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  • It 's difficult to see how the Buckeyes — who have played the 117th-toughest schedule in the nation so far according to analyst Jeff Sagarin — have been more impressive than No. 2 Oregon, which has by far the highest margin of victory of any major-college team (38 points per game).

    The No. 1 Team We Barely Know Darren Everson 2010

  • For major-college football leaders to acknowledge the sport's modern reality—not only the money pouring in, but the desperate, destabilizing conference-jumping it's sparked—they must deal with the leeches in their midst.

    Enough Already With the Little Guy Rachel Bachman 2011

  • Although the NCAA regulates college sports, its role in guiding major-college football has been diminished since a 1984 Supreme Court ruling, which found that it violated antitrust law in its television arrangements.

    Government Joins Bowl-Game Brawl Darren Everson 2011

  • Over the past decade, Mr. Holgorsen has arguably played a part in more touchdowns than any coach in the country: He was a Texas Tech assistant from 2000 to 2007, and his Houston offense last year led major-college football in yardage and scoring.

    College Football's Rising Middle Class Darren Everson 2010

  • But a Rebels roster that was bolstered by major-college transfers Chace Stanback and Derrick Jasper overachieved for most of the campaign.

    Mountain West Conference 2010

  • The letter also asks why major-college football doesn't have a playoff, when so many other college sports do; what steps the NCAA has taken to create a playoff; and whether the NCAA has determined that aspects of the BCS system are unfair.

    Government Joins Bowl-Game Brawl Darren Everson 2011

  • The following events are taking place in an alternate universe where there is an eight-team playoff in major-college football:

    If College Football Had Do-Overs Darren Everson 2011

  • In terms of point differential over a 20-game span, Memphis—which has lost 19 of its last 20—is in the midst of only the eighth-worst stretch by a major-college team since 2000.

    Please, America: Take it Easy on Memphis 2011

  • That same year, amid growing fan grumbling, Tubby Smith left Kentucky, major-college basketball's all-time winningest team, for Minnesota.

    College Basketball's Voluntary Demotions 2011

  • He had more than 30 major-college offers, including Florida, Oklahoma and Tennessee and said if Vols coach Lane Kiffin were still at UT he might have signed there.

    Florida State - Team Notes 2010

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