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The WIldcats are the athletic teams of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. The school colors are purple and white and all teams compete in the Big Ten conference. The women's lacrosse team has won the National Championship five times and the football team has been ranked No. 1 twice in school history. Famous athletes include Joe Girardi, Mike Adamle, Luke Donald, Betty Robinson, Todd Martin, Otto Graham and Matt Grevers.
The WIldcats are the athletic teams of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. The school colors are purple and white and all teams compete in the Big Ten conference. The women's lacrosse team has won the National Championship five times and the football team has been ranked No. 1 twice in school history. Famous athletes include Joe Girardi, Mike Adamle, Luke Donald, Betty Robinson, Todd Martin, Otto Graham and Matt Grevers.
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NCAA Tournament: Florida turns back Minnesota, 78-64
AUSTIN, Texas -- Mike Rosario scored 25 points and Florida used an overpowering first half to roll past Minnesota and into the NCAA tournament round of 16 for third consecutive year with a 78-64 win Sunday in the South Regional. The No. 3-seeded...
Tags: College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports, College Basketball, Basketball
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USC women's lacrosse team debuts Saturday against Northwestern
There will be big doings for USC athletics Saturday at the Coliseum. And no, Matt Barkley did not get another year of eligibility. This has to do with lacrosse, which brings to mind one of two things for most of us: a medium-sized city in Wisconsin or a...
Tags: College Sports, FIFA World Cup, Matt Barkley, Kobe Bryant, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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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: ESPNU (tv network), Chicago Housing Authority, Bowl Championship Series, Oregon Ducks, Syracuse Orange
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Northwestern downs Mississippi State in Gator Bowl
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Behind huge interceptions early and late, No. 21 Northwestern beat Mississippi State 34-20 in the Gator Bowl and snapped college football's longest postseason losing streak Tuesday. The Wildcats (10-3) earned their first bowl...
Tags: Football, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Football, Chick-fil-A Bowl, Mississippi State Bulldogs
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Georgia pulls away in fourth quarter to beat Nebraska
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Aaron Murray threw five touchdown passes to set a Georgia bowl record, including two in the fourth quarter, as the sixth-ranked Bulldogs beat No. 23 Nebraska 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl on Tuesday. Murray shook off a pair of first-...
Tags: College Sports, Football, Capital One Bowl, Southeastern Conference, LSU Tigers
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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: Football, Bowl Championship Series, Northern Illinois Huskies, Ole Miss Rebels, Toledo Rockets
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Times college football rankings: Five California schools make the list
Rankman has rarely been this excited about two recently "dropped out" teams playing on a Thursday night in Piscataway, N.J. The showdown between Rutgers and Louisville now features two teams representing three different conferences. Rutgers is joining the...
Tags: Kent State University, College Sports, Football, Bowl Championship Series, Northern Illinois Huskies
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College football TV lineup for Saturday
MORNING Georgia Tech (6-5) at No. 3 Georgia (10-1) 9 a.m., ESPN Kids spilled into the streets of Athens, Ga., after Stanford's win over Oregon put Georgia on a controls-its-own-destiny track to this year's national title game. But the Bulldogs...
Tags: ESPNU (tv network), Bowl Championship Series, Oregon Ducks, Western Athletic Conference, ESPN2 (tv network)
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UCLA fans want the front page, but team has to earn it
Unbuckling the mailbag: Question: If UCLA beats USC, will The Times let them be in the Sunday sports page headline? Phillip Para Answer: That's a tough call but we can probably make a one-time exception to get UCLA out on the cover, especially if the...
Tags: College Sports, Brian Kelly, Football, Bowl Championship Series, Oregon Ducks
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College football rankings: Alabama, Oregon, Kansas State, Notre Dame
Rankman's steadfast "Never play on Election Tuesday" rule came back to bite Toledo when the Rockets forfeited their poll position by joining Mitt Romney in the loss column. Toledo, located in swing-state Ohio, lost to Ball State. Otherwise, it was...
Tags: College Sports, Football, Bowl Championship Series, Toledo Rockets, Michigan Wolverines
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Four-team playoff could be necessary this season in college football
This weekend's very impatient, 6-year-old kid-like, takeaway question is: Why wait? Can't we just convene a council of BCS bishops and start the four-team playoff now? It would be just like college football to have two spots available this year for four...
Tags: College Sports, Football, Bowl Championship Series, Oregon Ducks, Ole Miss Rebels
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Lane Kiffin of USC finds more controversy, by the numbers
Unbuckling the mailbag: Question: Is this really a big deal? One USC football player changing his number shouldn't warrant this much attention. Devin Willis Answer: I'll grant you that one USC jersey swap against Colorado at the Coliseum is not as...
Tags: Halloween, Steve Martin, College Sports, Brian Kelly, Chris Dufresne
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