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Feeling lucky? Owls have longshot odds at winning Sun Belt.
Flip Flop FootballThirty-to-one. That's the chance the Owls have of winning the Sun Belt conference, according to the sportsbook 5Dimes. If you're so inclined (and have absolutely zero financial or business connection to the FAU athletic program) those odds would offer...Tags: South Alabama Jaguars, Florida Atlantic Owls
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Emails show Sun Belt had grander vision in realignment
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsFor all the changes that have happened inside and out of the Sun Belt Conference, the league will still be recognizable, despite a massive turnover after the 2012-13 season. This football season will be the final campaign in the Sun......Tags: Idaho Vandals, Politics, College Sports, Texas State Bobcats, Western Athletic Conference
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Q&A on FIU as Shula Bowl X approaches
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsFor some insight into FIU, I asked Pete Pelegrin, who covered the GPs for the Herald and now blogs about them at The Prowl. You can find Pete on Twitter @petepelegrin. And, as you will see by his blog,......Tags: Arkansas State Red Wolves, Social Media, Super Bowl, Florida Atlantic Owls, Florida International Golden Panthers
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Watch FAU stadium go up in a hurry; Media Daze preview
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsTime lapse of stadium going up. Pretty cool. - - BELT MEDIA DAZE Belt kicks off football with Mon and Tue Media Daze, with live video feeds from each campus. Coaches' Poll and pre-season all-conference teams will be released......Tags: Louisiana, Politics, Kentucky, Bowl Championship Series, Howard Schnellenberger
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No surprises: FAU picked to finish last in Sun Belt
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsWell, how low has FAU's program sunk? Never thought, even in the preseason poll, the Owls would be looking up at every other team in the Sun Belt. Geez, was it that long ago, July of 2008, when FAU......Tags: Louisiana, Politics, Kentucky, Florida Atlantic Owls, Elections
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Power conferences in college football gain even more strength
College football commissioners were going to end their three-day unity conference in Pasadena with a round of "Kumbaya" at the hotel's valet carport. That was before the consulting firm that dreamed up "College Football Playoff" suggested something more...
Tags: Sports, Pacific-12 Conference, Big Ten Conference, College Sports, New Year's Day
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Orlando gay kicker wants to put boot to NFL stereotypes
It will happen one day, hopefully soon. The announcement will be accompanied by a frenzied media circus, complete with carnival barkers and clowns shouting out homophobic slurs. There will also be rational minds who will simply laugh at the absurdity of...Tags: Sports, NFL Draft, San Francisco 49ers, Super Bowl, Chris Culliver
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Virginia has only itself to blame for not making NCAA field
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Middle Tennessee State has one top-100 victory. Virginia boasts eight. The Blue Raiders defeated two teams that made the NCAA tournament. The Cavaliers bested four. Yet when the NCAA unveiled its 68-team bracket Sunday, Middle...Tags: Florida Gators, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Boston College Eagles, College Sports, Kentucky Wildcats
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Conference USA or CAA? Either option could prove perilous for ODU
Old Dominion, through no fault of its own, is in a jam, and don't let anyone con you otherwise. The Monarchs can remain in a conference many believe is on life-support, or join a league of scattered wannabes that requires a premature upgrade to the...Tags: Tulane Green Wave, College Sports, East Carolina Pirates, George Mason Patriots, Colonial Athletic Association
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Alabama's Nick Saban favors plus-one playoff
It's the million dollar question.
Correction.
It's the 360-plus million dollar question and everyone with any ties to college football has been asked it one time or another over the past several weeks: What are your thoughts on a playoff?
Alabama coach...Tags: Idaho Vandals, Florida Gators, John Calipari, Big Ten Conference, Stanford Cardinal
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ODU athletic director knows first-hand the challenges of upgrading to Bowl Subdivision football
Wood Selig has been here before and vows not to repeat his mistakes. Here is shepherding a football program from AAA to the big leagues. Mistakes include crippling schedules and high-volume redshirting.
Selig is Old Dominion's athletic director. He is...Tags: Tulane Green Wave, College Sports, AAA, Bobby Wilder, East Carolina Pirates
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No surprise if Lysacek skips nationals
It’s about 15 months before the Feb. 7, 2014 opening of the next Winter Olympics. So here are 15 thoughts on winter sports as the full gamut of sports on the program for the Sochi Games get into pre-Olympic-year action this weekend. 1. There is...Tags: Alpine Skiing, Singles Skating, Jeremy Abbott, Shani Davis, Luge Singles
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