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    that school. Some of the greatest athletes that attended TCU are Jaden Oberkrom, LaDainian Tomlinson, Jerry Hughes, and Sammy Baugh a older player of theirs. TCU’s best player is and probably always will be LaDainian Tomlinson. He was a football player his position was a running back set many school records including rushing in a single game, and rushing in a single season. He rushed for four hundred six yards in a single game to set the single game rushing record. Then rushed for two thousand

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    When I moved here from Mason City I knew I wanted to play football as a Lion. So I knew that if I didn't put a lot of effort into weight training and going to football camps that I wasn't going to be that great of a football player. So after 8th grade I signed up for an Iowa State lineman camp to work on defence and learn new moves. I ended up learning quite a bit. I went to LPT and got a lot better as an athlete and as a person because it taught me a lot about responsibility. The way it taught me

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    Will the Steelers go after a defensive lineman early in this draft? Though the Steelers defense struggled for much of 2015, one area emerged as one of the best young groups in football: the defensive line. Cam Heyward and Stephon Tuitt combined for 13.5 sacks on the year and were both a force in a run defense that was fifth in the league. But outside of these two young thoroughbreds, the rest of the defensive line was average at best. Steve McLendon had another so-so season while Cam Thomas

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    Lambert was one of 30 kickers named to the 2016 Lou Groza Award watch list on Thursday. This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award and is headlined by 19 former semifinalists. The award is named for National Football League Hall of Fame kicker Lou “The Toe” Groza, who played 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns. Groza won four NFL championships with Cleveland and was named NFL Player of the Year in 1954. Although an All-Pro offensive lineman, Groza ushered in

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    I could hear everything, but my mind was silent. The crowd was erupting, my coaches were belching, yet I couldn’t hear any of it. My focused remained on one thing, the football. It was the only thing that mattered, it was the purpose, the reason, the game. Sweat drowned my vision as I gazed from one side of the field to another until at last I located the auburn oval I’d seen so many games before. My surroundings transformed into a collage of sapphire and crimson figures as I concentrated on the

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    the Texans could remain a playoff team if they grab the Nittany Lions quarterback in the upcoming draft. If Foster can stay healthy, which he has had trouble doing throughout his career, and if Houston selects Hackenberg, the Texans could be in position to make some noise in the AFC South next season despite it only being Hackenberg’s rookie

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    In 2009, arguably one of the best Super Bowl was played in Tampa, Florida. This game featured the AFC champions Steelers and the NFC champions Cardinals, in which the Steelers prevailed 27-23. As any football fan could tell you the score of this game was not a low one at all. For the cardinals to put up 23 against the Steelers number one defense was shocking. Even more stunning, was to see the Steelers offense generate enough offense to put up 27 point. The Steelers offensive game had been struggling

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    Butler finished last season with seven tackles for a loss and three sacks. With the departures of Caleb Azubike and Stephen Weatherly, that makes him the second highest returning Commodore behind only Zach Cunningham. Adam Butler has been willing to move around to help the team where needed. After a true freshman season on the offensive line, he moved to defensive tackle in 2013 and earned five starts in 13 games. As a redshirt sophomore, he played in all 12 games, including nine starts

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    Philadelphia Eagles fans will always remember Chip Kelly as the arrogant dictator who parted with the likes of DeSean Jackson, LeSean McCoy, Jeremy Maclin, Nick Foles and Evan Mathis. Mathis, of course, went on to win a Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos last season. Yes, Kelly got rid of a lot of talented players during his time as head coach of the Eagles from 2013-2015, but people seem to forget about the good things he did for the organization prior to his firing. His 26-21 record and one playoff

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    Josh McCown. So the question is brought up, what is McCown's trade value? If the Browns truly want to keep the veteran quarterback on their roster then their asking price should be high. They have the leverage and the Cowboys are the team with the position to fill. If their desperate enough, they might surrender a conditional fourth round pick that could be a third rounder based on McCown's performance.

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