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Ohio State dishes out big bucks to bring in Urban Meyer
With a $4 million per year salary, new Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer is the highest paid coach in the Big Ten conference, but OSU is spending millions on Meyer's assistants as well. The combined salaries for the assistant coaches Meyer has hired is just under $3.
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Bill O’Brien introduced as Penn State head football coach
Bill O’Brien made quite the first impression on the Penn State community Saturday morning. With former lettermen and alumni questioning the hiring of the New England Patriots’ offensive coordinator as the school’s new head football coach, O’Brien handled a barrage of questions with class a...
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Reports: Bill O’Brien to be named next Penn State head football coach
Penn State is expected to name New England Patriots' offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien its next head coach on Saturday, a number of outlets including ESPN have reported.
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LSU Tigers trying to trip Bama’s Richardson up
The No. 1 mission for the LSU defense? Stop Trent Richardson. Tigers defensive coordinator John Chavis and key LSU defensive players talked Thursday about the importance of shutting down Alabama’s Heisman finalist in Monday’s championship game.
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Austin shuns doubters, shines in Orange Bowl spotlight
West Virginia junior wide receiver Tavon Austin was always told he would not be successful in football when he was a young kid growing up in Baltimore. In the Discover Orange Bowl, an 18-year-old wide receiver named Sammy Watkins was supposed to the best player on the field.
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West Virginia cruises to 70-33 Orange Bowl victory
On a night where it seemed as if records were being broken with each passing minute, West Virginia shocked Clemson 70-33 to become champions of the 2012 Discover Orange Bowl.
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Column: Michigan wills itself to victory, capping improbable season
NEW ORLEANS — Stop trying to make sense of it. What happened inside the Superdome can’t be explained. The scenes seem disjointed: third-and-20 conversion, touchdown, interception, touchdown, touchdown catch review. The first 55 minutes flashed by in a blur of yellow and orange pompoms.
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Michigan outlasts Virginia Tech in Sugar Bowl, 23-20
NEW ORLEANS — Brady Hoke leaned in, hugged Junior Hemingway and gave him a kiss on the forehead. Hemingway’s Most Outstanding Player Trophy sat on the table in front of him, and Hoke wore a smile as he took his seat.
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Ohio State violated public record laws, ESPN says
The misdirection play didn't work for Ohio State's offense Monday, and ESPN Inc. said that kind of "playbook" won't work in court either.