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The Jacksonville Knights minor league football team signed a two year contract extension with the University of North Florida to play their home games at Hodges Stadium, located on the campus of UNF.
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The Jacksonville Sharks defeated the Cleveland Gladiators en route to improving to 6-1 and staying undefeated at Sea Best Field in Jacksonville Memorial Arena
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The Associated Press college football poll is biased toward a voter’s home state and conference, according to a research study conducted by four UNF business professors.
The study was based on votes submitted throughout the 2007 football season and was released in November.
“It’s a study I haven’t seen anyone else doing,” said Jay Coleman, lead professor on the study.
The research found biases toward the Southeastern Conference, Big 12 and PAC 10. But there was no bias toward the Big East, a conference not traditionally known for football success.
There are 120 teams …
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The Spinnaker compiled a list of cities that could possibly house an NFL expansion team and some ideas for the new teams’ mascots.
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I just finished watching the movie “The Express” and it got me think about the best NFL players of all-time at each position. With the Super Bowl less than two weeks away, I decided to come up with a list. Here’s my top three and most over rated of each given position.
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A nine-year-old boy’s father recently posted a video on YouTube of his son playing basketball with hopes it will catch the eye of an NCAA recruiter. The young boy is actually very good for his age, and the clip has already been viewed more than a million times.
University of Florida football coach Urban Meyer sent hundreds of text messages to recruits to avoid the NCAA limit on phone calls, and found another recruit’s girlfriend a gymnastics scholarship at UF just to sweeten the deal, according to a Gainesville Sun report.
What do the two have in common?
They are both examples of how NCAA recruiting has gone too far.
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Millions of NFL fans across the world watch and wait for it each year.
Fans of losing teams the season prior regain hope with expectations their favorite team will select a player who will bring a franchise to winning ways.
The NFL commissioner gets on the stage, announces the first overall pick and one young athlete, just months removed from college, becomes a multi-millionaire.
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In a season full of uncertainty in the NFL only two things can be sure: the New York Giants and the Tennessee Titans. While every other team in the NFL has been extremely inconsistent, these two teams are coasting towards the playoffs.
One team that has a significant chance at taking away the Titans perfect record is the Jacksonville Jaguars.




