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The West Virginia Mountaineers are the team to beat in the Big East again this year, according to preseason voting by media that cover the conference.
Winners of two Big East championships in the last three years, WVU received 22 of 24 first-place votes and dominated the voting.
South Florida, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers [...]

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The University of Nevada scored a major coup for their 2009 recruiting class on Tuesday, landing California prep star David Fales.
Fales, a 6-2, 200-pound quarterback, passed for over 1,000 yards and 11 touchdowns and completed 72 percent of his passes last season as a junior at Palma High School in Salinas, [...]

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One of the nation’s top offensive lineman is choosing to be a Spartan over a Hawkeye.  Iowa’s top high school player and four-star recruit David Barrent has decommited from Iowa and given a verbal commitment to Michigan State.  The 6-foot-8, 290-pound Barrent is rated the seventh-best tackle in the country and is the Spartans’ 14th [...]

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The San Diego State Aztecs have received an oral commitment from Jacob Driver, a La Costa Canyon High School player.  Last year, Driver was named the Palomar League Defensive Player of the Year.  The Aztecs begin fall camp this weekend with two practices slated at Camp Pendleton.

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Bowling Green and Central Michigan are the favorites in the Mid-American Conference football race.  The news media that cover the MAC voted the Falcons as the East Division favorite and the Chippewas the West Division front-runner at Tuesday’s media day.  Miami was the number-two choice in the East, with the Ohio Bobcats picked sixth in [...]

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Olive Branch defensive back Ron Woodson will play college football for Alabama, according to the “Commercial Appeal.”  The verbal commitment cannot be made binding until February, but Woodson’s coach at Olive Branch tells the newspaper his star player wanted to end the recruiting process early.  Woodson is ranked among the top 50 nationwide at his [...]

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The Duke Blue Devils and new coach David Cutcliffe continued to add to their 2009 recruiting class on Monday, landing talented in-state wide receiver Zach Greene.
A 5-9, 175-pound speedster, Greene caught 45 passes for over 700 yards and eight touchdowns last season as a junior at Leesville Road High School in [...]

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The Wake Forest Demon Deacons landed the fifteenth commit of their 2009 recruiting class on Monday, receiving a verbal commitment from Georgia prep star Brendan Cross.
Cross, a 6-2, 200-pound quarterback, passed for over 1,500 yards last season as a junior at Chattahoochee High School in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Cross is the son of [...]

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The Florida Gators added one of the nation’s top tight ends to their 2009 recruiting class on Monday, landing South Carolina prep star Desmond Parks.
A 6-6, 225-pounder with 4.6 speed and great hands, Parks made 29 receptions for 403 yards and five touchdowns last season as a junior at Greer High [...]

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The University of Nebraska and the Fox Sports Network announced Friday that the Huskers’ first three football games of the 2008 season will be telecast via pay-per-view on participating cable systems and nationwide to satellite dish customers. The games included in the announcement are home games against Western Michigan on August 30th,  the San Jose State [...]

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