Your Week: Former Granger student president, football star killed (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Your Week: Former Granger student president, football star killed (The Salt Lake Tribune)
WEST VALLEY CITY - A one-time football star and student president of Granger High School in West Valley City was killed Nov. 25 in Afghanistan when insurgents armed with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades attacked his unit. Scott Lundell’s death comes at a time when, although often overshadowed by the Iraq conflict, the war in Afghanistan has grown increasingly deadly for U.S. troops and

FANTASY FOOTBALL: Predicting a hypothetical college football playoff (The Salt Lake Tribune)

FANTASY FOOTBALL: Predicting a hypothetical college football playoff (The Salt Lake Tribune)
No matter how well the Bowl Championship Series works or doesn’t work, the Page 2 staff still wishes the NCAA would turn to a playoff to determine its Division I-A champion. With that in mind, here is our mythical 2006 NCAA football tournament, with our predictions if indeed there was a bracket to fill.

UCLA Upsets No. 2 USC 13-9; Florida Wins SEC: College Football (Bloomberg.com)

UCLA Upsets No. 2 USC 13-9; Florida Wins SEC: College Football (Bloomberg.com)
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) — UCLA upset the University of Southern California 13-9 yesterday, ending the Trojans’ chances of winning college football’s national championship.