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Structural Inspirations in College Football: Rick Neuheisel's Mound of Mediocrity
This is why Texas fans should be relieved but not overjoyed if we finally beat UCLA. And if we lose again ... STOP. Don't contemplate that right now. Just keep reading. In the spirit of John Wooden's Pyramid of Success, we bring you Rick Neuheisel's Mound of Mediocrity. Neuheisel on Keeping...
John Wooden, RIP
A gentleman has passed. John Wooden was 99 years old. Ten NCAA basketball championships in twelve years will never be matched again, but Wooden's legacy is best realized in his teachings, in how one should live a considered life with respect and decency. Despite his team's achievements, Wooden...
Royal Ivey is Killing Rick Barnes
Rick Barnes once said one of the smartest things I have ever heard about basketball… and management… and, for that matter, life. Several years ago on Longhorn Sportsline, Craig Way described a recent game where Royal Ivey had come up big—I forget the circumstances—and Way pitched the idea that it...
Remembering UCLA Legend Walt Hazzard, 1942-2011
"It's a lot right here. Lot of heart. Lot of courage." - Bruin Legend Walt HazzardThe U.C.L.A. family lost a legend last week when former player and coach Walt Hazzard passed away last Friday following a long illness following heart surgery. He was 69. He is survived by his wife Jaleesa, and...
Conference Realignment: UConn Slowly Backpedals, Pitino Thinks Connecticut Is Dumb
The Big East presidents are set to meet this Sunday to discuss the future of the conference. It looks like UConn president Susan Herbst found time on her calendar to show up for this one, as she goes about slowly unwinding all the bad press UConn has received in the past week from their public...
BRACKET BLOG: National Championship (NCAA Open Thread)
Once again, this BRACKET BLOG also will serve as an open discussion thread for tonight's national championship game. A game preview follows after the jump. Previous Entries: First Four East Region Southeast Region Southwest Region West Region Third Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four The...
Tuesday Morning Dawg Bites: Lady Bulldogs Fall in Knoxville, Diamond Dogs' Opening Weekend Woes Explained
This date marks the anniversary of the birth of George Washington in 1732, the founding of the Phi Kappa Literary Society in 1820, and the establishment of the permanent (such as it was) government of the Confederate States of America in 1862, but it’s also a Tuesday on which you need to be aware...
The 2010-2011 College Basketball Season: Twenty Guarantees
The start of the college basketball season (inject satisfying sigh) -- Everybody is undefeated (well, unless one counts the Tennessee Vol exhibition loss to Indianapolis). Everybody is optimistic (well, unless one counts Louisville Cardinal fans), and everybody is ready to rumble, believing beyond...
LA Times Gets Caught With Fabricating UCLA Player's Comments Re. Coach (And Gilbert)
Well looky here. From "for the record" section of the Trojan Times: John Wooden obituary: The obituary on John Wooden that ran in Section A on June 5 and in a commemorative section June 13 included information attributed to former UCLA basketball player Andy Hill regarding controversial...
73 Days to Purdue Football: Ken Plue
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