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College Football – No Upsets in Opening Week
The 2014 College Football season opening week did give us some wild finishes and almost-upsets, but the top two ranked teams in the nation, Florida State (playing Oklahoma State) and Alabama (facing West Virginia) managed to pull through in games that turned out to be a lot more difficult than expected.
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NCAA Tournament Upsets – Stanford Over Kansas
The second day in the round of 32 provided some great games, but only one real upset, as Stanford beat Kas snas 60-57 to make it into the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in six years, leaving out another team with a freshman that was supposed to be going places this season.
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NCAA Tournament Upsets – Mercer Beat Duke, SF Austin Over VCU
The string of big upsets in the second round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament continues, beginning with the huge upset in the Mercer – Duke game, with the Blue Devils ousted by the experienced and simply better Atlantic Sun team, while Stephen F. Austin stunning VCU was just as big of a shock for everyone, only with less of a nationwide impact.
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NCAA Tournament Upsets – Dayton Beat Ohio State, North Dakota State Over Oklahoma
We couldn’t have one quiet day of favorites winning all their games while brackets weren’t torn to shreds. Dayton pulled off the first big upset of the NCAA tournament on the very first game, but later on were joined by North Dakota State, coming away as the victors from their clash with Oklahoma.
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College Basketball – Kansas & Michigan Cause Big Upsets
A big day of top 10 teams being upset in College Basketball, as #15 Kansas came away with a 80-78 win over #9 Oklahoma State, while unranked Michigan stunned Wisconsin in Madison with a 77-70 win.
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Ana Ivanovic Beats Serena Williams – Not That Much of a Shocker
There haven’t been too many matches between Serena Williams and Ana Ivanovic over the years, but the Serbian finally beat the World’s number one in their fourth round match of the 2014 Australian Open, beating the American 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
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FA Cup – Third Round Upsets
The third round of the FA Cup gave us one huge shocker with Sheffield United beating Aston Villa in Birmingham, making them the only Premier League team to lose to a club from a lower division, but three more clubs from the top tier – Tottenham, Newcastle and West Brom lost to clubs from the same level, ending their Cup experience for the season.
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College Football – The Last Big BCS Standings Controversy
No matter who ends up in the top two of the BCS standings and goes to the national championship eventually, there’s going to be an uproar. Ohio State barely survived against Michigan, but remain undefeated. However, one-loss Auburn became the team that knocked off the almost wire-to-wire number one Alabama off its perch, while Florida State took care of business against Florida. What are the pollsters and the computers to do?
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College Football – Upsets Keep Rocking BCS Standings
While the top 3 teams in the BCS Standings: Alabama, Florida State and Ohio State continue to cruise, which means the Buckeyes will be left out of the national champions game, below them it continues to be mayhem, as Number 4 Baylor (losing to Oklahoma State) and number 6 Oregon (losing to Arizona) probably will find themselves out of the top 10, while Texas A&M, UCLA and Minnesota join them in the long list of ranked teams that lost this week.
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2013 College Football Season – BCS Favorites Taking Care of Business
Week 11 was about two teams separating themselves from the rest of the field: Alabama beating LSU to maintain their undefeated and number 1 status; Florida State to cement their spot as the number 2 team in the BCS standings, leaving Baylor and Ohio State behind them, waiting for one of the top two teams to drop the ball, although that seems highly unlikely.