Archive: College

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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Clunk….Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Well, thats what the advertising campaign promotes. But unfortunately for the Arizona State Sun Devils, the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas was nationally televised. In a bowl game that featured two teams going in [...]

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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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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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Losing the Grip of Your Destiny

Despite the constant national media attention given to UCLA every week and their chances to secure the Pac-12 South title, all the Arizona State Sun Devils had to do in Pasadena was basically win, and they’re in. (Pac-12 Championship game) [...]

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I’ll Take the Ralphie, Medium Rare Please

Two weeks after a disappointing loss to the Oregon Ducks in Eugene, Oregon the Arizona State Sun Devils return home to welcome the 2nd of the Pac-12 newbies, the University of Colorado Buffaloes.  From the outside, these games sometimes are [...]

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Frank, the Story is Utah….

I know, using a line from a cheesy Chevy Chase movie is a little off, but it’s so apropos.  If there was ever a school or city that longed to be in the big time of college sports, then the [...]

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