Tag: West Virginia
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From Rivals.com: 2. USC Star of the class: O.J. Mayo. After a much bally-hooed high school career that was played under the national microscope, the former five-star prospect moved from a small pond in Huntington, West Virginia to the bright lights of Los Angeles. He helped the Trojans return to the NCAA tournament and raised…
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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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Congratulations are in order to the Louisiana State Tigers from Baton Rouge for manhandling Ohio State, 38-24, in Monday night’s Bowl Championship Series title game. LSU becomes the first two-loss championship team in the 10-year history of the BCS and the first team to win two BCS titles. The Tigers’ secret weapon was somebody named…
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Louisiana Superdome. Ohio State vs. Louisiana State. We asked 24 of the finest football minds in captivity who would win. Some are hanging on Bourbon Street, others are watching from afar. Here is what they had to say: Tony Barnhart, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Because Ohio State backed into the national championship game and because the Buckeyes…
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The College Football News always tries to do things differently — and so they did with their All-America team this year. But one thing they didn’t do differently was keep USC nose tackle Sedrick Ellis’ All-American streak alive. He’s been named first-team on every single one released to date. But naming Oregon’s Dennis Dixon as…
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It all seemed to be falling into place for USC, the near-unanimous preseason choice to win the national championship, to sneak its way back into BCS title contention. Then-No. 1 Missouri and No. 2 West Virginia lost late Saturday night. “Somebody out there likes us,” senior defensive end Lawrence Jackson said.
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The Rose Bowl did USC no favors yesterday by choosing Illinois. Aside of the fact fans are pretty much unhappy with the choice and the Trojans’ initial reacton was apathy, how about the national championship ramifications. As an AP voter, I’m open to the idea of choosing another team to win the national title besides…
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For those who have asked, yes, the Rose Bowl committee did indeed get first choice of available teams to invite to play USC. And yes, the Rose Bowl did invite the worst of the teams to get into a BCS bowl, No. 13 Illinois. And yes, Illinois did indeed lose to Missouri, the deserving Big…
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Apparently we’re not the only one to express support for No. 2-ranked West Virginia the past couple years. “I’ve been telling the guys West Virginia is going to win it,” USC guard O.J. Mayo said. “They always say no one comes out of West Virginia.” Except Jerry West. And O.J. Mayo. And . . .
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The president of a local alumni association did the math and here is how it could work out: I’ve done some math, and here is the scenario, we beat UCLA in a good ol’ fashioned butt-whomping, Missouri loses to Oklahoma, Boston College beats Virginia Tech, Tennessee knocks off LSU, Pitt beats West Virginia, Ohio State…
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USC tight end Fred Davis is no fan of the current BCS title-game matchup. “Missouri-West Virginia? I don’t like that,’’ Davis said. “That’s a whack bowl game. But I think Oklahoma will beat Missouri anyways.”
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Associated Press 1. Missouri (45) 11-1 1,604 2. West Virginia (20) 10-1 1,574 3. Ohio State 11-1 1,469 4. Georgia 10-2 1,354 5. LSU 10-2 1,269 6. Virginia Tech 10-2 1,266 7. Kansas 11-1 1,217 8. USC 9-2 1,212 9. Oklahoma 10-2 1,191 10. Florida 9-3 1,029 11. Hawaii 11-0 991 12. Boston College 10-2…
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