Posts Tagged ‘American Football: College’
 

 
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2011 Independence Bowl Predictions

I finished the regular season with a picks percentage of 74.2, but I missed the one that mattered most and failed to pick the upset in the ACC championship game. That’s why they call it an upset. My grand total for the season...
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College football’s persistent double standard

Terrelle Pryor is long gone from the Ohio State University campus in Columbus, and it will be a long time before he goes back. On Tuesday, the NCAA hit Ohio State’s football program with a package of sanctions, one that incl...
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TCU rallies to down Louisiana Tech in Poinsettia Bowl

TCU improved to 4-0 in red-flowered bowl games over the past six years, but not without Louisiana Tech giving the 16th- ranked Bulldogs a run for their money in Wednesday’s Poinsettia Bowl. The heavily-favored Horned ...
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College Football’s Greediest Coaches in 2011

It’s easy to see why some college football coaches are very well paid, especially compared to coaches of other sports. For instance, Alabama’s Nick Saban made $5 million this year (almost eight times the average athletics c...
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Penn State QB’s status for bowl game unclear

The availability of quarterback Matt McGloin for No. 24 Penn State in the TicketCity Bowl on Jan. 2 is in question after the junior suffered a concussion and seizure following a locker-room scuffle with receiver Curtis Drake. M...
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College Football Coach Salary Envy

While we bemoan the salaries and gains of Wall Street and TARP funded business, there is another category of serious curiosity; the dramatic increase in salaries of football coaches at public institutions. While the everyday Am...
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Pittsburg St. wins D-2 title 35-21 over Wayne St.

Zac Dickey passed for 190 yards and for 68 to lead Pittsburg State to a 35-21 victory over Wayne State Saturday in the Division II championship game. The Gorillas (13-1) also turned two blocked kicks into touchdowns to claim t...
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St. Xavier wins NAIA football title

Carroll College had lost just once in seven previous title game appearances, and it looked as if the Saints were going to pull out another NAIA championship. St. Xavier, though, had other ideas. After Carroll drove from its ...
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