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Pac-10 rubber match has Oregon and Arizona both eyeing 'next level'
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Saturday's Pac-10 showdown in Tucson is ostensibly about Oregon finishing off its conference title run in the same place where a near-identical steamroller of an offense was abruptly stopped in its tracks two years ago. The parallels between these Ducks and the edition that came...
Tebow Farewell Tour begins with a glimpse of Gator life, post-Tebow
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Tebow gazing from the proprietor of Tim Teblog.
How well do you remember Florida pre-Tebow? In case you blocked it out, Urban Meyer was still dealing with the mess of the Ron Zook regime. Four years and two (possibly three) national titles later, we are within sight of the Gators...
Let us now thank the BCS for bestowing this weekend with meaning
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To be clear up front, there is no such thing as a bad weekend of football in late November; there are far too many rivalries, grudges, streaks, collapses and potential surprises to even consider the possibility. When there are this few games left -- and for some teams, probably none...
If you like 'blinkered middle-class pandering,' you'll love 'The Blind Side'
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The pretentious kids have "Twilight," drooling sadists have the fascinating-because-it-exists "Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day," and college football fans have what Hollywood hopes will be their big cinematic date of the year this weekend with "The Blind...
All Tomorrow's Parties: Texas Tech, where brigands are (mostly) friendly
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Dust off your gun belts and bust out your pirate flags: Our weekly tailgating guide returns to Texas, this time stopping in Lubbock for Texas Tech's date with Oklahoma. The Lowdown.
The thing that makes Lubbock special is that you have to really, really want to get there. It'...
Headlinin': Weeden to the rescue
15 hours ago by
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Making the morning rounds.
• Have you ever watched a fourth quarter comeback ... on Weeden? I'm not at Oklahoma State practices, obviously, but it's hard to believe after watching third-stringer Brandon Weeden bring the Cowboys from behind with two fourth quarter touchdown...
Mangino labeled a bully from the start in first high school gig
16 hours ago by
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In the latest episode of "Burning Kansas," Mark Mangino struck back hard on his regular Thursday night radio show at the mounting evidence that he's a vulgar bully with no tact or respect for his players, using the forum to defend graduation rates and team GPA [Play...
Mangino labeled a bully from the beginning in first high school gig
16 hours ago by
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In the latest episode of "Burning Kansas," Mark Mangino struck back hard on his regular Thursday night radio show at the mounting evidence that he's a vulgar bully with no tact or respect for his players, using the forum to defend graduation rates and team GPA in his...
Place your bets now on Notre Dame's next head coach
1 day ago by
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Late November is the time that tries embattled coaches' souls, and the evidence is mounting that Charlie Weis' soul is finished at Notre Dame as the Irish stagger to another relatively mediocre finish outside of the polls: Off three losses in the last four games, athletic...
Thursday Night Live Blog: Stillwater runs deep for outgoing Cowboys
1 day ago by
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It's Senior Night for one of the better bunches of Cowboys in recent memory, one that came in on off a terrible year in coach Mike Gundy's debut season in 2005 but leaves with its goal of landing a BCS bid and finishing in the top 10 as the best team in school history still...
RIP Uga VII: Georgia's disappointments aren't on you
1 day ago by
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UGA defensive tackle Jeff Owens, in particular, is going to miss that dog:
With the emo portion of the grieving process behind us, the terrible details: Cause of death is an apparent heart attack, a surprise despite Uga VII's -- aka "Loran's Best" -- status as one...
Klan plans traditional humiliation of Ole Miss, entire state against LSU
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I remember once, growing up in Mississippi, a rumor started floating around my high school that there was going to be Klan meeting somewhere in (or around) town, and how completely ridiculous the notion seemed. Someone might as well have started a rumor about a horseless carriage...
The Dregs: Dueling pathos when the the 'Ville hits Tampa
1 day ago by
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Lame game(s) of the week.
Bottom of the barrel: Louisville (4-6) at South Florida (6-3)
The battle for the fifth-place slot in the Big East pits two distinct brands of disappointment against one another. On one hand, you've got USF, a puckish program still in its adolescence,...
