Author: Mitch Lucas

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SMU, rattled by turnovers, falls hard in Happy Valley

Penn State’s latest white-out was more like Liquid Paper. Remember Liquid Paper? The typo-prone accountant’s best friend? SMU was on the other end of the Nittany Lions’ latest white-out on Saturday afternoon, and even a truckload of Liquid Paper wouldn’t

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Irish sends Indiana packing, 27-17

Notre Dame proved it belonged in the College Football Playoff Friday night – at least, that was the takeaway from most of us who were here and saw it – with a 27-17, more-convincing-than-the-final-score win over Big 10 entry Indiana

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College bowl and playoff schedule by date

2024 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL & COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE Saturday, Dec. 14 Cricket Celebration Bowl: Jackson State 28, South Carolina State 7 IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl: South Alabama 30, Western Michigan 23 Tuesday, Dec. 17 Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl:

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Sunday’s NFL roundup

If the third time is the charm, 13 is the number no one wants (except bakers, apparently) and seven is supposed to be lucky, then what’s eight? It was a pretty sweet number for the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. The

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CAN MUSTANGS CONTINUE TO ROLL? Overton-Grapeland preview

The last time Overton High School football played this deep into the football playoffs, Bill Clinton was the President, “Seinfeld” and “Home Improvement” were the top programs on TV, the original “Toy Story” and “Batman Forever” were in the theatres,

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Few surprises in latest CFP poll (Poll w/schedule)

There wasn’t a lot of shock value Tuesday night after the release of the latest College Football Playoff rankings. Oregon, the nation’s only unbeaten, remained No. 1, and the top four followed suit, with Ohio State having dispatched of previously-undefeated

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‘Bama loses LB Lawson for the season

Alabama took two hits on the field on Saturday: one in an upset loss at Oklahoma, and another, discovered Monday, in the loss of linebacker Deontae Lawson for the remainder of the season. Lawson was injured early in the game

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