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June 18, 2008

Jones looks to crash BCS bash with new date SMU

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/cusa/2008-06-18-jones-smu_N.htm They are college football's little guys, outsiders peering in at a celebration for someone else. Think of the Bowl Championship Series games every January as the biggest party for the hottest fraternities, and these are the dorm guys, commuters maybe, hoping to sneak past the bouncers. But that doesn't stop them from aspiring to the sport's grandest stage and, in recent years, they're getting there. SMU: School looks to avoid past spending mistakes HAWAII: Program tries to rebuild without Jones and Brennan Boise State of the lightly regarded Western Athletic Conference did it two seasons ago, putting together an undefeated regular season, earning a BCS bid and then stunning Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. USA Today.com 6/18/08
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June 18, 2008

Tidbits from UF’s 08-09 athletic budget

Tidbits from UF’s 08-09 athletic budget Florida’s University Athletic Association board approved an $84 million budget for 2008-09 at its meeting Monday afternoon. Although much of the figures don’t matter to the fans, here are a few tidbits found in the budget materials… **UF will pay a $600,000 guarantee to Hawaii for its Aug. 30…
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June 18, 2008

Dean’s 9th-nning double keeps LSU alive

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/wires/06/17/2060.ap.bbc.cws.rice.lsu.4th.ld.writethru.0909/ OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -Blake Dean barely arrived at second base when his joyous LSU teammates mobbed him, starting the kind of celebration usually reserved for a national championship game. After the hugging and backslapping were over, Dean showed the old been-there-done-that attitude as he talked about his game-winning, three-run double that kept the Tigers alive at the College World Series. Yes, the LSU has done this before. The Tigers dramatic 6-5 victory over Rice on Tuesday marked the second time in three wins in the national tournament they've come back from a three-run deficit in the ninth inning. In fact, LSU has come from behind in 30 of its wins this season. But this was different. This was Omaha, a place that hasn't been so kind to the Tigers since they won their last national championship in 2000. Dean, however wouldn't let on. It was as if his double off the left-field wall against Cole St. Clair was meant to be. "Believing isn't the issue,'' Dean said. "There's no doubt in our mind that we were going to do it.'' Now LSU (49-18-1) plays Thursday against the loser of Tuesday night's Bracket 2 game between Fresno State and North Carolina. si.com 6/17/08