Thursday’s hot reads

The best college football stories from around the web



Last Updated - September 5, 2013 12:50 GMT




USA Today | Real or fake? With college football injuries, hard to say Last Saturday, fans at California Memorial Stadium suspected Northwestern’s defensive players were feigning injury in order to slow down Cal’s newly installed uptempo offense. Is this a trend in college football? •

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The Oregonian | Ducks fly East for the first time since 1977 Oregon puts its 15-game road winning streak on this line against Virginia. Jimmy Carter was President the last time the Ducks migrated this far East. • Read the story
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NBC Sports | The secret to Brian Kelly’s success Winning at Notre Dame isn’t the hard part of Brian Kelly’s job. He knows what the really hard part of the job is — it’s winning AGAIN at Notre Dame. • Read the story
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SI | A run-in with Rupp and trouble down in Texas (Aug. 22, 1966)
In this first-person piece for Sports Illustrated, Bear Bryant tells of the clash that made him give up his new Kentucky home and head west to A&M, where blood, sweat and alumni brought him success — and probation.

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