thequad.blogs.nytimes.com - 6/29/2009
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After going 25 years without a winning season, can Vanderbilt make it two in a row in 2009?
thequad.blogs.nytimes.com - 6/30/2009
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The 2008 Gophers started strong but wilted down
the stretch to finish 7-6. After a 1-11 season...
in 2007, seven wins was quite an improvement. This fall will present another opportunity for Minnesota to make some noise in the Big Ten.
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The Quad Countdown: No. 63 Minnesota
thequad.blogs.nytimes.com - 6/30/2009
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In Year 1 A.J. (after Coach Paul Johnson)
Navy won eight games, mostly because of a greatly...
improved performance from the defense. Can the Midshipmen match that total in 2009?
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The Quad Countdown: No. 64 Navy
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So it's the dog days, and you've got to get your college football wherever you can, but when I read a line like
The fact that Vanderbilt finished with seven wins is impressive enough, but that it did so in the SEC makes it all the more remarkable.
in what would otherwise be a pretty good preview piece on the NYT's The Quad blog, I gotta call foul. Seven wins by Vandy standards is pretty remarkable, but that includes just a 4-4 record against the SEC, with losses against Mississippi St. and one of the worst ...
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