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December 13, 2008
Who Pays the College Coach (Excellent piece)
Who Pays the College Coach (Excellent piece) The college bowl season is just around the corner, and with it will come the annual debate over coaching salaries. Namely, is top-ranked Alabama’s Nick Saban really worth $32 million? Academic types have long lamented that coaches at many public universities make millions more than their schools’ professors…
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December 13, 2008
Tim Tebow Is Still the Best (Wall Street Journal)
Tim Tebow Is Still the Best (Wall Street Journal) The University of Florida’s Tim Tebow probably will not be announced as the winner of the 2008 Heisman Trophy Saturday night. He may not even finish second. If Mr. Tebow doesn’t win, the long-time claim that the award is given annually to “the most outstanding college…
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December 13, 2008
Service academy teams worthy of admiration
Service academy teams worthy of admiration As Alabama and Florida played for the SEC championship and for a spot in the BCS national championship game, I marveled at the incredible number of athletes playing for the Crimson Tide and Gators. I was especially marveled by the athletic ability and mental toughness of the Gators’ quarterback,…
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December 13, 2008
Oher glad he stayed at Ole Miss
Oher glad he stayed at Ole Miss ORLANDO, Fla. — Ole Miss offensive tackle Michael Oher looked around the interview room here Wednesday evening at the posh Disney Boardwalk Hotel. He was surrounded by college football’s elite, all gathered for tonight’s Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show that airs live at 6:30. And considering…
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December 13, 2008
Fulmer changes mind, won’t work for Tennessee president
Fulmer changes mind, won’t work for Tennessee president KNOXVILLE — Former Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer has chosen not to accept a position as a special assistant to university president John Petersen, the university announced Friday. On Monday, Petersen said that Fulmer — who is being paid 6 million over the next four years for…
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December 13, 2008
Heisman QBs: More cons than pros
Heisman QBs: More cons than pros The spread offense so popular among college football teams these days doesn’t only create problems for opposing defenses. It gives NFL evaluators fits too. The shotgun-based spread, which uses multiple receivers to stretch defenses from sideline to sideline, will be in the spotlight when the winner of the 2008…
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December 13, 2008
Oklahoma is the new Quarterback U
Oklahoma is the new Quarterback U Of all the Quarterback U’s over the years, the latest seems the most unlikely. Oklahoma. In the glory days of the wishbone, Sooners quarterbacks’ arm motion went sideways with a pitch more than forward with a pass. Meanwhile, different schools took a run at the moniker — Stanford, Brigham…
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December 13, 2008
UM’s Palmer held from Cotton Bowl
UM’s Palmer held from Cotton Bowl OXFORD — Barring an unexpected twist, Ole Miss starting linebacker Ashlee Palmer will not play in the Cotton Bowl because of academic issues. Palmer, a 6-foot-2, 222-pound senior, has played in all 12 games this season at outside linebacker and is fourth on the team with 48 tackles, including…
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December 13, 2008
3 assistants, administrator not on Mullen’s staff
3 assistants, administrator not on Mullen’s staff STARKVILLE — Dan Mullen spent his first day as Mississippi State’s football coach working out of Sylvester Croom’s old office at the Bryan Building here as he worked to shape his staff and shore MSU’s recruiting class. Mullen, the Florida offensive coordinator, accepted the MSU job Wednesday morning.…
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December 13, 2008
Mullen anxious to set up foundation at Miss. State
Mullen anxious to set up foundation at Miss. State STARKVILLE — Dan Mullen wants everyone to know the spread offense can be different things to different people. But the new Mississippi State football coach offers one basic premise to the approach. “We’re going to make you defend sideline to sideline,” Mullen said Thursday morning, when…
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December 13, 2008
UF’s Heisman winners have divine inspiration
UF’s Heisman winners have divine inspiration Every time Danny Wuerffel dropped back to pass, there was chaos all around him. Defenders yelled and grunted as they slammed into pass blockers. Sweat and blood splattered. Chunks of turf, ripped free by cleats bearing 300-plus pounds, flew into the air. Yet the former Florida quarterback was always…
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December 13, 2008
Programs go on the offensive
Programs go on the offensive The flurry of coaching moves around college football all have one thing in common — offense. — Florida offensive coordinator Dan Mullen is the new head coach at Mississippi State. — New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator Doug Marrone is the new head coach at Syracuse. amny.com 12/12/08
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Frank Corder
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December 23, 2025
Coast Guard returning full operations to its Pascagoula station
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 23, 2025
Mississippi Dept. of Education launches AI pilot program in 15 school districts
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Fatima Hussein, Associated Press
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December 23, 2025
Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that
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Frank Corder
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December 19, 2025
Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility
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Frank Corder
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December 18, 2025
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg
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Frank Corder
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December 15, 2025
Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County
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Marilyn Tinnin
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December 24, 2025
The Nutcracker: An enduring Christmas tradition
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Alistair Begg
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December 24, 2025
Prophecy fulfilled
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Meredith Biesinger
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December 23, 2025
The Singing Christmas Tree: A Belhaven tradition and a Mississippi legacy
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Sid Salter
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December 24, 2025
Slain director Rob Reiner made a complex but necessary film in Mississippi in the 1990s
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Donna Akers
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December 23, 2025
The joy of learning has been lost. It’s time to bring it back
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Kimberly Ross
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December 22, 2025
Don’t say anything at all: Rob Reiner, Donald Trump, textbook narcissism and double standards
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