Study: 27 of 56 bowl teams graduate less than half their players
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Twenty-seven of the 56 schools with bowl-bound football teams graduated less than half their players, a study released Tuesday shows.
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LAST YEAR in my Graduation Gap Bowl, only 19 of 56 teams scored either a "touchdown" or a "first down." This year, in my 11th annual bowl, the number has zoomed to 37 of the 64 teams. By chance, the two smartest bowl teams will beat each other's brains out when Boston College (96 percent) plays Navy (98 percent).
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One by one, they have all fallen. Challengers with big ideas, bigger ambitions. Teams such as Notre Dame, California, and perhaps, in the future, Ohio State.
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The low number of minorities coaching in college football reflects a lack of diversity among college and conference leaders, according to a University of Central Florida study.
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Fewer than half of all rookies remain long enough to play a fifth year. And only about 1 percent of players last 20 seasons or more.
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According to a Washington Post survey, nearly three dozen of the 117 Division I-A universities award academic credit to varsity athletes for participating in intercollegiate sports.
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Oregon, South Florida and California were all ranked second in the country at some point this season. All will play in a bowl before the calendar flips to 2008.
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The NCAA alleges Oklahoma failed to adequately monitor the employment of several athletes, including some football players who worked during the academic year.
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Itâs easy to feel left out this time of year if you donât have a football team. People expect you to have a team. College. NFL.
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The confluence of coaching changes, strategy adjustments and players lost to graduation fills college footballÂs season-opening games with unexpected results.
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College football teams headed for the five major bowls this year performed better academically on the whole than the national average, according to a study released Monday.
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While No. 1 Southern California and No. 2 Oklahoma had no problems holding on to the top two spots with lopsided wins, four teams fell out of the rankings.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Southern California and Oklahoma remained the top two teams in the Bowl Championship Series standings, while Miami- Florida and Florida State plummeted in the rankings after suffering surprising road losses on Saturday.
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Of the eight teams still playing, the Atlanta Falcons clearly have the weakest postseason pedigree &#151; thirty-nine years, one Super Bowl, and no championships.
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The Bowl Championship Series standings underwent a shakeup yesterday, but the top two teams -- Southern California and Oklahoma -- remained the same.
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The Bowl Championship Series wouldn&#39;t win the popular vote, the coaches&#39; vote, the media vote, the players&#39; vote or almost any other vote that you could think of.
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Cal (10-1) was left out of the Bowl Championship Series, denied one of the eight spots in college football&#39;s big-money games despite a season of statistical superlatives and dominating victories.