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There’s also the distinct possibility that a team could finish undefeated and not be given an opportunity to become national champions. Non-BCS conference teams—those of Conference USA, the Western Athletic Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Mid-American Conference, the Sun Belt Conference and the I-A independents—are getting closer and closer each year to closing out an undefeated campaign. This year, TCU threatened to storm the BCS party—posting a 10-0 record and reaching as high as sixth in the BCS—until its undefeated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: King James Bible: Playoffs Needed for D I-A Champion | 12/2/2003 | See Source »

RENEE ZELLWEGER plays a hardscrabble country woman in the upcoming Civil War epic Cold Mountain. To fix the mood on set, director Anthony Minghella displayed tintype photos of cast members, including Jude Law and Nicole Kidman. Zellweger "is not digging into her own biography as an actress," says Minghella in Interview, where the pictures appear. "She's creating it." Either that or it's the gritty stare of a gal who wants her Oscar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That's One Butch Bridget Jones | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

Penn, on the other hand, had not yet faced a formidable opponent—it had beaten No. 19 Lehigh, but the Mountain Hawks have since dropped from the rankings—and had narrowly escaped an upset to Bucknell two weeks before...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Saving Face: With Win Over Yale, Football Can Clinch Share of Second | 11/21/2003 | See Source »

...absolutely incredible—we took a pulley-type train straight up halfway up the mountain,” said Bell of the Alps. “Then we got out and were chair-lifted up in twos to the top of the mountain. The chair lift was rather frightening considering we were thousands of feet up in the air. As [sophomore Shana Franklin and I] were going up the chair lift, we labeled different sections of the Alps below us as ‘dangerous,’ ‘painful’ and ‘certain...

Author: By Megha Parekh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Team Gets Joie De Basketball | 11/19/2003 | See Source »

...engineer Dan Hanebrink, Stoup came up with an alternative to skis: a bike that he could ride in Antarctica. The ice bike has no plastic parts (which would freeze and shatter in the extreme conditions), and the superfat, low-pressure tires provide traction in situations that would make a mountain bike weep. After a successful trial earlier this year, Stoup says he is ready to pedal to the Pole. INVENTORS Doug Stoup and Dan Hanebrink AVAILABILITY Now, $3,500 TO LEARN MORE iceaxe.tv/icebike.shtml

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: On The Go | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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