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Tennessee hires Butch Jones to coach Vols
Butch Jones was hired as the new coach of the Tennessee Volunteers Friday. The 44-year-old Jones spent the past three seasons as the head coach of the Cincinnati Bearcats, leading the program to a 23-14 overall record including back-to-back shares of...
Tags: Tennessee Volunteers, Jon Gruden, College Sports, College Football, Central Michigan Chippewas
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Whitehall grad Cole has role in Northern Illinois story
Bob Cole spent Monday recruiting in Alabama, and as he visited prospective recruits he had a new sales pitch to use. He could say he was representing the "Orange Bowl-bound, Northern Illinois Huskies." Cole is the former Whitehall High School football...
Tags: North Carolina State Wolfpack, ESPN (tv network), College Sports, New Year's Day, Bowl Championship Series
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UPDATE: Purdue announces Darrell Hazell as new head coach
Purdue announced Wednesday that Darrell Hazell will take the reins of the university's football program. Terms of the agreement were not announced. Purdue athletics director Morgan J. Burke called Hazell a "great fit" for the program. “Darrell is...
Tags: Go Daddy Group Inc., Twitter, Inc., Purdue Boilermakers, College Sports, Bowl Championship Series
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'Diamond-tough' Terps set for College Cup game vs. Hoyas
Diamonds and the Maryland men's soccer team have a lot in common. As coach Sasho Cirovski explains, his team has been forged by pressure, preparation and expectations. Cirovski doesn't compare Maryland to the jewel for just those three reasons, however,...
Tags: Maryland Terrapins, College Sports, Basketball, Soccer, Louisville Cardinals
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Tom Z's College Football Bowl Game Extravaganza: Predictions For Every Game
The holiday season is upon us. For each person, that means something different. For some, it means sharing the joy of the Christmas spirit with friends and family. For some, it means lighting the Menorah and celebrating eight magical nights of Hannukah....
Tags: Virginia Tech Hokies, New York Yankees, Bowl Championship Series, Northern Illinois Huskies, Louisville Cardinals
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Florida State, Northern Illinois to have SEC officials in Orange Bowl
TALLAHASSEE -- From the fans' perspective, the relationship in recent years between Florida State fanatics and the referees overseeing their football games might be best described as tenuous. Long replay reviews, apparent missed calls and questionable...
Tags: College Sports, New Year's Day, Armed Forces Bowl, Northern Illinois Huskies, Cotton Bowl Classic
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Teel Time: Will Virginia Tech, ACC reverse recent bowl fortunes?
From 2001-06, ACC football teams won 25 of their 41 bowls. They went a sterling 8-2 against the Big Ten, Pacific 12 and Big 12 combined, a respectable 4-6 versus the Southeastern Conference. Seems like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it? The...
Tags: Butch Jones, North Carolina State Wolfpack, Big Ten Conference, Virginia Tech Hokies, Matt Barkley
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Is NIU's BCS bowl bid a flaw in the system?
Happy for the MAC Ron Fritz Baltimore Sun I have no idea whether Northern Illinois playing in the Orange Bowl is a strength or weakness of the BCS system, but I'm glad to see a Mid-American Conference school in a BCS bowl. Seven MAC schools are going...Tags: ESPN (tv network), Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Bowl Championship Series, Northern Illinois Huskies, College Football
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Kirk Herbstreit rips Northern Illinois' Orange Bowl appearance
South Florida Sun SentinelNorthern Illinois' unprecedented inclusion in the Bowl Championship Series lineup isn't sitting well with ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit. Northern Illinois (12-1) earned the Mid-American Conference's first major bowl berth by meeting...Tags: Wisconsin Badgers, Big Ten Conference, ESPN (tv network), College Sports, New Year's Day
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Ball State accepts invitation to Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
Ball State's football team has accepted an invitation to compete in the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg in Florida, Dec. 21, at 7:30 p.m. against the Conference USA East Division Champion UCF Knights.
The Cardinals and Knights will be televised on...Tags: Conference USA, ESPN (tv network), College Sports, College Football, Football
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Ignore the haters: NIU belongs in BCS
Of all the insulting misconceptions spread since Northern Illinois qualified for the Orange Bowl, the most uninformed suggests the Huskies will use the unfair opinions of the Kirk Herbstreits of the college football world for motivation. None needed. To...
Tags: West Virginia Mountaineers, U.S. Electoral College, Big Ten Conference, Bowl Championship Series, Northern Illinois Huskies
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Doeren leaves NIU for N.C. State
Northern Illinois has become an ideal career launching point for ambitious football coaches ultimately seeking a higher national profile, stronger competition, improved facilities and more money. Unfortunately, the successful mid-major program hasn't...
Tags: North Carolina State Wolfpack, Kent State University, College Sports, Ford Field, Bowl Championship Series
Dec 7, 2012
| Orlando Sentinel
Dec 4, 2012
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Dec 4, 2012
|Column| WXIN-LTV
Dec 6, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Dec 14, 2012
|Story| WTXX-LTV
Dec 13, 2012
| Orlando Sentinel
Dec 17, 2012
|Story| Daily Press
Dec 3, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Dec 3, 2012
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Dec 2, 2012
|Story| WXIN-LTV
Dec 3, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Dec 1, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
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