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Former CU Coach: “Clemsux”

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Even though they lost the nation's No. 1 high school player to arch-rival South Carolina, Clemson University has brought in an insanely-talented football recruiting class this year. From top to bottom, it is much stronger class than the one recruited by University of South Carolina head coach Steve

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Derek Dooley’s “D-Day”

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University of Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley says that his players are acting like inexperienced German soldiers who panicked during the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944. No ... really ... here's the clip (Dooley's comments come at the 10:50 mark of the video). "Right now we're like

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Who’s No. 1!

South Carolina's Alshon Jeffery celebrates a touchdown over Alabama during second-quarter action in Columbia, S.C. on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. (Travis Bell/Sideline Carolina)

The University of South Carolina football team pulled off the biggest win in school history on Saturday at Williams-Brice Stadium - upsetting defending national champion Alabama 35-21. The win was the Gamecocks' first-ever victory over a top-ranked team - and was easily the biggest win of Steve Spurrier's

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Nick Saban’s “Endorsement”

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A woman running for mayor of Bessemer, Alabama (Bo Jackson's hometown) is using a "picture" of herself and Alabama head coach Nick Saban to tout his "endorsement" of her campaign. Why do we care? Well first, let's take a look at Saban and Bessemer city councilwoman Dorothy Davidson, who said on

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Vols Coach, Take Two

By FITSNews || After prematurely reporting Thursday that the Tennessee Volunteers were hiring Duke head coach (and former UT offensive coordinator) David Cutcliffe to replace the departed (and detested) Lane Kiffin, the Knoxville News-Sentinel is taking another stab at that whole "journalism thing." This

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Chomped!

After a decade of looking up at the Florida Gators, Alabama is back atop the SEC. The Crimson Tide obliterated top-ranked Florida 32-13 in the SEC Championship game Saturday, earning a spot in the national title game and snapping the Gators' 22-game win streak. They also earned their revenge against

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Gamecocks Remain Ranked

Guess the pollsters saw something we didn't ... The University of South Carolina remained ranked among the nation's Top 25 teams this week despite a 20-6 loss to Alabama - slipping one spot (from No. 22 to No. 23) in both the Associated Press and the USA Today-Coaches' polls. South Carolina's defense

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Rolled

Stating his Heisman Trophy case with an exclamation point, Alabama running back Mark Ingram gashed the South Carolina defense for a career-high 246 yards Saturday night - leading the second-ranked Crimson Tide to a 20-6 win over the No. 22 Gamecocks. It was the second straight, nationally-televised

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Seventeen And A Half?

The University of South Carolina football team will be a 17.5 point underdog when it travels to Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Saturday to take on Nick Saban and the second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. Wait ... seventeen-and-a-half points? Isn't USC ranked or something?  And in

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Gamecocks Ranked No. 22 (For Now)

South Carolina climbed three spots in the latest Associated Press poll and cracked the USA Today-Coaches' poll for the first time this season, coming in at No. 22 in both major college football rankings. It could be a short stay in the rarefied air, however, as Steve Spurrier's Gamecocks travel to

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Coaches Drawn To “Easy” ACC

It must be nice to play in the ACC ... not only do you get the visual relief of good ole' God-fearin' Southern gals (well, unless you play for Boston College), but winning your conference championship guarantees you a spot in the lucrative Bowl Championship Series. Plus, instead of playing against

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Tamed Expectations

One thing about getting your ass whooped on national television is the opportunity it affords for introspection. And having endured quite the ass-whooping last weekend, it certainly appears that Clempsun head football coach Tommy Bowden is availing himself of that opportunity. Bowden, whose Tigers

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