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Gone Baby Gone: CBS Reports Boise, UCF, Houston, SDSU & SMU Are Joining the Big East
CBSSports.com is reporting that the Boise St. Broncos, Central Florida Knights, Houston Cougars, SMU Mustangs, and San Diego State Aztecs are leaving the C-USA and MWC to join the Big East in 2013. According to the report, Boise State and San Diego will join the Big East in football only. That...
In UFC-WEC Merger, Zuffa Makes One of Boxing's Classic Mistakes
This past Thursday, Dana White announced that the UFC and the WEC would be merging, hence adding two new weight classes to the UFC. Like most hardcore MMA fans, I was positively thrilled to hear the news. In the 5 or so years I've been following the sport, the most exciting fights I've seen on a...
Dana White Hints at a WEC Announcement That Will "Blow Your Mind"
Here's an interesting nugget that you might have missed on Carmichael Dave's pound-for-pound debate with Dana White: I brought up the fact that Silva had the opportunity to test the 205 division when he had cleared out his 185-pound division, and since Aldo had all but done the same in the 155...
Did This Weekend Support Why A UFC/WEC Merger Is Good?
I watched WEC 42 last night just like all the other hardcore MMA fans out there, and I thought the event was very good as usual. We got to see the #1 and #2 fighters in the bantamweight division go at it, a potential #1 contender fight, and a couple of other fights that featured non-stop action. ...
49ers Year-by-Year: 1974
What follows is a brief historical summary of the San Francisco 49ers' 1974 season. After the retirement of John Brodie, how would the offense respond? Who would emere, if anybody, as the new quarterback of the future? For a team coming off of a 5-9 season and only appearing to get worse, could...
Who Benefits From WEC/UFC Division Merger?
As you all know by now the WEC has officially decided to stop promoting their LHW and MW divisions. I actually spoke on this a few weeks back, and I still agree with what I wrote back then for the most part. As of right now we still don't know exactly which fighters will be kept/cut from the WEC...
49ers Year-by-Year: 1966
I hope you'll enjoy this historical recap of the San Francisco 49ers' 1966 season. 1966 was the season of the NFL-AFL merger. More important for the 49ers, though, was the emergence of multiple stars on offense in 1965, including the long-awaited breakout of quarterback John Brodie. How would they...
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