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Southern Conference could expand soon

The Southern Conference may be inching toward expansion as it tries to replace schools that are leaving for other conferences.

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QB Mitchell decides on North Carolina State

Former Arkansas quarterback Brandon Mitchell says he is transferring to North Carolina State to play his final season.
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Manziel is working hard to be best he can be, which might be best ever

The last thing George Whitfield Jr. expected was for Johnny Manziel to throw the ball. The Texas A&M star, after all, was blindfolded.
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Buffs hoping to stampede way back to respectability

It's been more than two decades since the football team at the University of Colorado hoisted its one and only national championship trophy, and the program has struggled to remain relevant ever since.
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Big money to be made for USC figures

LOS ANGELES-Pat Haden took on a challenging job when he was hired to oversee a USC athletic program that had been hit hard with NCAA sanctions.
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Big Ten may shake up its bowl lineup

Not to dis Mickey Mouse, but Big Ten officials know their fans don't want to go to Orlando every year. Or Tampa. Or Houston.
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Penn State defends medical changes after report

Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced.
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Column: Notre Dame not chicken, just greedy

Brady Hoke was talking the way football coaches do, the way university presidents can't. Imagine, if you will, the snickering in academia if Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman, a biochemist by trade, accused her counterparts at Notre Dame of chickening out on a science fair.
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CU's Webb, Lewis charged with assault in brawl

Colorado quarterback Jordan Webb and former Buffaloes offensive lineman Alexander Lewis were both charged with second-degree assault on Wednesday after prosecutors alleged they knocked a man unconscious in a weekend brawl.
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TCU suspends DE Fields for 1st 2 games of season

TCU defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season due to an unspecified violation of "university and team policy."
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Hawaii refracts on team names; 'Rainbow' back

Hawaii's athletic department is scrapping a plan to drop the word "Rainbow" from its men's teams' nicknames.