NCAA College Football News

Wednesday May 22, 2013 7:43 PM
LAWRENCE, Kan.- Wide receiver Nick Harwell is transferring to Kansas after spending three seasons at Miami of Ohio, where he set the school record with 219 yards receiving in a game as a freshman.
Wednesday May 22, 2013 6:30 PM
HARRISBURG, Pa.- Former Penn State President Graham Spanier has asked a county judge to throw out charges accusing him of helping cover up abuse allegations against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
Wednesday May 22, 2013 4:59 PM
EUGENE, Ore.- Oregon received a formal notice of allegations in December related into the NCAA investigation into its use of recruiting services.
Wednesday May 22, 2013 1:06 PM
Coaches are inherently biased toward looking out for their program's best interests, which is why Tony Barnhart says the flawed Coaches poll can't play a role in college football's new playoff
Wednesday May 22, 2013 12:59 PM
Baylor football head coach Art Briles joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss the Bears' upcoming season, getting through the spring relatively unscathed and their quarterback Bryce Petty.
Wednesday May 22, 2013 12:29 PM
LSU football head coach Les Miles joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss the way the SEC schedules cross division rivals as well as the possibility of expanding to a nine game conference schedule.
Wednesday May 22, 2013 10:52 AM
Mike Gundy wants to limit transferring QB Wes Lunt from 37 schools and three conferences. Jeremy Fowler calls in some experts to sort out a messy divorce between player and coach.
Tuesday May 21, 2013 8:03 PM
HOUSTON- The NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee has upheld a three-year show-cause order for former Texas Southern football coach Johnnie Cole.
Tuesday May 21, 2013 4:24 PM
NORMAN, Okla.- Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops says one of his graduate assistants and a strength coach had their homes destroyed in the tornado that hit suburban Oklahoma City.
Tuesday May 21, 2013 1:20 PM
It's time to fly the annual Freak flag. Bruce Feldman expands his list of college football's craziest athletes to 20, starting with the biggest Freak in the nation: Jadeveon Clowney.
Tuesday May 21, 2013 10:35 AM
CBSSports.com college football writer Bruce Feldman joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss scheduling in college football as well as the possibility of the SEC going to nine conference games.
Monday May 20, 2013 9:17 PM
MOBILE, Ala.- Former Alabama receiver Danny Woodson is transferring to South Alabama.
Monday May 20, 2013 8:48 PM
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.- Former Arkansas quarterback Brandon Mitchell says he is transferring to North Carolina State to play his final season.
Monday May 20, 2013 5:25 PM
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.- Wide receiver Ivan McCartney is returning to West Virginia's roster six months after leaving the team.
Monday May 20, 2013 4:08 PM
HARRISBURG, Pa.- Gov. Tom Corbett will learn within the next few weeks whether his federal lawsuit against the NCAA over the penalties handed down against Penn State will be allowed to continue, following a nearly two-hour hearing Monday in Harrisburg.
Monday May 20, 2013 10:16 AM
WASHINGTON- The Military Bowl is moving this season from RFK Stadium in Washington to Navy-Marine Corp Stadium in Annapolis, Md.
Monday May 20, 2013 9:27 AM
CBS Sports Network football analyst Tony Barnhart joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss if Nick Saban should have responded to former assistant Tim Davis' comments.
Monday May 20, 2013 9:16 AM
A Gators assistant calls Nick Saban 'the devil himself' at a booster gathering and it's national news. Tony Barnhart says it's not funny at all that college football is losing its sense of humor.
Friday May 17, 2013 4:52 PM
The Eastern Michigan Eagles need new bathrooms, and coach Ron English is ready to jump out of a plane to get them.
Friday May 17, 2013 2:10 PM
With changes afoot at Duke, Wake Forest and Va. Tech, this year may prove this isn't your father's ACC. Tony Barnhart says Clemson may just prove the point.
Friday May 17, 2013 11:39 AM
Georgia football head coach Mark Richt joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss the state of the Bulldogs as they prepare for their upcoming season.
Friday May 17, 2013 11:30 AM
FOX college football analyst Charles Davis joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss the Big Ten 2014 conference schedule.
Friday May 17, 2013 11:10 AM
CBS Sports Network football analyst Tony Barnhart joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss how the recent statements from Bob Stoops, Tim Davis, and Brady Hoke should not be taken serious.
