Articles filed under Football
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In one way, Illini playing better football this yearNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Ron Zook is a reverse clairvoyant. He knows what you're not thinking. As Illinois' fourth-year coach evaluates his team going into Saturday's regular-season finale at No...
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As season goes on, Ratay gets strongerNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - When Michael Ratay was ruled down at the 1-yard line in the second half of Geneva's 35-21 win over Carmel Saturday in the Class 7A quarterfinals, it didn't seem to matte...
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Next season not even a thought for FavreNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Brett Favre is having too much fun leading the first-place New York Jets to even think about next season. "I don't see how anyone, aside from you gu...
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ESPN close on deal with Bowl Championship SeriesNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK _ The Bowl Championship Series is close to an agreement with ESPN to televise college football's championship game and biggest bowls -- a deal that would throw...
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Smith won't dwell on what happened in Green BayNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Bears coach Lovie Smith didn't have much good to say about Sunday's 37-3 loss at Green Bay, but he was ready to put it in the past. "It goes without saying that we weren...
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In order to quit, don't Bears have to first show up?Nov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - As my mother used to say, "You were born upside down and wrong, and you haven't been right since.'' And let's face it, I couldn't have been more wrong in thinking last w...
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Receivers slow to catch onNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Bears wide receivers caught just 4 passes against the Packers, and only 1 was for more than 9 yards, giving them a two-week total of 9 receptions. A week earlier, in the...
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Northwestern focused on Illini, not bowlNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Oddsmakers have installed Illinois as a 21/2-point favorite for the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk game Saturday (2:30 p.m., Big Ten Network) at Northwestern. In doing so, the gam...
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ESPN lands college football's BCS series from 2011 rhrough 2014Nov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN network bought the rights to broadcast college football's Bowl Championship Series from 2011 through 2014. ESPN outbid News Corp.'s Fox network, w...
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Orton: My ankle's fine but 'I stunk it up'Nov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - By the fourth quarter, with their men in dark green and gold beginning to pour it on a Bears team that was as frigid as the Green Bay air, many of the frozen 71,040 fait...