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Eagles offensive line as important as any part of team’s lineup

By Rob Maaddi The Associated Press If a unit could win the Most Valuable Player award, the Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive line would be the frontrunner. Jalen Hurts is among the top candidates for AP NFL MVP mainly due to a dominant line that protects him and paves the way for one of the league’s best rushing attacks. The Eagles are 11-1 for the fourth time in franchise history thanks to a dynamic offense and stingy defense. The success on offense starts up front. Four-time All-Pro center Jason Kelce anchors the offensive line. Kelce is the heart and soul of the team and ...

Red Flash football: Season for the ages

Team can stake claim as best in school history By Pat Farabaugh For the Mirror LORETTO — The Saint Francis University football program won its second Northeast Conference title in school history on Nov. 19, securing the NEC’s automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs. The ...

College football continues to be color blind with head coaches

By Paul Newberry The Associated Press Hugh Freeze returns to the Southeastern Conference with enough baggage to fill a jumbo jet. He turned his last SEC job into “Freeze Gone Wild,” using a university-issued cell phone to call an escort service while presiding over enough scandalous behavior to land Ole Miss on NCAA probation. Even now, as Freeze takes over at Auburn, there are questions about him bullying a Liberty student on social media when she called out his most recent employer. But Freeze had one big edge when the Tigers came looking for a new head football ...

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Band performance requires discipline As a longtime professional musician, I was very happy to see that Neil Rudel picked music and the Blue Band as his favorite PSU traditions in Thursday’s point-counterpoint. I lived in State College as a PSU MuEd Major 1972-76. Had I gone straight from Altoona Area High School, I would likely have been in the marching Blue Band. However, by the time I got there, I was almost age 23, having served as an Army Bandsman. I already had plenty of marching experience and felt that I was a little aged out for the antics of a college marching ...

PGA needs to recognize … everybody

By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press The PGA Tour’s social media army probably meant well. The tweet it sent this past Monday celebrated big years by Rory McIlroy and Lydia Ko, and for good reason. Both delivered some of their best, most consistent golf. Both won the points race on their respective tours and the trophy for the lowest scoring average. Money can be skewed. Scores don’t lie. Golf royalty? Sure. But for the PGA Tour to suggest they “ruled the golf world in ‘22” is to dismiss Scottie Scheffler and to ignore Cameron Smith. It also overlooks that neither ...

Tide, Saban in a strange place this year

By Paul Newberry The Associated Press The Alabama Crimson Tide will play a football game Saturday that means ... well, absolutely nothing. Not being cruel. It’s just the way things work in Tuscaloosa. The Southeastern Conference championship is out of reach. All hope of claiming a spot in the College Football Playoff is gone. Which means there’s no chance of Bama winning its seventh national title since Nick Saban arrived 15 years ago. Which means, of course, that the season is effectively over for the Tide. Just how momentous of an occasion is this for the greatest ...