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College Football Coverage: Miami Sends Another ACC Statement

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Week 2 marked the second straight week in college football that the ACC made a statement at the expense of the SEC. Last week it was Clemson beating Georgia. This time around it was Miami beating Florida, as the Hurricanes knocked off the Gators 21-16, and with the win Miami sent the message that they expect to be in the group with Clemson and Florida State vying for the ACC crown, Orange Bowl bid, and with a little luck, maybe more.

College Football Coverage: BCS Bowl Projections After Week 2

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The legal saying “The defense rests” applied on Saturday a lot more than fans in outposts like Columbia, Austin and South Bend would have liked. The defenses of South Carolina, Texas and Notre Dame were positively awful in big road losses that reshaped TheSportsNotebook’s BCS bowl projections. Here’s the rundown on the damage and the new-look bowl projections.

Daily Sports: NFL Week 1 With A Baseball Complement

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The first Sunday of the 2013 NFL season is here, with its standard run of an early afternoon where most people watch their local teams, a marquee late afternoon game and then a prime-time battle setting the agenda. The powers of the NFC are the focus today, and the daily sports card is ably filled out with big baseball games both early and late.

MLB Coverage: Did Tough-Minded Texas Miss An Opportunity?

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The Texas Rangers are in first place in the AL West, holding a half-game lead on the Oakland A’s, and they have a 5 ½ game cushion on at least making the wild-card. The Rangers are a team that’s overcome a lot and not received nearly enough credit for it. But I wonder if they aren’t going to look back on the past few weeks as a time of missed opportunity.

MLB Coverage: Playoff Race Update

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There’s 3 ½ weeks to go in the baseball regular season, as we push forward in the playoff race and to the September 29 conclusion. TheSportsNotebook’s MLB coverage summarizes the landscape, with a look at what happened in the early week, what’s ahead this weekend, what’s up on the injury front and how the bracket would look if the season ended today.

College Football Coverage: 10 Worthwhile Games On The Week 2 Undercard

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The biggest games of college football Week 2 are on the ESPN Saturday tripleheader, previewed earlier by TheSportsNotebook. But beyond the trio of Florida-Miami, South Carolina-Georgia and Notre Dame-Michigan, are ten other games that are worth your attention. Maybe not to watch, but at least to check on when you get the scores…

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