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Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Everett Golson Proves Everyone Wrong
For some reason, this game was supposed to be about the Oklahoma Sooners proving to everyone how “fake” the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are. Instead, it was more proof that the best defense in the nation, led by Manti Te’o, can handle anything someone throws at them, while Everett Golson proved this team does have a quarterback and some offense to show for it.
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College Football – Chances of Undefeated Teams Losing
Each week is just a wait for one of the undefeated teams to lose and clear up some space and confusion at the top of the BCS standings, although it seems highly unlikely Alabama (vs Mississippi State), Florida (vs Georgia), Kansas State (vs Texas Tech) and Oregon (vs Colorado) will lose in week 9. Notre Dame? They have the trickiest game of all, playing in Oklahoma.
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College Football – Same Undefeated Teams, Same BCS Contenders
Week 8 offered no change and no real mix in what will be the polls later on and the BCS standings, as Alabama, Oregon, Kansas State, Florida, Notre Dame and Oregon State kept on winning.
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish – The Value of a BCS Bowl
Being an independent football program, unlike the rest of their athletics departments, gives Notre Dame a special status in College Football. It usually means quite a difficult schedule to plow through, but it also means a lot more money to keep once your reach a bowl game, especially a BCS bowl game.
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College Football – Undefeated Pool Shrinking in 1st BCS Week
Until Alabama faces LSU, it’s hard to take anyone with one loss as legitimate national title contender, but things are getting quite interesting on the eve of the release of the first BCS rankings, as LSU got back on the horse, running South Carolina’s perfect start, Florida keeps on impressing and the West Virginia-Geno Smith show came to an end in Lubbock against Texas Tech.
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College Football – Biggest Games Left for National Championship Contenders
Six weeks into the 2012 College Football season and a week before the first BCS rankings, there are still plenty of undefeated teams, but only 7 teams look like legitimate contenders for the national title, with Alabama standing way above the rest: Oregon, West Virginia, Kansas State, Florida, South Carolina and Notre Dame.
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College Football – Undefeated Teams Dropping Like Flies
The first week of October in the college football season always means more upsets and losses to high ranked & undefeated teams. Who’s left with no losses after week 6? 2 in the Big 12 (West Virginia, Kansas State), 3 in the Big East (Rutgers, Cincinnati, Louisville), 1 in the Big Ten (Ohio State), 1 in the MAC (Ohio), 2 in the Pac-12 (Oregon, Oregon State), 4 in the SEC (Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi State), 2 in the WAC (Louisiana Tech, UTSA) and Notre Dame.
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College Football – Staying Undefeated Till the Very End
With week 5 of the 2012 College Football season behind us, we have undefeated teams: 1 of the ACC (Florida State), 5 from the Big 12 (Kansas State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia), 3 from the Big East (Rutgers, Cincinnati, Louisville), 2 in the Big Ten (Ohio State, Northwestern), 1 in the MAC (Ohio), 2 in the Pac-12 (Oregon, Oregon State), 6 in the SEC (Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, LSU, Mississippi State), 2 in the WAC (UTSA, Louisiana Tech) and Notre Dame.
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College Football – BCS Finalists Keep Rolling Over Everyone
The best teams in the nation, Alabama, LSU and Oregon kept on winning although the Tigers struggled to come out of Auburn with their perfect record intact, while Kansas State upset Oklahoma to prove who are the real beasts of the Big 12, while Notre Dame delivered another tough blow to Michigan with a 13-6 win and going 4-0 for the first time in a decade.