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NFL Draft: Aaron Rodgers tells QB Geno Smith to 'hang in there'
Highly-touted West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith was expected by many to be the first quarterback selected in the 2013 NFL Draft -- and most certainly taken in the first-round. But when the final pick was made Thursday night Smith was still waiting...
Tags: National Football League, Football, Green Bay Packers, NFL Draft, St. Louis Rams
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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), USC Trojans, Arizona Wildcats, Oregon Ducks, Nevada Wolf Pack
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West Virginia mascot who kills bear told not to hunt with musket
West Virginia Mountaineer mascot Jonathan Kimble, who famously appears in an ESPN commercial staring down football analyst Lee Corso, has been told to stop using his musket on hunting excursions after killing a black bear on Monday. "While Jonathan...
Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, ESPN (tv network), Hunting, Gisele Bundchen , Lifestyle and Leisure
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Syracuse routs West Virginia in Pinstripe Bowl
NEW YORK -- Prince-Tyson Gulley ran for 217 yards and had three touchdowns, Syracuse scored twice on safeties and the Orange bid a snow-covered farewell to the Big East with a 38-14 victory over West Virginia in the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday....
Tags: Syracuse Orange, College Sports, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Geno Smith, Football
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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: Northern Illinois Huskies, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ole Miss Rebels, Football, Michigan Wolverines
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Notre Dame better cover its bases to avoid another upset loss at USC
Let's see if I've got this straight or crooked: Notre Dame needs one win to get to the national title game and Sports Illustrated puts the Irish on this week's cover? I don't believe in genies or goblins, but the SI cover jinx is real. If you don't...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, Kansas State Wildcats, USC Trojans, Maryland Terrapins, St. John's Red Storm
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The Times' top 25 college football teams
The Southeastern Conference, taken out of the national title hunt for as long as three non-SEC teams keep winning, mostly takes the week off as it openly cheers for upsets of Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame. SEC schools bully up to play seven 1-AA...
Tags: Missouri Tigers, Sports Illustrated, Kansas State Wildcats, USC Trojans, Willie Nelson
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College football TV lineup for Saturday
MORNING No. 16 Texas A&M (6-2) at No. 17 Mississippi State (7-1) 9 a.m., ESPN Two former Big 12 schools joined the Southeastern Conference this season. One has gained instant respect and credibility; the other is Missouri. Texas A&M, in its first...
Tags: ESPNU (tv network), USC Trojans, Arizona Wildcats, Oregon Ducks, UCLA Bruins
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Oregon keeps winning, and falling in BCS standings
Oregon can't afford to keep winning like this. A few more lopsided victories and the Ducks could finish last in the BCS and end up playing in the Toilet Bowl. On Thursday, Oregon sprinted to a 43-7, second-quarter lead on Arizona State and might have...
Tags: Kansas State Wildcats, USC Trojans, Pacific-12 Conference, College Sports, Oregon Ducks
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Kansas State's Bill Snyder may get shot at redemption for 1998
Mike Riley is an obvious coach-of-the-year choice given the double-double (with fries) charge he injected into an Oregon State team that finished 3-9 last year. The Beavers are 6-0 for the first time since 1907 and deserving of top-10 accolades. Bill O'...
Tags: Kansas State Wildcats, Michael Bishop, College Sports, Oregon Ducks, Penn State Nittany Lions
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Things are heating up in college football
Here is some weekend pigskin to chew on: —How hot will it get for Texas? You thought things couldn't get worse after the Longhorns got scorched by Oklahoma last week at the State Fair of Texas. Friday, though, came word that "Big Tex," the 52-foot...
Tags: College Sports, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Geno Smith, Michigan State Spartans, Texas Tech Red Raiders
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Half a college football season has already been full of surprises
USC would break offensive air-speed records, Matt Barkley was a lock for the Heisman Trophy and Oregon State Coach Mike Riley needed thicker pants for the hot seat he was sitting on. Arkansas was the team to beat in the SEC West — it seems so silly...
Tags: Kansas State Wildcats, USC Trojans, Robert Griffin III, College Sports, Nebraska Cornhuskers
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