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How to understand Ohio State, Notre Dame and college football’s championship game
Ohio State defeated Notre Dame 34-23 to win the first-ever College Football Playoff title on Monday, becoming the first college football team to win three national titles in a row. The first-ever Playoff was set up in 2018 by the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) to determine the American Athletic Conference champion. The other two championship…
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The NCAA football championship is in California
A family history of both the teams in the US college football championship game shows that fans in California can claim more players in the title game than they can in either Michigan or Washington. The 1991 team included 49 players from California and 60 from Washington, meaning that around 44% of the roster was…
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I hope the turn of events marks a turning point in the story of football tragedies.
Kevin Carter, a college football player who died of a spinal cord injury in 2004, said he “didn’t have to play that day”. “I told my wife…it was after she saw a tragic scene at a game in which I was playing,” he said. Carter collided with teammate Kerry Carter while trying to get away…