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Johnny Manziel is muzzled, but college coaches prattle on
Texas A&M won't let Johnny Manziel talk to the media this year because it has a policy against freshmen doing interviews. The fear is that these young Aggies, even redshirts like Manziel, might say something immature or inappropriate. Manziel led the...
Tags: Politics, Harpo Marx, New Mexico State Aggies, De'Anthony Thomas, Johnny Manziel
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Terry Bowden turning Akron into FSU Midwest
Who would have ever thought in the middle of northeast Ohio, just south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River, they would be speaking countrified, Southern-fried, bonafide Bowden? The new marketing motto to get fannies in the seats at the...
Tags: Philosophy, Southeastern Conference, Entertainment, Jimbo Fisher, Chuck Amato
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Steve Spurrier named The Swamp, but when will his name be on the stadium?
Running off at the typewriter. … As my former Sentinel colleague Chris Harry of Gatorzone.com reminded me recently, it was exactly 20 years ago when I got the phone call from Steve Spurrier, who was then early in his tenure at the University of...
Tags: Ben Johnson, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Entertainment, Southeastern Conference, Jimbo Fisher
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UM, FSU not back — and neither is Bobby Bowden
He was laughing again, the way he always did, and telling one dadgum story after another, the way he has forever. Bobby Bowden was being Bobby Bowden, which means everyone at the table was leaning closer as he talked about the Miami-Florida State...
Tags: Vinny Testaverde, Football, Sports, Sun Life Stadium
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No playoffs were OK with Bobby Bowden
DAYTONA BEACH — Everybody knows that Richard Petty is the King of NASCAR, but Bobby Bowden was the one holding court at the fabled Daytona International Speedway Saturday prior to the Coke Zero 400.
On this sweltering July afternoon, Bowden was...Tags: Arkansas Razorbacks, Richard Petty, Southeastern Conference, Alabama Crimson Tide, Georgia Bulldogs
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Crimson Tide roll, putting Nick Saban among elite
As the night went on, as the game went south, as Alabama turned the biggest show in college football into a self-advertisement, the only thing left to do, whether you're a fan or not, was to wonder about Nick Saban. Doesn't he go on the Mount Rushmore...
Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, AJ McCarron, Brian Kelly, Football, Alabama Crimson Tide
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FAMU hazing would not be tolerated in football
If Robert Champion were a quarterback instead of a drum major,and Julian White were head coach instead of band director, the scene at FAMU would be very different today.
For all the unseemly behavior inside college football programs, it's hard to conjure...Tags: Florida State University, Hazing, Football, University of Miami, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Big Baby Davis wouldn't survive in real world
Running off at the typewriter. …
Glen "Big Baby" Davis is a living, breathing, jump-shooting, bird-shooting example of why there is a growing disconnect between fans and professional athletes. Davis was fined $35,000 earlier this week for...Tags: Baseball, Glen Davis, Punishment, Entertainment, New York Jets
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Celebrating milestones for Beamer, Phoebus, Hampton
We celebrate milestone birthdays and anniversaries. We strive for milestone GPAs and salaries.
But nothing does milestones like sports.
Some are seasonal, others career. But the numbers are indelible.
Baseball's 3,000 hits, football's 2,000 yards and...Tags: Bill Dee, Paul William Bryant, New York Giants, Ronald Curry, Atlantic Coast Conference
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Beamer's hiring 25 years ago inspired, historic for Hokies, Baughman
The bedsheet banner, hanging outside a Jamerson Center window, begged him to stay.
"Dutch Don't Go We Need U"
But Dale T. "Dutch" Baughman is a cowboy by birth and a rebel at heart. After six contentious months as Virginia Tech's athletic director, he...Tags: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Orange Bowl, U.S. Military, Len Bias, Paul William Bryant
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The Prospector: Mount Dora's Bruce Heggie and Winter Park's Zee Ware know the drill, you have to sell yourself
The recruiting process for the big stars is easy. At least it is from an exposure standpoint. It's never easy taking 20 phone calls a day from coaches and media types asking virtually the same questions over and over. But everyone knows who they are...Tags: Schools, Florida State University, FAMU, Education, Awards and Prizes
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ACC championship game: Virginia Tech, Florida State have sustained excellence
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — No one believes Virginia Tech's extraordinary football consistency rates with Florida State's unrivaled dynasty.
Not Cheryl Beamer, the Marching Virginians or the Hokie Bird himself.
But with their return to the ACC...Tags: Florida State University, Virginia Tech, Jimbo Fisher, Athletes, Football
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