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The NFL Keeps Chugging Along Through The Chaos, On And Off The Field

sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): At this point in Week 15, I was expecting the only game outstanding to be tonight’s Vikings-Bears game, which we could blissfully ignore. But instead, we still have four games left: The regularly scheduled Monday Night Football game is joined tonight by the Raiders-Browns game, which was moved from Saturday, […]

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Michigan-Ohio State Is Actually Worth The Hype This Year

It’s been 32 years since Jim Harbaugh last led the Michigan Wolverines to a win over the Ohio State Buckeyes. Ever since the consummate Michigan Man made good on his guarantee in 1986, the maize and blue have largely been muzzled by the scarlet and gray. To some degree, Harbaugh must have returned to his […]

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Ohio State’s Season Was A Crazy Outlier

The legend of Urban Meyer grows. In coaching the Ohio State Buckeyes to the first ever College Football Playoff Championship on Monday, Meyer not only made college football history, he made statistical history — a history Meyer is uniquely familiar with. After Monday’s 42-20 win over Oregon, Ohio State finished with the second-highest season-ending Elo […]

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Ohio State’s Season Was A Crazy Outlier

The legend of Urban Meyer grows. In coaching the Ohio State Buckeyes to the first ever College Football Playoff Championship on Monday, Meyer not only made college football history, he made statistical history — a history Meyer is uniquely familiar with. After Monday’s 42-20 win over Oregon, Ohio State finished with the second-highest season-ending Elo […]

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