manziel led the Aggies to a 10-2 in their first season in the SEC and orchestrated an upset at then-No. 1 Alabama. But how did his record SEC season of 3,419 passing yards and 24 touchdowns, plus 1,181 yards rushing and 19 more scores stack up against college football's other top signal callers? | Year in review | More AJC Sports

2012: College football's top quarterbacks

How does Heisman winner Johnny Manziel compare against college football's other top passers?

  • Updated: 10:12 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2012

College football fans

They are there every game, decked out and showing their support. These are college football's devoted fans.

  • 10:55 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012

No doubt about it: Alabama is the best after BCS rout

Alabama Crimson Tide rolls over LSU in the BCS championship game.

  • 5:09 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012

Oklahoma St tops Stanford 41-38 in Fiesta Bowl

Brandon Weeden threw for 399 yards and three touchdowns to Justin Blackmon in his final collegiate game, and Quinn Sharp hit a 22-yard field goal in overtime to give No. 3 Oklahoma State a 41-38 win over Andrew Luck and No. 4 Stanford in a wildly entertaining Fiesta Bowl on ...

  • 9:49 p.m. Monday, Jan. 2, 2012
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