Big-time matchup tonight in the Alamo Bowl
Traditional powers Michigan, Nebraska face off COLLEGE FOOTBALL/ THE ALAMO BOWL — MICHIGAN VS. NEBRASKA
     SAN ANTONIO (AP) —Michigan coach Lloyd Carr does not consider the Alamo Bowl a comedown for a program with Rose Bowl appearances
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Longhorns arrive in Pasadena — again
Same hotel, same practice field — much different foe COLLEGE FOOTBALL/ THE ROSE BOWL FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, JAN. 4 — TEXAS VS. USC
By JERRY CROWE The Los Angeles Times
     Been here, done that. The Texas Longhorns, 38-37 winners over Michigan in the Rose Bowl game in January, are coming back for an encore. And they say they won’t be awed by the hoopla surrounding their return, even if their much-anticipated showdown a week from today on Wednesday, Jan. 4 against top-
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‘Threepeat’ would put USC among football’s royalty
By OLIN BUCHANAN Austin American-Statesman
     Among the exhibits seen on a tour of the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind., is a replica of Bear Bryant’s houndstooth hat, Knute Rockne’s sweatshirt and whistle, a Red Grange jersey and even the soup bowl and spoon from which Joe Montana ate while fending off hypothermia in the 1979
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White Sox title is AP story of the year
2005: THE YEAR IN SPORTS
     NEW YORK (AP) — When the White Sox won the World Series for the first time in nearly nine decades, it took awhile for Jerry Reinsdorf to realize what the title meant to many in Chicago.
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For team, his own good, Parcells should stay
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE/ DALLAS COWBOYS ANAYLSIS
By STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press
     IRVING — Bill Parcells insists he isn’t privately contemplating retirement.
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