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SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster has welcomed the return of Rangers to the Scottish Premiership. The Ibrox side ended their four-year absence from the top-flight by beating Dumbarton 1-0 on Tuesday night to secure the Championship title.They will be locking horns with Glasgow rivals Celtic in the league once again next year and Doncaster is delighted by the prospect of having the big derby games back on the calendar. Its great news for Rangers fans all over the world and, I think, good news for Scottish football as well, Doncaster told Sky Sports News HQ.Weve got an appetiser in 10 days time with the Scottish Cup semi-final between Celtic and Rangers, but weve got four pretty big main courses to look forward to next year. Four years after Rangers demotion to Scotlands lowest league, heres a brief look at the Glasgow giants return to the top tier of Scottish football. Doncaster added: There are also games against Hearts and Aberdeen, which are big games in their own right, and clearly thats going to drive eyeballs, thats going to drive interest, and that should translate into more commercial revenues for the benefit of all 42 clubs.When you travel overseas and talk to leagues across the world, the games between Rangers and Celtic are global events and they are games other leagues will talk about all over the world.So to have those games back, to have the increased level of interest, that can only help in marketing the whole game worldwide. SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster is looking forward to having Rangers back in the Premiership Doncaster does, however, believe that the game has thrived in Scotland in recent years despite the absence of Rangers from the Premiership. He said: Rangers over the past few years that they have been in the lower divisions, they have brought thousands of fans all over the country and thats had a huge benefit to clubs all around the country in the lower leagues. Neil Lennon believes that having Rangers back in the top flight will help bring more money back into Scottish football. Its been a tumultuous time for Rangers and also Scottish football over that period, but over that period the game has thrived nonetheless and weve ended up with our biggest ever title sponsorship deal with Ladbrokes and also our biggest ever overseas television deal.So the game remains in good health despite the absence of Rangers from the top-flight. But, of course, we shouldnt be any doubt at all Rangers coming back into the top flight next year will help the whole game. Also See: Rangers must challenge Celtic Rangers back in top flight Rangers journey back Sky Bet Club Tony Gonzalez Falcons Jersey . 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Speaking Thursday on TSN 1050 Thursday, the Leafs GM also touched on the questions surrounding the teams leadership and the struggles of his big-name free-agent signing. “Its not from lack of effort from the coaching staff. Deion Sanders Youth Jersey . -- Ohio States Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. RALEIGH, N.C. -- Wake Forests defense has been good enough to give its offense time to figure some things out after a bumpy start. And that has the Demon Deacons heading into Saturdays game with instate rival North Carolina State near the top of their Atlantic Coast Conference division.The Demon Deacons (4-0, 1-0 ACC) enter the game ranked 12th nationally against the run (88.5 yards per game) and 20th in scoring defense (16.5 points). That unit has given up more points each week, though that has coincided with the offense picking up its pace, too, to average nearly 32 points over the past three games.Its been the right balance for Wake Forest, which is going for the programs first 5-0 start in a decade .I dont feel our players have taken this for granted. ... then you combine that with an opponent that they know is really good, coach Dave Clawson said. I feel weve had that one-week mindset and I dont think it is a cliche with this group.I really feel like they enjoy the win, they love that feeling in the locker room and OK, now were on to the next one and make sure we make that same weekly investment. We need to in order to have success.The Wolfpack (2-1, 0-0) had an off week after a home win against Old Dominion . N.C. States new offense installed by former Boise State coordinator Eli Drinkwitz will test Wake Forests defense; N.C. State is 21st nationally in scoring offense (42.3) and 23rd in total offense (497.7).I think at times last year, they got worn down defensively because they didnt score a lot of points and they had a lot of three-and-outs, Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren said. Theyre controlling the ball more on offense, and theyre in the top five in time of possession in our league. That helps your defense.---Here are things to know about Saturdays Wake Forest-N.C. State game:ROAD SUCCESS: Last year N.C. State won at Wake Forest for the first ttime since 2001.dddddddddddd Now Wake Forest will go for its first win in Raleigh since 2006. That would also mark the programs first three-game road winning streak since winning 2007 regular-season finale and then the first two in 2008.RECENT DOMINANCE: N.C. State has won both meetings with Wake Forest since Clawsons been in Winston-Salem. Those wins have come by an average of 23+ points, including last year when the Wolfpack had four touchdowns of at least 50 yards in the opening quarter of a 35-17 win.WOLFORDS JOB AGAIN: Quarterback John Wolford lost his starting job for Week 3 to Kendall Hinton, then got it back when Hinton was injured. He threw for 172 yards and a score to go with 61 yards rushing with two touchdowns on the ground at Indiana.QB ROLES: New N.C. State quarterback Ryan Finley has taken control of the Wolfpacks offense. Hes really accurate -- I mean, he just comes in, he has a good mindset and he prepares really well so Im not surprised by his accuracy, receiver Stephen Louis said of Finleys 76-percent completion rate. But keep an eye on Jalan McClendon, who lost the starting job to Finley in the preseason but played well with increased work in goal-line packages against ODU.GROUND GAMES: The game features two of the ACCs top 10 rushers in N.C. States Matt Dayes (104 per game) and Wake Forests Matt Colburn (74.5). Throw in versatile do-everything threat Jaylen Samuels with the ability to line up all over the Wolfpack formation, and there could be a heavy focus on the ground game for both teams.---AP Sports Writer Joedy McCreary in Winston-Salem contributed to this report.---Follow Aaron Beard on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/aaronbeardap and the APs college football site at http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '