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In search of love in football country

By Jim Caple
Page 2 columnist

Friday, April 4, 2003

AUSTIN, Texas -- Two hours into my visit to the University of Texas campus, I still was looking for some evidence that the Longhorns actually are in the Final Four. At Marquette, I waited for Final Four gear in lines so long there should have been little boats and animatronic pirates at the end. At Syracuse, I watched fans claw over tables of Final Four orangewear as ravenously as a reporter digging through Jim Harrick's desk. At Kansas, I saw fans ... well, those Jayhawks are so crazed they ma ...

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