Thursday May 16, 2013 5:47 PM
As the power conferences work to secure spots in the most desirable bowl games, the Mid-American Conference and Sun Belt also are trying to expand their postseason lineups.
Thursday May 16, 2013 4:30 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.- Virginia coach Mike London says junior running back Clifton Richardson has decided to transfer.
Thursday May 16, 2013 12:31 PM
The Big Ten released its first football schedule with Rutgers and Maryland included, and the Scarlet Knights are getting quite a welcome to conference in 2014.
Thursday May 16, 2013 12:02 PM
Vanderbilt football head coach James Franklin joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss the Commodores upcoming season as well as the new SEC Network.
Thursday May 16, 2013 11:50 AM
Coaching Search Consulting Inc. CEO Pete Roussel joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss Cam Cameron becoming the offensive coordinator at LSU.
Thursday May 16, 2013 10:40 AM
Al Golden's goal of returning a championship to Miami has been sidetracked by the NCAA storm encircling the program. Golden tells Dennis Dodd that the Hurricanes expect to go to a bowl this year.
Wednesday May 15, 2013 8:00 PM
Several league officials believe some more restructuring is in store, but that a new division for BCS-level conferences would be bad for college football.
Wednesday May 15, 2013 5:58 PM
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.- 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.
Wednesday May 15, 2013 5:41 PM
Wednesday May 15, 2013 4:28 PM
BOULDER, Colo.- 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.
Wednesday May 15, 2013 4:07 PM
BOULDER, Colo.- Two college football players accused of knocking a man unconscious in a weekend brawl have been charged with second-degree assault.
Wednesday May 15, 2013 1:01 PM
As spring football ends, Tony Barnhart offers five takeaways to consider before fall. A couple: Jadeveon Clowney's a bad man on the gridiron and Auburn's Jay Prosch is inspiring.
Wednesday May 15, 2013 12:45 PM
FORT WORTH, Texas- 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."
Wednesday May 15, 2013 12:03 PM
There's a great mystery lurking around the ACC: Why doesn't the conference win more? Dennis Dodd says no one has any answers, but they do have hope for better times ahead.
Wednesday May 15, 2013 11:06 AM
University of South Florida football head coach Willie Taggart joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss his move to South Florida as well as his upcoming season with the Bulls.
Tuesday May 14, 2013 7:13 PM
HONOLULU- Hawaii's athletic department is scrapping a plan to drop the word "Rainbow" from its men's teams' nicknames.
Tuesday May 14, 2013 4:07 PM
WESTMINSTER, Colo.- The day former Colorado coach Bill McCartney found out he was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame should've been one of the happiest moments of his life, the crowning achievement in a career that included a national title.
Tuesday May 14, 2013 1:56 PM
People have made up their minds about Joe Paterno's legacy, but that hasn't stopped his son, Jay, from trying to change opinions. Gregg Doyel says it's understandable, and pathetic.
Tuesday May 14, 2013 1:52 PM
Jay Paterno's life's work has now become protecting the life's work of his father. Dennis Dodd talks with a son who refuses to let others have the final word on his dad.
Tuesday May 14, 2013 12:33 PM
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.- Michigan coach Brady Hoke has taken the Notre Dame rivalry up a notch.
Tuesday May 14, 2013 11:05 AM
Sirius XM radio college football analyst Rick Neuheisel joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss Bob Stoops' comments on the SEC and just how strong the conference is.
Monday May 13, 2013 6:59 PM
BOULDER, Colo.- University of Colorado quarterback Jordan Webb and former Buffaloes offensive lineman Alexander Lewis are facing assault charges after witnesses said another man was knocked unconscious when Lewis shoved his head into a brick wall and both men pushed the victim to the ground and punched him.
Monday May 13, 2013 1:34 PM
The group that makes up the first playoff selection committee will have a highly-scrutinized job. Tony Barnhart offers up some guiding principles and some worthy names for rooting out any hints of bias.
Monday May 13, 2013 11:17 AM
LOS ANGELES- Lane Kiffin has an idea.
Monday May 13, 2013 9:15 AM
NCAA boss Mark Emmert's run of ill fate continues. Dennis Dodd says the effort to trim the football rule book meets with zero cooperation, as do issues like recruiting deregulation and stipends.
Monday May 13, 2013 8:23 AM
EAST LANSING, Mich.- Michigan State University is planning a $20 million Spartan Stadium renovation to be wrapped up next year.
