Greg Micheli threw two touchdown passes to Cecil Shorts as Mount Union regained its spot atop Division III football Saturday, beating defending champion Wisconsin-Whitewater 31-26 in the Stagg Bowl.
Mike London gave Richmond the perfect ending to his first season in charge at his alma mater.
Greg Dillon threw three touchdowns and rushed for another score as Grambling State defeated Jackson State 41-9 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship game on Saturday.
The celebration was just the beginning for Minnesota Duluth coach Bob Nielson and his team Saturday when the inevitable question was asked about what it means to the university to have won its first NCAA Division II football championship.
Somehow, it seems more like the NBA than the BCS football championship game. Let’s jump ahead to Jan. 8. Here’s our projected final from Miami’s Dolphin Stadium:
That logjam at the top of the rankings wasn't so hard to figure out. Nobody dominated the last two months of college football like Oklahoma and Florida. Every poll and pretty much everyone outside of Texas agreed on that.
Florida appears headed back to the national championship game. Alabama picked the worst possible time for its first loss of the season.
Dangle the Atlantic Coast Conference title in front of Virginia Tech and the Hokies will find a way to grab it. Tyrod Taylor scored two first-half touchdowns and Darren Evans ran for 114 yards and one TD in less than half-full Raymond James Stadium on Saturday, helping Virginia Tech become the first two-time winner of the ACC championship game with a 30-12 victory over No. 18 Boston College.
Sam Bradford and Oklahoma wanted to drive home one point: They belong in the BCS championship game. The No. 4 Sooners did that with a 62-21 blowout of No. 19 Missouri for the Big 12 title Saturday night.
Ball State fumbled away its perfect season. The 12th-ranked Cardinals coughed up the ball four times and Buffalo scored off each turnover, routing the previously unbeaten team 42-24 Friday night in the Mid-American Conference championship game.
The Sun Belt Conference is joining the championship Saturday excitement.
Jimmie Johnson sat before nine former NASCAR champions, too respectful to reflect on his own place in history. In just a few more days, he'll likely have a third championship that will speak volumes to his legacy.
Australia's Craig Alexander rallied Saturday to win the Ironman World Championship.
A two-putt par to win the Tour Championship in a playoff was worth an extra $1.5 million to Camilo Villegas. A 7-iron to a scary pin on the 71st hole, under more pressure than he has ever faced? That was invaluable.
For three years, Camilo Villegas managed to make a name for himself without winning. He was the young Colombian with model good looks and chic clothing, limber enough to strike a pretzel-shaped pose on the green to read putts, earning him the nickname "Spider-Man."
Everyone wondered who would fill the void with Tiger Woods recuperating and out of the last two majors.
Kids reached out to touch him. Grown men shouted his name. Women smiled and begged for an autograph.
In her rookie year on the LPGA Tour, playing in only her third major championship, 19-year-old Yani Tseng felt lucky to become the youngest winner of the LPGA Championship on Sunday.
Other Class AA baseball teams will be glad Logan won't be around next season.
Sergio Garcia, the best player without a major, got the next best thing Sunday. Garcia ended the longest victory drought of his career by making a clutch par putt to force a playoff and hitting the island-green 17th on the first extra hole to defeat Paul Goydos in The Players Championship.
Knee surgery prevented Tiger Woods from attempting to defend his Wachovia Championship title. Anthony Kim didn't disappoint fans at Quail Hollow Club looking for Tiger-like brilliance.
Nathan Gerbe no longer has to be a gracious runner-up. Twenty-four hours after missing out on the Hobey Baker award, the nation's leading scorer led Boston College to the NCAA hockey championship that had eluded the talent-laden Eagles the last two seasons.
Bill Self has been answering the Oklahoma State question for months. When it started early in the season, it seemed like a crazy rumor. When Cowboys coach Sean Sutton was forced to resign last week, it surfaced in the form of a Final Four distraction for Kansas. When the Jayhawks won the national championship Monday night, the question still wouldn’t go away — even though Self never wavered in his response.
Lawrence, Kan., or Stillwater, Okla.?
There are no radical upheavals in women’s basketball. The same five or six schools stubbornly, selfishly cling to the top rungs, grabbing the very best recruits every season.