Honestly, besides the football aspect, religion class was actually one of the better aspects of my time at Xaverian.

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But that small town in Wisconsin and the borough of State College have something else in common besides championship football teams.

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Even so, Catholicism still has enemies, besides apathy and ignorant football fans.

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On Feb. 9, NFHS announced its football rule changes for 2012, and, besides a concussion-protection rule that forces a play who gets his helmet dislodged to sit out the next play, one new rule is 1-2-3l, which for the first time allows member high schools to sell on-field advertising.

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Besides the events and the experiences geared towards the thousands of football fans, Super Bowl XLVII will be giving back to the community with the recently announced Super Saturday of Service.

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Besides the Red Sox, Fenway Sports Group also owns the Liverpool Football Club, about 80% of the New England Sports Network and 50% of Roush Fenway Racing, a NASCAR team.

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