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Don't fall asleep on these 6 teams in 2008
Updated: August 26, 2008, 4:19 PM ET
By
Todd McShay | Scouts Inc.
A year ago, we targeted a sleeper school that failed to go bowling in 2006 from each of the Big Six conferences. Those six teams -- Virginia, Illinois, Kansas, Pittsburgh, Arizona and Vanderbilt -- combined for a 45-30 record in 2007 after a 29-43 mark the previous season.
Of the six, Kansas and Illinois delivered the goods with BCS bowl berths, while Vandy, Pitt and Arizona failed to produce winning seasons.
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