Sunday May 12, 2013 6:35 PM
BOULDER, Colo.- Colorado quarterback Jordan Webb and former CU offensive lineman Alex Lewis have been charged with second-degree assault.
Saturday May 11, 2013 8:42 AM
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.- The contingent, appropriately dressed in blue and white, gathered in front of the blue and white bus with the unmistakable logo of the Penn State mascot.
Friday May 10, 2013 7:14 PM
NORMAN, Okla.- Oklahoma sophomore quarterback Kendal Thompson was arrested in Norman for public intoxication and refusing to obey a police officer's orders.
Friday May 10, 2013 4:45 PM
Frank Haith's petition seeking to determine if his bank account was illegally accessed was denied by a judge on Thursday. Haith has been charged by the NCAA with failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance within the Miami program for parts of 2010 and '11.
Friday May 10, 2013 3:11 PM
Now that spring football is all wrapped up, the Oregon Ducks wait to hear what the NCAA will decide about possible recruiting violations.
Friday May 10, 2013 10:48 AM
If the NCAA can't, or won't, approve stipends to athletes, then it might be time for the power conferences to form their own division, Tony Barnhart says.
Friday May 10, 2013 10:04 AM
Gary Andersen switches jobs, but Wisconsin's new coach won't adjust his principles now that he's running a BCS program. Jeremy Fowler says it's Anderson's stubbornness that has made him a winner.
Friday May 10, 2013 10:02 AM
Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette McGlade joins the Tim Brando Show to discuss the slowing of conference realignment and losing rivalries in the conference.
Thursday May 9, 2013 5:49 PM
STILLWATER, Okla.- Oklahoma State quarterback Wes Lunt is transferring.
Thursday May 9, 2013 4:30 PM
DUBOIS, Pa.- Penn State is hitting the football recruiting trail hard with coaches visiting close to 200 schools in the first two weeks of the May recruiting period.
Thursday May 9, 2013 11:38 AM
Wisconsin football head coach Gary Andersen joined the Tim Brando to discuss Badgers spring football as well as moving from Utah State to Wisconsin.
Thursday May 9, 2013 10:43 AM
Former Colorado football head coach Bill McCartney joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss being inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Thursday May 9, 2013 10:15 AM
Missouri football head coach Gary Pinkel joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss Tigers spring football, their struggles last season as well as dealing with injuries.
Thursday May 9, 2013 9:09 AM
NEW YORK- A Columbia University football player has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly assaulting another student and using racial slurs.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 10:40 PM
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- Tennessee defensive back Daniel Gray is no longer with the football program and intends to transfer.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 9:41 PM
HILLSBORO, Ore.- Former Oregon Ducks cornerback Cliff Harris has entered a not guilty plea in connection with alleged domestic harassment.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 9:40 PM
MINNEAPOLIS- A former head football coach for Minnesota State University, Mankato, who was cleared of child pornography charges last year but reassigned to an administrative position, is no longer employed at the university, the school said Wednesday.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 6:59 PM
NEW YORK- Penn State has 67 scholarship players on its football roster and coach Bill O'Brien sees no reason why that will change significantly by the time the season starts Aug. 31.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 4:39 PM
NEW YORK- Penn State has 67 scholarship football players on its roster and coach Bill O'Brien sees no reason why that will change significantly by the time the season starts on Aug. 31.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 3:10 PM
Career highlights of Mount Union football coach Larry Kehres, who announced on Wednesday that he is stepping down as coach but will continue as athletic director:
Wednesday May 8, 2013 1:50 PM
ALLIANCE, Ohio- Larry Kehres, who turned Mount Union into a Division III powerhouse while stockpiling 11 national titles, is stepping down.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 11:09 AM
Lead SEC college football writer for Bleacher Report Barrett Sallee joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss Bob Stoops' recent comments on the SEC.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 10:46 AM
2012 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Ty Detmer joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss this year's class of inductees.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 10:40 AM
The SEC's seven-title run has been fun (for the SEC), but Dennis Dodd says Braxton Miller and Ohio State have the talent and motivation to end it.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 10:36 AM
Two heart-warming touchdowns made this spring matter more than most. Dennis Dodd surveys the college landscape to find a spring full of intrigue and, in special cases, hope.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 10:25 AM
ESPN sports business reporter Kristi Dosh joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss the new SEC Network and what it means for the conference.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 10:21 AM
ATLANTA- University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban is selling his lake-front estate with its three-story lighthouse and custom boat house in the north Georgia mountains.
