Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Cullen Finnerty, one of the winningest quarterbacks in college football history, has been missing for days and members of his family are fearing the worst. A Michigan law enforcement official says family members believe he may have suffered "a mental episode."
Finnerty led Grand Valley State to three Division II national ...
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Sunday, September 4th, 2011
In the wake of South Florida's 23-20 win at Notre Dame Saturday, it sure feels like the storm that delayed the game twice for a total of nearly three hours is actually still hovering over South Bend. How's that for a hacky lede, eh?
Brian Kelly's Fighting Irish were truly awful ...
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Thursday, December 30th, 2010
Notre Dame (7-5) vs. Miami (FL) (7-5) (-3)
Brian Kelly himself has said that no team begins their season aiming for the Sun Bowl. So why does it exist? What's the point of this and other bowl games that feature nothing but teams that are disappointed to be there? It sure ...
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Saturday, November 13th, 2010
No matter what you think of Utah, that was a stunning upset by Notre Dame. Playing with freshman quarterback Tommy Rees, without running back Armando Allen, and with what might be worst defense in college football history were it not for Michigan, the Irish still scored 28 points and held ...
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Friday, October 29th, 2010
Imagine that you are a workplace supervisor.
Now imagine that one of the employees you are responsible for overseeing is killed on the job as a result of your gross negligence.
Think you'd still be employed?
Exactly.
Unless we learn of facts that point to the contrary, it is difficult for me to think ...
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Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Record after week eight: 88-38 (63-60-3 ATS)
12 pm ET
Northwestern (5-2) at Indiana (4-3) (+3)
All Indiana has left on the schedule that they can definitely win on a good day are Northwestern and Purdue. Not-so-coincidentally, those are the two wins they need for bowl eligibility. They're not beating Wisconsin, Iowa, or ...
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Thursday, October 21st, 2010
Record after week seven: 79-32 (56-52-3 ATS)
12 pm ET
Purdue (4-2) at (11) Ohio State (6-1) (-24)
Ah, the scene of Terrelle Pryor's 2009 Waterloo. Every one of the flaws in his game (most of which still exist, by the way) came to light that afternoon in Lafayette in a stunning display ...
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