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'Special admissions' bring colleges top athletes, educational challenges
It has become part of college sports -- as ingrained as dunks and FieldTurf -- for large universities to accept prized basketball and football recruits and other athletes under more forgiving admissions criteria than are used for other students. Less...
Tags: Teachers, Football, University of Maryland, College Park, University of New Haven, Illinois Fighting Illini
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Murray's 5 TDs lift Georgia by Nebraska in Capital One Bowl
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Murray threw five touchdown passes to set a Georgia bowl record, including two in the fourth quarter, as the sixth-ranked Bulldogs beat No. 23 Nebraska 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl on Tuesday. Murray shook off a pair of...
Tags: College Football, Football, Georgia Bulldogs, Big Ten Conference, Sports
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Georgia pulls away in fourth quarter to beat Nebraska
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Aaron Murray threw five touchdown passes to set a Georgia bowl record, including two in the fourth quarter, as the sixth-ranked Bulldogs beat No. 23 Nebraska 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl on Tuesday. Murray shook off a pair of first-...
Tags: Chick-fil-A Bowl, College Sports, Football, Purdue Boilermakers, Big Ten Conference
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Nebraska's Tom Osborne quietly steps away as college football icon
His last day on the job wasn't filled with any pomp and circumstance. No special proclamations or gold watches or one final ride on the field, with shoulder pads propping up one of the legends of college football. Tom Osborne mingled outside the...Tags: Football, U.S. Congress, New Year's Day, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Florida Citrus Bowl
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Stanford holds off Wisconsin, 20-14
AP Sports WriterPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Although Stanford didn't score many style points in the 99th Rose Bowl, the Cardinal could celebrate because they didn't let Wisconsin score any points at all after halftime. Stepfan Taylor rushed for 89 yards and an...Tags: Barry Alvarez, Rose Bowl Game, Football, Jim Harbaugh, Big Ten Conference
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Big Ten expansion Q&A
The Big Ten knew what it was getting by adding Penn State — a dominant football program. Same with Nebraska. Now expansion is all about demographics, population shift, TV sets, inventory and subscriber fees. Which are all fancy ways of saying...
Tags: College Sports, Satellite and Cable Service, Inventories, Big Ten Conference, Illinois Fighting Illini
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Time for on-field questions for Big Ten
The conference of Legends and Leaders is dotted with liars and lawbreakers. It has been another brutal offseason for the Big Ten, whose coaches and players will huddle Thursday (10 a.m., BTN, ESPNU) and Friday in Chicago for its annual Media Days. A...
Tags: Football, Northwestern Wildcats, Illinois Fighting Illini, Penn State Nittany Lions, Michigan Wolverines
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Believe it or not, Hoosiers have shot at Big Ten title
Every football fan in Bloomington, Ind. — there actually are some — will tell you Saturday's Wisconsin-Indiana game is huge. With Ohio State and Penn State ineligible and Illinois and Purdue hopeless, either the Badgers or Hoosiers will play...
Tags: Kirk Ferentz, Twitter, Inc., College Sports, Purdue Boilermakers, Football
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Is Ohio State playing video games?
The topic that made some coaches squirm on Tuesday's Big Ten conference call could be summarized as: Sex, Lies and Videotape. Minus the sex and possibly the lies. Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi raised the issue after the Spartans' 17-...Tags: George O'Leary, College Sports, Football, Purdue Boilermakers, Big Ten Conference
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This weekend's complete Division I football schedule, courtesy of the National Football Foundation
Groller's CornerACC Date Time Game Network (Talent) Sat., Sept. 29 12 p.m. Middle Tennessee at Georgia Tech RSN (Mike Hogewood, Riley Skinner, Elizabeth Moreau) Sat., Sept. 29 12 p.m. N.C. State at Miami (Fla.) ESPNU (Tom Hart, John Congemi) Sat., Sept. 29 12:30 p.m.... -
Nebraska's path to Big Ten title game clear
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini had a minor health scare in September, and his players have done little to lower his stress level. Except win. The Cornhuskers are 5-1 in the Big Ten, but only one victory came easily — and that was against Michigan. In the...
Tags: Kirk Ferentz, Football, Big Ten Conference, Illinois Fighting Illini, Ohio State Buckeyes
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Wisconsin recruits weighing options; Stover picks Wyoming
Bret Bielema's resignation last week from Wisconsin caught a handful of recruits from Illinois, some of whom made official visits to the school last weekend, by surprise. Bielema, whose teams were 68-24 in his seven seasons as the Badgers' head coach,...
Tags: Michigan Wolverines, Football, Big Ten Conference, Sports, Minnesota Golden Gophers
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