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From Mountaineer ecstasy to Mountaineer agony, 2007 had it all

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

Sunday, December 2, 2007

The day before the 2007 college football season started, I wrote a story about the two most underachieving programs in America: Missouri and Illinois. That pretty well set the tone for the least predictable autumn in the history of the sport. Today, the historically inept Tigers and Illini are a combined 20-5. On the first day of December, Missouri was ranked No. 1. On the second day of December, Illinois accepted a bid to the Rose Bowl. Meanwhile, Notre Dame crawled into the offseason at ...

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