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USC's Carroll on BCS system: 'I think it stinks'

Nov. 4, 2008
Pete Carroll insists he doesn't understand how the BCS system works. He understands enough to know he doesn't like it one bit.
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Alabama tops BCS football poll

IRVING , Texas, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Unbeaten Alabama retained the No. 1 spot when the latest BCS college football poll was released Sunday night.

BCS games moving to ESPN

BRISTOL, Conn., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- ESPN officials have agreed to a deal with the Bowl Championship Series that will have the BCS national title games from 2011-13 broadcast on the cable network.

BCS poll sees no change at the top

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BCS poll unchanged at 1-2

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IRVING, Texas, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Alabama took over the top spot when the latest BCS college football poll was released Sunday night.

Texas leads first BCS poll

IRVING, Texas, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Texas was the No. 1 school when this season's first BCS college football poll was released late Sunday afternoon.

Ultralife to support BCS-M program

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Ga. legislators call for football playoffs

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USC is No. 2 in the new BCS poll

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Ohio State and Michigan lead the BCS poll

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Pete Carroll gets new contract from USC

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USC cornerback charged with rape

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BCS formula may end

NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The 7-year-old Bowl Championship Series' Standings formula could come to an end with the decision of the Associated Press to pull its college football poll.

Wire service withdraws from BCS

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BCS ranking has USC, Miami 1-2

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler