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Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia identifies five telling quotes after Michigan football topped Nebraska on the road on Saturday, Sept. 20.

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WOULD YOU OPEN UP YOUR HOME TO HOUSE SOMEONE WITHOUT ONE? NOW YOU CAN APPLY TO DO SO. I’M JULIE CORNELL AND I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. IT’S A NEW INITIATIVE LAUNCHED BY THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. IT ...

(This story was updated to add quotes, videos and more detail and information.) IOWA CITY — Even when Mark Gronowski did something right in his Iowa football debut, something went wrong. It was that ...