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Role Reversal for Sooners and Cowboys

Four years ago the Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys invaded the Valley of the Sun to participate in the Insight & Fiesta Bowls. Fast forward to 2011/12 and once again the Orange and black as well as the [...]

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One That Got Away

Half the fun of being a sports fan is looking back on how certain plays affected certain games or who got picked and where in late rounds of professional drafts. But with the fun, comes the pain. For Arizona sports [...]

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Todd Graham Says He’ll Be at Arizona State Unless He’s Fired or Retired

In 2006, Todd Graham spent exactly one year as the head coach at Rice before moving on to Tulsa. Graham spent a few years there and was the head coach at Pitt this past season. Once again, after just one [...]

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Pittsburgh Panthers’ Cam Saddler: Todd Graham Better Not Dare Come Back and Attempt to Meet With Us

I can’t say that I’ve ever had a girl break up with me via text message, but I imagine that’s what the Pitt Panthers feel like this week when they received a text message that Todd Graham was leaving them [...]

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A True Fiesta in Our Backyard

Teams, players and schools aren’t the only entities that can have a tough off-season. Bowl games can also be included in that list. Following a bad match-up/game in the 2011 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl between Oklahoma and Connecticut, the Fiesta Bowl [...]

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Gas, Car, Education, Activewear, Auto Paint or Mac n Cheese

None of those options smell like a rose, which is exactly what the Arizona State Sun Devils would like to experience in their bowl. So after the three worst played games this reporter has ever seen ASU football play, they [...]

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Rich Rodriguez Lands on His Feet at Arizona (Which By The Way He Never Visited)

It seemed like a forgone conclusion that Rich Rodriguez would get back into coaching, it was simply a matter of when and where. Those questions were answered last week when Rodriguez was hired as the next coach at Arizona, taking [...]

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Dennis Erickson Thinks His Team Will Learn From Losses Last Year

Since leading the Arizona State to a 10-3 season and tie for the Pac 10 title in his first year with the program, Dennis Erickson has had three straight disappointing seasons in the desert, finishing no higher than fifth in [...]

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Marotta’s Fearless Pac-12 Predictions

Some people mark the beginning of college football season with the opening of camps or the first actual play on the gridiron. Screw that. After this tumultuous and seemingly endless football offseason punctuated by labor strife in the pro ranks [...]

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The Coast and Desert Welcome the Mountains

Many of you who are reading this don’t remember the last time the former Pac-10 changed their conference line-up.  The year was 1978 when the Pac-8 admitted the Sun Devils and Wildcats as they left the Western Athletic Conference. And [...]

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