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English Premiere League: Survival Sunday Is a Sports Fan's Dream Come True
Picture this: It's a cold winter's day as American football's season draws to a close. You open up the local newspaper and turn to the sports section—okay, maybe you just open up your laptop or iPad and click on ESPN or CBS Sports...
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Rutgers Football: 2012 Big East Title Would Deserve an Asterisk
With the resignation of John Marinatto as Big East commissioner , the Big East once again seems to be on the respirator...
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Quentin Coples, Stephen Hill Could Be Major Impact Rookies or Busts for Jets
The Jets certainly are a bunch of gamblers. Whether it's taking a chance on players with a checkered past such as Plaxico Burress or an attitude issue like Santonio Holmes, the Jets certainly don't play it safe...
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Rutgers Football: What to Watch for in the Spring Game
Rutgers football holds its annual spring game today at High Point Solutions Stadium at 3:30 p.m. ET. The game is significant because it is the first for new head coach Kyle Flood...
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Rutgers Football: Quarterback Battle Will Be Key to RU's 2012 Big East Hopes
If Rutgers doesn't win the Big East in the fall of 2012, it may never win a conference title. And if Rutgers doesn't win it, you will need to look no further than quarterback play to discern why it was unable to win a Big East championship...
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Rutgers Football: Are Recruits Being Taken for a Ride or to Be Applauded?
There was no question that when Greg Schiano suddenly resigned from coaching RU, and RU was jilted by Mario Cristobal during negotiations to be RU's head coach, new head coach Kyle Flood inherited a situation at a major crossroads...
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Rutgers Football: The Offseason 'To Do' List for the Scarlet Knights
With Schiano's departure to the NFL, the to-do list got a bit longer for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football program...
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Rutgers Football Recruiting: Grading Every Commitment
"Kids these days" is a familiar refrain heard from many a school teacher, coach, guidance counselor and parent in reference to the maturity, or more accurately lack thereof, of today's children and young adults in society...
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Rutgers Football: Kyle Flood Is Either a Home Run or Strikeout as New Coach
When Mario Cristobal reportedly spurned Rutgers to stay at FIU, Tim Pernetti opted for option B: Kyle Flood...
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Rutgers Football: Why Rutgers Fans Should Be Heartened at Desperate Time
Rutgers fans first reaction to Greg Schiano 's surreptitious departure from the RU football family had to be negative...
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Rutgers Football: Recapping the Greg Schiano Era: Job Well Done, or Unfinished?
Greg Schiano took over arguably America's worst football program prior to the Knights' 2001 football season. Rutgers was coming off of a 3-8 season, and hadn't had a winning record since 1992...
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Rutgers Football: The 10 Most Important People in the Program
Rutgers enjoyed a solid 2011 campaign that saw itself once again earn a trip to a bowl game. This time, the Knights' 8-4 record earned them a trip to NYC for the second time this season, to play in the Pinstripe Bowl...
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New York Jets: Will Jets Fans Get More Late-Season Magic?
New York Jets fans have been over their history, a whiny bunch—myself included. However, there is no denying that recently, save for the elusive trip to the Super Bowl, Jets ...
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Rutgers Football: 5 Things to Watch for in the Pinstripe Bowl
Rutgers' Scarlet Knights fans will have their first opportunity to watch the Knights in postseason play since the 2009 season when Rutgers defeated future Big East member, the University of Central Florida in what was then known as the St...
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BCS Rankings: 5 Teams Who Should Be Higher in the AP Poll
The AP poll is out and that is often a good pre-cursor to what the BCS may look like. And if this is the case, there are some teams that may have the right to complain when the BCS does come out this evening...
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Heisman Watch: 5 Reasons Why LSU's Tyrann Mathieu Has a Legit Case for Trophy
The Heisman is generally reserved for skill position players. There is a definite bias favoring quarterbacks as well. Since 2000, nine quarterbacks have won the award including Cam Newton's Heisman winning campaign in 2010...
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BCS Rankings Week 15: Why Oklahoma State is Too Far Behind to Pass Alabama
Mike Gundy and his Oklahoma State squad entered this weekend's slate with the No. 3 overall BCS ranking, and a BCS composite average of .8712. The second-place team, Alabama, had a composite average of ...
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LSU vs. Alabama Rematch: Why Offense, Not Defense, Will Decide This Game
If you check out www.Betonline.com, the spread is already posted for informational purposes (betting is not allowed yet) for a potential Alabama vs. LSU national title game - LSU is installed as a 2-point favorite over the Tide...
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Rutgers Football: After One-Year Hiatus from a Bowl, Likely Heading to NYC
The last time Rutgers missed a bowl game after attending one the previous season, it set off a streak of 26 years in which RU missed out on postseason play. This time the Knights wait without post season play for just one year...
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Bowl Projections: Which Bowls Are Oklahoma, Boise, TCU and Houston Headed To?
In a year with only one undefeated major conference team, you would think that one or two of the non-automatic qualifying teams would be vying for an opportunity at an at-large BCS bid...
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Bowl Games 2011: 6 Teams That Improved Their Bowl Status the Most in Week 14
The last weekend of the season is Bedlam. Not just because Oklahoma plays Oklahoma State, but it's the last opportunity for jockeying for bowl game position for the major conference teams, and the non-automatic qualifying teams as well...
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BCS Bowl Projections: 5 Reasons Oklahoma State Should Pass Bama for a Title Shot
To borrow a golf analogy, Alabama was the "leader" in the clubhouse, all but clinching a spot in the national title game, while LSU had to play a conference title game against Georgia...
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Rutgers Football: 5 Things We Learned About the 2011 Knights
Rutgers played its season finale on Saturday, a lackluster effort against the now 5-6 UConn Huskies. Playing for a shot at a share of the Big East title, the Knights fell short...
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Rutgers Football: 5 Things We Learned from RU vs. Cincinnati
It's always emotional when it's senior day for any program, but this day was even more special for Rutgers fans...
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Rutgers Football: 5 Things We Learned from Rutgers vs. Army
Rutgers had a lot of things break its way across the Big East this weekend, and was set in position to battle for the Big East championship in the coming week, but nearly, didn't take of business in its non-conference game with Army at Yankee Stadium...