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Nick Florence didn't need this.
The Baylor quarterback already had his degree in economics. He was a fall semester from earning his MBA. Life could have been so simple.
Instead, he embraced a difficult job. A really difficult job.
A year ago, Robert Griffin III was the first player from Baylor to win the Heisman Trophy. There are weekly reminders, with Griffin having an exceptional rookie season...
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In 1997, when the Arizona-based Copper Bowl was rechristened the “Insight.com Bowl”—and billed as “the first bowl game to be sponsored by an electronic commerce Web site”—it touched a nerve.... more »
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