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Heinicke's 'pretty good day' historic in ODU's playoff victory over Coastal Carolina
NORFOLK — By his All-America standards, Taylor Heinicke was downright pedestrian for a half Saturday. But by day's end, Old Dominion's sublime quarterback was historically productive. "I think six touchdowns passing and two rushing is a pretty...
Tags: Sports, College Football, Football, Bobby Wilder, Steve McNair
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DAVID TEEL: With postseasons more bloated than ever, making playoffs or bowls paramount
Mike Smith likes little better than football practice in the dark. Those early-evening sunsets mean we've turned back the clocks, the calendar has hit mid-November and, more than likely, Smith's Hampton High Crabbers are preparing for a playoff game....Tags: Chick-fil-A Bowl, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Aaron Rodgers, National Football League, Sugar Bowl
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With game week here, questions about Virginia Tech, W&M, Vick, Sims and ACC
The calendar tells us fall begins Sept. 22. Folks in these parts, and millions elsewhere, know better. No matter what the scientists say, the autumnal equinox does not signal the change of seasons. Football does, and here in Hampton Roads it is game...
Tags: Randy Edsall, North Carolina Tar Heels, James Madison Dukes, National Football League, Virginia Tech Hokies
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Virginia Beach arena project has powerful backers but considerable hurdles
VIRGINIA BEACH — For all the recent buzz about Virginia Beach absconding with the NBA's Sacramento Kings, Tuesday's build-it-and-maybe-some-team-will-come presentation to the city council was very understated. No Maloof brothers handing out chips...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Hockey League, Los Angeles Kings, Companies and Corporations, Washington Capitals
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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: Rhode Island Rams, National Collegiate Athletic Association, James Madison Dukes, Baseball, Bob Ford
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Conference USA or CAA? Either option could prove perilous for ODU
Old Dominion, through no fault of its own, is in a jam, and don't let anyone con you otherwise. The Monarchs can remain in a conference many believe is on life-support, or join a league of scattered wannabes that requires a premature upgrade to the...Tags: North Carolina Tar Heels, Rice Owls, National Collegiate Athletic Association, James Madison Dukes, ESPN (tv network)
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ODU athletic director knows first-hand the challenges of upgrading to Bowl Subdivision football
Wood Selig has been here before and vows not to repeat his mistakes. Here is shepherding a football program from AAA to the big leagues. Mistakes include crippling schedules and high-volume redshirting.
Selig is Old Dominion's athletic director. He is...Tags: Rice Owls, James Madison Dukes, National Football League, Sports, Virginia Tech
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Big Four changes complexion of college football landscape
It didn't take long after the announcement of the new bowl deal between the Southeastern Conference and Big 12 on Friday before people began talking about the death of college football as we know it. The Big Four, as many are calling it, features the...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Ohio State Buckeyes, Southeastern Conference, Baseball, Georgia Dome
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Source on VCU, Mason possibly leaving CAA: "I just get a sense that all hell is about ready to break loose"
During Final Four week, Colonial Athletic Association commissioner Tom Yeager and other principals forcefully denied a CBSSports.com report that league basketball powers VCU and George Mason might move to the Atlantic 10. Less than a month later, some...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Horizon League, DePaul Blue Demons , Southeastern Conference, NBC (tv network)
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CAA worth saving, but change could be radical if VCU, Mason bolt to Atlantic 10
No conference excels at men's basketball and Championship Subdivision football like the Colonial Athletic Association. None. Moreover, from commissioner Tom Yeager down, the league teems with bright, engaging and honorable people.
Those are among the...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Horizon League, James Madison Dukes, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, ESPN (tv network)
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Virginia Tech needs to move quickly in replacing Greenberg
Virginia Tech's most recent basketball coaching search lasted more than three weeks. The program can't afford a similar delay this time. Not to suggest athletic director Jim Weaver repeat his two-day quest of 1999. That appeared impulsive, and the...
Tags: North Carolina Tar Heels, Kendall Marshall, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Blaine Taylor, Miami Hurricanes
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Despite his many accomplishments, time was right for Virginia Tech to fire Greenberg
Seth Greenberg is a quality basketball mind and leaves Virginia Tech basketball in far better shape than when he arrived nine years ago. But athletic director Jim Weaver was absolutely right to fire him Monday as the Hokies' coach. That's difficult to...
Tags: North Carolina Tar Heels, Duke Blue Devils, Blaine Taylor, Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech Hokies
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