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College sports needs a government intervention

...during his tenure, half on charges of felonies or violent misdemeanors.And then there's the fiasco called the Bowl Championship Series, or BCS, where, based on financial interests, major universities and colleges decide who is going to...

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Other Opinion
Bowls aren't playing by NCAA rules

...schoolwork for football players raises interesting questions about the ambiguous relationship between the NCAA and the bowl championship series. Should the allegations prove true, the NCAA could wallop Tennessee with major sanctions but could not...

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Sports
Buckeyes in danger of missing bowl bid

...Bowl-bound Wisconsin and last week's comeback win at Penn State, should make the Wolverines attractive to one of the Bowl Championship Series games. A matchup between Michigan and Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl would be one possibility. ''The reason...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/111999/spo_1119990007.shtml
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National briefs

...Carrier could appeal. FSU clinches spot in national title game NEW YORK (AP) -- Florida State clinched a spot in the Bowl Championship Series' national title game, but second-place Virginia Tech is locked in a numbers game with fast-closing...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/112399/spo_1123990024.shtml
Sports
New blood hits the bowl circuit

...aren't. A little nutty, yes? With No. 1 Florida State (11-0) and No. 2 Virginia Tech (11-0) waiting for the Bowl Championship Series to finalize its Sugar Bowl matchup -- the final BCS standings will be released Dec. 5 -- let's call...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/112999/spo_1129990002.shtml
Sports
Vick or not, Miami is ready for No. 2 Virginia Tech

...has a five-game winning streak over Miami (6-1, 3-0). The winner has a good chance of ending up in the Bowl Championship Series' national title game -- this year it's the Orange Bowl -- on Jan. 3. The other key game next Saturday...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/103000/nsp_1030000039.shtml
Sports
Civil War, Old Oaken Bucket mean it's rivalry week

Need a break from deciphering the BCS standings? Sit back this Saturday and watch college football the way it's meant to be - for braggin' rights, baubles and bowl berths.

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/111300/nsp_1113000010.shtml
Sports
Will national champs be split?

...that doesn't mean the Hurricanes can't win a national championship. Can you say split champions? Although the Bowl Championship Series was created to eliminate such a possibility, co-champions could be crowned for the second time in four...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/112700/nsp_1127000007.shtml
Sports
Miffed Pac-10 might end relationship with BCS over Oregon State snub

...snubbed by the major college football bowls other than the Rose for the last 15 years, is threatening to pull out of the Bowl Championship Series after its contract expires in 2006 if the Fiesta Bowl does not select Oregon State. "There is an extra...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/112900/nsp_1129000031.shtml
Sports
A prime: National-title sharing 101

...Oklahoma, Miami and Florida State were 1-2-3 going into the bowl games. But under an agreement between the Bowl Championship Series and the American Football Coaches Association, the coaches' poll automatically declares the Orange Bowl...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/123000/nsp_1230000023.shtml
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