California bears burden of making point that it&#39;s BCS-worthy
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This week&#39;s Bowl Championship Series saga picks up where last week&#39;s left off. As you might recall, California needed Texas to beat Texas A&amp;M to keep its hopes of going to its first Rose Bowl in 45 years.
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The Bowl Championship Series system is hated like the devil by many college football fans. So it should be no surprise that when asked why his team ran up the score this past weekend against
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Bye-bye, Bowl Championship Series. I&#39;d say it was nice knowing you, but it wasn&#39;t. Given what we know about the BCS and its cast of stubborn characters, nothing is certain.
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AUSTIN, Texas -- In the grand tapestry of a college football regular season, it was only a fragment. The winner had bragging rights, for sure. And the No. 1 ranking, which is only cosmetic at this point.
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But at times, this desperate push to move into the top two in the BCS standings and earn a place in the national championship game starts to sound more like politics than football.
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California made a big leap Monday in the Bowl Championship Series standings, giving the Rose Bowl a sigh of relief and possibly dashing Utah&#39;s hopes.
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&quot;What happened three weeks ago had nothing to do with what happened tonight,&quot; said California head coach Jeff Tedford alluding to whether might still have been suffering the BCS blues.
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USC didn&#39;t beat the Cal Bears so much as it survived them. Kinda like a baseball team that gets no-hit by a flawless pitcher and yet still claws out the win anyway.
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Both. Cal&#39;s only claims to fame this year were a near-miss against USC and a win over Arizona State. Much will be made about Cal&#39;s injured receivers for the Holiday Bowl, but Geoff McArthur, Burl Toler and
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USC&#39;s football team may be in the hunt for one of the two coveted spots in the national championship game, but that doesn&#39;t mean the Trojans aren&#39;t trying to enjoy the ride to a possible Orange Bowl berth.
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College football needs a playoff system in IA and it needs to put an end to the Bowl Championship Series. The BCS is college football&#39;s most recent answer to determining a national champion without having a playoff structure.
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After an early season schedule filled with pitfalls, there&#39;s an opportunity for the Oregon State football team to reach .500. The Beavers are coming off an inspired Pacific
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Cal remained No. 4 in the BCS standings released Monday, and slight movements by teams ranked above and below the Bears are getting most of the attention.
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While people out here debate the importance of Saturday&#39;s Cal-USC game -- Biggest West Coast game in a decade? Biggest Cal game in school history?
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He has become something of a celebrity in collegiate circles. His name has been mentioned for various coaching openings the last several weeks. But Southern California offensive coordinator Norm Chow has other things on his mind.
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It was just another Bowl Championship Series selection Sunday, as unhappy teams from coast-to-coast once again sparked debate about the BCS, even if there were mostly agreement that USC and Oklahoma
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LOS ANGELES -- Picked apart all afternoon by uncannily accurate California quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the USC defense chose the game&#39;s biggest moment to make the game&#39;s biggest stand.