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COLLEGE FOOTBALL DEPARTMENT: GENERATION GAP AND DEMARYIUS THOMAS

By Ted Bauer and William Hupp
ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Most coaches inject life into their programs by bringing in breakout freshmen, not guys who actually remember what life was like before the BCS. But these three blue-hairs are having big impacts on their blue-chip teammates, even if there may be a bit of a locker room generation gap. BACK IN THE DAY: BRANDON CRAWFORD, TE/DE, BALL STATE After high school graduation, in 1996, Ball State DE/TE Brandon Crawford worked at an automotive factory shop for three years, then did a four-year hitch in th ...

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