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Texas A&M's Jake Spavital is an offensive coordinator to watch in 2013

Orlando Sentinel

The bar has been set pretty high for Jake Spavital. Texas A&M had the third-best offense in the country and in the process quarterback Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy. It now falls on Spavital – along with Clarence...

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Texas Tech Red Raiders ranked No. 89 in the Sentinel's preseason rankings

Orlando Sentinel

The Orlando Sentinel has ranked all 125 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country. The Sentinel staff will take a closer look at a new team daily, counting backward from No. 125 to our projected No. 1 team. Today at No. 89: Texas Tech Coach:...

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Who makes the grade? Grading the latest coaching hires (Update)

So far this offseason, there have been 29 coaching moves made with the latest coming when the University of Oregon announced that Mark Helfrich was being promoted to head coach. With that in mind, here is our updated look at the coaching hires with...

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Houston OC resigns following opening loss to Texas State

Recap of Week One action

Texas Tech hires former Red Raiders QB Kingsbury

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Texas Tech has hired Texas A&M offensive coordinator and former Red Raiders quarterback Kliff Kingsbury to become the Red Raiders' head coach.     Kingsbury was offered the job Wednesday and Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt...

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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...

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Closer look: Nine teams search for first win

Tom Petty said it best, “Even the losers get lucky sometime.” Maybe that will provide solace from some of the teams that still are searching for their first wins of the 2012 season. Nine teams – five from Conference USA – are...

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Teel Time: Accounting for all records broken by Heinicke, ODU, New Hampshire

Slacker that he is, Old Dominion quarterback Taylor Heinicke fell 7 yards shy of breaking college football’s single-game passing record Saturday against New Hampshire. But Heinicke, the Monarchs and Wildcats combined to set a host of Division I,...

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Tom Z's Highly Unethical College Football Gambling Picks: Week 3

Screw the clever intros.  There’s so much to discuss about this Saturday’s college football lineup, let’s get right to it… Virginia Tech -10 over Pittsburgh Virginia Tech isn't the powerhouse I expected them to be this season,...

Tags: Arizona State Sun Devils, Missouri Tigers, Big 12 Conference, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Buffalo Bills

Recap of week one college football action

Week one is now in the books, here is a quick recap of some of the highlights and lowlights from all of the action. MOST IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE Alabama: The Crimson Tide began their defense of the BCS National Championship with an impressive 41-14 win...

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Scoreboard -- Sept. 1, 2012

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