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Chicago Bears – Jay Cutler Signed For Seven More Seasons
Despite missing out on the playoffs for a third straight season, the Chicago Bears have no doubt in their minds that Jay Cutler is their franchise quarterback for the forseeable future, signing him on a new 7-year deal that will pay the 8-year veteran around $18 million a season on average, and the deal includes more than $50 million in guaranteed money.
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College Football Rumors – Texas Trying to Sign Jim Mora From UCLA
The Mack Brown is officially over (with a bowl game loss to Oregon), which means Texas have all their focus directed at one thing: finding a new head coach. On the top of their list at the moment is Jim L. Mora, coming off his second season with UCLA.
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Michigan State Beats Stanford – Rose Bowl Goes to Big Ten
It has taken five years for a Big Ten team to reclaim the Rose Bowl, as Michigan State came to Pasadena and simply outplayed Stanford with a slight twist in the story: Instead of a dominant running game, they won thanks to Connor Cook putting on a passing clinic.
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South Carolina Beats Wisconsin – SEC Continues to Dominate Big Ten
Nothing changes in the dynamic between the SEC and the Big Ten. South Carolina always find themselves in a second-tier bowl game, and always come out with their hand on top, this time making the most of a brilliant performance by Connor Shaw to beat Wisconsin 34-24 and claim the Capital One Bowl for a second time in three years.
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LSU Beats Iowa – Jeremy Hill Couldn’t be Stopped
Unlike some predictions, Iowa were able to hang in there with LSU for most of the Outback Bowl. However, their defense couldn’t grab a hold of Jeremy Hill, running for two touchdowns and 216 yards, leading the Tigers to the 21-14 win.
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Nebraska Beats Georgia – Defense and One Big Play
The Nebraska defense didn’t do anything special this season, but their performance against Georgia inside the red zone during the Gator Bowl is what gave them the 24-19 victory and a perception of some success to a mostly disappointing season.
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NFL Draft – Teddy Bridgewater & Jadeveon Clowney Going Pro
In what came as no surprise to anyone, two of the biggest prospects in College Football, Teddy Bridgewater of Louisville and Jadeveon Clowney of South Carolina have declared their eligibility for the 2014 NFL draft.
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Lovie Smith is Their New Head Coach
A year after being fired by the Chicago Bears, Lovie Smith is back as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who parted ways with Greg Schiano after two losing seasons.
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Oregon Ducks – Worst Scoring Pac-12 Team in Bowl Season
All but one Pac-12 team have already played in their bowl games. Surprisingly, Oregon, the team with the 4th best offense in the nation, has actually been the one to put the lowest scoring game in a bowl game they won.
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NFL Rumors – Jacksonville Jaguars Will Trade or Release Blaine Gabbert
Besides finishing with a slightly higher win total than expected, one of the things the Jacksonville Jaguars can take from the last season is realizing Blaine Gabbert is not their future franchise quarterback, which means he can expect to be released or possibly traded before the next offseason training period begins.