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...most similar to the Ivy League, in terms of philosophy and geography, in collegiate athletics. Although just over two decades old as an organized conference, the Patriot is full of history: Lehigh-Lafayette is the oldest (yes, even more ancient than Harvard-Yale) and most-played series in college pigskin. Army and Navy, which belong to the Patriot League in other sports but play football as independents, have also been playing since before the forward pass was legalized...
Hard to believe, but the biggest college pigskin plotline of the season has included a team from Division I-AA, I mean, the Football Championship Subdivision. Eh…I-AA. When Appalachian State knocked off a fifth-ranked Michigan team in Ann Arbor two weeks ago, and the pundits immediately started ranking it among the greatest upsets in the sport’s history, the ugly sister of college football was thrust into the spotlight...
...Prior football clashes between traditional rivals Harvard and Yale combined the pleasures of libation with the rigors of collegiate pigskin, but thanks to a new policy implemented by University Hall, the fall blowout at the hands of the Elis was accompanied by a small-scale Prohibition...
...pigskin may be brown, but game day is going green. When the stadium lights flick on in Miami Feb. 4 for Super Bowl XLI, the world's most ballyhooed kickoff will be carbon neutral. In the past, the NFL has sponsored tree plantings to offset the hundreds of tons of greenhouse gases emitted during the event--from stadium lights and other fuel burners, like the buses that shuttle spectators around town. This year the league is partnering with alternative-energy provider Sterling Planet to use renewable-energy certificates (RECs) to promote the use of nonpolluting power sources. Lowering emissions...
...Fighting Irish community is guilty of its own bloated football obsessions, including the program's gilded television contract with NBC and the new 10-year contract for coach Charlie Weis that reportedly approaches or exceeds the $3 million-a-year mark itself, threatening to drag Notre Dame into the pigskin salary...