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Abilene emerging as hotbed for high school, college football
Abilene has quietly emerged as a hotbed for Texas high school and college football, led by the Hardin-Simmons Cowboys and Abilene Christian Wildcats.
The place to be for the best college football last weekend was Abilene. That’s right. In the heart of Big Country, or what Hardin-Simmons head coach Jesse Burleson called “God’s Country,” were two of the best football games on the weekend slate.
In Week 6 of the college football season, there were 10 games throughout all three NCAA Divisions, featuring both teams ranked inside their respective top-25 in national polls. North Dakota, Idaho, and Pennsylvania were the site of one game each, while Wisconsin held two contests.
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