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Opinion: A Very Winning Play?

In his essay this week, NPR's Scott Simon wonders whether the most remarkable play of this college football season so far was really a win for the athletes.
North Texas Mean Green wide receiver Keegan Brewer returns a punt for a touchdown on a fake fair catch.

The most remarkable play of this college football season may have already occurred.

Last Saturday, in the first quarter of the game between the North Texas Mean Green and the Arkansas Razorbacks, , a wide receiver for North Texas, drifted back to catch a

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