Wednesday May 8, 2013 10:16 AM
ALLIANCE, Ohio- Mount Union's Larry Kehres, who won 11 NCAA Division III championships in 27 seasons while compiling a remarkable 332-24-3 record, is stepping down as head football coach to remain athletic director.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 6:52 PM
WESTMINSTER, Colo.- Back in his day, Bill McCartney languished through three lean seasons to begin his career at Colorado.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 5:49 PM
NEW YORK- The only time Tommie Frazier and Danny Wuerffel shared the field during their brilliant college careers, Frazier's Nebraska team trampled Wuerffel and Florida in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl to win the national championship.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 5:30 PM
HARRISBURG, Pa.- The supervising judge for the grand jury that investigated how former administrators handled Penn State's high-profile child sex-abuse scandal said in a new court filing that the defendants are intentionally stalling their criminal case with repeated motions and appeals.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 5:04 PM
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- Florida A&M University on Tuesday announced the hiring of a director for its famous Marching 100 band, bidding to rebuild and relaunch the band suspended after a 2011 hazing scandal.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 4:35 PM
NEW ORLEANS- LSU running back Jeremy Hill met with a judge in Baton Rouge on Tuesday and received more restrictive conditions for his probation in the wake of his recent arrest in a bar fight.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 4:26 PM
HARRISBURG, Pa.- Pennsylvania's attorney general is blaming defense motions for delays in the criminal case against former Penn State administrators accused of covering up child sexual abuse complaints about Jerry Sandusky.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 3:40 PM
The 10 players and two coaches selected Tuesday for the College Football Hall of Fame:
Tuesday May 7, 2013 3:37 PM
The 10 players and two coaches selected Tuesday for the College Football Hall of Fame:
Tuesday May 7, 2013 1:05 PM
Danny Wuerffel led Florida to four SEC championships and one national title, but Tony Barnhart says the QB's work off the field makes him a true Hall of Famer.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 12:15 PM
NEW YORK- Heisman Trophy winners Danny Wuerffel of Florida and Ron Dayne of Wisconsin, along with two-time national champion Tommie Frazier of Nebraska, were selected Tuesday for the College Football Hall of Fame.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 11:24 AM
ANN ARBOR, Mich.- Michigan punter Will Hagerup has been reinstated to the team after a suspension for violating team rules.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 11:13 AM
The supervising judge for the grand jury that investigated former Penn State administrators in their handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal says the criminal case against them needs to move forward.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 10:22 AM
HARRISBURG, Pa.- The supervising judge for the grand jury that investigated how former Penn State administrators handled the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal said in a new court filing that the criminal case against them needs to move forward.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 10:15 AM
Cincinnati finds itself in sort of a purgatory of college football, says Dennis Dodd. With realignment stalled, the Bearcats have few options to get back to the big time.
Tuesday May 7, 2013 9:39 AM
Cincinnati, UConn and South Florida played the realignment dance but wound up without dates when the music stopped. What's next for these Big East remnants? Jeremy Fowler examines their limited options.
Monday May 6, 2013 7:20 PM
YAKIMA, Wash.- Washington State athletic director Bill Moos believes Mike Leach's third season will be when the Cougars start winning.
Monday May 6, 2013 6:29 PM
PHOENIX- When it comes to first head coaching jobs, Oregon's Mark Helfrich could not have asked for a much better situation.
Monday May 6, 2013 4:50 PM
NEW YORK- Heisman Trophy winner Vinny Testaverde of Miami has been selected for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Monday May 6, 2013 4:10 PM
HILLSBORO, Ore.- Former Oregon cornerback Cliff Harris has been arrested after witnesses reported him fighting with his girlfriend outside a restaurant.
Monday May 6, 2013 1:54 PM
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.- Brandon Mitchell was caught off guard by new coach Bret Bielema's suggestion that he might see action somewhere other than quarterback following the end of spring practice at Arkansas.
Monday May 6, 2013 12:02 PM
CBS Sports Network college football analyst Tony Barnhart joins the Tim Brando Show to the new SEC Network and if it will be remembered as Mike Slive's legacy.
Monday May 6, 2013 11:00 AM
GREENSBORO, N.C.- The Atlantic Coast Conference has set its bowl lineup for its first season as a 14-team league.
Monday May 6, 2013 10:38 AM
SEC broadcaster Dave "Buzz" Baker joined the Tim Brando Show to discuss the new SEC Network.