Archive | Football
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Mystery billboard precedes first Gators-Aggies game
A billboard in northwest Gainesville sparked some pregame trash talk between Florida and Texas A&M University fans Tuesday. The advertisement read, “Howdy Gainesville: You’ve been annexed by Aggie Nation. The Best Academics & Cleanest Program in the SEC. WHOOP! Real Football.
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NCAA will look into allegations against USC
U. Southern California is again facing a new set of potential NCAA violations. Reports surfaced Saturday alleging former athletes Joe McKnight and Davon Jefferson received improper gifts from a Los Angeles County appraiser, according to the Los Angeles Times.
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Notre Dame crushes Navy 50-10 in Ireland
DUBLIN — In a series of events nearly as rare as Notre Dame playing a football game abroad, it was the Irish who controlled the ground game to run away with a 50-10 season-opening victory against Navy at Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday.
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Auburn falls to Clemson, 26-19
It's a new season, with a new coaching staff, new-look defense and a new quarterback. And yet the same problems that plagued Auburn last season appeared Saturday night as Auburn lost to Clemson 26-19.
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Column: Oklahoma unimpressive in season-opening win
Let the criticism begin for the Oklahoma Sooners football team. The 24-7 victory over UTEP that finished early Sunday morning revealed several areas of inconsistency for the nation’s fourth-ranked team that didn’t pull away from Miners until the fourth quarter.
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Trojans trounce Hawai’i 49-10 in season opener
USC’s explosive offensive wasted no time Saturday demonstrating its big-play potential. On the first play from scrimmage, sophomore wide receiver Marqise Lee snared a five-yard pass near the sideline, eluded an oncoming tackler and raced to the end zone for a 75-yard touchdown. No.
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Oregon overpowers Arkansas State in season opener
In the end, Marcus Mariota’s big starring role was more of a cameo appearance. The redshirt freshman played just a quarter and a half in his debut as the Ducks’ starting quarterback, but what a debut it was.
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Arkansas holds off Jacksonville State
Arkansas opened the football season with a 49-24 defeat of Jacksonville State. The game did not begin seamlessly, with a fumble by quarterback Tyler Wilson that ended the first drive of the game.
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Florda State speeds past Racers 69-3
Everything feels a little bit new during a season opener. Fans seem to cheer more loudly, uniforms seem brighter and players run out of the tunnel wanting to prove themselves, either for the first time or all over again.