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This is the first of a 4 part series on the sword of Damocles hanging over the current conference alignment that is PAC 10 expansion. Eventually, at a time of their choosing, the PAC 10 will add two members and reap the profits of a football championship game. This first part gives an outline of…
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Sporting News: Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel’s run of excellence has created expectations that might be unattainable in 2008.
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Football Still bitter that USC got left out of the national championship game in January 2005? In retrospect, it was still the biggest BCS slight of the decade. [ESPN] On the plus side, Pete Carroll is the coach who has most defined the BCS era. [ESPN] Here’s a Vegas-style analysis of USC’s national title chances.…
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There’s something about the month of May in the college off-season that brings out the Nostradamus in all of us. Next up with the crystal ball: College Football News with their 2008 predictions for the bowl games and BCS games. A few highlights…. Champs Sports Bowl … Virginia vs. Illinois Meineke Car Care Bowl ……
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January’s a long way off, but that won’t stop CFN from predicting the BCS bowl games. Can Ohio State pull it off this time?
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USC Football In case you missed it, Mark Sanchez was named starting quarterback. I relegated this to Hot Links because it wasn’t exactly news to anybody except Mitch Mustain. That’s no knock against Mitch — he needs to keep that mentality all the way into the fall to keep competing and trying to pass Sanchez…
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LSU visited the White House yesterday, something you get to do when you win the BCS title, and Les Miles didn’t even wear a hat. And boy-o, was the President ready for that one. Hear that can opener? Because your meal’s coming, sportswriters: “This is coach Les Miles’ first time celebrating here at the White…
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Apparently, Notre Dame really wants to keep their schedule as easy as possible for the next decade.* Looks like USC and Michigan till 2018, a few Catholic school battles with BC, and eight or nine guaranteed wins (Just like this past season, right?), which puts them in the middle of the BCS money grab. Speaking…
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We’re No. 2. The final numbers are in and have the Rose Bowl finishing No. 2 among households reached with the TV broadcast, behind only the BCS title game. But the numbers also show the non-BCS Capital One Bowl right ahead of USC-Illinois New Year’s Day right on the heels of the Rose. And that…
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A new economics study from the University of Colorado at Denver finds that college football causes crime. Daniel Rees, an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado Denver, reports his findings: Our results suggest that the host community registers sharp increases in assaults, vandalism, arrests for disorderly conduct, and arrests for alcohol-related offenses…
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USC is the odds-on favorite to win the BCS title next season according to Bodog. Odds listed before the Titans fired Norm Chow and UCLA began negotiations. Here’s the odds:
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Two-time All America linebacker led Buckeyes with 121 tackles.
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