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Clemson holds off FSU to win a classic football game over Seminoles

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At the end of a highlight show, the Clemson Tigers’ kept their dreams of reaching the national playoffs alive. The third-ranked Tigers scored the final points of the game to take a breathless 37-34 victory over FSU Saturday night. Clemson scored with 77 seconds left to play on a 34-yard pass from Deshaun Watson to Jordan Leggett. The Seminoles moved to the Tigers’ 34 yard-line with 34 seconds left to play, but two penalties and two sacks of quarterback Deondre Francois…

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The running backs: Warrick Dunn carried Florida State to successful seasons

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The history of the program is written on fleet feet. Yes, they know FSU for its quarterbacks, like most of the state schools. The three Heisman Trophies won have all been by quarterbacks. Along the way, however, running backs have helped to carry success for FSU. Often, those backs are small and quick, like Warrick Dunn and Travis Minor and Amp Lee. But there have been bigger backs, too, along the way. Here we go, then, with the top 10…

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Saints down Jacksonville Jaguars in New Orleans home finale

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“Gus Bradley has never talked about the playoffs in his time with the Jaguars” – Random CBS Z-List Announcer When two 5-9 teams meet, one thing is all but certain. One of those teams will end up 5-10. Less certain: one quarterback throwing for over 400 yards. And the other one (who had 368 yards himself)? Hit in the groin with a shotgun snap. The final score and final box score (larded with garbage time production) might lead one to…

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For Jacksonville Jaguars, is there motivation left for 2015?

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The Jacksonville Jaguars have their penultimate game of this football season at 4:05 on Sunday in New Orleans against the Saints. While there apparently is a path to the playoffs that involves the Colts and Texans losing out and the Jags winning out, it’s hard to get excited about that given the opportunities the Jags have had and blown this year. The Jaguars: a 5-9 team that could have been 9-5. Instead, Sunday’s game will be more of interest to…

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