Author: Dan Wolken, USA TODAY

LSU pulling Brian Kelly out of Notre Dame one-upped USC’s hiring of Lincoln Riley in a manner that should be shocking for college football.

LSU made a big splash with its coaching hire, luring Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly to Baton Rouge as the replacement for Ed Orgeron.

With OU going to the SEC, why would Lincoln Riley stick around to lead a middle-tier program and face the possibility of becoming the next Nebraska?

Losing out on the College Football Playoff at the hands of Michigan is as tough of a pill as Ohio State has had to swallow in a long time.

College football’s true soul was restored, not because Michigan won, but because the outcome – and the College Football Playoff, aren’t repetitive.

You could argue the best move of the entire coaching carousel last year was the one Michigan didn’t make: The Wolverines didn’t fire Jim Harbaugh.

The Misery Index looks at Oregon, which stumbled once again to dash any Playoff hopes; Texas, which is about as bad as it’s ever been, and much more.

Michigan State is willing to spend big to keep Mel Tucker, but Saturday’s blowout loss to Ohio State may have revealed his ceiling in East Lansing.

Peng Shuai’s disappearance could be the breaking point between women’s tennis and China regardless of the financial ramifications.

Just eight years after a hire that put Washington on top of the world, the Huskies are staring into the abyss and No. 1 on this week’s Misery Index.