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Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
It was just three weeks ago that we were talking about Oklahoma getting its first big test of the season, going on the road to face Florida State. The Sooners passed that test, and now it's time for another of similar magnitude. Oklahoma will take on Texas in the Red ...
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Monday, July 25th, 2011
Last week, SEC commissioner Mike Slive used his time at the podium during the league's media days to launch a new plan and path that he believes is critical for the future of college football. At least it seemed pretty new to me, and I thought to plenty of other ...
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Friday, May 13th, 2011
It's not yet June, and outside of the mess happening in Columbus, there's not too many major stories happening around the college football landscape. But I know how many diehard NCAA pigskin fans there are out there, so any chance to hear from the head honchos at your favorite program ...
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Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Since 1985, a No. 13 seed beats a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament an average of nearly once per year. Might that team this year be the Oakland Golden Grizzlies? At their frenetic pace, I'd at least give them an outside chance at springing the upset.
Oakland, the Summit ...
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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Week 2 of the 2010 NFL season features some interesting matchups. Baltimore/Cincinnati; New England/New York Jets; New York Giants/Indianapolis come to mind. So does Pittsburgh at Tennessee. Two AFC squads with Super Bowl aspirations squaring off after winning their openers this past Sunday. For the Titans, Week 1 was particularly ...
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
After an extraordinarily collegiate career filled with individual records and team success, Colt McCoy is finding the NFL to be inhospitable in comparison. The Cleveland Browns rookie struggled early on in training camp and in the preseason, but came on a bit during the end of August to make the ...
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
Mack Brown is a "gets it" guy. He is a master politician, who says all the right things, yet never seems contrived. So when he opens up and lets some of his stronger feelings through - though still in a very congenial way - it's definitely of note. The Texas ...
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Earlier this month, Dan Wetzel at Yahoo! wrote a fascinating feature on possible conference realignment where he hypothesized that Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany masterminded a plot to drain the funds from other schools like those in the Big 12 by convincing those teams to join the Big Ten in ...
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Monday, April 19th, 2010
There has been much debate lately as to whether Colt McCoy will be as successful in the NFL as he was in college. Based upon wins, McCoy is college football’s all-time winningest quarterback and I can bet that he won’t be the NFL’s. That is not taking a shot at ...
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Friday, April 2nd, 2010
The beginning and end of Colt McCoy's college career were tough on the quarterback. In his second start, as a 180 pound freshman trying to fit into Vince Young's national champion shoes against Ohio State, McCoy looked like a deer in headlights as his team lost 24-7 to the Buckeyes. ...
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