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The Wisconsin State Journal Tom Oates column
The Wisconsin State JournalYou have to applaud the University of Wisconsin for taking the non-conference scheduling ball and running with it now that the college football landscape has finally changed. Since the four-team playoff was approved and strength of schedule became a key...Tags: Kansas State Wildcats, Pacific-12 Conference, Arizona State Sun Devils, Oregon Ducks, Texas Longhorns
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Terps Trio: Big Ten schedule, previously scheduled games, road trips
Baltimore Sun reporters Don Markus and Jeff Barker and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports. Given the 2014 schedule announced Thursday by the Big Ten, how tough will Maryland’s road back...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, West Virginia Mountaineers, Randy Edsall, Basketball, Florida State Seminoles
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Big Ten may shake up its bowl lineup
Tribune reporterNot to dis Mickey Mouse, but Big Ten officials know their fans don't want to go to Orlando every year. Or Tampa. Or Houston. There is one exception. "Pasadena," Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said. So to combat the bowl fatigue that affects...Tags: Basketball, College Football, Michigan State Spartans, Sports, Northwestern Wildcats
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Big Ten bowl lineup might include Pinstripe, Holiday bowls
Detroit Free PressGeography is the new Big Ten buzzword. First it was the new 2014 football division names, embracing East and West, and now it's spilling into the revised bowl plan. As the Big Ten athletic directors meet Tuesday and today at the Sofitel hotel in...Tags: Freedom of the Press, College Football, Lucas Oil Stadium, Gator Bowl, Pinstripe Bowl
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Big Ten ADs eye stronger football schedules
Cupcakes are out. Compelling matchups are in. "We want to get out of the business," Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said, "of scheduling games that feel like scrimmages to our fans." To that end, the Big Ten will begin playing nine...
Tags: Yankee Stadium, College Football, Pinstripe Bowl, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference
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Alvarez cold to idea of Soldier Field hosting Big Ten title game
Given that attendance at the Big Ten football championship game torpedoed – from 64,152 in the inaugural game to 41,260 last year – moving the game out of Indianapolis after 2015 could become a hot topic. But Wisconsin athletic director...Tags: College Sports, Yankee Stadium, College Football, Wisconsin Badgers, Pinstripe Bowl
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The Wisconsin State Journal Andy Baggot column
The Wisconsin State JournalFirst impressions, second thoughts and the third degree: What's the use of instant replay in Major League Baseball if it's not going to be applied properly? A notoriously arrogant umpire, Angel Hernandez, created all sorts of issues last week when...Tags: Oakland Athletics, National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, Sports, Houston Astros
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Five new coaches to watch: Wisconsin's Gary Andersen
From Auburn to Western Michigan – the coaching carousel was in overdrive as 30 different Football Bowl Subdivision jobs were vacated and filled this offseason. Each day this week, we will debut a new coach who will make an impact in 2013-14....
Tags: Bret Bielema, Urban Meyer, Wisconsin Badgers, Michigan Wolverines, Big Ten Conference
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18 holes with … Tim Beckman
Tim Beckman faced a dilemma on the 14th hole at Olympia Fields' North Course: lay up or try to fly it 160 yards from the right rough to clear the scrub area. "You know me," the Illinois football coach said. "I'm not going to play it dang short." At...
Tags: Iowa Hawkeyes, U.S. Open (golf), Sports, Northwestern Wildcats, Big Ten Conference
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Badgers football: Ron Dayne's legacy reaches college football's Hall of Fame
The Wisconsin State JournalFormer University of Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne might have been the only person who didn't think his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the first time his name was on the ballot, was a sure thing. While the official announcement...Tags: Heisman Trophy, Football, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Wisconsin Badgers, Sports
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Lambeau Field could host Badgers
Milwaukee Journal SentinelTalks between Wisconsin and Southeastern Conference power Alabama dragged on for several years before the two programs eventually agreed to open the 2015 college football season at Cowboys Stadium. Encouraged by that agreement and looking to bolster UW'...Tags: College Football, Corporate Officers, Lucas Oil Stadium, Sports, Ohio State Buckeyes
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SEC football needs to shed FCS cupcakes, schedule tougher nonconference games
The Southeastern Conference needs to go on a diet. Forget the cabbage. Put away the watermelon. Leave the grapefruit for the health nuts. What the SEC needs to avoid is the cupcakes. Not the sugary sweet ones that you find next to the deli at the...
Tags: Major League Baseball, Crime, Law and Justice, Houston Cougars, Miami Hurricanes, Texas Longhorns
May 19, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 8, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
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Feb 24, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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