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Fewer top 25 matchups dot college football schedule

Published on October 16, 2015 in Sports by Bob Sparks

Last week gave us several key matchups in college football. This week has a limited menu, but some are clearly worth watching. One game gaining a great deal of national attention is No. 8 Florida traveling to No. 6 LSU for a 7 p.m. matchup on ESPN. This game would have normally attracted fan and media interest just because it’s the SEC, but the suspension of burgeoning star quarterback Will Grier adds even more intrigue. Odds makers have installed the…

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Miami: One city, but a tale of two coaches

Published on October 2, 2015 in Sports/Top Headlines by Bob Sparks

If you are a football coach and your team plays its games at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium, these are not the best of days. To be blunt, neither Miami’s tradition-rich NFL team nor the iconic college program is satisfying their rooters. With apologies to Charles Dickens, Miami is one city presenting us with a tale of two coaches. With the Miami Hurricanes’ loss to the Cincinnati Bearcats on Thursday, the heat index will intensify under Coach Al Golden. Air traffic…

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Gators have what it takes to win it all

Published on June 15, 2015 in Sports/Top Headlines by Bob Sparks

To say the Florida Gator baseball team is on a roll just doesn’t seem to fully describe what they are doing to opponents – quality opponents – during the postseason. Their 15-3 mauling of the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday at the College World Series (CWS) in Omaha is just the latest example. To get to baseball’s Elite 8, they twice smacked down arch-rival Florida State in the Super Regional by combined scores of 24-9. During the Gainesville Regional, they won…

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