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ODU's leap to Conference USA risky but understandable
NORFOLK — Blaine Taylor, Old Dominion's incurably glib basketball coach, framed the school's move to Conference USA best.
"It's like a no-fault divorce," he said at Thursday's press conference/pep rally at Ballard Stadium. "It's not our fault we...Tags: Brett Favre, Football, Credit and Debt, Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, East Carolina Pirates
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Offensive coordinator Brian Scott's affinity for run-and-shoot produces air raid at ODU
Brian Scott coordinates the Football Championship Subdivision's most prolific offense, and Saturday his Old Dominion air raid left fans, statisticians and New Hampshire's defense breathless. Monarchs 64, Wildcats 61. But like a rapper who chills with...
Tags: Hampton Roads, Football, Geno Smith, LSU Tigers, West Virginia Mountaineers
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Trojans can run but Lane Kiffin can't hide
Unbuckling the mailbag: Question: Do you get paid for writing (##$%$) like that? Did the USC coach say something to you and hurt your feelings? Your article screams of self-pity. Why don't you just go to Fox News and throw your 2-year-old tantrum on TV?...
Tags: Georgia Bulldogs, Utah Utes, CBS Corp., Stanford Cardinal, LSU Tigers
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Jim Mora's drumbeat and UCLA football fans' landscape of change
So, here I am back at the Rose Bowl, when the sweaty mutant fan-blob in the seat next to me leans over and starts talking into my hair as if we're on a fifth date — something about Jerry Rice Jr. — and I'm thinking, 'Where did such a promising...
Tags: Football, Jim Harbaugh, College Football, Coconut, Jerry Rice
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Notre Dame joining the ACC is a win for everyone
Atlantic Coast Conference headquarters in Greensboro, N.C., is not exactly party central. But you can bet they were pouring a few cocktails and dancing on the desks Wednesday. Why, John Swofford, the buttoned-down commissioner with the nerve of a cat...
Tags: Brian Kelly, UCF Knights, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Football, Maryland Terrapins
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Notre Dame-ACC affiliation blessing for both
Back in 1981, Virginia athletic director Gene Corrigan created a stir on his campus when he left for the same job at Notre Dame. "People asked me, 'Why in the world would you leave to go to a huge school like Notre Dame?' " Corrigan, 85, recalled...
Tags: UCF Knights, Virginia Cavaliers, Brian Kelly, Michigan State Spartans, North Carolina Tar Heels
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Golf club has pretentious Air in dealing with Jordan
An odd item happened this week in our state. No, I don't mean Dr. Phillips getting an invitation to join Conference USA and, besides, word on the street is that the Panthers turned them down. We are talking about a golf club in Miami Beach asking...
Tags: Mark Sanchez, Jon Gruden, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets
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UCF must admit the Big East dream is dead
Now, it's just foolish dreaming. Wishful thinking. False hope. The time has come for the UCF Knights to vacate their state of denial and stop acting like everything is just fine with the Big East. They must accept reality, stop the membership...
Tags: Bowl Championship Series, South Florida Bulls, Big East Conference, Georgetown Hoyas, Southeastern Conference
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Big East Conference Needs To Find Some Stability
The Hartford CourantYou look at the schools that will play football in the Big East beginning in 2013. You look at the final Associated Press poll from last season. You see Boise State eighth, Houston 18th and Cincinnati 25th. You look for the ACC schools and find...Tags: Bowl Championship Series, Basketball, Syracuse Orange, Texas Longhorns, Big East Conference
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Stony Brook, Albany quality additions to CAA football
Rookie Old Dominion strutted into Colonial Athletic Association football last season and promptly earned a national playoff bid in the Championship Subdivision's most rugged conference. Wednesday the CAA formally introduced two new members capable of...Tags: College Baseball, UMass Minutemen, National Economic Council, Basketball, Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
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Seven Big East schools considering leaving conference
The exact timing of the Big East's imminent implosion is not particularly important. One outlet reported the news would hit Thursday. Another outlet reported it would not. The "big" news did not break, as it turned out, but it is breaking. College...
Tags: Bowl Championship Series, DePaul Blue Demons , Syracuse Orange, Big East Conference, Georgetown Hoyas
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UCF, Dwight Howard should know by now to be careful what they wish for
"Be careful what you wish for." In the canons of good advice, this suggestion is right up there with "follow the yellow brick road," "Use the Force, Luke," and "Never start a trip without clean underwear." America's poet laureate, Eminem, even wrote a...
Tags: Blake Griffin, Mark Sanchez, Mitt Romney, New Orleans Saints, New York Jets
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Dec 13, 2012
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Dec 15, 2012
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