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What better time than July 4 to celebrate the long, rich and, yes, weird marriage between college football and food? From tailgating to meals at recruits houses, food is a part of the sports DNA. In honor of that tradition and the kickoff of summer picnics and BBQ season, were taking a look at just a few of the many food-related stories dotting the CFB landscape.College football fans are an inventive bunch as it is. Throw in some cake batter and graham crackers, and that fandom can really get bonkers.Heres a look at just six of the many, many ways that college football die-hards have expressed their love through desserts.A prank wedding cake with Nick Saban on an elephant?Rob Sabin is a hard-core Alabama football fan. His fiancee, Amanda Perryman, is a Florida Gators fan. And on their wedding day ... well, late Amanda tell it.My husband is OBSESSED with Alabama. We call him Roll Tide Rob because he is so crazy. So I just knew he was going to do something completely over the top. Just as we were arriving at the reception, the baker was unloading the cake. Rob about lost his mind. He was strutting around the place as proud as could be of his cake.Nick Saban was perched on top of his elephant, holding the crystal ball and standing on the Alabama football field. I couldnt believe they actually pulled off such an extravagant cake. It really did look amazing. I let him have his moment though because I had a little something up my sleeve.When it came time to cut the cake, Rob was smiling from ear to ear. All his friends were going crazy over the cake, but then as we cut into it... surprise!Amanda had the inside of the cake done in Gator blue and orange.He really should have known better. ... This Gator bride wasnt going to let him get away with all that Bama shenanigans. And If youre going to give me the last name Sabin, Im going to have the last laugh! (Thank goodness the spelling is different because that may have been just too much to take.)Luckily, he took it in stride and were still married. Well see what football season brings this year though.The Horseshoe CakeIn 1991, a dedicated Ohio State tailgater made the ill-fated declaration that it would be impossible to replicate The Horsehoe in cake form.By that years Iowa-Ohio State game, voila! The Stadium Cake had been invented, and remains a staple Saturday creation on one fall weekend every season since 1991. Since then, the 200-plus pound cake has been constructed for display at the creators tailgate party before and during one home football game each year.It has become such a tradition that a Stadium Cake Scholarship Fund was started some years later, and since 2004, the school has awarded 57 scholarships through donations.?Home of the 12th graham crackerAs a college student, Andy Rowell had started building gingerbread houses as a Christmas break hobby. He did Big Ben, the Empire State Building and several cathedrals before tackling the ultimate: Kyle Field. Using 13 boxes of graham crackers and two pounds of icing, Rowell spent two weeks constructing his delicious nod to A&M football.Paw cakeAccording to Jackie Bishop, owner of Art Eats Bakery, this wedding cake was created at the behest of a grooms mom for her devoted Clemson fan on his wedding day.?USC cake popsSick of traditional cakes? Then try one of these creative cake pops, devised and baked by a USC alum, Marilyn Johnson.More cakes from AggielandCake artist Audrey Ross was hired this spring to put together a wedding treat for a former Texas A&M player and his bride-to-be. Using her most precise guesstimation skills, Ross even attempted to duplicate his actual helmet size in what she calls a challenging but ultimately satisfying cake.How good was her recreation? When the grooms actual helmet was brought to the ceremony, a groomsman stopped and asked, Why is one helmet on the table, and this other one on a stand?Said Ross: When I told him it was because the one on the stand was chocolate cake, I think I became a sudden celebrity. ... They were all high-fiving me, it was hilarious. Yeezy Boost Australia . The home side created most of the chances but struggled to break down Braunschweigs resilient defence, resulting in the Bundesligas 1,000th scoreless draw. Yeezy Boost 500 Australia . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. http://www.yeezyshoesaustralia.com/yeezy-boost-700-v2-australia.html . Reassurance came from Paul Tesori, his caddie and close friend whose newborn son is in intensive care in a Florida hospital. 