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Column: ’Bama still would’ve won with playoff
When I heard college football was finally getting its head out its ass and doing what it should’ve done 14 years ago by officially committing to a four-team playoff system, I wondered, “What would the BCS era have been like if we never had the BCS?
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Big Ten, Ivy League to tackle concussions
More than 17,000 student-athletes across 20 schools in the Big Ten and Ivy League conferences will be among potential candidates for concussion research.
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Mountaineers will face first Big 12 road test against Texas
A rambunctious crowd of more than 100,000 will await the West Virginia football team for its inaugural Big 12 Conference road game Oct. 6 when it travels to Texas Memorial Stadium to battle the conference-gem Texas Longhorns.
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Column: U.S. Olympic basketball team could be one of the greatest
With the 20th anniversary of the 1992 U.S. Olympic basketball Dream Team almost a month away, there’s been plenty of talk lately about what that team meant to the globalization of basketball.
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NCAA presidents approve four-team playoff for 2014
A board of 12 university presidents approved a four-team playoff for college football Tuesday evening, June 26, set to begin with the 2014 season. Under the new format, four teams will be chosen by a selection committee, similar to the current postseason format of college basketball.
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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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Arizona baseball disposes of Gamecocks, crowned national champs
OMAHA, Neb. – National Champions. For 26 years, that title has gone to a school other than Arizona, including South Carolina both of the last two years.
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Arizona baseball defeats South Carolina in Game 1 of championship series, 5-1
OMAHA, Neb. – Another postseason game, another stellar performance from starting pitcher Konner Wade for Arizona baseball, which with its 5-1 win over South Carolina in Game 1 of the College World Series final, is now just one more win in from Arizona’s first national title since 1986.
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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.