College Sports

Georgia senior Clint Boling and junior Ben Jones have been named to the Outland Trophy Watch List while junior Justin Houston is listed on the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List, according to recent announcements from the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).

Clemson roughed up Arizona State ace Seth Blair for five runs on seven hits and went on to a 6-3 victory over the top-seeded Sun Devils in the College World Series on Monday.

With spending on big-time college sports continuing to escalate and TV networks lining up to break the bank, a group of university presidents and campus leaders says it's past time for more of that money to wind up in the classroom.

The University of Utah has accepted an invitation to become the 12th member of the newly expanded Pac-10 conference.

Utah is poised to become the 12th member of the Pac-10 as the conference quickly pivoted Wednesday to invite the Utes after being turned down by Texas and four other members of the Big 12 two days ago.

Georgia Tech has hired Robert McCullum to serve as an assistant on the staff of men's basketball coach Paul Hewitt.

Florida State is heading back to the College World Series for the 20th time and the Seminoles hope a self-described ``bunch of nobodies'' can claim the school's first national baseball title.

Looking for the savior of the Big 12? Follow the money. Assurances that the big television money will soon be coming to the leaner Big 12 pulled the league back from the dead, officials with schools and the league said Tuesday.

Staring at extinction, the Big 12 is once again in play. The beleaguered conference made a rousing comeback Monday, when Texas declined an invitation to join the Pac-10 and decided to stay in the Big 12.

The University of Texas on Monday said it was staying in the Big 12, followed moments later by pledges from Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M to remain in a league that had seemed to be falling apart last week when Nebraska (Big Ten) and Colorado (Pac-10) decided to leave over the next two years.