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Bowl Preview: Illini Ready For Bears
(WSCR) – It’s been a streaky season for the Illini. And as much as the Illini would like to cap their up and down season, the dynamic Baylor offense could stand in their way. The Fighting Illini and...
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Leshoure’s 3 TDs Help Illinois Beat Baylor
HOUSTON (AP) – Mikel Leshoure isn’t sure whether he’ll declare for the NFL draft or return to Illinois for his senior season. But if Wednesday night’s Texas Bowl ends up being his college send-off it...
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No. 7 Baylor Beats Northwestern 69-41
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern knew it would be more difficult against Baylor. It was tougher than the Wildcats imagined. Quincy Acy and Pierre Jackson both scored 16 points and No. 7 Baylor...
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Bernstein: Illini Hire Must Ignore Race
By Dan Bernstein- CBSChicago.com Senior Columnist (CBS) It’s difficult enough to hire the right basketball coach at Illinois, without choosing to limit the field of candidates beforehand. Finding a...
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Baylor Holds Off Xavier, 75-70
ATLANTA (AP) — Quincy Acy, the only senior in Baylor’s starting lineup, had a double-double to help the Bears hold off Xavier 75-70 on Friday night and advance to its second regional final in three...
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College Football Spotlight: The Week We Have All Been Waiting For
By Kevin McGuire (Credit, Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images) This is the week college football fans have had circled on the calendar for quite some time. This is the week that will begin to truly shape the...
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Heisman Watch: Baylor’s Bryce Petty Keeps Bears In BCS Hunt
By Kevin McGuire Oregon’s loss last Thursday night at Stanford put a little bit of a dent in the Heisman profile of quarterback Marcus Mariota. Right now, Florida State’s Jameis Winston is probably the...
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College Football Spotlight: Biggest Question Now Is Michigan State Or...
By Kevin McGuire (Credit, Eric Francis/Getty Images) Alabama and Florida State, as expected, remained on top of the latest BCS rankings, released Sunday night, which means the Crimson Tide and...
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Heisman Watch: Jordan Lynch Looking To Push Northern Illinois Back To BCS Stage
By Kevin McGuire As the college football season hits the home stretch and teams wrap up their regular season schedules, time is running out for Heisman hopefuls to make a statement. One player from the...
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Heisman Watch: Boston College’s Andre Williams Rushes In To The Mix
By Kevin McGuire The past few weeks of the college football season have seen a number of strong Heisman Trophy candidates stumble in one way or another. This late into the season brings an unfamiliar...
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Baylor Shuts Down McDermott And Creighton, 85-55
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Isaiah Austin and Brady Heslip each scored 17 points and Baylor shut down Creighton’s Doug McDermott with suffocating defense, ending the career of the one of the most prolific...
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Emma: 5 Big Ten Football Storylines
By Chris Emma- (CBS) The annual rite of passage that is Big Ten media days bring together coaches, select players and thousands of media members for a series of fairly meaningless quotes. Every team in...
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Florida State, Alabama Are 1-2 Atop Preseason AP Poll
(AP) Jameis Winston and defending national champion Florida State are No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason college football poll. The Seminoles will start the season No. 1 for the sixth time – the...
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Wisch: 5 Thoughts On The Illini Basketball Schedule
By Dave Wischnowsky – (CBS) Its first game doesn’t tip off until November, but the picture of the 2014-’15 Illinois basketball team became clear this week. Or, at least, the picture of the Fighting...
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Bears Sign S Ahmad Dixon, Waive CB Demontre Hurst
(CBS) In an effort to shore up their last line of defense, the Bears have signed safety Ahmad Dixon off the Vikings’ practice squad and waived cornerback Demontre Hurst to make room for him on the...
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College Football Spotlight: Conference Perception Key As Big 12 Makes Statement
Virginia Tech laid an egg at home against a good East Carolina team a week after handling Ohio State in Columbus the previous week. USC was taken down on the road at Boston College a week after scoring...
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College Football Spotlight: You Can’t Script Drama As Good As This
(CBS) No matter how much hype you bought into for the week six schedule in college football, nobody could have seen the week playing out with as much drama as it did. The state of Mississippi is...
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Heisman Watch: Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott Is More Than Tim Tebow 2.0
As the season has seen the rise of Mississippi State football, quarterback Dak Prescott has emerged on the scene as one of college football’s best. Is Prescott the best player in college football? That...
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CFB Spotlight: Get Ready To Debate 1-Loss Playoff Contenders
By Kevin McGuire- (CBS Local) We may not know much about what will happen with the College Football Playoff, but we do know at least two spots are going to be filled by teams with at least one loss....
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CFB Spotlight: Big Games In November Separate Contenders From Pretenders
By Kevin McGuire- (CBS) Before the college football season kicked off, one weekend most college football fans from around the country had circled was this weekend. With the College Football Playoff...
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