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Jadeveon Clowney gets in the forbidden Christmas flier spirit
Hey South Carolina fans: This Saturday night, you're invited to an "X-Mas Eve Explosion" in Rock Hill, S.C., with the Gamecocks' freshman star, Jadeveon Clowney, and senior cornerback C.C. Whitlock....
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UCLA’s cultural revolution begins with ditching senior ditch day
Even at 6-7, UCLA is going to a bowl game. And even at 6-7, that means UCLA players are going to do what they always do during bowl prep: Skip out on a day of practice by going "over the wall" after...
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Let’s try this again: Pitt makes Paul Chryst its third head coach of 2011
OK, University of Pittsburgh hires a new coach, take three. And… action! This is not a repeat. Do not adjust your sets. For the third time in barely a year, Pittsburgh is set to announce a new head...
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Headlinin’: Houston promotes Tony Levine to head Cougar. Who in the world is...
Making the morning rounds. • Why don't you stay a while? Houston has removed the "interim" tag from head coach Tony Levine's title, anointing Levine as the full-time successor to Texas A&M-bound...
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Akron is getting Terry Bowden back into the D-I game. Yes, Akron.
It's time to update the website and break out the good bourbon, boys: Terry Bowden is breaking back into the big time! In other words, he's just landed a new job in the MAC. From CantonRep.com: AKRON —...
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Weis’ first Kansas recruit brings more baggage from South Bend
While USC is waiting on pins and needles to learn the fate of one former five-star quarterback recruit from Southern California, another has already broken the news: Per his Twitter feed, former Notre...
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Virginia Tech kicker busted in alleged drug dispute at home of Hokie hoops star
It should have been a quiet Christmas weekend for Virginia Tech ahead of next week's trip to New Orleans for a Sugar Bowl showdown with Michigan on Jan. 3. Instead, the Hokies will be making the trip...
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Merry Christmas, USC: You’re getting one more year of Matt Barkley
The suspense was ruined when the marching band and Song Girls showed up to the press conference. But in this case, the gift is too good not to celebrate: Quarterback Matt Barkley is officially coming...
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LSU shows ‘big cat’ camaraderie for new SEC comrades in Missouri
Missouri hasn't even started play in the SEC, but it's already getting a little love from its new conference mates. LSU recently took out a full-page color ad in the Shreveport Times wishing Missouri...
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Boise State ties a bittersweet ribbon on its almost-perfect coming of age
Las Vegas Bowl: Boise State 56, Arizona State 24. Oddsmakers installed the Broncos as the most lopsided favorites in any bowl, a distinction that turned out to be awfully generous to Arizona State....
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Matt Barkley passes on an NFL payday, but the NCAA has his senior season covered
Matt Barkley just turned down millions as a likely top-five pick in next April's NFL Draft in exchange for his senior season at USC, worth the value of his scholarship and the attendant benefits of...
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Superlatives: The best plays of 2011
The best (and worst) of the season. Today: The plays of the year. Merry Christmas. 10. Morris Claiborne slams the door. LSU's defense dominated every game this year except one, a Sept. 24 trip to West...
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Christmastime is here (thanks)
It's been a typically hectic year in these parts — always behind schedule, always pushing ahead with just that little bit less than the perfection we'd like, for the sake of pushing ahead. But the...
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Headlinin’: Penn State strikes out on Coach Pete
Making the post-Christmas morning rounds. • The quest continues. A member of Penn State's search committee has made two separate trips to Idaho in the past two weeks, according to the Harrisburg (Pa.)...
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Video: LSU gets in the spirit with caroling, ‘Tiger Swag’
Les Miles is in the holiday spirit and he wants his team to feel it, too. So, he assembled the LSU Tigers in choir-like fashion and belted out "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" for the ESPN cameras. It...
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Justifying this week’s bowls: Come for the pepperoni, stay for the...
Bowls: There are a lot of them. Most of which seem to have been created solely to bilk taxpayer-funded universities for the sake of upselling a few hotel rooms. As a public service, we're cutting...
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Missouri’s mascot just broke the Independence Bowl trophy
As college football hardware goes, the Independence Bowl trophy doesn't do much to draw attention to itself: It's a crystal cup sitting on top of a small pedestal. Fairly standard fare, except for one...
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The Fiesta Bowl mascot will haunt your dreams
Meet Spirit, the Fiesta Bowl's mascot and perhaps the scariest thing most of us have ever seen. Don't look away. Take him all in. Those glazed-over eyes, those hands with no arms, the swirly cheeks...
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North Carolina receiver Dwight Jones hasn't had his usual afternoon in the Independence Bowl, falling largely silent after hauling in the game's first touchdown. But he was a key part of the most...
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Superlatives: The biggest gaffes of 2011
The best (and worst) of the season. Today: The worst plays of the year. 10. Tommy Rees' unforced error. Notre Dame came out of the gate fumbling, putting the ball on the ground on its first possession...
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