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There's something about the month of May in the college off-season that brings out the Nostradamus in all of us. Next up with the crystal ball: College Football News with their 2008 predictions for the bowl games and BCS games. A few highlights.... Champs Sports Bowl ... Virginia vs. Illinois Meineke Car Care Bowl ... Florida State vs. Pitt...
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Traveler is taking up permanent residence inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. A 14-foot-by-14-foot mural is being installed at the edge of the stadium's tunnel and will be visible to most of the crowd during football games. Dubbed "Tradition," the artwork features USC's mascot being ridden back from another championship at the Rose Bowl (symbolized by a bed of...
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Any discussion about top Pac-10 coaches has to begin with the considerable talents of USC's Pete Carroll and Arizona State's Dennis Erickson....
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A massive, powerful and explosive nose tackle has been at the center of Pete Carroll's best defenses at USC. Mike Patterson was first, built like a fire hydrant with quick feet. Replacing him was supposed to be nearly impossible, as Patterson anchored the line that manhandled Oklahoma to win the national championship....
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A representative of the NFL was kind enough to break down the number of players from each college for us. Here are the leading schools: USC 12 Virginia Tech 11 Arkansas 8 LSU 8 Cal 7 Oklahoma 7 Texas 7 Michigan 7 Baylor 0...
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We're No. 2. The final numbers are in and have the Rose Bowl finishing No. 2 among households reached with the TV broadcast, behind only the BCS title game. But the numbers also show the non-BCS Capital One Bowl right ahead of USC-Illinois New Year's Day right on the heels of the Rose. And that points out the one...
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Louisiana Superdome. Ohio State vs. Louisiana State. We asked 24 of the finest football minds in captivity who would win. Some are hanging on Bourbon Street, others are watching from afar. Here is what they had to say:Tony Barnhart, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Because Ohio State backed into the national championship game and because the Buckeyes were crushed (41-14) by Florida...
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USC 49 Illinois 17 USC dominated the Granddaddy of 'Em All and wrecked an outmatched Illinois team. We finally got to see the team that we had all hoped USC could become back in August. The game was never in question and it was basically over when the plane that the Fightin' Illini were traveling in touched down at...
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The College Football News always tries to do things differently -- and so they did with their All-America team this year. But one thing they didn't do differently was keep USC nose tackle Sedrick Ellis' All-American streak alive. He's been named first-team on every single one released to date. But naming Oregon's Dennis Dixon as the No. 7 quarterback...
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USC has won the national title of SI.com's mock playoff system. USC beat Hawaii in the round of 16, LSU in the quarter finals, Florida in the semi-finals and Oklahoma in the national title match-up to win the plausible playoff system. Of course, USC will have no real chance to win the national title this year, as they're playing Illinois for the Rose Bowl New Year's day.
Despite the overwhelming call to switch from the BCS to a playoff system, the BCS looks as if it will be here to stay, at least for the foreseeable future. The massive amounts of money accumulated from the current bowl games and a lack of clear guidelines to define the proposed playoff system makes the current BCS resistant to change.
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Oklahoma and USC rolled through the first three rounds of action. Which team will bring home the national title in SI.com's 16-team tournament? Cast your vote for the title bout....
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