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Frank Deford Cheers on Underdog, State University

NPR | By Frank Deford

Published November 19, 2002 at 10:00 PM MST

Commentator Frank Deford cheers on some of the underdog college football teams that have the word, 'State,' in their title, as opposed to those that are known as, 'the University of...' He mentions several, including Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, and Utah State.

Frank Deford

For 37 years, Frank Deford was a commentator on NPR's Morning Edition.

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