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| September 03, 2001 | DIENHART, TOM | COPYRIGHT 2001 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Sports fans love numbers. They can't get enough of them. They like to compare them, analyze them and debate them. In this twisted romance, every last digit drips with meaning and significance.

Like baseball's 755 (Hank Aaron's home run record), the NBA's 100 (Wilt Chamberlain's single-game points record) and the NFL's 48 (Dan Marino's record for touchdown passes in a season), college football has its notable numbers.

Expect one of them to fall this fall: Joe Paterno needs only two wins to pass Bear Bryant's 323 and become the winningest college football coach in Division I-A.

Other numbers bear watching this season, among them Florida State's ...

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