The Big 12 is facing an identity crisis at quarterback, with a lot of different players preparing to take snaps this fall.
All season, Kansas State was content to live in the moment.
DeAnthony Thomas returned the opening kickoff 94 yards for the first of his two touchdowns, Marcus Mariota accounted for three scores, and No. 5 Oregon raced past No. 7 Kansas State 35-17 at the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday night.
Kansas State and Oregon were in perfect position at the start of Nov. 17, Nos. 1 and 2 in the BCS standings, seemingly on a crash course toward the national championship game.
The BCS has been criticized plenty for not getting it right over the years, from all those teams that believed they should have been playing for a national title to last year's all-SEC championship game.
Alabama is No. 1 when it comes to All-Americans.
Alabama is No. 1 when it comes to All-Americans.
Johnny Football just got himself a way cooler nickname: Johnny Heisman.
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o was looking forward to a break after a five-city-in-five-days tour, during which he has become the most decorated player in college football.
Johnny Football just got himself a cooler nickname: Johnny Heisman.
He's Johnny Best in Football now _ and a freshman, at that.
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o was looking forward to a break after a five-city-in-five-days tour, during which he has become the most decorated player in college football.
If Manti Te'o's career at Notre Dame has seemed like something straight out of a Hollywood script, perhaps it's fitting the linebacker is cast as an underdog in the final two scenes of his collegiate career.
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o has won the Walter Camp national player of the year.
Texas A&M star Johnny Manziel has become the first freshman to win the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award.
"I mean, I'm just so blessed that God's given me the opportunity to be here at K-State," he said, "be part of this family, play with all of our guys, play for coach."
"It's something that I never _ I don't think anybody could anticipate or expect. It's always a goal to be the best, to be the best you can be, and I just _ I didn't think that it would be to this magnitude," he said. "I'm just very grateful to be in this situation and to represent my team."
