Rule change gives Eagles top spot
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Veteran rockers The Eagles have topped the US chart after a last-minute rule change by its compilers.
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The Philadelphia Eagles clinched the NFC East again. Big deal. They did that before the season started. The Eagles have played four games in the division and have outscored the Redskins, Cowboys and Giants by a combined 135-50.
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The Philadelphia Eagles thumped the Detroit Lions 30-13 in a clash of two previously unbeaten teams in the NFL on Sunday. Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, the NFL&#39;s top-rated passer, had
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Be careful, Boston College. The Eagles were the new No. 2 in the Top 25 released Sunday, a ranking that's been more of a burden than a reward recently. The second-ranked team in The Associated Press poll has lost three consecutive weeks. BC faces its toughest test of the season Thursday night at No. 8 Virginia Tech.
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A perfect indicator of how much respect the new-look Philadelphia Eagles offense commands these days was provided by the Detroit Lions in the third quarter of the Eagles&#39; 30-13 win Sunday.
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Long-suffering Eagles fans would never be so foolish to think a trip to the Super Bowl was a lock, even though their Birds are clearly the best team in the NFC this season. "Something could still happen," is a dreaded, but not uncommon thought among loyalists. Something did.
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PHILADELPHIA | Six days after scoring early and often in a one-sided victory over the Dallas Cowboys, the Philadelphia Eagles were forced to take another route to victory Sunday against the Washington Redskins at Lincoln Financial Field.
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The Philadelphia Eagles were the only NFL team to reach the playoffs last season after an 0-2 beginning. This time around, they&#39;re making things a little easier.
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The surprising Boston College Eagles have the nation's second best record, their highest ranking since 1983 and a bunch of players the top basketball schools didn't want. Just four teams remain unbeaten midway through the season and, somehow, ninth-ranked Boston College is one of them.
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That transition year is clearly over. After not playing a home game in 2005 and going through a scheme change with the stepping down of legendary head coach Jim Cotter in 2004, the No. 5 Boston College High Eagles did not disappoint a packed Viola Stadium crowd last night.
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In the betting world, the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl, easily covering the one-touchdown point spread to put a few bucks in their fans' pockets. In the real world, they drove those fans nuts with turnovers and mindless clock management in the fourth quarter of a game they had a chance to win.
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When the Associated Press announced this week that it no longer would allow its Top 25 football poll to be used in the Bowl Championship Series standings, the procedure for selecting teams to play in major bowl games again became the center of controversy
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Hosting Duke and North Carolina in the same week was an opportunity for Boston College to show it belonged among the Atlantic Coast Conference elite. Instead, losses to the Tobacco Road rivals dropped the Eagles from the top spot in the conference and proved that while they can play with the ACC's uberprograms, they are not one of them yet.
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Boston College moved into sole position of the No. 20 ranking in The Associated Press Top 25 on Monday, after the poll was recalculated to fix a mistaken ballot.
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Not like the pointless rankings calculation changes that have taken place the last couple years. The system thatâs been used to select the four major bowl match-ups since 1998 has been criticized in the past.
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The Philadelphia Eagles made several roster moves on Tuesday, including bringing back Dorsey Levens and placing Shawn Andrews on injured reserve.
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The Philadelphia Eagles clinched their fourth straight NFL East title Sunday with a 27-6 win over the New York Giants. Donovan McNabb passed for 244 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score for Philadelphia, 10-1.