Pittsburgh Steelers fans were not happy when an officiating mistake led to the San Diego Chargers beating the Kansas City Chiefs, which eliminated Pittsburgh from the playoff picture.
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At this time of year, betting on Peyton Manning comes with a feeling of postseason paranoia, a sense that no matter how great he was in the regular season, something bad is about to happen.
Sam Fennell loves football. Her favorite NFL team is the New York Giants, and her favorite quarterback is Drew Brees.
Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher walked into a hotel ballroom Tuesday morning and posed with each of the Seminoles’ four championship trophies. Fisher did not pose with Bobby Bowden.
The BCS saved its best for last in Florida State needing all sorts of dramatics to overcome Auburn 34-31. It was a marvelous ending to a blemished way of determining who really is best at season’s end. New will be improved. Or so we hope.
Florida State is the national champion, but the Seminoles had to work for it unlike they have all season.
In another year, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston will be focused on the NFL Draft, and he probably will be the top pick. If eligible, the redshirt freshman might have gone first this year. Regardless, he’s already got a No. 1 on his resume.
Jameis Winston threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left and No. 1 Florida State beat No. 2 Auburn 34-31 to win the last BCS national championship game on Monday night.
Auburn used two miracle finishes to reach the BCS championship game. Should No. 2 Auburn find itself in a tight game in the fourth quarter against No. 1 Florida State, the Tigers obviously know how to react. The question is, does Florida State?
Instead of finding another way to cough up a big game, the San Diego Chargers ran into an opponent who was better at choking. No need to perform the Heimlich maneuver on Philip Rivers this time.
Auburn-Florida State score forecasts by Las Vegas oddsmakers, handicappers and media:
Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden has been in Southern California, but it is not known if he will attend the Bowl Championship Series title game between the top-ranked Seminoles and No. 2 Auburn.
With the help of a couple of miracles, new coach Gus Malzahn has guided Auburn to a highly unlikely position.
Ricardo Louis got to his public speaking class that following Monday and was given a standing ovation.