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Triple Option Attack: 2014 Duke College Football Preview
By E. Marcel Pourtout, Editor Music to listen to: Rockin’ The Suburbs by Ben Folds BTW: Ben was my former neighbor in Nashville but I never saw him one time in two years. Met the wife, saw the kids but never Ben. Nice family. Last Season: Duke produced its best season in decades, winning 10 games,…
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Inside Georgia Tech: Yellow Jackets Picked Fifth in Coastal Division Poll
GREENSBORO, N.C.- In a preseason poll of media attending the 2014 ACC Football Kickoff at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro, N.C., the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets were picked fifth in the Coastal Division. The Yellow Jackets received one first-place vote in the Coastal Division race. Since Paul Johnson’s arrival in Atlanta, no team in the ACC has exceeded…
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Triple Option Attack: 2014 Walter Camp Award Watch List Released
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced the names of fifty “players to watch” for its 2014 Player of the Year award, the nation’s fourth-oldest individual college football accolade. Florida State sophomore quarterback Jameis Winston, the 2013 Walter Camp Player of the Year award recipient, headlines the 2014 watch list. Winston, a Second Team Walter…
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Inside Georgia Tech: 2014 Hall of Fame Class Announced
Two-time first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference football stars James Butler and Luke Manget, as well as Georgia Tech’s all-time leading shot-blocker in basketball, Alvin Jones, are among six former Yellow Jacket student-athletes who have been elected to the 2014 Georgia Tech Hall of Fame. NCAA track champion Michael Johnson, former ACC volleyball player of the year Lynnette Moster and two-time Johnny Bench…
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Triple Option Attack: Jim Thorpe Award announces 2014 Watch List
The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame has announced its Watch List for the 2014 Jim Thorpe Award honoring the nation’s top defensive back. Nine of the 39 nominees came from the SEC and ACC. Those players were: Jeremy Cash, Duke, Jr. Landon Collins, Alabama, Jr. Kendall Fuller, Virginia Tech, So. Vernon Hargreaves, Florida, So. Anthony…
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Georgia Tech’s Mason named to Outland Trophy Watch List
Georgia Tech senior offensive lineman and 2013 first-team All-ACC secection Shaquille Mason was named to the preseason watch list for the Outland Trophy, selected by the Football Writers Association of America. The Outland Trophy goes annually to the nation’s top down lineman, including both offense and defense. Mason, a native of Columbia, Tenn., has helped…
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