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Posted on March 3rd, 2019 in 2019 NFL Scouting Combine, Student Work by rgeneral

By Justin Byers | @Justin_A_Byers Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — A year ago, Ed Oliver, the 2017 Outland Trophy winner from the University of Houston, was the anticipated number one overall pick of the 2018 National Football League Draft. Now, Oliver is not a clear-cut favorite to be a top pick. “People have me …

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Posted on January 2nd, 2018 in 2018 College Football Playoff, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Alaa Abdeldaiem | @Abdeldaiem_Alaa PASADENA, Calif. –– The second he heard the sound, he knew. The second he saw it––the ball flying sideways, flat, short and too far to the right––it took no time at all for Oklahoma’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Baker Mayfield to realize the reality that was settling in. The game had …

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Posted on December 31st, 2017 in 2018 College Football Playoff, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Sarah Bahr and Alaa Abdeldaiem | @smbahr14 @Abdeldaiem_Alaa PASADENA, Calif. – The 104th Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual will feature programs appearing for just the second time in their histories. Oklahoma, which won here in 2003, and Georgia, which won 75 years ago, will meet in a semifinal of the College Football …

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Posted on December 31st, 2017 in 2018 College Football Playoff, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Alaa Abdeldaiem | @Abdeldaiem_Alaa Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES –– As the University of Oklahoma and the University of Georgia prepare to meet in Monday afternoon’s Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual, Andrew Coats, Dean Emeritus of the College of Law at Oklahoma, is aware of the headlines surrounding the game’s national …

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Posted on December 31st, 2017 in 2018 College Football Playoff, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Sarah Bahr | @smbahr14 Sports Capital Journalism Program PASADENA, Calif. — We don’t play against black players. The Washington and Lee College coach, Jimmy DeHart, leader of an all-white football team from Lexington, Virginia, balked at letting his team square off against the black-quarterback-led Washington & Jefferson College squad from Washington, Pennsylvania. The coach …

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Posted on December 30th, 2017 in 2018 College Football Playoff, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Alaa Abdeldaiem | @Abdeldaiem_Alaa Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES –– It was time to make an appearance. Baker Mayfield had missed all non-football activities with the Oklahoma Sooners over the last three days due to illness, and he was prepared to miss another. But when the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback turned on the television …

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Posted on March 2nd, 2017 in 2017 NFL Scouting Combine, Student Work by Mark Alewine

By Mark Alewine | @MR_Alewine Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — The National Football League scouting combine is by its nature intended to be revealing. The process provides an unfiltered look at the future stars — or busts — of the NFL. For standout running backs Leonard Fournette of Louisiana State and Christian McCaffrey of …

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