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South Carolina Unseats No. 1 Alabama

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- College football's original Evil Genius is still the best. At least Steve Spurrier was Saturday in South Carolina's upset of Nick Saban's top-ranked Alabama team. The No. 19 Gamecocks snapped the defending national champion's 19-game winning streak with a 35-21 victory at Williams-Brice Stadium. The win...

Alabama Dominates Florida Again as Saban Exhibits Superiority

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- It was supposed to be a matchup of two of the most elite programs in college football. Owners of three national titles in the past four college football seasons playing under the lights in the state of Alabama, the college football capital of the world. Just one problem: only one team showed up. Alabama...

'Bama's Title Run Part of 'The Process'

It's focus. It's work ethic. It's an organization plan. It's team-building. No matter how one describes Alabama coach Nick Saban's plan -- it's officially called "The Process" but often described by players as an ongoing system or program -- it works. Heisman Trophy-winning running back Mark Ingram, part of the Crimson...

07 Issues: Passing of an Important Generation

Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles is expected to step down this week. His departure is yet another symbol of the passing of one of college football's greatest generations, the great coaches who presided over the game from 1960 or so until the mid to late 1970's. Broyles coached the Razorbacks from 1958 to 1976...

07 Issues: New Coaches Everywhere

There will be 23 new head coaches this year in college football. With 119 teams in DIA, my shaky math tells me that means nearly one in every five schools has a new head coach. I don't have numbers from previous years but that's an incredible turnover rate and will mark 2007 as a year of transition in college football.So...