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2015 is turning into a long year for George O’Leary and UCF

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George O’Leary has had a successful tenure as head coach of the Central Florida Knights. Coming into this season, he had compiled an 81-60 record and taken his team to 7 bowl games, winning three. He came to Orlando in 2004 after a successful run with Georgia Tech. He briefly held the Notre Dame job, but never coached a game. O’Leary pledged to build the Knights into a winning program. After his first year, there was no place to go…

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Penalties, balanced Jaguars take down Dolphins

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There are two ways to look at the 23-20 victory by the Jacksonville Jaguars over the Miami Dolphins. Looking at the positives, neither team committed a turnover. Both quarterbacks were efficient. Jacksonville’s Blake Bortles threw for 273 yards and two touchdowns, while Miami’s Ryan Tannehill completed 30 of 44 passes for 359 yards and two touchdowns. It was the ninth 300-yard passing game of Tannehill’s career. While Tannehill was sharp, the Dolphins offense was completely out of balance with only…

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Gus Bradley: ‘We could have been more consistent’

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The Jacksonville Jaguars are a team struggling for respect even in their own backyard, as they enter the third year of Head Coach Gus Bradley and his three-year plan to bring the team to respectability. It’s one thing to go to a Steelers game and see road jerseys. You expect that. But to go to a game against the Carolina Panthers and see old Muhsin Muhammad and Jake Delhomme gear indicates that there isn’t as much engagement as there could be.…

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Some well-known NFL players face inevitable decline in 2015

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Whether it’s switching teams, losing teammates, injuries or just getting old, every year some well-known NFL players take a step back. That’s not even counting players who were one-year wonders. It’s tough to follow up record-setting seasons. It’s also difficult to keep performing at a high level year after year. Sometimes it takes a while to adjust to a different offense or a new coaching staff. Whatever the reason, decline is inevitable. Some players whose stats might trend downward in…

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Jaguars owner wants to continue playing in London until 2030

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The Jacksonville Jaguars want to be London’s team for the foreseeable future. Jaguars owner Shad Khan said Tuesday he expects to sign a long-term deal to continue playing annually in London. If Khan gets his way, it will be a 14-year commitment. Speaking at a kickoff luncheon inside EverBank Stadium, Khan said he’s “optimistic, obviously, that we’ll have a renewal on (London) and it will go for a long time.” Khan then added that he would like to see the…

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An important preseason game for Blake Bortles and Luke Joeckel

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The rap on preseason NFL games is that they don’t matter. This is true in the sense that they don’t count in the standings. But for Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles and offensive tackle Luke Joeckel, the Jags game in New York against Tom Coughlin and the Giants definitely means something. The talk about Bortles in year 2 is whether or not he can make the jump from being a first half checkdown artist prone to the second half pick six…

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