College Sports

If new Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson wanted to know more about the Boston College team that rose to No. 2 in the nation last year, he could cue up some game tapes from 2007... It wouldn't do him much good, though.

Chris Nickson threw for a touchdown and ran for another and Vanderbilt finally beat a ranked opponent on its own field Thursday night, upsetting No. 24 South Carolina 24-17 in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.

Several days after Tennessee's overtime loss to UCLA, Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer was still seething about it...

For years around the Atlantic Coast Conference, players and coaches have been saying they need to step it up. The problem is, hardly anybody is doing anything about it on the field especially when it counts.

The 13th-ranked Crimson Tide's coaches spent plenty of time in the preseason talking to them about being physical and tough and kind of becoming the football equivalent of the neighborhood bully.

Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said tailback Chris ``Beanie'' Wells will not play when the third-ranked Buckeyes take on Ohio on Saturday.

The No. 2-ranked Georgia Bulldogs continued preparations for their upcoming game with Central Michigan by holding a two-hour workout Wednesday on their FieldTurf area.

LSU has postponed its football game against Troy after Hurricane Gustav rolled through Louisiana this week.

No. 1 no more. After waiting 26 years to reclaim the top spot in The Associated Press rankings, Georgia was bumped off after only one game.

Paul Johnson's first two Atlantic Coast Conference games look more like a rude initiation than a polite welcome.