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| | 2000 NCAA DIVISION I-AA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD ANNOUNCED |
 | | Western Illinois (9-2) earned the Gateway Football Conference title Saturday on a 56-yard field goal as time expired and is rewarded with a first-round game against the tournament's only unbeaten team, Lehigh (11-0), winners of the Patriot League. |
 | | Troy State (9-2) and Western Kentucky (10-1) copped the fourth and fifth seeds, respectively, as champions of the Southland Football and Ohio Valley conferences. |
 | | The other members of the committee are Greg Burke, athletics director at Northwestern State; E.W. Dennison, athletics director at Murray State; Wayne Hogan, athletics director at Montana; Bob Marcum, athletics director at Massachusetts; Walt Nadzak, The Citadel; Joe Sterrett, athletics director at Lehigh; and Dennis Thomas, athletics director at Hampton. |
| www.ncaa.org /releases/champselections/2000/2000111901sl.htm (595 words) |
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