With his scholarship, Stith attended Western Michigan University, where he was a member of the football team.

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Miss Sanders, who lives in Redruth, is a member of the Great Britain deaf women's football team.

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Although Notre Dame is currently a member of the Big East and will leave the Big East to join the ACC in 2014, its football team remains independent of any conference.

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First up this week -- yes our week starts on Thursday right along with football -- is the very first real football game of the season, and one that is near and dear to a member of our team.

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