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Be Wary Of These Overachievers When Filling Out Your Bracket

Largely disregarded going into the season, Northern Iowa and Butler have put together great years. Butler, unranked nationally and picked to finish seventh in the 10-team Big East back in October, placed second in the conference and finished 22nd in both the AP and Coaches’ polls. Northern Iowa exceeded expectations by an even greater margin, […]

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The NFL’s Offseason Carousel Is Mostly Pointless

As my colleague Ben Morris wrote Wednesday, the NFL’s annual free agent market is not, by and large, where Super Bowls are won and lost. At best, it’s a place where teams tread water, paying the going rate for known talents. At worst, it’s where teams waste a ton of money. It’s not hard to […]

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The NFL’s Offseason Carousel Is Mostly Pointless

As my colleague Ben Morris wrote Wednesday, the NFL’s annual free agent market is not, by and large, where Super Bowls are won and lost. At best, it’s a place where teams tread water, paying the going rate for known talents. At worst, it’s where teams waste a ton of money. It’s not hard to […]

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Where Last Weekend Ranks Among College Football’s Craziest

There’s one word to describe Week 6 of the 2014 college football season: chaos. Three of the top four teams in the Associated Press’s Top 25 poll fell this past weekend (including unranked Arizona’s upset of No. 2 Oregon on Thursday night). And for the first time ever, five of the AP’s top eight lost […]

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Where Last Weekend Ranks Among College Football’s Craziest

There’s one word to describe Week 6 of the 2014 college football season: chaos. Three of the top four teams in the Associated Press’s Top 25 poll fell this past weekend (including unranked Arizona’s upset of No. 2 Oregon on Thursday night). And for the first time ever, five of the AP’s top eight lost […]

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