Poteat, Thomason Take Fast Track to Bowl
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They play for millions of dollars in a sport where every move is analyzed and scrutinized by owners, general managers, coaches and scouts.
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Last year Brady Quinn entered Purdue&#39;s Ross-Ade Stadium as a tentative freshman embarking on a crash course in college quarterbacking.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Troy Smith completed 13-of-23 passes for 241 yards and added 145 yards on 18 carries, while Ted Ginn Jr. tied the NCAA record with his fourth punt return for a touchdown in a season, an 82
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The basketball-driven universities will face each other Saturday in the Meineke Car Care Bowl as they seek to build a tradition in football.
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This weekâs practices in preparation for Saturdayâs Senior Bowl served as the beginning of an intense three-month evaluation that will culminate with the N.F.L. draft in April.
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Oregon State has persevered this season, following a path similar to that of its opponent, Maryland, to reach Friday's Emerald Bowl.
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The Utah Utes are taking this bowl business seriously. Brian Johnson threw for one touchdown and ran for another, and Utah opened the bowl season with a wild 35-32 victory over the Navy Midshipmen in the Poinsettia Bowl last night.
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From top to bottom ACC play, which will begin Sunday with two games, could be even more competitive than originally thought.
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Bowling Green has little time to celebrate its return to the Top 25. The Falcons joined The Associated Press women's basketball poll at No. 25 on Monday, and they'll face their biggest challenge of the season Tuesday night against No. 4 Duke in Cancun.
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Connecticut can play football, too. Long overshadowed by the school's high-powered basketball programs, UConn cruised to a 39-10 win over Toledo last night in the Motor City Bowl in Detroit -- the Huskies' first bowl appearance since becoming a full Division 1-A team three years ago.
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Clemson and Iowa face potential turning points less than a month into the season.
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Sophomore Sheray Thomas made cameo appearances in Kentucky&#39;s last two games. But Coach Tubby Smith stopped short of predicting more playing time tonight against Campbell.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Sept. 8  â Sam Keller nearly gave away the game during his first road start for Nebraska. Zack Bowman jumped up to take it back for the Cornhuskers.
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Bentley coach Peter Yetten knows that increased success breeds increased expectations. Yetten's Falcons are returning to the NCAA Division 2 tournament one year after their first-round loss to eventual repeat national champion Grand Valley State. It being the program's first foray into postseason play, just being there was accomplishment enough.
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Speed wins. Or at least that is the perception in many quarters of college football. And Louisiana State had more speed than Ohio State, which was one of the reasons the No. 1-ranked and once-beaten Buckeyes were slight underdogs against the twice-beaten and No. 2-ranked Tigers in last night's BCS championship game at the Superdome.
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Tight end Jeff Thomason is going to the Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles after being out of the NFL the last two seasons.
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The difficult game with prep-school roots is gaining a small bounce outside the East Coast.