In a 1998 interview with Harvard Crimson, Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto talked about how her time as an undergraduate at Harvard 25 years earlier helped shape her political development and belief in democracy.

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — With Florida State anointing offensive coordinator as the heir apparent whenever Bobby Bowden retires as head football coach, it seems the Seminoles are on the cusp of a new era. An era that will almost certainly be welcomed with very mixed emotions.

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Conventional wisdom: Heavens me! Dolores, get the medics on the horn, because I don’t think these Midwestern boys stand a prayer of holding up against the Golden Boys of USC. Someone might get hurt.

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Thanks to the academic cheating imbroglio that swept up dozens of Florida State athletes, we have more than enough candidates to field an NCAA version of “The Longest Yard.” A look at the best players who aren’t eligible for their teams’ bowl games this month — and their fearless, peerless leader (who’s not suspended).

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Conventional wisdom: In lieu of actual analysis, talk has focused on Ohio State’s performance in last year’s title game (against another team) and LSU’s supposed home-field advantage (diluted by big-game ticket procedures and the Buckeyes’ ability to “travel”). The Tigers are a great team, but they’re not the 2006 Gators. OSU doesn’t plan to roll over and play dead.

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After an undefeated regular season, Hawaii gets thrown into the SEC fire against a Georgia team that some thought should be playing for the national title. Can Warriors passer extraordinaire Colt Brennan cut it on the mainland?

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