Paul Smith
Joe Paterno: A Legend After the Fall PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 11:17

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Chesterton, Ind. -- He was a stranger in a strange town, seemingly as out of place as a humanities professor in a gym full of 250-pound grunts finding new ways to add outrageous muscle to their finely tuned Herculean frames.

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A tale of two cities, and two scandals PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 18 November 2011 23:48
Chesterton, Ind. — This is a tale of two modern day cities, the two most oft-discussed in the out-of-control merry-go-round that is College Football 2011.

Columbus, you knew. The demise of one of the biggest names in college football, James Patrick Tressel, and the descendancy from the kingdom of the high elite.

State College, Pa., you have probably heard more than you can handle over the last fortnight.

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Ohio State, Missing Suspendees, Fall in Miami PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 25 September 2011 13:50
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- While it's true absence, in this case, the missing five suspendees, including All-American candidate/tailback "Boom" Herron and one of the country's most electrifying wide receivers, DeVier Posey, can make the heart grow fonder, Ohio State's problems proved a whole lot deeper than that Saturday night at Miami.
 
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Ohio State Nearly Chokes on an In-State Cupcake PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 15 September 2011 12:01
BARRINGTON, Ill. -- "Hey cupcakes, getcha cupcakes right here!!!"
 
You'll forgive one of college football's most insane fan bases if they respond, "I gotcha cupcakes right heah!!!"
 
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Notre Dame: Waking the Echoes and Questions PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 15 September 2011 11:56

The 2010 finish.
 
The Sun Bowl dismantling of Miami (Fla.).
 
The overcoming of the off-field events, such as student videographer Declan Sullivan's falling to his death from a practice field scaffold in 55 mph winds, other off-field
mishaps, no easy task.
 
The banner recruiting year crop.
 
The expectations.
 
The hype. Always, the hype.
 

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Ohio State: After Turmoil, a Focus on Football PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 01 September 2011 22:54

Drive up Woody Hayes Drive any steamy August afternoon and it's as if time stood still. If you used your imagination, you could hear the famous Keith Jacksonisms: "On the banks of the Olentangy..." or "...The pads-a-whackin' 'n' the bones-a-crackin'."

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