Word: although
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...strength of schedule factor that forced No. 2 Virginia Tech to sweat through the end of the year in 1999, as it enabled No. 3 Nebraska to get within striking distance. Although the Hokies schedule was significantly weaker than the Cornhuskers, most polls and computer rankings still placed Virginia Tech far ahead of the Nebraska due to the dominance that the Hokies demonstrated on the field every week. But the overemphasis on strength of schedule in the BCS allowed the Cornhuskers to get closer to the No. 2 spot than they ever should have been...
...Although the media as a whole does not recognize this, the BCS narrowly avoided a major disaster with Michigan's ranking in 1998. I like to call the following scenario the Michigan-Hawaii dilemma...
...Although Gunther didn't get top billing last year, she beat Luckenbill last season in the only kind of comparison that really matters (final score: Harvard 2, Dartmouth...
...Although Boston College's victory over Harvard in the second round of the NCAA tournament last year was a major upset, it was the Hawks who scored the biggest surprise of the NCAA Tournament, knocking out defending national champion Florida on the Gators' home turf. Hartford won one more game before bowing out in the national quarterfinals...
When the 2000 NCAA Tournament rolls around this fall, the favorite should naturally be No. 4 North Carolina. Although the Tar Heels lost its top spot in the rankings due to a 2-1 loss to ACC rival Clemson, North Carolina has still won 15 of 18 national titles...