In Nebraska, Football Feeds State's Ego
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Decades ago, a beleaguered Nebraska football coach raised a stink across the plains when he said he didn't think this state could be great at anything.
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Nebraska's Bill Callahan on Monday apologized to Cornhuskers fans for his coaching performance in the Big 12 championship game.
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Take away the glut of turnovers, and Bill Callahan says Nebraska's transition from the triple-option to the West Coast offense has gone smoothly.
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Julius Hodge drove to the basket and scored, then turned to run back on defense. On the way, for a brief moment, he held the Heisman Trophy pose. It was the North Carolina State guard's not-so-subtle way of letting everyone know where he thinks he ranks among the elite players in the country &#151; even if he had the wrong sport.
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Kansas and Virginia Tech put on the sort of show that was sorely needed by college football and the B.C.S., which has endured several one-sided mismatches this bowl season.
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For four seasons, Florida State football fans have had a love-hate relationship with quarterback Chris Rix. At times, he has displayed a golden arm and athletic ability
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Teams with aspirations of winning a national championship can't afford to wilt in the final minutes of a close game.
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MIAMI - Who would have thought that one of the greatest rivalries in college football over the last 20 years, a game that often has decided who will play for the national championship, would become an afterthought?
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In recent years, Penn State critics have pointed to its offensive game plan as the source of the team&#39;s problems. It was too rigid at times, they said, too reckless at others.
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It's going to take more than one season under a new coach with a Heisman Trophy-finalist past to turn around the lowly Buffalo football program.
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This is what passes now for perspective in college football. Where the fire-the-coach Web sites pop up by his third game, and the boosters circle like sharks.
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When Minnesota played in Green Bay last month, the University of Wisconsin marching band&#39;s horn section spelled out a special taunt.
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The status-seekers in menÂs college basketball juggle national exposure, money and the disadvantage of playing top-ranked opponents on the road.
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Short of winning a national championship, nothing says you've arrived in college football these days quite like going to a bowl game with a coach who already has one foot out the door. It's becoming the game's newest status symbol.
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Where last November, Oklahoma drove through college football like some invulnerable piece of farm machinery, this November it eludes college football like a greased pig at a state fair.
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Notre Dame used to be the place to go to win a Heisman Trophy.
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But it&#39;s on the high school level where passion for football turns into obsession. No wonder. It&#39;s the most populist version of the sport, where men can live the dream and make memories that last far beyond their ability to play.