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Joe Paterno dies at 85

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Joe Paterno, 85, died today of complications from lung cancer treatment in State College, Pa., where he coached the Penn State Nittany Lions to two national titles in a Division I-record 409 games. Read more…

BCS BS

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The 2011 College Football bowl season is almost over. Thank God. (And if you know me, you know that is a hard statement to make.)

Oh don’t tell me you haven’t noticed how awful it’s been, and not just the ‘lesser’ non-BCS bowls.

This season has been the poster child for a playoff system in college football, and if I wasn’t convinced before, I am now.

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Todd Graham To Lead Arizona State To New Levels of Mediocrity

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Arizona State University announced today the hiring of Todd Graham as their new head coach.

As a Sun Devil alumnus, I’m less than pleased.

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Spohr > Corso – Part 3

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This is the third and final installment of the Spohr > Corso Trilogy by our friend Heather Spohr.

If you missed Part 1  or Part 2 you can read it here or here and believe me, you want to read them. Thanks again to Heather for letting us repost them.

Sarah

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The day ESPN’s College GameDay show announced they’d be broadcasting from Los Angeles, I got about 187,000,000,000 texts, tweets, and emails asking if I’d heard the news. As if my sworn enemy could come to town without me knowing? Nope. Whenever Lee Corso gets within 300 miles of me, my hair stands on end.

I told Mike that Corso was coming to town.

Mike: *sigh* Does that mean you’re going to go to the show and hold up a sign?

Heather: Uh, DUH.

Mike: You know you’re 32 years old, right?

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Spohr > Corso – Part 2

Don't mess with Annie Spohr

This is part two of the Spohr > Corso Trilogy by our friend Heather Spohr.

If you missed Part 1 you can read it here and believe me, you want to read it. Stay tuned for Part Three. 

Sarah

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As you may remember, one of the hosts of ESPN’s College GameDay became my sworn enemy five years ago (if not, you can read about ithere). It’s been two long years since GameDay has been to a USC game. Two long years for me to sit and hate Corso and plot my revenge. And then, this past Saturday, College GameDay came back to USC.

It was the moment I’d been waiting for.

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