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Is Thanksgiving Football the Greatest Holiday Tradition? — Sports Survey of the Day
On Thanksgiving you can count on two things: overeating, and watching a ton of football.
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Have You Had Enough of All the Conference Realignments? — Sports Survey of the Day
On Monday Maryland announced that after 59 years in the Atlantic Coast Conference, it was leaving for the Big Ten. Rutgers will be following them, bringing the total number of Big Ten teams to 14. Numerical dissonan
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Maryland Joins Big Ten and Other College Football Notes
Maryland announced Monday that it was accepting an invitation to join the Big Ten conference. Rutgers is expected to make a similar announcement on Tuesday. So, for those keeping track at home, the Big Ten will have 14 teams, the Big 12 has 10, and San Diego State will be in the Big East. Got it?
Here's more on the Big Ten announcement as well as some other news and notes from around college football:
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9-Year-Old Football Star Samantha Gordon Bests Hall of Famers
We met Samantha Gordon last week, when a highlight video of the nine-year-old dominating her otherwise all-boy football league went viral.
The folks at NFL GameDay were just as blown away as we were with her smooth moves, and invited her to be on Sunday's show.
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This Weekend in Sports: USC-UCLA, UFC 154 and NASCAR’s Chase Ends
A longstanding college football rivalry, an Ultimate Fighting Championship event and NASCAR's last race of 2012 highlight the upcoming sports calendar. Here's what to watch this weekend:
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Which Backup Quarterback Played Best? — Sports Survey of the Day
Week 10 in the NFL saw some big-name quarterbacks go down with injuries. So which of their backups had the best performance?
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BCS Settles on Six Games, Gives Automatic Bid to Non-BCS Conferences
Champions from non-automatic-qualifier conferences will now have the chance to earn a spot in one of six BCS bowl games, according to a new agreement announced Monday. Under the terms of the deal, the highest-ranked champion from the "Group of Five" non-automatic conferences (Big East, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West and Sun Belt) will be guaranteed a spot in a BCS bowl game.
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Ben Roethlisberger Injured As Steelers Top Chiefs, 16-13, in OT
Lawrence Timmons' interception in overtime set up Shaun Suisham's game-winning 23-yard field goal, and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 16-13, at rain-soaked Heinz Field on Monday night.
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See a Nine-Year-Old Girl Football Star in Action
A nine-year-old Utah girl is making headlines (see above) for her amazing skill at football.
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Is the NFC East Still the Toughest Division in Football? — Sports Survey of the Day
Heading into every NFL season we hear about how tough it will be to win the NFC East, but is it really a marquee division these days?
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College Football 2012 – Week 11 Recap
Now things are getting interesting.
Texas A&M threw college football for a loop, pulling off the biggest upset of the season and, at least for the time being, knocking the SEC out of the national title picture. But that was far from the only excitement this week in college football.
Here is all the action from around the Top 25.
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This Weekend in Sports: College Basketball and a Super owl Preview?B
Get ready for the return of college basketball and an inter-conference clash of NFL powers. Here's what to watch this weekend: