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Prediction: Notre Dame wins BCS title, and it'll echo through ages
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The images will be vivid, history will be haunting, ghosts will be everywhere. This is Knute Rockne versus Bear Bryant, Touchdown Jesus versus Dreamland Bar-B-Que, Four Horsemen versus Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe Montana versus Joe...
Tags: Joe Montana, Joe Namath, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Heisman Trophy, Brian Kelly
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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: Florida State Seminoles, Bobby Bowden, Heisman Trophy, De'Anthony Thomas, College Football
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Notre Dame's BCS prospects are not quite golden
Top-ranked Alabama's stunning-if-you-say-so home defeat Saturday narrowed the national-scope scenarios but also raised the gun barrels of anxiety — especially in South Bend. The idea that Notre Dame could ever be left out of anything seems...
Tags: USC Trojans, Rose Bowl Game, Stanford Cardinal, College Football, Southeastern Conference
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Texas A&M's speed bottles up a slow Tide
Everyone wondered what a team like Oregon would do if it met Alabama on a field that could also serve as a laboratory beaker. Would Oregon's up-tempo offense fizzle when mixed with Alabama's bone-crushing defense, or explode like Mentos combined with...
Tags: Texas Longhorns, Branch Rickey, Big 12 Conference, College Football, Bowl Championship Series
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Louisiana Tech and up-tempo offense: Change football can believe in
RUSTON, La. — The triggerman for the highest-scoring college offense this side of Oregon can't be found anywhere in this week's NCAA passing statistics. Stephen Warner is built like a cinder block at 6 feet and nearly 300 pounds, and not one day in...
Tags: Orange Bowl, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Shaun Alexander, College Football, Bowl Championship Series
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Opportunity knocks for Packers' rookie offensive linemen
Milwaukee Journal SentinelWhen Green Bay Packers offensive line coach James Campen spoke with Texas A&M center Patrick Lewis, the sales pitch was simple: Sign and you won't be camp fodder or a candidate for the practice squad. The door to the 53-man roster is as open to you as...Tags: Graham Harrell, Nick Perry, NFL Pro Bowl, Green Bay Packers, Don Barclay
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram Gil LeBreton column
Fort Worth Star-TelegramThe size! The spunk! The sheer Aggie-ness of it all! The announced $450 million renovation of Texas A&M's Kyle Field resonated throughout college football last week like another Johnny Manziel dash for a touchdown. More seats. More Aggies. Broader...Tags: Texas Longhorns, South Carolina Gamecocks, Cowboys Stadium, College Sports, Media Industry
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SEC West spring review: Atlanta road runs through 'Bama
The StateSix SEC West teams went through the motions of spring practice with every intention of challenging Alabama's dominance of the division, conference and nation. Do they have a shot? Let's take a look at all seven division members and how they look after...Tags: Bret Bielema, South Carolina Gamecocks, Marcus Lattimore, College Football, Southeastern Conference
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Gators junior Loucheiz Purifoy generating early NFL draft buzz
Following a breakout sophomore season, Loucheiz Purifoy has generated more offseason buzz than any returning Gator. Purifoy's experiment at wide receiver was the talk entering spring drills. The week after the NFL draft, Purifoy has been the Florida...
Tags: National Football League, San Francisco 49ers, NFL Draft, New England Patriots, Teddy Bridgewater
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Five stories to watch in 2013: Can Johnny Manziel repeat as Heisman winner?
With spring football clearly in the rearview mirror, college football turns its focus towards the long, hot summer. However, a quick check of the calendar shows us that we are only 123 days away from the first football game. Each day we will feature a...
Tags: Aaron Murray, Texas Longhorns, South Carolina Gamecocks, Big 12 Conference, Heisman Trophy
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Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn., 5-at-10 column
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.We're wearing black today. The draft is done. Sigh. We love the draft. You know this. So today we put a bow on the 2013 draft. Starting tomorrow, we're moving on and looking at the NBA and baseball and what have you. Today, let's look at the draft and...Tags: Super Bowl, Aaron Murray, South Carolina Gamecocks, Michigan Wolverines, Matt Barkley
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Packers have lots of choices on final day of NFL draft
Milwaukee Journal SentinelTed Thompson was back in his element Friday at the NFL draft. Last year, he traded up three times. This year, the Packers general manager has already traded down three times. Heading into the draft's final day, Thompson has 10 picks. After taking the...Tags: Green Bay Packers, M.D. Jennings, Wisconsin Badgers, Kwame Geathers, National Football League
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