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  • TCU's Ed Wesley (34) scores in front of Air Force defenders Chris Judge (35), Jamil Cooks (46) and Ross Fleming (48) in the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, in Fort Worth, Texas. Wesley had a career-high 209 yards and two touchdowns in the 38-7 TCU win. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

    TCU insists focus is on UNLV

    TCU coach Gary Patterson isn't worried about it. Neither are seniors Evan Frosch and Bart Johnson.


  • FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2010, file photo, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly, right, talks with quarterback Dayne Crist during the second half of an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind. The learning curve has been steep at times for one of Notre Dame's smartest players.  Crist is still adding things up in the spread offense with just four games left. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

    Crist and Kelly form a bond

    Dayne Crist is directing an offense he wasn't recruited to run, playing for a coach who didn't bring him to Notre Dame and adjusting to life as the center of attention for a 4-4 football team.


  • FILE - The June 25, 2010 file photo shows Paul the octopus  in the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, while fishing a  shell out of a glass box representing Germany, left.  The  2-year-old octopus oracle -  born in England, but raised in Germany - has predicted a German win over England in there World Cup game. A German news agency reported the octopus that gained world fame by correctly predicting World Cup results has died. The German news agency dapd said Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 the death of Paul the Octopus was announced by the aquarium in Oberhausen. Paul correctly predicted all games involving Germany, and also picked Spain to win the World Cup final over the Netherlands.  (AP Photo/ddp, Volker Hartmann)

    Paul the predicting octopus dies

    Paul the Octopus, the tentacled tipster who fascinated football fans by correctly predicting results at this year's World Cup, died Tuesday.


  • Streaking Jets get back to work, ready to improve

    Rex Ryan and his coaching staff huddled up before the bye-week break and drew up a game plan for an imposing opponent: the New York Jets.


  • West Virginia's Noel Devine looks for running room past Syracuse's Mike Holmes during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010, in Morgantown, W.Va. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

    Orange receive votes, continue to improve

    Doug Marrone's Syracuse Orange defeated a Top 25 team on the road in one of the most difficult venues in the nation, and one of his players was named national defensive player of the week.


  • New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick kneels to urge on his defense late in the fourth quarter of the Patriots' 23-20 victory over the San Diego Chargers in an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

    NFL praise for clean play a first for Belichick

    Bill Belichick has seen a lot in his 36 NFL seasons. But a league executive praising a player who simply observed the rules?


  • NCAA tackles agents issue, looks to new sanctions

    Several groups are working with the NCAA to find new ways to enforce rules prohibiting improper agent-related benefits for student-athletes, including possible post-NCAA financial penalties that reach into a player's potential NFL career.


  • Jets' Revis says hamstring is '100 percent'

    Darrelle Revis is ready to shut down receivers _ and questions about his balky left hamstring.


  • Buffalo Bills wide receiver Lee Evans, right, celebrates his touchdown with Steve Johnson during the first half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

    Close is no consolation for still winless Bills

    Running back Fred Jackson couldn't find much consolation in how the Buffalo Bills nearly won their first game of the season. Ryan Fitzpatrick didn't feel any better when informed his quarterback rating is second in the NFL to Peyton Manning.


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