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    • Spring football 25: Kansas State Wildcats

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      Dr. Saturday will be looking at the 25 most interesting teams headed into spring football through March, examining which programs have the biggest questions, the most expectations and the best storylines. This isn’t a list of the 25 best teams going into the spring, just the 25 we’re keeping the closest eye on. Previously: USC.

      KANSAS STATE

      What happened in 2012
      There was a point during the 2012 season where Kansas State was the nation’s No. 1 team and just two wins away from playing for a national title. But that dream died quickly when, less than a week after earning the No. 1 ranking, the Wildcats were upset by an upstart Baylor team which used its high-speed spread offense to take advantage of the Wildcats, who weren’t nearly as athletic.

      The same result would later happen against Oregon in Fiesta Bowl and the Wildcats would finish 11-2.

      Now, that’s not a terrible season. In fact, it was the first 11-win campaign since the heyday of the program in the late 90s and early 2000s, but it was a far cry from the season Kansas State was having before it ran into the Baylor Bears.

      What makes them interesting in 2013

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    • Skip Holtz leads early in Dr. Saturday’s bracket challenge

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      We’re halfway through the first day of the first round of the NCAA Tournament and upsets have caused some stumbles for our coaches so far.

      Louisiana Tech’s Skip Holtz leads the group with seven correct picks, missing on Pitt, but accurately picking Memphis and Oregon. LSU’s Les Miles and Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy both have six points. Miles missed St. Mary’s and Pitt while Gundy missed St. Mary’s and Oklahoma State. In all fairness to coach Gundy, he kinda had to pick the Cowboys. Gundy also had Oklahoma State winning in the next round, so that going to hurt a little bit.

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    • Cameron, U.S. men focused on silencing critics in crucial World Cup qualifier against Costa Rica

      DENVER – Geoff Cameron has some memorable moments during his limited time with the U.S. men's national team. Some have been good, some have been bad, but one in particular has made him one of the Americans' biggest question marks.

      In the 79th minute of the U.S.'s opener in CONCACAF's final round of World Cup qualifying last month, Cameron's indecision – coupled with miscommunication with goalkeeper Tim Howard – led to an easy tap-in, winning goal for Honduras' Jerry Bengtson and a loss of three points for the Americans.

      It was poor communication between a relative newcomer in USA's central defense and a veteran keeper at best, sloppy defending at its worst, and the blunder put the Americans in a must-win situation against Costa Rica on Friday at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City. It also made critics question whether Cameron was the appropriate choice to step into a position that had been held by Carlos Bocanegra during the past two World Cup cycles.

      Geoff Cameron arrives late to stop Hondruas' Juan Carlos Garcia from scoring on a bicycle kick. (Getty Images)But coach Jurgen

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    • Doc Five: Best College Football Buzzer Beaters – No. 2, Hail Flutie

      This offseason we will count down various topics from Monday through Friday, bringing you the top five of the important and definitely some not so important issues in college football. It's the Doc Five, every week until we will thankfully have actual games to discuss.

      THE BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL BUZZER BEATERS

      NO. 2, HAIL FLUTIE

      With the NCAA Tournament officially beginning Thursday (no one counts the play-in games), we here at the Doc thought it would be fitting to highlight one of the greatest college football buzzer beaters of all time.

      Doug Flutie was undersized, but scrappy, and if he had the ball and there was time left on the clock, no one could count him out.

      On Nov. 23, 1984, the day after Thanksgiving, reigning national champion Miami and Boston College met in what ultimately would be a offensive shootout in a rain storm. The teams combined for 15 scoring drives, but it was the final scoring drive that would make history.

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    • Let’s be honest, it’s tough to keep college football relevant in March, especially when the NCAA Tournament starts.

      So, we here at Dr. Saturday decided to ask a few college football coaches to show off their basketball knowledge in Dr. Saturday inaugural bracket challenge.

      LSU’s Les Miles, Louisiana Tech’s Skip Holtz and Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy each submitted a bracket to be scrutinized, challenged and quite possibly revered by every college football (and basketball) fan in the country.

      Do you know college basketball better than a football coach?

      Well, here’s your chance to find out.

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      With the Toomer’s Corner trees entering their final rolling this spring, the City of Auburn has come up with a temporary solution to pacify those who still want to keep one of the greatest traditions in college football.

      “Where we’ve settled is a series of three poles that will be concrete poles not unlike the size of a telephone pole or the size of a light pole on the end of the road,” Kevin Cowper, Auburn’s Assistant City Manager, told The War Eagle Reader.

      One pole will be placed near the white rock in College Street median between Compass Bank and the ghost of the Toomer’s Oaks. One pole will be placed in the landscaped area in front of the entrance to Toomer’s Drugs. Another will go up in front of the Bank Vault.

      “It will form a triangle and we will run cable between those three poles,” Cowper says. “It will be two cable wires probably three or four inches a part.”

      The wires will be the same height as the traffic lights, but drape low enough so people can throw rolls of toilet

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    • Spring football 25: USC Trojans

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      Dr. Saturday will be looking at the 25 most interesting teams headed into spring football through March, examining which programs have the biggest questions, the most expectations and the best storylines. This isn’t a list of the 25 best teams going into the spring, just the 25 we’re keeping the closest eye on. Previously: Florida State.

      What happened in 2012
      USC became the first team in the history of the Associated Press poll to start the season No. 1 and finish the year unranked. It’s not exactly a designation the Trojans want to celebrate.

      USC was supposed to be a national championship contender. Quarterback Matt Barkley was supposed to be a Heisman contender. This was supposed to be the best USC team since the days of the “Bush Push.” But an early season loss to Stanford threw the Trojans off course and it was never able to recover.

      Add to that Barkley’s season-ending shoulder injury against UCLA, fighting in the locker room and an apathetic effort against Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl, and the Trojans have a lot of work to do this spring.

      What makes them interesting in 2013

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    • Katherine Webb makes her ‘Splash’ and it’s not terrible

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      Katherine Webb, the overnight sensation who gained fame simply by being the girlfriend of Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, made her reality show debut Tuesday night on the celebrity diving show “Splash.”

      And it wasn't all that bad.

      Hold your applause, please.

      [Related: Katherine Webb strikes provacative pose for Vanity Fair]

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    • This offseason we will count down various topics from Monday through Friday, bringing you the top five of the important and definitely some not so important issues in college football. It's the Doc Five, every week until we will thankfully have actual games to discuss.

      THE BEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL BUZZER BEATERS

      NO. 3, THE BLUEGRASS MIRACLE

      Not many people think of LSU and Kentucky when they think of some of the great rivalries in the SEC, but in 2002, those two teams played one of the greatest games in SEC history – and by some accounts one of the most embarrassing finishes in Kentucky lore.

      It’s not too often that a coach, in this case Kentucky’s Guy Morriss, is given a Gatorade bath in a loss, but no one saw this loss coming.

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    • Minnesota lost money on alcohol sales in 2012

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      As universities continue to explore new ways to make money off college football, the University of Minnesota might be a cautionary tale.

      Minnesota began selling wine and beer at football games last season and according to the Associated Press, the university actually lost $16,000 on the initiative. The school did make more than $900,000 in sales during the season.

      So where did all the money go?

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