college-football

The Scandal at Baylor Makes it Clear Penn State Did Nothing to Change College Football

Jordan Sargent · 05/27/16 10:41AM

In 2011, the most awful scandal in the history of college athletics was exposed when it was revealed that Jerry Sandusky, a longtime coach at Penn State, had groomed and sexually abused teenage boys in the locker room of the school’s hallowed football stadium over a period decades, and that further the abuse had been covered up by university officials who deemed the sanctity of their football program to be paramount to any form of tangible justice for the victims.

Here's the College Football Edition of Celebrities Reading Mean Tweets

Jay Hathaway · 01/13/15 10:10AM

Ahead of yesterday's Ohio State victory over Oregon in the college football national championship game, an unusually floppy-haired Jimmy Kimmel rolled out a special edition of Celebrities Read Mean Tweets, featuring ESPN broadcasters and college coaches. Some of them are better at reading than others.

Here Is the Video of FSU's Jameis Winston Stealing Crab Legs

Adam Weinstein · 05/15/14 12:59PM

Jameis Winston, the Heisman winner, national title champ, and Florida State football hero, can do no wrong according to his biggest boosters—at least, not without incontrovertible evidence. Well, here's some evidence that he's a dumb supermarket thief, if nothing else.

'This Is About the Football Players,' Moron Tells Penn State Protester

Max Read · 11/12/11 06:03PM

After the embarrassment of Wednesday night's riot, in which thousands of Penn State students took to the streets to protest the firing of longtime football coach Joe Paterno for helping to cover up assistant coach Jerry Sandusky's alleged rape of several young boys, you'd think Penn State fans would have learned their lesson. As it turns out, not all of them have.

Yale Quarterback Faces Worst White Boy Dilemma Ever

Maureen O'Connor · 11/08/11 03:41PM

Yale University quarterback Patrick Witt is "every inch the football hero," "a contender for the NFL draft," "the most accurate passer in Yale history." He is also very smart, with a 3.91 GPA and a shot at the Rhodes Scholarship.

Streaker Posing as Referee Causes Bench-Clearing Brawl at Football Game

Matt Cherette · 10/21/11 03:43AM

The University of Arizona played host to UCLA on Thursday for an evening game of football. Just before halftime, a man posing as a referee rushed the field, was exposed as a fraud, and then attempted to escape while simultaneously shedding his clothing. Did I mention that all the commotion led to a bench-clearing brawl?

Watch Cam Newton Read the Late Show Top 10 List

Matt Cherette · 12/14/10 12:42AM

Following his winning of the Heisman Trophy last weekend, Auburn quarterback Cam Newton stopped by the Late Show tonight to read David Letterman's Top 10 List: "Things Cam Newton Can Say Now That He Won the Heisman Trophy." Watch inside.