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Hurdles remain for college football playoff
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Bowl Championship Series officials trimmed the fat Thursday. Off the table are playoff proposals that were absurd (the Rose Bowl as part of three semifinal games), would have harmed the regular season (eight- and 16-teamers) or...
Tags: Super Bowl, Michigan Wolverines, Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012), Stanford Cardinal, Jerry Sandusky
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Tide, Ducks sweep this ballot for spots in BCS title game
The election may not be until Tuesday, but I have already made up my mind. The choice is clear and I'm voting for Alabama and Oregon to meet up in the BCS National Championship Game in Miami on Jan. 7. Sure, it was difficult at first especially,...
Tags: Heisman Trophy, Stanford Cardinal, Elections, College Sports, Football
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New college football playoff system gets a less-than-original name
The name for college football's new playoff system is … "College Football Playoff." "Brand X" and "Your Name Here" apparently were already taken. College football commissioners meeting in Pasadena this week were looking for simplicity in...
Tags: Rose Bowl Game, Sports, Bowl Championship Series, College Football, Football
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A look back at spring football in the Sunshine State
Punxsutawney Phil usually predicts the start of spring. Here in the South, spring is marked by the start of football practice. On Saturday, most of the Sunshine State schools wrapped up their spring practices with their annual football games, leaving...
Tags: Television, Johnny Manziel, Heisman Trophy, George O'Leary, DIY Network (tv network)
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A different kind of bluegrass statement on Selection Sunday
Kentucky is the top-seeded team entering this year's NCAA tournament that tips off Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio, and ends on a Monday in Atlanta. Check that: A team from Kentucky, coached by a former Kentucky coach, is top-seeded entering the NCAA...Tags: Kentucky Wildcats, Indiana Hoosiers, Miami Hurricanes, UCLA Bruins, Minnesota Golden Gophers
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Power conferences in college football gain even more strength
College football commissioners were going to end their three-day unity conference in Pasadena with a round of "Kumbaya" at the hotel's valet carport. That was before the consulting firm that dreamed up "College Football Playoff" suggested something more...
Tags: National Football League, Fiesta Bowl, Western Athletic Conference, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Southeastern Conference
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There's no Cinderella, and other keys to picking bracket winners
I know the look. For the last three decades, every year at this time, I get the look. A friend or family member will slowly approach with a piece of wrinkled paper, a chewed-off pencil and a wistful stare. It's always someone who doesn't follow sports....Tags: Basketball, Indiana Hoosiers, Michigan Wolverines, Cinderella (fictional character), Wisconsin Badgers
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Looking for a basketball coach? Salt Lake's the place
SALT LAKE CITY — Top collegiate athletic directors need many things but should not live without a back-door office exit or a secret list of coaching candidates in advance of their next football and basketball openings. It doesn't matter if your...Tags: Mike Krzyzewski, Basketball, UCLA Bruins, Missouri Valley Conference, Wichita State Shockers
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Vinny Del Negro, Ben Howland try to deal with rumors about their jobs
It's that time of year for two of Los Angeles' main basketball coaches. They are living the Willie Nelson country song. Mama, don't let your babies grow up to be basketball coaches. We watch a Clippers game Wednesday night, pondering the fate of one,...
Tags: Mike D'Antoni, Los Angeles Lakers, Basketball, UCLA Bruins, College Sports
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With Ben Howland, UCLA could have been on pedestal, ended in abyss
The saddest part of the Ben Howland saga at UCLA is not that a decent guy and good coach got fired. He's a big boy. He'll be fine. Give it a couple of years and he'll have another team in Pauley Pavilion, rendering UCLA black-and-not-so-Bruins-blue....
Tags: Sports, Basketball, College Basketball, UCLA Bruins, University of California, Los Angeles
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From Rutgers to Auburn, it sure seems like we're addicted to college sports scandal
Let's fantasize. (No, wait! That's not what I meant. There will be no mention of Katee Sackhoff in her "Starbuck" combat outfit anywhere in this column — uh, other than just now. We're talking fantasy for the sports nerd in most of us.) We...Tags: World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Basketball, UCLA Bruins, WrestleMania, Google Inc.
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For What It's Worth: Shockers' uphill battle
“I don’t think Cinderella left four glass slippers, she only lost one.” Gregg Marshall—most recently---on the Dan Patrick Show Fighting the perception--- I would rather fight for respect at the Final Four than the CBI, but...
Tags: Basketball, UCLA Bruins, Missouri Valley Conference, Wichita State Shockers, College Sports
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