http://www.kansascity.com/467/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star College Football - Wire 60 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:37:50 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4247882/southern-conference-could-expand.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/21/4247882/southern-conference-could-expand.html#storylink=rss Tue, 21 May 2013 14:23 CDT The Southern Conference may be inching toward expansion as it tries to replace schools that are leaving for other conferences. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246461/qb-mitchell-decides-on-north-carolina.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246461/qb-mitchell-decides-on-north-carolina.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 20:49 CDT Former Arkansas quarterback Brandon Mitchell says he is transferring to North Carolina State to play his final season. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246457/manziel-is-working-hard-to-be.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246457/manziel-is-working-hard-to-be.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 03:00 CDT The last thing George Whitfield Jr. expected was for Johnny Manziel to throw the ball. The Texas A&M star, after all, was blindfolded. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4240604/big-money-to-be-made-for-usc-figures.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4240604/big-money-to-be-made-for-usc-figures.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00 CDT LOS ANGELES-Pat Haden took on a challenging job when he was hired to oversee a USC athletic program that had been hit hard with NCAA sanctions. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241169/buffs-hoping-to-stampede-way-back.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241169/buffs-hoping-to-stampede-way-back.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 10:01 CDT It's been more than two decades since the football team at the University of Colorado hoisted its one and only national championship trophy, and the program has struggled to remain relevant ever since. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4238806/big-ten-may-shake-up-its-bowl.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4238806/big-ten-may-shake-up-its-bowl.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 03:00 CDT Not to dis Mickey Mouse, but Big Ten officials know their fans don't want to go to Orlando every year. Or Tampa. Or Houston. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4237889/penn-state-defends-medical-changes.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4237889/penn-state-defends-medical-changes.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 16:23 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4236456/big-ten-athletic-directors-eye.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4236456/big-ten-athletic-directors-eye.html#storylink=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 03:00 CDT Cupcakes are out. Compelling matchups are in. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4238134/column-notre-dame-not-chicken.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4238134/column-notre-dame-not-chicken.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 17:42 CDT Brady Hoke was talking the way football coaches do, the way university presidents can't. Imagine, if you will, the snickering in academia if Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman, a biochemist by trade, accused her counterparts at Notre Dame of chickening out on a science fair. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4237786/tcu-suspends-de-fields-for-1st.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4237786/tcu-suspends-de-fields-for-1st.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 15:37 CDT 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." http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4238283/coach-obrien-defends-penn-states.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4238283/coach-obrien-defends-penn-states.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 03:00 CDT Bill O'Brien was angry. His voice rose often Wednesday on a conference call with reporters. Some folks swore they could feel the spittle through the phone. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4237826/colorado-qb-ex-lineman-charged.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/15/4237826/colorado-qb-ex-lineman-charged.html#storylink=rss Wed, 15 May 2013 16:07 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4236132/michigan-state-strips-high-school.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4236132/michigan-state-strips-high-school.html#storylink=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 03:00 CDT Jay Harris, one of the Philadelphia area's top football recruits, was stripped of his scholarship by Michigan State earlier this month after he posted a series of profanity-laced rap videos on YouTube, a source said Tuesday. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4235850/hawaii-refracts-on-team-names.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4235850/hawaii-refracts-on-team-names.html#storylink=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 19:12 CDT Hawaii's athletic department is scrapping a plan to drop the word "Rainbow" from its men's teams' nicknames. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/13/4233400/stony-brook-adds-transfer-from.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/13/4233400/stony-brook-adds-transfer-from.html#storylink=rss Mon, 13 May 2013 15:25 CDT Former Cincinnati running back Jameel Poteat has transferred to Stony Brook and joined the Seawolves program, coach Chuck Priore announced Monday. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/13/4233900/arrest-made-in-stabbing-of-delaware.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/13/4233900/arrest-made-in-stabbing-of-delaware.html#storylink=rss Mon, 13 May 2013 03:00 CDT The Newark (Del.) Police Department made an arrest Monday in connection with the Sunday morning stabbing of Delaware senior quarterback Trevor Sasek. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/13/4232846/kiffin-and-usc-strive-for-drama.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/13/4232846/kiffin-and-usc-strive-for-drama.html#storylink=rss Mon, 13 May 2013 10:27 CDT Lane Kiffin has an idea. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/10/4228563/in-the-sec-can-anyone-turn-back.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/10/4228563/in-the-sec-can-anyone-turn-back.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 May 2013 07:01 CDT Without question, the SEC has become the most dominant conference in the nation over the past several seasons, making claim to the seven straight BCS National Championships. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/10/4228866/duquesne-to-visit-georgia-southern.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/10/4228866/duquesne-to-visit-georgia-southern.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 May 2013 11:16 CDT Georgia Southern football will host Northeast Conference member Duquesne in 2014 when it moves up to the FBS level. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/09/4226626/bud-withers-football-selection.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/09/4226626/bud-withers-football-selection.html#storylink=rss Thu, 09 May 2013 03:00 CDT A call the other day to BCS executive director Bill Hancock drew this advisory from a receptionist: