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Road Well Traveled
Fair or not, in the landscape of collegiate athletics, with the Power Five, mid-majors and all others, a program is judged on whether play continues after the regular season ends. Postseason conference tournaments, bowl
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Ho-Hum Transfer
When Cameron Smith was recruited and signed out of Delray Beach, Fla., more than a year and a half ago, there was no doubt he was considered the heir apparent at quarterback for the
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NFL Showtime
In this day and age of social media’s gauntlet of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and You Tube, not to mention the 24-hour news cycle of TV networks, print media, blogs, Yahoo, TMZ and everybody’s DotComs,
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Gilbert’s Game Plan
McNeese’s first-year head football coach has been on the job a mere four months, and he has been quite busy. But Sterlin Gilbert still finishes every other sentence with “there’s still a lot of
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Wiretaps And Basketball
FBI wiretaps, federal investigators, subpoenas, guilty verdicts and plea bargains. Mix all that with college basketball recruiting and you have a colossal problem that could take down big-name coaches and programs and further scar
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Time To Wheel And Deal
This NFL offseason promises to be one of the more interesting ones — and I’m not even thinking about any instant replay rule changes or referee firings to make up for the notorious no-call
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The No-Call Fallout
You’re not expecting a Super Bowl story out of me, are you? No, I didn’t partake in the Boycott Bowl or shun Super Bowl LIII. I watched the Patriots’ defensive gem of a 13-3
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Heartbreak Again
The many intriguing story lines for Super Bowl LIII will surely outnumber the number of streets named Peach this or that in the city of Atlanta. Two first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterbacks, Drew Brees
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Joe’s Journey
By Rick Sarro For the sake of brevity, I will go back as far as last spring in Columbus, Ohio. The Ohio State Buckeyes’ spring game had just concluded, and it was quite apparent
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Outside The Inner Circle
Here is what I know and don’t know about the hiring of McNeese’s new head football coach. I know Sterlin Gilbert is completely void of any McNeese history or ties or connections to the
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