UCF ends season with 31-14 win over UTEP

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SMU Mustangs craving return to college football's big stage - ESPN

DALLAS -- Erik Herskind is a jeans-and-cowboy boots Texan who remembers the football glory days at his alma mater, Southern Methodist University.

His senior year, 1986, was the last of seven straight winning seasons for the Mustangs. The next two years, they would play no football after being slapped with the so-called Death Penalty by the NCAA for recidivist cheating.

Prolific Chris Johnson gets paid - Stats & Info Blog - ESPN

The Tennessee Titans and holdout running back Chris Johnson agreed on a four-year, $53.5 million extension on Thursday. The league’s most prolific running back is now under contract through 2016.

Just three seasons into his NFL career, Johnson’s list of accomplishments is already long.

Since entering the league in 2008, no one has more rushing yards than Johnson. Of course, that includes the sixth 2,000-yard rushing season in NFL history.

Zach puts it all on the Line - Sports - Daily Campus - Southern Methodist University

This Sunday marks the start of the season for the SMU football team when they will travel to College Station to take on the Texas A&M Aggies who are currently ranked eighth in the nation.

Halfback Zach Line will lead the charge for the Mustangs.

Almanac

The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Neptune, Venus and Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus and Mars.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include poet Eugene Field in 1850; American inventor Hiram Maxim, who invented the first portable automatic machine gun, in 1869; basketball Hall of Fame Coach Adolph Rupp in 1901; authors Cleveland Amory in 1917 and Allen Drury in 1918; dancer Marge Champion in 1919 (age 92); basketball Hall of Fame member John Thompson Jr. in 1941 (age 70); Christa McAuliffe, the school teacher who became an astronaut and died when the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff in 1986, and basketball Hall of Fame member Nate Archibald (age 63), both in 1948; football Hall of Fame member, actor and broadcaster Terry Bradshaw in 1948 (age 63); actor Mark Harmon in 1951 (age 60); tennis Hall of Fame member Jimmy Connors in 1952 (age 59); football Hall of Fame member Eric Dickerson in 1960 (age 51); actors Keanu Reeves in 1964 (age 47) and Salma Hayek in 1966 (age 45).

College Football Recruiting 2012: The Top 10 Committed Recruits

The 2012 recruiting cycle is still in the opening stages, but there have already been some commitments made. Some recruits do not like to drag out their recruitment and choose to end it early. Other recruits grow up rooting for a school and when that school offers, they pounce on it.

Capsule for the Armed Forces Bowl: SMU vs. Army

Two teams without much bowl experience get together Thursday in the Armed Forces Bowl in Dallas.

Southern Methodist University (7-6), which lost in the Conference USA title game, meets the United States Military Academy (6-6), which is in a bowl for the first time since 1996. This is just Army's fifth bowl ever, and it's only the 13th for SMU. It's the Mustangs' second bowl in a row, but last season's postseason appearance was the school's first since 1984.