The Demon Deacons essentially start two point guards in sophomore Jeff Teague and junior Ishmael Smith. Both have great wheels they could be the fastest tandem in the country and they complement one another because each uses his speed for different purposes. Teague is the score-first type who can rack up points quickly. Teague scored [...]
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While Rick Neuheisel insisted there are no “moral victories” for the UCLA football team. He still gave the Bruins good grades for effort and improvement. UCLA played Fresno State on even terms before losing 36-31 on Saturday. “We certainly have things to improve on, but we’re eager to do just that, improve,” Neuheisel said Monday. [...]
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Nick Saban doesn’t want to talk about rankings in September. He even insists he doesn’t even know where Alabama stands in the polls. If that’s true – and it seems unlikely even for the ultra-focused coach – he’s one of the few in college football still in the dark. The second-ranked Crimson Tide has been [...]
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California running back Jahvid Best will miss at least one game with a dislocated left elbow. But the versatile speedster won’t require surgery. Best was injured in the third quarter of the Golden Bears’ 42-7 victory over Colorado State last Saturday. The sophomore is third in the nation with 215.5 all-purpose yards per game, and [...]
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Some names on the Boston College depth chart remain familiar to Tom O’Brien. But when the North Carolina State coach leads the Wolfpack against his former team, it’ll be different this time. Most of the novelty – and the awkwardness – has disappeared for the winningest coach in BC history. “I don’t know if it’s [...]
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Here comes No 4 Missouri, with its 54-point-per-game offense and Heisman hopeful quarterback Chase Daniel. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini seems plenty worried. Pelini says his team is making too many “bonehead” errors and needs to clean up its act to stick with the Tigers (4-0) on Saturday. Last week, the Cornhuskers (3-1) allowed Virginia Tech’s [...]
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Washington quarterback Jake Locker will be out for up to eight weeks. After breaking his right thumb, a damaging blow for a team looking at a possible 0-5 start for the first time in 39 years. Locker had surgery Monday to repair the fracture. He was injured throwing a block in the second quarter of [...]
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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was fined $25,000 by the NFL for publicly criticizing referee Ed Hochuli. It is the first time that Jones, who has owned the team 20 seasons, has been fined by the NFL. Jones didn’t talk to reporters in the locker room Sunday after the Cowboys’ 26-24 loss to the Washington Redskins. [...]
Posted on September 29th, 2008 by admin
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Green Bay Aaron Rodgers hurt his right shoulder during a 30-21 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And the Packers don’t expect to know how serious the injury is until Monday. Rodgers, who missed two series in the fourth quarter on Sunday, thinks he may have separated the shoulder. “It felt like that’s what possibly [...]
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Sunday NFL Capsules. NY JETS 56, ARIZONA 35 EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey Brett Favre threw a career-high six touchdowns – three to Laveranues Coles – and the New York Jets used an offensive surge in the second quarter to roll to a 56-35 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Favre completed 24-of-34 attempts for [...]
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