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Surely Ortons name isnt the first that comes to mind for fans wanting a change after years of damaging interceptions, fumbles or, most infamously, the field goal flub when Romo dropped the snap on a kick that could have won his first playoff game in 2006.WASHINGTON -- Even before Ryan Harrison broke his racket by spiking it on the Citi Open court or screamed "Oh, my God!" in exasperation, top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro was feeling pretty good about the way things were going Thursday. And they kept improving for the 2009 U.S. Open champion. Back in action after nearly a month off, del Potro won twice in a span of about 7 1/2 hours to reach the Citi Open quarterfinals. Del Potro started by winning a rain-postponed match against 107th-ranked American Harrison 6-1, 7-5, then returned to the court under the lights at night to defeat 14th-seeded Bernard Tomic of Australia 6-3, 6-3. Each lasted about 70 minutes. "Really good day," del Potro said, smiling as he leaned back in his chair and stretched out his legs. "The match against Tomic was a little better than the first one." Del Potro, who received a first-round bye, is 11-1 at the hard-court tournament in Washington, where he won titles in 2008 and 2009. The Argentine, No. 7 in the ATP rankings, hadnt competed since July 5, when he was eliminated in five sets by No. 1 Novak Djokovic in 4 hours, 43 minutes, the longest semifinal in Wimbledon history. "I was training hard before coming here," said del Potro, who will face No. 7-seeded Kevin Anderson, also a winner twice Thursday. Anderson eliminated James Duckworth 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, then beat Mardy Fish of the United States 7-6 (2), 6-1. Before that match finished, Fishs withdrawal from next weeks tournament in Montreal was announced; the event said he pulled out for personal reasons. "Its hard for me, right now, to come out and just play every single week," said Fish, who has missed time the past two seasons while dealing with a heart condition. "I still know I have a long ways to go to get back to where Id like to be and where I was, maybe, 12 months ago," he added. The other mens quarterfinals are No. 8 John Isner against No. 16 Marcos Baghdatis, No. 3 Tommy Haas against No. 11 Grigor Dimitrov, and Marinko Matosevic against Dmitry Tursunov. Matosevic beat No. 4 Milos Raonic of Canada 7-5, 7-6 (7); Baghdatis surprised No. 2 Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-1, 6-2; the 35-year-old Haas finished off a second-round match suspended overnight in the third set, then also won Thursdays last match, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 against No. 13 Ivan Dodig, wrapping it up after midnight. Del Potro said his left knee felt fine; he wasnt wearing any sort of wrap the way he did at the All England Club afterr hyperextending it on a fall during a match.dddddddddddd "You never know" how the knee will hold up, said del Potros coach, Franco Davin. "For now, its OK." Harrison was ranked inside the top 50 last season and is widely seen as the next top American male player. "He has good potential. He serves well. He plays well on hard courts. But sometimes he looks young," said del Potro, who was a couple of weeks shy of his 21st birthday when he won the U.S. Open. "Hes still 21. He needs to learn a few things to become a better player in the future." Harrison trailed 4-0 after only 11 minutes. Both men hit serves at the considerable speed of 130 mph, but the difference was that once the ball was in play, del Potros groundstrokes were far more consistent. "Sometimes you go out there and for whatever reason, its not feeling as well as you want it to," said Harrison, 0-18 against top-10 players. "The best guys, whenever they see someones off, they just press you, and they just make you feel like youre under duress all the time." After pushing a forehand long to get broken at 3-0, Harrison smashed his equipment, earning a warning from the chair umpire for racket abuse. During a particularly rough stretch from late in the first set to early in the second, Harrison dropped 13 consecutive points, a drought that ended right after he dumped a backhand in the net, looked to the sky and yelled. From there, he played evenly against del Potro, until getting broken in the last game. Del Potro thinks Harrisons histrionics help foes. "Its easier for us, because we ... (see) our opponent really, really low," del Potro said. Three other American men joined Harrison on the way out: No. 6-seeded Sam Querrey, Jack Sock and Tim Smyczek. In womens action, the only seeded player to lose was No. 8 Madison Keys of the United States, who failed to convert two match points and bowed out against Monica Niculescu 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (6). The womens quarterfinals are No. 1-seeded Angelique Kerber vs. No. 7 Magdalena Rybarikova, No. 3 Ekaterina Makarova vs. Niculescu, No. 4 Alize Cornet vs. Sorana Cirstea, and Andrea Petkovic vs. Paula Ormaechea. The most unusual ending to a match Thursday came when Olga Puchkova of Russia was defaulted by the WTA supervisor after hitting a line judge in the knee with a ball between points. Trailing Ormaechea 3-6, 6-3, 4-1, Puchkova was forced to forfeit even though she said it was an accident. ' ' '