Archive | Football
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TCU coach Gary Patterson supports potential playoff system
TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson said implementing a playoff system into college football by the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) as opposed to a bowl game format is a winning resolution for all parties.
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Column: Huskers leap to Big Ten product of desperation
When Nebraska made its move to the Big Ten conference, everyone applauded. It made sense. The Husker Athletic Department needed a way out of the crumbling mess that was the Big 12 in the late 2000s, and the Big Ten offered them just that. It offered stability.
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Summer conditioning harder than ever for Mountaineers
Every year as West Virginia enters summer workouts, there is a constant theme of players expressing the current summer’s workouts as the toughest they’ve ever gone through.
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USC receiver Robert Woods will not practice until August
Though most USC Trojans have been participating in unofficial team workouts in preparation for fall camp and the upcoming football season, one key member of the 2011 team that went 10-2 and finished sixth in the final AP poll remains notably absent: Junior wide receiver Robert Woods.
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Column: Controversial rule change will ensure youth safety
Pop Warner, the world’s largest youth football, cheerleading and dance organization in the world, according to the organization’s website, implemented a rule last week that has some banging their heads.
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Column: On-campus stadium is next step for USF football program
Alabama, LSU, Auburn and Florida. The list of commonalities between these teams is long, but the most important one they share is their status as the teams responsible for the six BCS National Football Championships since the title game was introduced in 2007.
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Chizik addresses media for first time since shooting
In Auburn coach Gene Chizik’s first press conference since the deaths of Demario Pitts and former Auburn football players Ed Christian and Ladarious Phillips, he emphasized one thing above all else: this is not about football.
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College football moving closer to playoff
For years, many fans and pundits throughout the country have clamored for a playoff in college football to replace the current Bowl Championship Series formula.
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Big East sues TCU for $5 million exit fee
The Big East Conference sued Texas Christian U. for $5 million in federal district court Monday saying that TCU reneged its agreement to join the conference this fall.