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                    <title>BYU, Utah Utes football: A look ahead, a look behind</title>
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                    <description>A glance at how Utah, BYU, their opponents and the Mountain West Conference have fared thus far in the season.</description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:03:07 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>MWC expand? Why not get rid of deadweight</title>
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                    <description>There&#039;s been a lot of talk lately about expanding the Mountain West Conference to include Boise State or perhaps BSU and two...</description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:10:20 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU football: Relieved Cougars prep for Falcons</title>
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                    <description>Fortunate to have staved off a win-starved New Mexico team for a 24-19 victory Saturday in Albuquerque, BYU, which jumped...</description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:49:23 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>College football: TCU stuck in BCS standings after big win</title>
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                    <description>TCU&#039;s big victory wasn&#039;t enough for the Horned Frogs to make a move up the BCS standings. TCU (10-0) on Sunday remained...</description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:21:43 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>College football: USC tumbles, Stanford soars in AP poll</title>
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                    <description>Southern California has tumbled to its worst ranking in the AP college football poll since the Trojans began their current...</description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:12:28 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU football: BYU 24, New Mexico 19</title>
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                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:21:54 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU soccer: Top-ranked Stanford ends Y&#039;s season</title>
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                    <description>BYU&#039;s women&#039;s soccer team played a close back-and-forth battle in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament, but fell to...</description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:20:21 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>Latest nailbiting win in New Mexico could be good for BYU</title>
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                    <description>BYU showed up to a back-alley fight with Nerf swords Saturday.</description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:15:14 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU football: TE George&#039;s wife delivers &#8212; then he does</title>
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                    <description>BYU tight end Andrew George enjoyed an exciting, and sleep-deprived, weekend.</description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:13:31 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU football: Despite record New Mexico has not quit on the season</title>
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                    <description>Don&#039;t even try to talk to first-year New Mexico coach Mike Locksley about moral victories.</description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:09:41 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>Utah, BYU volleyball: Colorado State spoils senior night</title>
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                    <description>It was senior night, and the BYU Cougars almost pulled off a huge upset of the Colorado State volleyball team. </description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:08:22 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU football notebook: Hall ties Detmer&#039;s record for most wins</title>
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                    <description>It wasn&#039;t easy, but BYU quarterback Max Hall tied a school record for most career wins Saturday at University Stadium.</description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:57:34 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU cross country: Cougars advance to nationals</title>
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                    <description>Not satisfied with second-place finishes from the conference meet on Oct. 31, the BYU men&#039;s and women&#039;s cross country teams...</description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:34:53 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>College football: How the Top 25 fared</title>
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                    <description>1 Florida (10-0)</description>
                    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:56:05 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU football: Phhheeew! Team happy to escape with victory</title>
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                    <description>If not for a few kicks smacking into the uprights Saturday afternoon at University Stadium, New Mexico might have recorded...</description>
                    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:39:07 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU football: Little things help, hurt BYU</title>
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                    <description>It takes a lot of little things to win football games and that was never more apparent than Saturday in BYU&#039;s 24-19 win over...</description>
                    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:04:51 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>Collie featured in Sports Illustrated profile on Manning</title>
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                    <description>Former BYU receiver Austin Collie appears to have melded brains with Indianapolis Colts star quarterback Peyton Manning.</description>
                    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:01:01 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>GameDay back in the MWC</title>
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                    <description>ESPN GameDay&#039;s third visit to Mountain West country either signals football in these parts is producing great storylines or...</description>
                    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:19:39 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU, Utah, USU basketball: Y. women open with win; Utes fall to Aggies</title>
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                    <description>Even after watching their offense fizzle to a complete halt for eight minutes in the second half, the BYU women&#039;s basketball...</description>
                    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:45:30 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU basketball: Deep bench proves fruitful</title>
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                    <description>BYU coach Dave Rose, not necessarily by choice, got to test most of his roster Friday night in the Cougars&#039; 70-60 win over...</description>
                    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:01:59 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU football gameday</title>
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                    <description>No. 22 BYU (7-2) at New Mexico (0-8)</description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:45:27 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU football: Cougars look to go perfect on the road</title>
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                    <description>Heading into its final road game of the season, BYU is on the brink of accomplishing something it hasn&#039;t done in 25 years.</description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:41:23 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>Can BYU football fans root for (ick) Utah Utes?</title>
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                    <description>The way I see it, BYU fans, you&#039;ve got several ways you can approach the University of Utah&#039;s big nationally televised...</description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:45:56 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>Top 10 topics for college football . . .</title>
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                    <description>Despite being ranked No. 1 by four of the six computers used in the BCS formula, the Pacific Ten Conference may not get a...</description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:24:00 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU football: Cougars hoping November success continues</title>
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                    <description>ALBUQUERQUE &#8212; BYU is hoping this will be a November to remember.</description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:06:50 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU basketball: Cougs give Rose new five-year deal</title>
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                    <description>One thing BYU head basketball coach Dave Rose won&#039;t have to worry about for the next five years is job security.</description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:30:54 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU women&#039;s soccer team shuts out Gauchos</title>
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                    <description>PALO ALTO, Calif. &#8212; A shutout win over UC Santa Barbara sends the No. 8 BYU Cougars to the second round of the NCAA...</description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:58:05 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>Go figure &#8212; ESPN suddenly loves MWC</title>
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                    <description>For the third time in four weeks, ESPN&#039;s &quot;College GameDay&quot; will originate from a Mountain West Conference site &#8212; Fort...</description>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:10:11 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU basketball women at a glance</title>
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                    <description>For the first time in his eight years at the helm of the BYU women&#039;s basketball program, coach Jeff Judkins has post players...</description>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:25:59 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU basketball: Cougar women look for home improvement</title>
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                    <description>For the first time in his eight years at the helm of the BYU women&#039;s basketball program, coach Jeff Judkins has post players...</description>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:22:44 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU football: Tough year for Lobos and coach</title>
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                    <description>As BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall can attest, building a winning program at New Mexico is not easy.</description>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:12:28 MST</pubDate>
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                    <title>BYU basketball at a glance</title>
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                    <description>Ready or not, the BYU Cougars are about to begin playing basketball for keeps.</description>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:33:08 MST</pubDate>
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