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Posted on December 30th, 2017 in 2018 College Football Playoff, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Sarah Bahr | @smbahr14 Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES — When freshman Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm takes the field New Year’s Day in Rose Bowl Stadium to the roar of thousands of screaming fans, he doesn’t expect to feel nervous. Pitching in front of 30,000 fans in the Little League World Series tends …

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Posted on December 30th, 2017 in 2018 College Football Playoff, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Alaa Abdeldaiem | @Abdeldaiem_Alaa Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES –– It was time to make an appearance. Baker Mayfield had missed all non-football activities with the Oklahoma Sooners over the last three days due to illness, and he was prepared to miss another. But when the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback turned on the television …

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Posted on December 28th, 2017 in 2018 College Football Playoff, Student Work by Jonathan Sauber

By Sarah Bahr | @smbahr14 Sports Capital Journalism Program LOS ANGELES — In Georgia offensive coordinator Jim Chaney’s dreams, Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield’s cream pants are spotless as a clergyman’s cassock. His helmet gleams in the Southern California sunshine. His cleats? Marshmallow-white. In Chaney’s fantasy, Oklahoma’s one-man offensive juggernaut never sees the field, throwing for …

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