Kickoff: College football by the numbers
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Michigan attracts the most fans. USC is the top-rated team. But do you know who plays in the 'Bowden Bowl?'
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Red Raiders&#39; Cumbie passes for 520 yards vs. Golden Bears, who felt robbed of BCS bid. â¢ Of note: Kicking off New Year&#39;s Eve is this clash of teams hoping to salvage seasons that went sour.
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Twenty Division I-A teams have returned a kickoff or punt for a touchdown this season, but only Virginia has done both.
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The college football season kicked off last night, and for the past two years, the marquee opening game has been Florida State-Miami. The rivalry is as intense as Texas-Oklahoma, Auburn-Alabama, and USC-Notre Dame.
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From the weekly media and coaches polls to the preseason rankings in a bevy of magazines to the annual end-of-season debate about the Bowl Championship Series, no sport is tied to polling as much as college football.
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Good morning, Lloyd Carr and Charlie Weis, coaches of the No. 1- and No. 2-winningest programs in the history of college football. How does it feel to be knocked out of contention for the national championship before Labor Day?
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West Virginia was penalized 12 times for 116 yards, the second straight week they were flagged for more than 100 yards...The Mountaineers have won both meetings between the schools...Marshall entered the game in a tie for ninth place with 27 career TD
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This is a math problem that voters or hard drives can&#39;t solve. It sounds so simple, but in the 2004 college football season, three into two won&#39;t go.
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Since its birth six years ago, the Bowl Championship Series and controversy have become synonymous. Judging by the BCS standings that were released Monday for the first time this season, it won&#39;t be any different in 2004.
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Utah opens the season with a chance to show it belongs in the Top 25. With a No. 20 ranking in their first ever preseason poll appearance, the Utes play host to Texas A&amp;M on Thursday. A win solidifies their status as an emerging program; a loss relegates them to just another mediocre team from the West.
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FLORIDA STATE Coach: Bobby Bowden (32d year, 293-81-4). 2006 finish: 7-6, 3-5 (fifth). Players to watch: QB Drew Weatherford (2,154 yards, 12 TDs), RB Antone Smith (5.2 yards per carry), DT Andre Fluellen. Outlook: The Seminoles could climb back atop the ACC heap, but it might take a year to adjust to the numerous staff changes. Nonconference games against Florida ...
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Forget the stereotypes, say Mark Richt and Barry Alvarez. Southeastern Conference football is more than a test of speed, and the Big Ten is about more than pure power.
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Three weeks have passed in the college football season, and the landscape has been scattered with bizarre upsets and serious struggles for traditional powers.
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After bolting to a 4-0 record and its highest ranking in five years against opponents with a collective 7-13 record, Virginia begins its football season
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Actually, I just finished looking at the final BCS standings and could use a boost. More to the point, I could use an aspirin. So let me get this straight: Pittsburgh loses to Nebraska and Connecticut, narrowly
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The upsets have begun and the little guys are moving into The Associated Press poll. After ranked teams started the season 21-0, five fell to unranked opponents this weekend, shaking up media poll released Sunday.
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The way I heard it, Oklahoma went off as a 3-point favorite in a lot of places. This had to do with a lot of, ahem, "smart" money coming in late on the Sooners.