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Carl Pelini changes sales pitch to fit his new location
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsCarl Pelini is a good talker. Ask a question and you are going to get more information that you expected. So after a half hour with him on Tuesday, there is plenty of stuff to get me through the......Tags: Nebraska Cornhuskers, Bowl Championship Series, College Sports, Texas Longhorns, Big 12 Conference
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Tales from the past: How Louisville lured Howard Schnellenberger
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsI have been talking to a lot of people about Howard Schnellenberger and the stadium and a lot of stuff is not making it into stories, but is pretty interesting. I was intrigued by what I heard when I......Tags: Louisville Cardinals, John Brown, Miss America Pageant, John Young Brown Jr., High School Sports
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Hire Mike Leach campaign is still alive
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsAh, nothing like a coach search to take fans on a roller coaster. Reading tea leaves ??? assistants??? contracts not renewed, names floating around, date of announcing new coach not really the date of announcement. All I can say......Tags: Alabama Crimson Tide, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Southeastern Conference, Ole Miss Rebels, Auburn Tigers
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18 holes with … Tim Beckman
Tim Beckman faced a dilemma on the 14th hole at Olympia Fields' North Course: lay up or try to fly it 160 yards from the right rough to clear the scrub area. "You know me," the Illinois football coach said. "I'm not going to play it dang short." At...
Tags: Northwestern Wildcats, Wisconsin Badgers, Iowa Hawkeyes, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Illinois Fighting Illini
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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, Wisconsin Badgers, Northwestern Wildcats, Indiana Hoosiers, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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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: Politics, U.S. Electoral College, Orange Bowl, Connecticut Huskies, Football
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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: Purdue Boilermakers, Northwestern Wildcats, Wisconsin Badgers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Indiana Hoosiers
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Key to tournament success: Be yourself
When packing for Illinois' trip to Austin, Texas, to play Colorado in Friday's NCAA tournament matchup, Illini coach John Groce will skip the cowboy hat and boots. He cannot vouch for his wife, Allison. "I'll leave that to her,'' Groce said Sunday...
Tags: Super Bowl, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Butler Bulldogs, Indiana Hoosiers, Tennessee Volunteers
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Bruce Weber thriving far from Illinois
Traveling through St. Louis the other day, Bruce Weber encountered an Illinois fan who felt compelled to step out of his car and offer an apology to the former Illini coach. "He says, 'Coach, I still feel bad about what happened,' '' the Kansas State...
Tags: Purdue Boilermakers, Car Guides and Reviews, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Illinois Fighting Illini, Kentucky Wildcats
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Sports on TV
MONDAY'S TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || MLB || Orioles@Angels (T) || MASN12:30 || || Atlanta@Cincinnati || ESPN7 || || C. base. || Maryland@Clemson || ESPNU7 || || NBA play. || East semi.: Chicago@Miami, Gm. 1: || TNT7 || || West semi.:...Tags: Wisconsin Badgers, Northwestern Wildcats, Maryland Terrapins, Baltimore Orioles, Sports Organizations
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Power conferences in college football gain even more strength
College football commissioners were going to end their three-day unity conference in Pasadena with a round of "Kumbaya" at the hotel's valet carport. That was before the consulting firm that dreamed up "College Football Playoff" suggested something more...
Tags: Rose Bowl Game, Atlantic Coast Conference, New Year's Day, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Big East Conference
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Illini March on thanks to Paul's senior moment
Tied at 49 with 14.6 seconds left in Thursday's first-round Big Ten tournament game, Illinois coach John Groce didn't want a timeout before his team's final possession. Nor did Brandon Paul need directions before dropping a 15-foot, fadeaway jumper over...
Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Illinois Fighting Illini, College Sports, Western Michigan Broncos
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