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Aaron Murray #11 of the Georgia Bulldogs celebrates with fans after the game against the LSU Tigers at Sanford Stadium on September 28, 2013 in Athens, Georgia. (Scott Cunningham/Getty Images North America)
Two out of three ain't bad.
Georgia is certainly not complaining.
Aaron Murray threw four touchdown passes, including a 25-yarder to Justin Scott-Wesley with 1:47 remaining, and the No. 9 Bulldogs rallied to beat No. 6 LSU 44-41 in a thrilling game between Southeastern Conference powerh
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T.J. Yeldon #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide leaps over Mike Hilton #28 of the Mississippi Rebels at Bryant-Denny Stadium on September 28, 2013 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images North America)
Alabama responded to a week of soul-searching with a dominating defensive performance against Mississippi.
The Crimson Tide's offense didn't jump on the Rebels early, but Alabama turned to its ground game in the second half after the sluggish start.
T.J. Yeldon rushed for 121 yards, Ke
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Head coach Lane Kiffin of the USC Trojans reacts during the college football game against the Arizona State Sun Devils at Sun Devil Stadium on September 28, 2013 in Tempe, Arizona. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images North America) 
Southern California has fired Lane Kiffin, ending the coach's tumultuous tenure a few hours after the Trojans lost 62-41 at Arizona State.
Ed Orgeron was picked as USC's interim head coach by athletic director Pat Haden later Sunday. The Trojans (3-2, 0-2 Pac-12) ha
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No. 1 Alabama to Kick Off Season

 

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Alabama will begin this season the way it ended the last two -- No. 1.
Nick Saban's two-time defending national champions are top-ranked in The Associated Press preseason college football poll, with the Crimson Tide trying to become the first team to win three straight national titles.
Much like the BCS championship game against Notre Dame, the vote was an Alabama landslide. The Tide received 58 of 60 first-place votes from the media panel Saturday to easily outdistance No. 2 Ohio State. Alab
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Louisville safety Calvin Pryor predicted the Cardinals would "shock the world" against Florida in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

Brave words that he and his teammates backed up from start to finish against an SEC power.
Terell Floyd returned an interception 38 yards for a touchdown on the first play, dual-threat quarterback Teddy Bridgewater directed a handful of scoring drives and No. 22 Louisville stunned the fourth-ranked Gators 33-23 in the Sugar Bowl on Wednesday night.
By the end, the chant, "
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SCOTT HARRIS

 

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Athletes, coaches and fans are a superstitious lot. When the stakes get high, you can't even say the word "jinx" without touching off a flurry of groaning and salt-throwing.

So why, on the eve of their biggest game this year, are fans of theAlabama Crimson Tideicon1.png tempting fate in this manner?

As you may have heard, there's kind of an important football game happening Saturday in Atlanta. This game will determine the champion of this group ofcollege football

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Lehigh head coach Brett Reed reacts at the end of an NCAA tournament second-round college basketball game against Duke in Greensboro, N.C., on Friday. Lehigh won 75-70. (ASSOCIATED PRESS / Chuck Burton)

No. 15 Lehigh 75, No. 2 Duke 70

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — C.J. McCollum scored 30 points and Lehigh upset Duke 75-70 on Friday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Lehigh became the sixth No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2 and the first since Norfolk State pulled off the trick earlier

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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski cuts down the net after Duke's 61-59 win over Butler in the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball championship gameAP – Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski cuts down the net after Duke's 61-59 win over Butler in the men's NCAA …

INDIANAPOLIS – The ball sailed from halfcourt with the buzzer sounding — bounced off the backboard, the rim, the floor. Most of the 70,000 fans on Butler's side let out an "Ohhhhhh," and the Duke players piled onto forward Kyle Singler at center court. What a game! And what a way to end the season, even i

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