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What BYU owes its fans (and Brad Rock)
In what should be a week of anticipation before the two biggest basketball games of the 2011-12 season, the week has been absorbed, at least partially, by conference expansion. It's the story that may never die -- as long as BYU is a football independent. Adding fuel to the fire, as usual, is Brad...
BREAKING NEWS: A&M to the SEC within 50 years.
This just in. I have learned from multiple sources that Texas A&M University will leave the Big XII and move to the SEC at some point within the next 50 years. I got the scoop from inside sources from officials in both College Station and the Big XII commissioners office in Austin, TX. The...
Top Ten Reasons Why Cal Will Lose To USC
10. Axe Axe Axe. Jeff Tedford has never swept the California schools (going 2-1 most of the time, 1-2 and 0-3 once). With a win over the Trojans, Tedford is guaranteeing that we will lose the Big Game, and watch Andrew Luck and Jim Harbaugh parading in a sea of red with the Cardinal fans cheering...
A Deep Cleansing Breath
"Cecil. Dear Cecil. Of course it's you, who else could they send, who else could be trusted? I... I know it's a long way and you're ready to go to work... all I'm saying is wait, just wait, just-just-just... please hear me out because this is not an episode, relapse, [...] it's... I'm begging you...
Pac-10 Expansion: Why not BYU?
While the powers that be are presumably discussing the pros and cons of a Pac-10 expansion behind closed doors, it is important to recognize that the inclusion of BYU remains unlikely - just as it has been in the past. Therefore, despite public conjecture like Ray Ratto's piece earlier in the week,...
49ers' Year-by-Year: 1990
In this week's edition of the 49ers' Year-by-Year, we follow the 49ers through their 1990 season. Coming off of their second consecutive Super Bowl victory, the 49ers were looking to be the first team in NFL history to win three in a row. Their success during the '80s had transformed the team into...
49ers Year-by-Year: 1983
What follows is a brief historical recap of the San Francisco 49ers' 1983 season. How would the team recover after their devastatingly poor 1982 season? What impact would the offseason additions of Wendell Tyler and Roger Craig have on the team? Who was, and what became of, Riki Ellison? Read on to...
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