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Top 25 Recaps: No. 1 Alabama routs Mercer
The Sports Xchange
November 19 Top-ranked Alabama easily took care of business in its Iron Bowl tune-up Saturday morning, dominating Mercer 56-0 on Senior Day at Bryant-Denny Stadium. FULL STORY
Conferences in the Crosshairs: ACC, Pac-12 Picks
Ken Cross
November 14 Miami has upped its game dramatically in the past two weeks with resounding wins over Notre Dame and Virginia Tech. The Cavaliers are bowl eligible as Bronco Mendenhall is starting to reverse the fortunes in Charlottesville. FULL STORY
Conferences in the Crosshairs: ACC, Pac-12 Picks
Ken Cross
November 08 Mark Richt has “The U” ahead of schedule and now that Miami played its best game of the season against Virginia Tech, the Hurricanes must turn around and play at an even higher level against the Irish, who are trending upward. FULL STORY
Conferences in the Crosshairs: ACC, Pac-12 Picks
Ken Cross
October 31 The No. 8 Hurricanes host the No. 13 Hokies in a matchup to see who claims the ACC Coastal Division. The BCS Final Four picture is also clearly in focus for the winner. Miami has not played a solid 60 minutes FULL STORY
Conferences In the Crosshairs: ACC, Pac-12 picks
Ken Cross
October 24 A great matchup of two physical and stingy defenses. The question for Notre Dame is if the Fighting Irish can put away the win over USC and move on to a formidable opponent which has designs on and ACC title game FULL STORY
Week Eight Lowe Down: Nittany Lions, Irish roll on
Matt Lowe
October 20 USC could be in for a big challenge here. The Trojans were really banged up on defense, especially on the D-line, before their win over Utah a week ago, but losing defensive tackle Josh Fatu to a concussion FULL STORY
Conferences in the Crosshairs: ACC, Pac-12 picks
Ken Cross
October 17 USC’s Sam Darnold has had problems with interceptions, but he finds ways to win. When the chips were down and the Trojans were trailing talented Utah, 21-7, at halftime, he led USC on drives of 83, 88 and 93 FULL STORY
First & 20: Pac-12 hurting itself
Anthony Gimino
October 16 Every league is a slave to television and its capricious kickoff times and the need for broadcast windows outside of those on Saturday. We get that. That's the new normal. But the Pac-12 -- twice this season -- has put one of its best teams in peril by scheduling FULL STORY
Conferences in the Crosshairs: The U, Dawgs stay hot
Ken Cross
October 10 Watching Malik Rosier drive Miami 75 yards in nine plays and then hit Darrell Langham on a 23-yard game-winning touchdown pass with six seconds remaining woke up the memories of the greatness of “The U.” FULL STORY
Conferences in the Crosshairs: ACC, Pac-12 Picks
Ken Cross
October 03 It’s Mike Leach’s typical Air Raid offense, but credit to defensive coordinator Alex Grinch, who has given the Cougars a tough, physical defense. FULL STORY
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