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Orlando smartly chooses not to be included in financially risky college football playoff system
Orlando officials had a decision to make and, thankfully, they chose prudence, practicality and profitability over rank, renown and reputation. The power brokers of college football are meeting in Pasadena this week to decide the immediate future of the...
Tags: College Football, Sports, Russell Athletic Bowl, Trips and Vacations, Southeastern Conference
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Ritter prototype for NU soccer player
Senior Chris Ritter could stand as the archetype for a Northwestern soccer player. Ritter's New Trier High School teams won state titles his sophomore and senior years, yet college coaches were not clamoring for his services. "He was a good player,...
Tags: Ohio State Buckeyes, Sports, Michigan Wolverines, Kentucky Wildcats, College Sports
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More than anyone, Te'o fits Heisman ideal
Pity the poor assistant athletic director at Notre Dame who probably leafed through the NCAA manual to see if rules allow member institutions to cover shipping costs for student-athletes awarded more trophies than your kid's soccer team. Manti Te'o...Tags: Dick Butkus, Auburn Tigers, Ohio State Buckeyes, NFL Draft, Sports
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18 Holes with … Mike Small
Poor Mike Small. He thought he'd driven up from Illini territory to play a casual round of golf. But his morning began with a plea from someone who putts as if he's wearing oven mitts. Me. "What do you think about when you're putting?" Small asked on...
Tags: PGA Championship, Sports, PGA Tour, Health, U.S. Open (golf)
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Is Ohio State playing video games?
The topic that made some coaches squirm on Tuesday's Big Ten conference call could be summarized as: Sex, Lies and Videotape. Minus the sex and possibly the lies. Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi raised the issue after the Spartans' 17-...Tags: George O'Leary, Ohio State Buckeyes, College Football, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Sports
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Big Ten officials studying in summer
Riddle me this, sports fan: Team A has 2nd-and-goal at Team B's 1-yard line. With Team A trailing 21-14 and no time outs remaining, its running back dives into the line of scrimmage. His helmet comes off at the half-yard line with two seconds left in the...
Tags: Sports, College Football, Penn State Nittany Lions, Teddy Greenstein, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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Grace period short for Collins
Back when Chris Collins was a ball boy for Bulls games when his father, Doug, coached the team in the late 1980s, the precocious teenager reveled in the crowd reaction at old Chicago Stadium whenever he got a chance to practice his jumper. "The more...
Tags: College Basketball, Sports, Basketball, National Basketball Association, Philadelphia 76ers
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Time for on-field questions for Big Ten
The conference of Legends and Leaders is dotted with liars and lawbreakers. It has been another brutal offseason for the Big Ten, whose coaches and players will huddle Thursday (10 a.m., BTN, ESPNU) and Friday in Chicago for its annual Media Days. A...
Tags: Kirk Cousins, Rich Rodriguez, College Football, Nebraska Cornhuskers, National Football League
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Nebraska's path to Big Ten title game clear
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini had a minor health scare in September, and his players have done little to lower his stress level. Except win. The Cornhuskers are 5-1 in the Big Ten, but only one victory came easily — and that was against Michigan. In the...
Tags: Doak Walker, Ohio State Buckeyes, Sports, College Football, Nebraska Cornhuskers
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Northwestern athletic director did what he had to do
Jim Phillips began the toughest day of his tenure as Northwestern athletic director at 8 a.m. Saturday by telling the father of his son's seventh-grade basketball coach how much he respected him. The meeting with Bill Carmody lasted long enough to...
Tags: College Basketball, Sports, Basketball, Indiana Hoosiers, Bill Carmody
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Ignore the haters: NIU belongs in BCS
Of all the insulting misconceptions spread since Northern Illinois qualified for the Orange Bowl, the most uninformed suggests the Huskies will use the unfair opinions of the Kirk Herbstreits of the college football world for motivation. None needed. To...
Tags: College Football, Sports, Fiesta Bowl, College Sports, ESPN (tv network)
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Badgers' Ball back in running for Silver Football
The accent has been removed from the second "e" in Montee Ball. Apparently it was slowing him down. Before the season, Wisconsin's star tailback asked that his name be pronounced "Mon-TAY" to reflect what's on his birth certificate. But he got...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Ohio State Buckeyes, College Football, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Sports
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