Brandon senior running back Samir Baker was hurting as he walked from the field at E.F. McLane Stadium. He had beaten a high ankle sprain to play Friday, but now his high school career had ended. But something else had begun. ...more

November 17, 2007

Maybe now those folks at LSU can get over Nick Saban and relish what they have: a living-on-the-edge team that's still in the thick of the national championship race after another heart-stopping victory. ...more

November 4, 2007

After Halloween, college football's conference races turn serious. Sure enough, in the SEC, the storylines are scary good. ...more

October 29, 2007

No one has had a more dramatic October than the LSU Tigers. •Oct. 6: Protecting the program's first No. 1 ranking since 1959 by rallying from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat defending national champion Florida 28-24. LSU was 5-for-5 on fourth-down conversions. ...more

October 21, 2007

Here at the world center of college football, police barricades and yellow tape keep fair-weather students orderly as they gather to devour tickets and quote the King James version of the Top 25 polls. ...more

October 13, 2007

Matt Caddell caught a 4-yard touchdown pass in the corner of the end zone from John Parker Wilson with 8 seconds left, lifting Alabama to a 41-38 victory against No. 16 Arkansas (1-1, 0-1 SEC) on Saturday night, for the first major win of the Nick Saban era. ...more

September 16, 2007

When Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer emerged from the locker room following Saturday night's 48-7 loss at LSU, he patiently offered some explanation of what just occurred. ...more

September 10, 2007