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Vernon Gholston*

Ohio State Poised To Win Third-straight Outright Big Ten Title
Aug 29, 2008, 8:10 AM

Ohio State was disappointed, disgusted, and most of all, embarrassed. The Buckeyes had just lost, 38-28, to LSU in the BCS national championship. Forget that it was their second-straight appearance in college football's biggest game (they had lost, 41-14, to Florida the previous year). Forget that they had one of the best recruiting classes all but signed.

Players Mentioned: Vernon Gholston*

The Daily Iowan

Felix Jones*

Arkansas Vs. Western Illinois : Looking For Returns
Aug 29, 2008, 7:33 AM

FAYETTEVILLE ? Arkansas freshmen Jarius Wright and Elton Ford won starting jobs on offense and defense in preseason practice, but they also figure to play key roles on special teams. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)

Players Mentioned: Felix Jones*

NWAnews.com

Felix Jones*

Houston Nutt Era Begins With Memphis-mississippi
Aug 29, 2008, 7:09 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Houston Nutt era begins this weekend at Ole Miss. After a decade at Arkansas, Nutt is wearing the blue and red and trying to resurrect a Rebels squad that had just 10 wins in the last three seasons and none in the Southeastern Conference last year.

Players Mentioned: Felix Jones*

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Felix Jones*

Houston Nutt Era Begins With Memphis-mississippi
Aug 29, 2008, 7:08 AM

The butterflies don't start till a couple of days before the game for Houston Nutt.

Players Mentioned: Felix Jones*

The Biloxi Sun Herald

Rashard Mendenhall*
Matthew Stockman
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Illini Coach Sees Missouri As Measuring Stick
Aug 29, 2008, 4:31 AM

Illinois won't have to wait long to find out how good it is, with Saturday's season opener against No. 6 Missouri, Illini coach Ron Zook said Tuesday.

Players Mentioned: Rashard Mendenhall*

Lake County News-Sun

Rivera Ready To Go
Aug 29, 2008, 4:25 AM

They come up with nicknames for guys like Mike Rivera, usually something like Freight Train, The Animal or Mad Dog. Rivera's no different. In fact, he has more nicknames than most. He has been called The Italian Stallion. That one's near and dear to his heart. Two years ago, when he let his hair and beard grow wild, they called him Caveman. He still smiles when he hears that one.

Players Mentioned: Ryan Torain

Lawrence Journal-World

Erik Ainge

Nfl Preseason Roundup: Carr Leads N.y. Past Pats
Aug 29, 2008, 3:49 AM

No Tom Brady. No Eli Manning. New England and New York took no chances with their quarterbacks in their preseason that matched February's Super Bowl opponents.

Players Mentioned: Jerome Felton, Erik Ainge

Lawrence Journal-World

Erik Ainge

Top 25 Preview Capsules
Aug 29, 2008, 1:33 AM

Georgia Southern at No. 1 Georgia, 12:30 p.m. Line: No line. Series record: Georgia leads 3-0. Last meeting: 2004, Georgia 48-28 What's at Stake

Players Mentioned: Rashard Mendenhall*, Steve Slaton*, Colt Brennan, John David Booty, Jonathan Stewart*, Erik Ainge

San Diego Union-Tribune

Line Veteran Travis Schneider Confident In His Young Peers
Aug 29, 2008, 1:12 AM

One of the major concerns for Texas A&M football in 2008 is the youth along the offensive line.

Players Mentioned: Cody Wallace, Corey Clark

The Battalion

Rashard Mendenhall*
Matthew Stockman
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Illinois' Future Is In Juice Williams' Hands
Aug 29, 2008, 12:10 AM

Last year, Illinois was Rashard Mendenhall's team. The soft-spoken tailback's 1,681 yards was tops in the Big Ten, and the single biggest reason the Illini surprised the conference with a 9-4, second-place finish that landed them in the Rose Bowl.

Players Mentioned: Rashard Mendenhall*, J Leman

Rockford Register Star

Chris Long
Jeff Fishbein
Icon SMI

Great Expectations
Aug 28, 2008, 11:56 PM

CHARLOTTESVILLE They arrived at the University of Virginia in 2004, the defensive end from Ivy and the linebacker from Woodbridge. Only one of them remains at U.Va. -- the linebacker, Clint Sintim -- but the friendship he forged with defensive end Chris Long has helped the fifth-year senior become one of the ACC's best at his position.

Players Mentioned: Chris Long

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Derrick Harvey*

Harvey Debuts In Third Quarter
Aug 28, 2008, 11:49 PM

Derrick Harvey would have preferred to be in Jaguars training camp from the first day. But by ending the longest holdout among 2008 NFL draft choices Wednesday, the defensive end from the University of Florida created what he called "perfect timing" in making his Jaguars debut against the Washington Redskins on Thursday, just a few miles from his hometown of Greenbelt, Md. ...

Players Mentioned: Derrick Harvey*

The Florida Times-Union

Erik Ainge

Bucs Knock Off Texans' Reserves
Aug 28, 2008, 11:45 PM

Dexter Jackson returned a punt 83 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter and the Buccaneers' backups beat Houston's 16-6 on Thursday night in the preseason finale for both teams.

Players Mentioned: Jerome Felton, Erik Ainge

Abilene Reporter-News

Northwest Missouri State 2008 Football Scouting Report
Aug 28, 2008, 11:33 PM

QUARTERBACK Joel Osborn made huge strides last year as a junior. He started as backup to Josh Mathews, then worked himself into a two-quarterback system. By mid-October, Osborn was the starter, leading the Bearcats to their third straight national championship game.

Players Mentioned: Xavier Omon, Mike Peterson

St. Joseph News-Press

Steve Slaton*

Backfield Tandems Twice As Nice
Aug 28, 2008, 11:30 PM

The second running back is becoming vital to offensive success.

Players Mentioned: Rashard Mendenhall*, Steve Slaton*, Chris Johnson

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Matt Ryan

New Starting Quarterback Ryan Gets Falcons Started In Win Over Ravens
Aug 28, 2008, 11:15 PM

BALTIMORE - Matt Ryan used the final pre-season game to get a feel for being the Atlanta Falcons starting quarterback.

Players Mentioned: Joe Flacco, Matt Ryan

Canadian Press via Yahoo! News

Backfield Tandems Twice As Nice
Aug 28, 2008, 11:14 PM

The second running back is becoming vital to offensive success.

Players Mentioned: Owen Schmitt

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Joe Flacco

Ryan Gets Falcons Started In Win Over Ravens
Aug 28, 2008, 11:03 PM

The top two quarterbacks selected in the 2008 NFL draft started their team's final preseason game _ for vastly different reasons. Matt Ryan played two series Thursday night to get a feel for being Atlanta's starting quarterback. Joe Flacco started out of...

Players Mentioned: Joe Flacco, Matt Ryan

San Francisco Chronicle

Colt Brennan

Colt Brennan 13-for-18; Redskin Starter 1-4, 1 Int.
Aug 28, 2008, 10:04 PM

Former University of Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan completed 13 of 18 passes for 119 yards in a 24-3 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars today in an exhibition NFL game played in Landover, Md.

Players Mentioned: Colt Brennan

Honolulu Advertiser

Joe Flacco

New Starting Quarterback Ryan Gets Falcons Started In Win Over Ravens
Aug 28, 2008, 9:48 PM

BALTIMORE - The top two quarterbacks selected in the 2008 NFL draft started their team's final pre-season game - for vastly different reasons.

Players Mentioned: Joe Flacco

Slam! Sports

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