Alabama Crimson Tide (Football)

AJ McCarron threw for 264 yards and four touchdowns as the University of Alabama steamrolled top-ranked Notre Dame 42-14 to win a second straight US collegiate American football national title.

AJ McCarron threw for 264 yards and four touchdowns as the University of Alabama steamrolled top-ranked Notre Dame 42-14 to win a second straight US collegiate American football national title.

AJ McCarron threw for 264 yards and four touchdowns as the University of Alabama steamrolled top-ranked Notre Dame 42-14 to win a second straight US collegiate American football national title.

AJ McCarron threw for 264 yards and four touchdowns as the University of Alabama steamrolled top-ranked Notre Dame 42-14 to win a second straight US collegiate American football national title.

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win US college football's prized Heisman Trophy.

The Indianapolis Colts selected Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the first pick in the 2012 NFL draft, just one month after releasing veteran Peyton Manning.

The Indianapolis Colts selected Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the first pick in the 2012 NFL draft, just one month after releasing veteran Peyton Manning.

The Indianapolis Colts selected Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the first pick in the 2012 NFL draft, just one month after releasing veteran Peyton Manning.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who died on Sunday at 85, was revered as one of the greatest coaches of the high-profile sport but saw his legacy tarnished by a child sexual abuse scandal.

Quarterback Robert Griffin III became the first Baylor University player to win US college football's coveted Heisman Trophy on Saturday, beating highly touted Stanford signal-caller Andrew Luck.

(Reuters)- Heisman Trophy runner-up Andrew Luck will be hoping to go one better after the Stanford quarterback was shortlisted again for college football's highest individual award.

Oddsmakers: Two best teams should square off. If the purpose of the BCS National Championship Game is to pair the two best teams in the country, Las Vegas oddsmakers agree with the matchup between LSU and Alabama.

The leading candidates for college football's top individual award:

The Tide will be out for revenge after blowing a 24-point lead to the Tigers last season and then watching them win the national championship. This time it's Alabama with national championship hopes.

This is arguably the biggest game in Tiger Stadium in more than half a century.

They talked about expanding from four to five BCS bowls (book it that Dallas will be the fifth BCS bowl, if there is still a BCS). They talked about changing the requirements for the automatic qualifying bids currently held by six conferences (Big East, Big 12, Pac-12, Big Ten, ACC, SEC).

The first photo was taken when Jonathan was only 3, back in 1997. That was the year Coach DiBiaso's Crimson Tide went to their second Super Bowl.

Boston College's Luke Kuechly was named a finalist yesterday for the Butkus Award honoring the nation's top linebacker. The 6-foot-3-inch, 237-pound junior from Cincinnati leads the nation with 96 solo tackles and 182 total tackles in 11 games this season. Other finalists include Lavonte David (Nebraska), Dont'a Hightower (Alabama), Jarvis Jones (Georgia), Manti Te'o (Notre Dame), and Courtney Upshaw (Alabama). Kuechly has recorded 523 career tackles - most ever in the Atlantic Coast Conference - in 36 games and is averaging 14.1 tackles per game. He is one tackle shy of matching his ACC record for tackles in a season, established last year, and one shy of BC's career record set by linebacker Stephen Boyd (1991-94) . . . Harvard defensive tackle Josue Ortiz, defensive back Matthew Hanson, linebacker Alex Gedeon, offensive tackle Kevin Murphy, and tight end Kyle Juszczyk were named to the All-Ivy League first team . . . Holy Cross cornerback Chandler Fenner, tackle Mike McCabe, wide rec

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a country mad for college football, Joe Paterno -- known simply as "JoePa" -- represented almost a deity of the sport.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a country mad for college football, Joe Paterno -- known simply as "JoePa" -- represented almost a deity of the sport.