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Penn State holds first football practice
Philadelphia Inquirer
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - A new transparent era of Penn State football began
with Monday's opening practice for the 2012 season under first-year head
coach Bill O'Brien. The former offensive coordinator of the New England
Patriots, O'Brien emphasized ...
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Football's big problem
Orlando Sentinel
WASHINGTON -- Are you ready for some football? First, however, are you
ready for some autopsies? The opening of the NFL training camps coincided
with the closing of the investigation into the April suicide by gunshot of
Ray Easterling, 62, an eight ...
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Hall of Fame Game Revelations
Bleacher Report
Fantasy Football 2012: Hall of Fame Game Revelations. By. Jay Clemons.
(Fantasy Sports Lead Writer) on August 6, 2012. 173 reads. 0.
149871479_crop_exact. Saints tailback Darren Sproles (1313 total yards, 9
TD in 2011) tallied 18 yards on two touches ...
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Fantasy Football Tips: Draft Consistent Starters
Yahoo! Sports
What drafting consistent starters means is in the early rounds of your
fantasy football draft you should be picking the higher valued players who
are more likely to produce closer to their predicted value and have done so
in the past. We want to take ...
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Clemson Football: No Heisman for Tigers' Sammy Watkins in 2012
FanIQ (blog)
As if it wasn't hard enough for a player of his position to win the most
prestigious college football award already—the last receiver to take home
the trophy was Desmond Howard in 1991 (not including Charles Woodson, who
saw some time on offense).
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Andy Staples: How television changed college football -- and how it will
again
SI.com
They had taken their fight for liberation all the way to the Supreme Court
and won. So why, less than five months after the nation's highest court had
ruled in NCAA vs. the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents that the
NCAA's restrictive football ...
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Alabama Football: 5 Biggest Question Marks of Training Camp
Bleacher Report
Much like every team in college football, the Crimson Tide still have
questions that must be answered before the regular season begins. With fall
camp fully underway, Nick Saban and company must work together to figure
out the weaknesses of this ...
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TCU Football 2012: Gary Patterson Makes the Smart Decision with Casey
Pachall
Bleacher Report
We're now several months removed from the scandal that swirled around TCU
in February, when four players were among the students arrested in a drug
sting. However, the hits have not stopped for the program, as recently it
was revealed that quarterback ...
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CAA Football expected to add Albany, Stony Brook
Fox News
The disappearing north portion of CAA Football is set to strengthen again.
The Colonial Athletic Association's arm for football is set to add Albany
and Stony Brook universities for the 2013 season, Newsday of Melville,
N.Y., reported. Stony Brook, the ...
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College Football Countdown: No. 7 Florida State
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
The Orlando Sentinel ranked all 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the
country. The Sentinel staff will take a closer look at a new team daily,
counting backward from No. 120 to our projected No. 1 team. We will not be
including the four teams the ...
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