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What do college football fans look for on easy-touch weekend?

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You have washed your foam finger. You have found your old pom-poms. Your jersey is clean. Your hat is still good. Yep, you are ready for the college football season. But how, exactly, are you supposed to pull for your team in a weekend without drama. Victory is assured. Forty points seems inevitable. This isn’t like, say, Tennessee. Or Clemson. This is laugher weekend. A chance to sing the old alma mater, cheer for a touchdown or six and envision…

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FSU finally names Everett Golson as its starting quarterback

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FSU has a new starting quarterback. And it’s Everett Golson. Seminoles’ coach Jimbo Fisher took the most asked question of the off-season and waited until Monday for an answer, picking Golson over returning backup Sean McGuire to be the FSU quarterback. Golson, a former starter at Notre Dame who was good enough to quarterback the Irish to the national title game in 2012, transferred to FSU in the off-season despite a lack of promises. In 25 games with the Irish,…

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USF coach Willie Taggart has seen the growth in QB Quinton Flowers

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USF coach Willie Taggart isn’t looking for a lot of speeches from his new quarterback. A lot of plays will do. Taggart, speaking on an ACC conference call on Monday, said he has seen growth in quarterback Quinton Flowers over the off-season, but Flowers isn’t on the football field to win a debate. The only noise Taggert seems interested in are the celebrations of touchdowns. “We talked to him this off-season,” Taggart said. “The best way for him to be…

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Gators could still be undecided on starting quarterback when season starts

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There are a lot of questions on the offense of the Florida Gators. How will the Gators’ attack look under new coach Jim McElwain? Who will comprise a rebuilt offensive line? Will the receivers continue to drop passes as they have in practice? Really, however, most Gator fans want to know the answer to one thing: Who’s the quarterback? It is a quarterbacks’ school, after all, and quarterbacks have defined the best moments for the Gators. Now, the choice is…

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Both Josh Freeman, Tim Tebow fight uphill battles to play in the NFL

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The second-chance kids are off to slow starts. Not that either of them are close to starting. Former Tampa Bay Bucs quarterback Josh Freeman struggled in his preseason game for the Miami Dolphins Thursday night, hitting only five of 16 passes for 76 yards with no touchdowns. Freeman, cut and then brought back by Miami earlier this off-season, is fighting for the No. 3 quarterback job on the team with McLeod Bethel-Thompson. If Freeman looks like a longshot to make…

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Bucs are impressed with how quickly Jameis Winston picks up things

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He is big enough to play. He is strong enough to play. He throws the ball well enough to play. Evidently, Jameis Winston is also smart enough to play. Although Winston threw another interception in Friday’s practice, Tampa Bay Bucs head coach Lovie Smith praised the mental sharpness of his quarterback. For a team that didn’t always play especially smart last year, that’s welcome news. “He gets it,” coach Lovie Smith said. “Since him coming out, we’ve talked a lot…

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Bucs’ Jameis Winston says age doesn’t matter for a quarterback

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Yes, he’s young. But that isn’t the only way to judge Bucs’ quarterback  Jameis Winston. “One thing I’ve learned,” Winston, 21, said Saturday. “If you can play, it doesn’t matter what age you are. I believe we have a great team in place for success, and I’m looking forward to the season. I can’t wait.” Well, he had to. The Bucs’ first practices on Saturday were rained out. The team will try to return to the field today. Winston said…

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