The proudest accomplishment of Pat White’s college football career is not any of the 15 NCAA, Big East and school records he set. It came before he was even on the West Virginia team. Four months after White signed with the school in 2004, the Angels selected him in the fourth round of the baseball [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2008 by admin
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Miami punt snapper Chris Ivory will not play in Saturday’s Emerald Bowl because he violated an unspecified team rule. He is the fifth Hurricane suspended for the final game of the season. Ivory did not accompany the Hurricanes to San Francisco, where Miami (7-5) will face California (8-4) on Saturday. He also was suspended for [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2008 by admin
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Stuck in the center of the Cincinnati Bearcats huddle to receive the Big East championship trophy, defensive end Connor Barwin reached up and took hold of the memento thats topped by a golden football. In many ways, it was the perfect hand-off. No one has played a more intimate role in Cincinnatis transition from basketball [...]
Posted on December 25th, 2008 by admin
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NOTRE DAME 49, HAWAII 21 HONOLULU Notre Dame was stuck in the worst slump in bowl history. Jimmy Clausen gave the Fighting Irish an unexpected jolt on Wednesday. Clausen threw for a career-high five touchdowns and posted his first 400-yard passing performance as Notre Dame crushed Hawaii, 49-21, in the Hawaii Bowl. Golden Tate had [...]
Posted on December 25th, 2008 by admin
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Sunday, Dec 28 ST. LOUIS (2-13) at ATLANTA (10-5) 1 p.m. EST, FOX OPENING LINE – Falcons by 14 1/2. RECORD VS. SPREAD – St. Louis 5-10, Atlanta 9-6. SERIES RECORD – Rams lead 47-24-2. LAST MEETING – Rams 28, Falcons 16, Dec. 16, 2007. RAMS OFFENSE – OVERALL (27), RUSH (27), PASS (25) RAMS [...]
Posted on December 25th, 2008 by admin
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Thrown out of work in Detroit, tailback Tatum Bell was studying cell phone rate plans rather than a play book. After his unceremonious release by the Lions in September, Bell was hired as a manager to run a T-Mobile kiosk inside a Denver area mall. There, in a tiny booth located just across from the [...]
Posted on December 25th, 2008 by admin
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Ron English was well aware of Eastern Michigan’s football struggles before he interviewed to become the Eagles’ new head coach. There were plenty of naysayers reminding the former Louisville and Michigan defensive coordinator why he shouldn’t take over a program that hasn’t had a winning season in 12 years and that last made a bowl [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by admin
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Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis will call the offensive plays against Hawaii in Wednesday’s Hawaii Bowl instead of offensive coordinator Mike Haywood. “I’ll be calling the game,” Weis said during his first media availability Monday. “He’s here. Don’t worry. Coach Haywood and I are on the same page on this one.” Weis called plays during [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by admin
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Two Michigan State football players will be charged for assaulting one of the school’s hockey players in October. The hockey player, A.J. Sturges, was briefly hospitalized with a head injury. Freshman running back Glenn Winston will be charged with three counts of misdemeanor aggravated assault, and walk-on freshman defensive back Mitchell White will be charged [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by admin
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The top four teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll held their places from last week. The bottom of the Top 25, however, had three new teams. North Carolina was again a unanimous No. 1 Monday as it has been since the preseason poll. Connecticut, Pittsburgh and Oklahoma stayed second through fourth. Minnesota moved [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by admin
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