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Clemson Tigers – Dabo Swinney Staying a Little Longer
Despite falling short of the mark (winning the ACC and maybe going to the national title game), the people running things at Clemson are quite happy with Dabo Swinney, earning him an 8-year extension that keeps him as the Tigers’ head coach until 2021.
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Louisville Cardinals – Bobby Petrino Leaves Western Kentucky to be Their Head Coach
Eight years after leaving Louisville for an NFL job that didn’t last very long, Bobby Petrino is back as the head coach of the Cardinals, leaving Western Kentucky after only one season with the Sun Belt program.
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College Football – Way Too Early 2014 Preseason Rankings
It’s impossible to predict what happens in College Football season, but it’s always worth giving it a shot. The new playoff system means no more BCS rankings, and maybe even more significance in public perception for the AP Poll and its top 25.
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Auburn Tigers – Almost the Perfect Turnaround
No one is going to take away the achievement of turning around a 3-9 team into being seconds away from winning a BCS national championship from Gus Malzahn and Auburn. However, despite the season that will eventually be looked back as very successful, the pain of losing after already leading by 18 points is going to sting for quite a while.
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Florida State Seminoles – How to End an Era
The BCS is gone, and it’s always nice to be remembered as the last team to lift that trophy before everything changes. Florida State have been waiting a long time to raise the crystal ball up high, and it turns out Jimbo Fisher and a young Freshman Heisman Trophy Winner named Jameis Winston were the right men to get them back on top.
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College Football – 35 Bowls in 35 Pictures
The 2013 College Football season is over a week into 2014 after 35 bowl games in the bowl season, with only one game that actually mattered: Florida State beating Auburn in the BCS National Championship game 34-31, becoming the last team to win the national title under the current format as we say goodbye to the BCS and welcome in the College Football 4-team playoffs.
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College Football – Final Rankings of the 2013 Season
The BCS era ends with the dethroning of the SEC as Florida State win the national championship game against Auburn, earning them the top spot in the year-end polls and rankings, with Auburn, Rose Bowl champions Michigan State, South Carolina and Missouri completing the top 5.
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Players Declaring Early for the 2014 NFL Draft
There’s still just over a week for College Football players to declare they’re heading to the NFL and forgoing their remaining years of eligibility in order to get selected in the draft, with big names like Teddy Bridgwater, Jadeveon Clowney, Marqise Lee and Sammy Watkins not being a big surprise for showing up on this list.
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Missouri Beats Oklahoma State – James Franklin Almost Ruined Everything
What happens when your starting quarterback is making every possible mistake? Missouri stuck by James Franklin and his costly mistakes, ending up winning the Cotton Bowl 41-31 mostly thanks to some big defensive plays and an excellent game on the ground from Henry Josey.
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Clemson Beats Ohio State – Orange Bowl Redemption
It took Clemson two years to erase the embarrassment of their previous Orange Bowl visit, and it came in the form of an exciting finish and a 40-35 win over Ohio State, giving the school and the state of South Carolina their first ever win in a BCS Bowl game.