College Sports
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Can Illini respond to greater expectations?Aug 25, 2025 8:21 pm - Illinois football is ranked No. 12 in the preseason AP poll, which hasn’t happened since 1990. Is the Illini hype justified?
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One more time: Five local college football players to watchAug 25, 2025 5:25 pm - This week’s High Five looks at five more area football players ready to contribute for their college teams this season.
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Barrett is back at Iowa State and with a preseason honorAug 24, 2025 5:23 pm - St. Charles East graduate Dylan Barrett, a redshirt senior at Iowa State, was named to the Rimington Trophy watch list as one of the top centers in the nation.
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CJ Carr hopes to add to family's football legacy after winning starting QB job at No. 6 Notre Dame
Aug 24, 2025 5:10 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — CJ Carr grew up in a football family. His father, Jason, was a quarterback at Michigan and his grandfather, Lloyd, led the Wolverines to a perfect seas...
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O’Donnell: No winner in Fitzgerald settlement with NorthwesternAug 23, 2025 12:09 pm - The settlement announced Thursday by Northwestern University and former football coach Pat Fitzgerald closes an ugly chapter in program history.
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A diaper dandy no more, Fremd graduate Walsh still feels at home at WyomingAug 23, 2025 11:14 am - Entering his final college football season, Fremd graduate Jack Walsh could have left Wyoming for more money at a bigger school. Walsh never considered leaving the university that he’s called a second home since he was a baby. “You can’t put a price on loyalty,” he said.
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Is extra travel hurting Big Ten football teams? What’s fact (and fiction) amid realignment
Aug 22, 2025 11:14 am - Big Ten teams were 47-34 at home last season in conference games, so it’s no surprise that teams crossing multiple time zones had a losing record. Ohio State, Penn State and Indiana, three of the Big Ten’s four CFP participants, crossed multiple time zones only once; UCLA, Washington and USC, teams that finished a combined 11-16 in the Big Ten, did it three times each.
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Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern reach settlement in wrongful termination lawsuit
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No. 6 Notre Dame names CJ Carr starting quarterback over Kenny Minchey
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No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Penn St each place 3 players on Associated Press preseason All-America first team