The “feel good” story of the 2006 NFL season is not feeling so hot these days. It’s been a struggle this year for the 2007 New Orleans Saints. They lost their home opener, they lost on the road and they’ve lost their best running back for the season in Deuce McCallister. McCallister tore a ligament [...]

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Here are my predictions on some of the top college football games of the weekend:
OKLAHOMA 47 COLORADO 21
The Sooners continue to rumble through the Big 12.
FLORIDA STATE 26 ALABAMA 14
It’s the third straight emotional week for Nick Saban’s Crimson Tide. Their defensive line is too thin to stop the Noles running game.
FLORIDA 35 AUBURN 20
Payback [...]

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Three years ago, I would not have dreamed I would write these words. But the most significant game of the college football season, to this point, may be played on Friday night in Tampa, Florida, as South Florida hosts West Virginia.
Three years ago the Big East was basically given up for dead. But now, West [...]

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There are several questions surrounding Big 12 football this season. First, is the upper half of the Big East now better than the upper half of the Big 12? And, which direction is Big 12 football headed? The Sooners of Oklahoma have been a pleasant early surprise, but there seem to be issues regarding many [...]

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News that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, in an interview with James Brown on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” said that black quarterbacks face greater scrutiny than white quarterbacks was distressing to me. As a long-time professional football fan, and as one who has seen the continuing acceptance of black quarterbacks over the past [...]

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