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NCAA Tournament: Virginia Commonwealth routs Akron, 88-42
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Virginia Commonwealth set an NCAA tournament record with the largest victory by a fifth-seeded team over a No. 12. And it could've been an even bigger rout. Troy Daniels had 23 points, Juvonte Reddic scored 21 and the Rams...
Tags: College Basketball, Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Akron Zips, Michigan Wolverines
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New Big East football conference officially still a no-name league
Only in the Big East Light, or whatever it's going to by called by July 1, does the commissioner have to put out a press release denying there is a leading favorite for a new name to replace the old name. It was reported by the network with call letters...
Tags: UCF Knights, South Florida Bulls, Houston Cougars, Connecticut Huskies, Big Ten Conference
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Chris Dufresne's top 10 college football moments for 2012 season
The end of this season means there's only a year left of the snaggle-toothed Bowl Championship Series, a cartel dreamed up by Satan that has been infuriating college football fans since 1998. We can't wait for the new four-team playoff starting in 2014...
Tags: Florida State Seminoles, Wisconsin Badgers, Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012), Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Alabama Crimson Tide
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Chris Dufresne's look at the season's college football bowl games
ESPN's "Octomom" family of networks hopes you enjoy this year's cavalcade of commercials and center snaps as it furiously tries to secure the two games it doesn't broadcast. Conspicuously missing from the lineup is Ohio State (12-0) vs. Louisiana Tech...
Tags: Washington Huskies, Virginia Tech Hokies, Vanderbilt Commodores, Northern Illinois Huskies, Rutgers Scarlet Knights
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Is Northern Illinois' bowl bid a strength or weakness of the BCS?
Northern Illinois will become the first team from the Mid-American Conference to play in a BCS bowl when it faces Florida State in the Orange Bowl next month. Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss whether the Huskies getting a BCS bowl berth is a...
Tags: Florida State Seminoles, Wisconsin Badgers, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Ohio State Buckeyes, Illinois Fighting Illini
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Who would win between Notre Dame and Ohio State?
Notre Dame finished the college football season undefeated and will play in the BCS championship game. Ohio State also went unbeaten but is ineligible for a bowl due to NCAA sanctions. Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss the possible outcomes if...
Tags: Braxton Miller, Wisconsin Badgers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Big Ten Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Only major bowl question: Can Northern Illinois steal a BCS bid?
Aren't you going to miss the Bowl Championship Series? (Don't email answer that). The college football selection system for bowl games that has been ordered to the junk heap after next season might have a couple of surprises left in it. Nebraska's...
Tags: Kent State Golden Flashes, Wisconsin Badgers, South Florida Bulls, Alabama Crimson Tide, Big Ten Conference
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No surprise: Notre Dame vs. Alabama in BCS title game
The final Bowl Championship Series standings on Sunday produced a lot of expected news and one big surprise. Notre Dame and Alabama, in what everyone knew was just a formality, finished first and second in the final standings and will meet Jan. 7 in...
Tags: UCF Knights, Wisconsin Badgers, Washington Huskies, Alabama Crimson Tide, Vanderbilt Commodores
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As usual, SEC claims ownership of BCS
ATLANTA -- No one down here in Southeastern Conference country was surprised Sunday when the final Bowl Championship Series standings confirmed Alabama would be playing Jan. 7 for the national title. The surprise is why the SEC isn't playing the SEC...
Tags: Wisconsin Badgers, Alabama Crimson Tide, Ohio State Buckeyes, Georgia Dome, Illinois Fighting Illini
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Reports: Northern Illinois earns BCS berth to Orange Bowl
Well, sometimes the little guys do win. Northern Illinois has earned a Bowl Championship Series bowl bid, according to several media reports. The champions of the Mid-American Conference will play Florida State in the Orange Bowl. It will be the MAC's...
Tags: Kent State Golden Flashes, Wisconsin Badgers, Big Ten Conference, Illinois Fighting Illini, Bowl Championship Series
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USC and Notre Dame prove that football rankings can be wacky business
Notre Dame began the season unranked in the Associated Press media poll and is now No. 1; USC started No.1 and is now unranked. Oops, sorry, and welcome to my jungle. Pro pundits can pick the New York Giants to win the Super Bowl and still be right when...
Tags: Alabama Crimson Tide, Elections, Northern Illinois Huskies, Bowl Championship Series, ESPN (tv network)
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Friday's TV Highlights: 'Last Man Standing' on ABC
Click here to download TV listings for the week Nov. 25 - Dec. 1 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Undercover Boss: The CEO of Diamond Resorts International goes undercover for a second time in this new episode (8 p....
Tags: Kent State Golden Flashes, Television Industry, Maggie Q, ESPN2 (tv network), California Interscholastic Federation
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