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For the second-consecutive week, the Alabama Crimson Tide are the unanimous top selection in the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, which was released on Sunday.

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Gainesville and Columbia head the list.

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You don't have to be a West Virginia Mountaineer fan to appreciate how cool this is.

It's 60,000 West Virginia fans singing John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which is the theme song of West Virginia University, and has been sung during the pre-game of every Mountaineer football game since 1972

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Here are two of the best catches from a very entertaining weekend of college football:

Thanks to Bar Stool Sports for a little help.

This first one is by West Virginia's J.D. Woods. The Mountaineers defeated the Baylor Bears, 70-63, in a game that had a little bit of everything, including this tremendous catch:

The second catch is the one made by Anthony Amos in the Blue Raiders upset win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.Amos

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Couch burning has apparently become a tradition in West Virginia. so much so that lawmakers there have upgraded the offesne from a misdemeanor to a felony.

Burn a couch in West Virginia now, and you face up to three years in prison

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Normally, the Friday column is entitled FIVE games instead of three......

Which should tell you this weekend is somewhat of a dud in college football.

Many of your power teams are playing in conference, but they're playing bottom feeders

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Bill Stewart, the affable and likeable former West Virginia football coach, has died of an apparent heart attack. He was 59.

Stewart took over the West Virginia program when Rich Rodriguez left to go to Michigan.  Stewart coached WVU in their BCS bowl game that year and was

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The Big East Conference and the University of West Virginia have negotiated a buyout that will allow the Mountaineers to leave the Big East before their 27 month commitment expires.

With Missouri and Texas A&M headed to the SEC, the Big 12 invited TCU and WVU with the understanding both schools would join the Big 12 in time for the 2012 f

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The Atlantic Coast Conference evidently doesn't want to rock the boat.

The Conference announced midway through 2011 that Pittsburgh and Syracuse would be leaving the Big East conference for the ACC

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What are the most-heated rivalries in college basketball?

Is it Duke/North Carolina, where you have two schools that nine national titles, and 33 Final Fours between them, with less than 10 miles in-between them?

What about the Sunflower Showdown, which features Kansas/Kansas St.?

Kentucky and Louisville is always a great early-season showdown between two programs that have no love for one another.

You've probably heard of the "Backyard Brawl", where West Virginia and Pittsburgh go after it on the gridiron. But that rivalry extends onto the basketball court as well.

So, what are the top rivalries in college basketball?

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