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    PITTSBURGH — Speaking over the weekend during Penn State football media day, coach James Franklin did a respectable and entertaining job of trying to temper expectations. Repeating something he says often, the 12th-year coach insisted that standards are always high inside the Lasch Football Building. Franklin also joked that preseason rankings will never adorn the walls of his basement man ...

      ORLANDO, Fla. — If you thought Donald Trump’s boldest promise was ending the war in Ukraine “on Day One” of his presidency, wait until you hear his latest miracle cure: Our commander-in-chief actually thinks he can fix college football. Cue the laugh track because that’s almost as funny as him promising to build a wall between the Big Ten and SEC. Just in case you missed it, Trump signed an ...

        PITTSBURGH — When Desmond Reid first visited Pitt, before he transferred from FCS Western Carolina, a picture hanging on the wall at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex caught his attention. Although Reid grew up in Miami Gardens, Fla., he became an Eagles fan because of LeSean McCoy, although he insisted he didn't know until that moment McCoy played his college ball in Oakland. "That was crazy," Reid ...

        LAS VEGAS — It’s amazing with how much our little town has grown into a thriving sports metropolis that we still have to fight some of the same old battles and deal with the same trite nonsense. Our emergence as a pro sports hub is one thing. We’ve hosted a Super Bowl and All-Star games and will soon be the 13th city to have a team in all four major American sports. (Still believe the NBA ...

        ORLANDO, Fla. — At one point in his life, Deondre Francois was living large. But as the former Florida State quarterback says, it’s all about the journey for him. Francois was that can’t-miss kid at Orlando’s Olympia High school as a freshman in 2011. He was supposed to be the real sure thing. As he and many others have found out along the way. There is no sure thing. Life throws plenty of ...

        TAMPA, Fla. — First, a little clarity: Every game in college football is a big game. All of 'em. No exceptions. That includes the perceived pushovers such as Florida’s Aug. 30 opener against Football Championship Subdivision patsy Long Island University or FSU’s Week 2 date with East Texas A&M. Meaningless games? Not if the Gators or ‘Noles lose, at which point any such upset is placed under a ...

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