BCS TITLE GAME : Gators: Sooners to pay for slight

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MIAMI — Oklahoma cornerback Dominique Franks walked into Dolphin Stadium alongside teammates Monday, took a seat in the stands and politely declined every interview request. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

FIESTA BOWL : McCoy, 'Horns drive to victory

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Left out of the national title game, Colt McCoy and Texas made the most of their trip to the Fiesta Bowl. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS VS. NO. 7 TEXAS LONGHORNS : 'A different animal'Pelphrey : Longhorns SEC-like

BY BOB HOLT

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas doesn't open SEC play until Saturday against Mississippi State, but Razorbacks Coach John Pelphrey said it feels as if the conference schedule begins tonight. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Like Clark, Dick goes with Bears

BY NICK WALKER

CONWAY — Former Arkansas Razorbacks quarterback Nathan Dick's search for a new school took him three weeks and ended just 160 miles from Fayetteville. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

LIKE IT IS : Texas' Barnes good at raising bar, eyebrows

WALLY HALL

When we last saw the Texas Longhorns basketball team, it was being heartily booed in Alltel Arena during the NCAA Tournament. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Playoffs the answer to bad bowl games

JIM BAILEY

Have you noticed that lately more college football teams reach the postseason than basketball teams? - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Colts coach unsure whether he'll return

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INDIANAPOLIS — Tony Dungy still enjoys the challenge of coaching. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Steelers linebacker AP's top defender

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NEW YORK — Kent State once sent a linebacker to the Pittsburgh Steelers who epitomized everything the Steel Curtain was about. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Razorbacks report

By Bob Holt

Big week earns Hog SEC honor FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas forward Michael Washington has won his second SEC player of the week award this season. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

UALR report

By Jeffrey Slatton

‘Underdog' Hilltoppers get fired up Perhaps Western Kentucky Coach Ken McDonald is a master motivator. Somehow, he convinced his players they were the underdog in Saturday's game against UALR. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

TOP 25 MEN : Irish standout comes through

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Luke Harangody didn't let being in foul trouble against an athletic Georgetown team bother him. Neither did Notre Dame Coach Mike Brey. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Reed wins Sun Belt award

BY JEFFREY SLATTON

UALR sophomore forward Chastity Reed was named the Sun Belt Conference's player of the week Monday after bettering her career scoring high twice last week in Sun Belt Conference games. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

THE RECRUITING GUY : 3 UA recruits on display at all-star event

RICHARD DAVENPORT

Arkansas had four recruits playing in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio on Saturday — Helena-West Helena Central cornerback Darius Winston, who has orally committed to the Hogs, St. Louis University High School running back Ronnie Wingo Jr., offensive/ defensive lineman Corey Gaines of Tallahassee (Fla.) Godby and offfensive tackle Aubrey Phillips of Olive Branch, Miss. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Student of Spread gets shot at teacher

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MOBILE, Ala. — Stan Parrish was so impressed by Tulsa's offense in last year's GMAC Bowl, he decided to take a crash course in the Spread system during the spring. - Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Hogs downplay talk of rankings

BY BOB HOLT

FAYETTEVILLE — After being picked sixth in the SEC West in a series of preseason polls, the Arkansas Razorbacks have started well enough to at least be considered for inclusion in latest Associated Press media and ESPN/USA Today coaches' Top 25 polls that will be released today. - Monday, January 5, 2009

NFL PLAYOFFS : Wild-card birds fly high

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MINNEAPOLIS — Above the Metrodome's deafening noise, Donovan McNabb stayed poised. - Monday, January 5, 2009

Ravens defense does job

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MIAMI — The Baltimore Ravens had Chad Pennington spinning, ducking, on his heels and on his back. When he did manage to get a pass away, they were often there to snatch it. - Monday, January 5, 2009

Texas looks east, finds motivation

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Texas Coach Mack Brown has a theory about bowl games. - Monday, January 5, 2009

Sooners DB says Tebow is 4th-best

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Florida Gators might have some bulletin-board material, a little extra motivation heading into the Bowl Championship Series title game. - Monday, January 5, 2009

Arkansas football team still making noise

ROB KEYS

Arkansas' football season ended Nov. 28, but the Razorbacks might be on the verge of pulling off the bowl season's biggest upset. - Monday, January 5, 2009

ANALYSIS : Next round has four rematches

BY DAVE GOLDBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Back on Oct. 5, Tennessee rallied from a 10-3 fourth-quarter deficit to win 13-10 at Baltimore with the help of a bad call: a blow-to-the-head penalty on Terrell Suggs that actually was a blow to Kerry Collins' shoulder. - Monday, January 5, 2009

Atlanta's Smith edges Miami's Sparano for AP honor

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NEW YORK — Mike Smith and Tony Sparano performed so brilliantly as rookie head coaches it was almost impossible to separate them. - Monday, January 5, 2009

SUN BELT WOMEN : Scott's free throws with 1 second left win it for ASU

BY TODD TRAUB

JONESBORO — If she had known a television interview would follow, Arkansas State forward Shay Scott might have been tempted to miss her clutch free throws Sunday afternoon. - Monday, January 5, 2009

SEC MEN : Struggling Sosa hits game-winner

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In the midst of a season on the verge of spinning out of control, Louisville Coach Rick Pitino told enigmatic point guard Edgar Sosa maybe it would be best if the talented but troubled junior got a fresh start somewhere else. - Monday, January 5, 2009

TOP 25 MEN : North Carolina suffers 1st loss

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Tyrese Rice and Boston College put an end to all that talk of whether No. 1 North Carolina could go unbeaten. - Monday, January 5, 2009

ARKANSAS 86, NORTH TEXAS 75 : Razorbacks floor it

BY BOB HOLT

Arkansas has a men's diving team again. It's disguised as the basketball team. - Sunday, January 4, 2009

NFC WILD-CARD GAME : Cardinals leave past in the past

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals have consecutive home playoff victories — 61 years apart. - Sunday, January 4, 2009

AFC WILD-CARD GAME : Sproles provides jolt for Chargers

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SAN DIEGO — Peyton Manning has his MVP award and nothing more, outdone again in January by the San Diego Chargers. - Sunday, January 4, 2009

COLLEGE WOMEN : Letdown does in Arkansas

ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE

LUBBOCK, Texas — Arkansas followed its first lead with a stretch of flat play Saturday, and the result was a 75-60 loss to Texas Tech in front of an announced crowd of 8,532 at United Spirit Arena. - Sunday, January 4, 2009

LIKE IT IS : Team is the thing for this band of Razorbacks

WALLY HALL

It was never a matter of playing hard. - Sunday, January 4, 2009