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Alabama’s Lacy, Milliner, Fluker to enter NFL Draft
Running back Eddie Lacy and defensive back Dee Milliner announced they will forgo their senior seasons and enter the NFL draft on Friday. Right tackle D.J. Fluker is also entering the draft. Lacy projects to be a second-third round pick.
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Attorney Joe Amendola maintains that Sandusky’s defense was underprepared
State College Defense Attorney Joe Amendola testified Thursday — during a hearing in which Jerry Sandusky was asking for a new trial — that there was nothing he would have done differently in defending the former coach, even though he said the defense team was “overwhelmed” by the amount of ...
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Taylor Lewan turns down NFL Draft to return to Michigan
At some point in a long phone conversation with Jake Long, the former Michigan offensive lineman and No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft, Michigan tackle Taylor Lewan just wanted an answer. Stay or go? Long told Lewan he couldn’t make that decision for him. And so Lewan leaned on the past.
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Column: This is our tradition
When the dust settles and the smoke clears from the six-month barrage that is the college football season, only one team can truly celebrate.
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Golson looks to grow after championship loss
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — At the conclusion of Alabama’s 42-14 victory over Notre Dame on Monday night in the BCS National Championship Game, the two starting quarterbacks went in separate directions. As Alabama’s experienced redshirt junior A.J.
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Crimson Tide dismantles Notre Dame 42-14 to win 3rd title in 4 years
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Nick Saban wouldn’t let his players use the R or D words in the buildup to Monday’s BCS National Championship Game.
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Reports: Chip Kelly turns down NFL offers to remain Oregon head coach
Chip Kelly hasn’t won his last day at the University of Oregon. First reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the talented offensive mind rebuffed potential NFL head coaching jobs at Cleveland and Philadelphia on Sunday night after a whirlwind of rumors, reports and ruminations following Oregon’s ...
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Manziel, Aggies leave Cotton Bowl carnage in their wake
Heisman Trophy winners have a reputation of under-playing in the post-season following their receiving the award, but Johnny Manziel quelled any doubts by breaking open a 14-13 game with 27 unanswered points and the No. 10 Aggies ran away with the 2013 AT&T Cotton Bowl against No.
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Alabama’s defense continues to uphold high standard
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – It hasn’t always been pretty this season, but they get the job done. The 2012 Alabama defense has been overshadowed by the offense during this run to the BCS National Championship, due to the loss of talent from the 2011 championship and one of the most prolific offensi...