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Terps Trio: Big Ten schedule, previously scheduled games, road trips
Baltimore Sun reporters Don Markus and Jeff Barker and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports. Given the 2014 schedule announced Thursday by the Big Ten, how tough will Maryland’s road back...
Tags: Clemson Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Atlantic Coast Conference, Penn State Nittany Lions, Bret Bielema
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Big Ten may shake up its bowl lineup
Tribune reporterNot to dis Mickey Mouse, but Big Ten officials know their fans don't want to go to Orlando every year. Or Tampa. Or Houston. There is one exception. "Pasadena," Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said. So to combat the bowl fatigue that affects...Tags: Basketball, Northwestern Wildcats, Big 12 Conference, Ohio State Buckeyes, McCormick Place
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Big Ten ADs eye stronger football schedules
Cupcakes are out. Compelling matchups are in. "We want to get out of the business," Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said, "of scheduling games that feel like scrimmages to our fans." To that end, the Big Ten will begin playing nine...
Tags: Cowboys Stadium, Pinstripe Bowl, Illinois Fighting Illini, Atlantic Coast Conference, Wisconsin Badgers
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Alvarez cold to idea of Soldier Field hosting Big Ten title game
Given that attendance at the Big Ten football championship game torpedoed – from 64,152 in the inaugural game to 41,260 last year – moving the game out of Indianapolis after 2015 could become a hot topic. But Wisconsin athletic director...
Tags: Wisconsin Badgers, New York City, Yankee Stadium, College Football, Big Ten Conference
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Five new coaches to watch: Wisconsin's Gary Andersen
From Auburn to Western Michigan – the coaching carousel was in overdrive as 30 different Football Bowl Subdivision jobs were vacated and filled this offseason. Each day this week, we will debut a new coach who will make an impact in 2013-14....
Tags: Wisconsin Badgers, Urban Meyer, Bret Bielema, Google Inc., Big Ten Conference
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18 holes with … Tim Beckman
Tim Beckman faced a dilemma on the 14th hole at Olympia Fields' North Course: lay up or try to fly it 160 yards from the right rough to clear the scrub area. "You know me," the Illinois football coach said. "I'm not going to play it dang short." At...
Tags: U.S. Open (golf), Jim Furyk, Canadian Football, Northwestern Wildcats, Iowa Hawkeyes
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SEC football needs to shed FCS cupcakes, schedule tougher nonconference games
The Southeastern Conference needs to go on a diet. Forget the cabbage. Put away the watermelon. Leave the grapefruit for the health nuts. What the SEC needs to avoid is the cupcakes. Not the sugary sweet ones that you find next to the deli at the...Tags: Justice System, New York Mets, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Judges, Big East Conference
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Big Ten discusses beefing up football schedules
The Big Ten is considering cutting back on the cupcakes. Conference officials are discussing no longer scheduling games against Football Championship Subdivision opponents. "We've made an agreement that our future games will all be Division I schools,...
Tags: Science and Technology, Maryland Terrapins, Rutgers University, Wisconsin Badgers, Illinois Fighting Illini
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Wisconsin AD: Big Ten to stop scheduling FCS opponents
The Big Ten has gotten its fill of cupcakes. In an effort to strengthen its nonconference image, the Big Ten is reportedly looking to stop scheduling games against opponents from the Football Championship Subdivision. This latest revelation comes...
Tags: Oklahoma State Cowboys, Big 12 Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Wisconsin Badgers, Pacific-12 Conference
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Tucker known for getting most out of available talent
MOBILE, Ala. — "Relentless equals high velocity, nonstop." That coaching slogan sure sounds like it could have come out of the Rod Marinelli book of wisdom. But it didn't. It is the motto of the new Bears defensive coordinator, not the old....Tags: National Football League, AFC South, Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings
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Who makes the grade? Grading the latest coaching hires (Update)
So far this offseason, there have been 29 coaching moves made with the latest coming when the University of Oregon announced that Mark Helfrich was being promoted to head coach. With that in mind, here is our updated look at the coaching hires with...
Tags: Central Michigan Chippewas, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, Syracuse Orange, Kentucky Wildcats
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Stanford marches, or plods, past Wisconsin to end Rose Bowl drought
Some people probably think quarterback Jim Plunkett led Stanford to its last Rose Bowl victory. It's understandable if memories are foggy, because it's been that long. It was actually Don Bunce, backed by the "Thunderchickens" defense, back in 1972....
Tags: Stanford Cardinal, Wisconsin Badgers, College Football, Sports, Football
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