ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -  Dontae Johnson doesn’t keep a calendar or a daily planner with him, but with all the events he’s involved with at the Pennington (N.J.) School, you would think he should.
Johnson, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound senior, is a captain on both the football and basketball teams. As a safety, he holds [...]

I got a chance to speak with new Big East Commissioner John Marinatto last week at Big East Football Media Day. Here are his thoughts on a few topics:
**ON THE NEED TO WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOOTBALL
“It would be nice. It would certainly be nice if we won a national championship. I think every [...]

Defending national champion Florida tops the USA Today preseason football coaches’ poll, receiving 53 of 59 first-place votes.
Texas was second in the poll released Friday, followed by Oklahoma, Southern California, Alabama, Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Penn State, LSU and Mississippi.
Texas had four first-place votes, and Oklahoma and Southern California each had one.
Four Big 12 teams [...]

Now that all the Bowl Madness is over, and Florida has beaten Oklahoma, 24-14, for the BCS National Championship, we ask: Who is your vote for the No. 1 team in the nation?
**Florida
**Utah
**USC
**Texas
Here’s how the AP and Coaches’ polls played out:

With No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 2 Florida both winning in blowouts Saturday night, the two teams appear headed to a showdown in the BCS National Championship Game Jan. 8 at Dolphin Stadium.
Oklahoma crushed No. 20 Missouri, 62-21, in the Big 12 title game in Kansas City, while No. 4 Florida handled No. 1 and [...]

So much for Rutgers playing an undefeated Ball State squad in the Motor City Bowl. Dec. 26.
Turner Gill’s Buffalo team hammered previously unbeaten Ball State, 42-24, in the MAC championship game Friday night in Detroit. Somewhere David Letterman is not laughing.
Ken Hoffman, Executive Director of the MOtor City and International Bowls, had said Thursday that [...]

NEW YORK (AP) – Oklahoma was ahead of Texas in the BCS standings Sunday and headed to the Big 12 championship game with an inside track to the national title.
A three-way tie between Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech atop the Big 12 South standings forced the league to use its fifth tiebreaker, best BCS [...]

Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach gave some pearls of wisdom to an underclassman on where to take a girl on a first date in Lubbock. Among his gems: take her to a steakhouse so she doesn’t eat salad; coffeehouses with “bizarre-looking characters going in and out” make for good conversation; and, if it’s a [...]

After three weekends of college football, some things are becoming clear across the nation. The stock of some players, teams and leagues is up, while that of others is clearly declining….
WHO’S UP?
Mark Sanchez – USC QB threw four TDs when Trojans routed Ohio State — again — on a national stage on Saturday night. This [...]