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Have-nots make headway against BCS haves

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

There is a quiet revolution afoot in college football. The have-nots may not be storming the gates of the powerful, but they are coming through one and two at a time. The gates in question guard the BCS bowls, the lucrative (payouts of $14 million to $17 million per team) season-ending games that define success in college football. One season it's Utah. Another it's Boise State and Louisville. This season, it may be TCU or Hawaii. Given the opportunity, the meek are inheriting the turf. To wit ...

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