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Heisman has come a long way over time

December 11, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Friday, 6 a.m. They were hard men. They were tough. And they had the bent noses to show for it. Back before football was the sport you know it as today, the point of the game was to walk to the middle of the field and to push against each other. And grunt. The world […]

Tagged as: Heisman, McCafferty, Watkins

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USF women overwhelm Harvard for easy win

December 3, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Wednesday, 11:15 p.m. The USF women’s basketball team has its own version of the triplets, it turns out. Three players – Alisa Jenkins, Maria Jespersen and Courtney Williams – were more than enough as the Bulls beat Harvard, 86-59. The three of them scored 64 points – enough to win all by themselves – and […]

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One man’s thoughts on the Alabama-Florida rivalry

December 2, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Wednesday, 6 a.m. To a boy with a reporter’s pad, he was the largest man on earth. His skin was leather. His voice was gravel. He spoke slowly, seriously, and you dared not interrupt. He was Bear Bryant, and he was a legend long before the boy got there. It was 1978, and he was […]

Tagged as: Alabama, Bryant, Florida, Spurrier

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USF wins its second game over Savannah State

November 29, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 7:15 p.m. USF won its second game of the season Sunday by a score of 67-57, closing out Savannah State from the free throw line in the late going. The Bulls led only by three with 1:34 to play, but Roddie Peters hit three of four free throws and Jaleel Cousins hit two of […]

Tagged as: Basketball, Cousins, Savannah State, USF

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Random Thoughts: Could Chip replace Goofy?

November 29, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 6 a.m. Hello. I’m Jimbo Fisher. And I’m staying at FSU because, well, someone has to be the new Burt Reynolds. – I know that Johnny Manziel is a frat boy who needs to stand in the corner for a while, but did the Browns really demote him for partying on his off-time? At […]

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Only four plays separated FSU from Florida

November 29, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 12:54 a.m. If you were a highly ranked athlete in Florida, where would you go after watching FSU beat Florida Saturday night. Depends. Where were you going to go before the game? There have been FSU-Florida games that affected the recruiting race. This wasn’t one of them. Both teams finished with two losses. Both […]

Tagged as: Fisher, Florida, FSU, McElwain

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Kentucky’s run leads the ‘Cats past USF

November 27, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Friday, 9 p.m. When it was over, Orlando Antigua might have wanted to go to the locker room with his former team. After all, that team is perenial NCAA powerhouse Kentucky, which seems loaded for another shot at the title this year. Kentucky had won easily Friday afternoon, beaten Antigua’s 1-5 USF team, 84-63. The […]

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USF can compare to the best teams USF has had

November 27, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Friday, 6 a.m. He moved across the field slowly, as if to linger, as if to savor the last moments of a season that ended so sweet. The stadium lights, and the ones from the scoreboard, bounced off of Willie Taggart as he milled around the field. Once again, his Bulls had been a dominant […]

Tagged as: Best team, Flowers, UCF, USF

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What can LSU offer to FSU’s Fisher?

November 25, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Wednesday, 6 a.m. LSU wants Jimbo Fisher. Of course it does. If a school is looking for a new coach, and LSU may be one of them, why wouldn’t it want Jimbo? He’s one of the finest coaches working today, and Urban Meyer and Nick Saban seem to be on their way to being legends […]

Tagged as: Coaching, Fisher, FSU, LSU

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Random Thoughts: Peyton gets to watch DirecTV

November 22, 2015 College Sports in Florida

Sunday, 6 a.m. Hello. I’m Peyton Manning, and I’m staying my butt at home because I’m I’ve-been-benched-Peyton-Manning-cause-I-got-old. And I’m finally getting to use my DirecTV. – I guess we can stop criticizing the SEC for playing weaklings, huh? – I feel about Holly Holm the way I felt about the bicycle guy who came after […]

Tagged as: Buc;s, Burrell, Rays, Rousey

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