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  • What were the odds that an undrafted receiver out of Paterson, N.J. - and by way of small-school football at the University of Massachusetts – would become a salsa-dancing sensation who put together New York's all-time most productive receiving season?

    Giants Overcome the Odds Aditi Kinkhabwala 2012

  • RB Brandon Bourbon — Committed to the Jayhawks late and was considered something of a coup after putting up big numbers in Missouri at the small-school level.

    Around the Big12 Conference 2010

  • Facing the Giants cost $100,000 and resembles a fusion of the Book of Job and a homemade Hoosiers, or perhaps a small-school Friday Night Lights blended with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association movies that used to appear in some mainstream theaters.

    Film 2010

  • Now refers to no-names that could reach the national championship, since the small-school lobby is no longer satisfied with a mere BCS berth.

    The True Meaning of College Football Darren Everson 2011

  • O-tackle needs were addressed with small-school wonder Jared Veldheer and sliding workout warrior Bruce Campbell.

    NFL draft grades: Raiders finally have a reason to believe 2010

  • It's also the time of year when it's easy to forget that for all the hype of March Madness, there's a lot of really good small-school basketball in this country.

    Philly's Big 5, in a Class by Itself Mark Yost 2010

  • Mickey won two national championships as a player at Alabama, and led Livingston College in Alabama to a small-school national title as its head coach.

    Called to Coach Bobby Bowden 2010

  • A lot of people say it's tougher to figure (small-school) guys out.

    Lots of yards, but no hype, for RB prospect Smith 2008

  • It's also the time of year when it's easy to forget that for all the hype of March Madness, there's a lot of really good small-school basketball in this country.

    Philly's Big 5, in a Class by Itself Mark Yost 2010

  • It's also the time of year when it's easy to forget that for all the hype of March Madness, there's a lot of really good small-school basketball in this country.

    Philly's Big 5, in a Class by Itself Mark Yost 2010

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