Suggested tweets for the new BCS social media blitz
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Step one in the BCS counteroffensive: Hiring a full-time executive director to match wits with Congressional opponents and the new playoff lobby in their corner. Step two: Beginning a Twitter feed and a Facebook page to advance the BCS propaganda message of unity and harmony in the...
Hard-luck Huskies can finally put the Weis era out of its misery
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Upset Bait: The Doc Saturday crew peruses the weekly lines in search of a few shockers. For entertainment only, kids.
Matt Hinton: Connecticut (+6) over Notre Dame.
Why the heck not? This is the exact spot in which Syracuse stunned the Irish in South Bend last year, the shot that...
Next on 'Burning Kansas': Ex-Jayhawks hang Mangino out to dry
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When the great mystery behind the players-only meeting with administration and subsequent investigation into "concerns" about Kansas coach Mark Mangino turned out to be a complaint by a senior linebacker that Mangino had poked him in the chest and been an all-around meanie...
Next on 'Burning Kansas' Week: Ex-Jayhawks hang Mangino out to dry
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When the great mystery behind the players-only meeting with administration and subsequent investigation into "concerns" about Kansas coach Mark Mangino turned out to be a complaint by a senior linebacker that Mangino had poked him in the chest and been an all-around meanie...
Minnesota will need to see your ticket and your BAC level, please
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To the apparent surprise of the Minnesota football community, prohibiting alcohol sales in their new stadium somehow hasn't put a stop to college students drinking themselves into oblivion on game days. We know. We're as shocked as you are.
The Gophers aren't alone in...
'Trick' or 'panic,' NAIA college completes the weirdest pass of the year
1 day ago by
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Under normal circumstances, I would never consider that the play below could be "planned" in any conventional way, including drawing it up in the dirt. A no-look, over-the-shoulder throwback at the goal line is too ridiculous even for a sandlot playbook. But given the circumstances...
Headlinin': Ann Bowden's 'got the guts' to taunt FSU over Bobby's return
1 day ago by
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Making the morning rounds.
• Lady MacBowden. Bobby Bowden has made it clear enough that he plans to be back for a 35th season in 2010, age, attrition, decline and influential opponents be dadgummed. But he's also had the sense and tact to avoid ultimatums, bold declarations...
Ohio State students prepare for traditional hypothermia, urine swim
1 day ago by
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It's the Thursday before Ohio State's annual hate-fest with Michigan, which means OSU students will be liquoring up, stripping down, hating the Wolverines with all their little Buckeye hearts and taking the plunge at midnight in Mirror Lake for at least the 107th consecutive...
Tebow girl is back, in Tebow bodypaint. (Deep breaths, dude)
2 days ago by
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Of the many, many upstanding young women who have gracefully (and chastely, of course) appeared in the coveted role of "Tebow arm candy" over the years, one in particular -- you know the one, the one who definitely is not British supermodel Lucy Pinder but is close enough...
Mid-week Madness: Buffalo's bloody and Ball State is worse
2 days ago by
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If it's Wednesday, we're rounding up your recommended weekly allowance of piping-hot divisional MACtion. Here's what's on hand to entertain you .
• Buffalo (3-7) at Miami, Ohio (1-10)You wouldn't know it to look at them know, but Buffalo used to be somebody...
I hope that's not what we think it is on Auburn's sideline
2 days ago by
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alling all Georgia and/or Auburn fans! If you were seated behind the Tigers' bench during Saturday night's game in Sanford Stadium, perhaps you can help clarify whether or not this is, in fact, what it looks like:
Because the proprietor of the blog You Are What You Eat ......
The odds are out: Let the Florabama hype begin!
2 days ago by
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The regular season has been one long prelude to the be-all, end-all, winner-take-all SEC Championship showdown between undefeated Florida and Alabama, anyway, and the Deep South's Game of the Millenium is etched in stone with only rivals Florida State and/or Auburn left to mar...
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