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Dusty Baker is one vote away from Cooperstown. The former Houston Astros skipper, who led a record five different franchises to the playoffs, is on the Contemporary Era Committee ballot alongside seven other managers and executives. A vote in his favor would cap one of the most decorated managerial careers in the modern game.
Shifting to Ann Arbor, Michigan has named freshman Tommy Carr the starting quarterback heading into the Michigan State rivalry matchup — the first time head coach Kyle Whittingham has made that declaration before game day. Carr earned it, going twenty-two for twenty-seven for two hundred sixty-six yards against Rutgers, adding two rushing scores in a twenty-eight to twenty-one win. The kid is making his case fast.
And in Norman, Oklahoma is expected to fire offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle after a brutal loss to South Carolina left the Sooners ranked fifteenth in the SEC in total offense. Just two years into the job, Arbuckle couldn't get the unit moving in a conference that punishes offensive inefficiency without mercy. Expect a quick search as the season rolls on.
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