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Black and Gold Bricks

Rick Sarro August 22, 2014 Comments Off on Black and Gold Bricks

Can you imagine the letdown Saints players and coaches will have once they return to home base and offices in Metairie? The thick, humid, hazy air of summer in New Orleans can’t stack up

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BARBE BUCS: SEVEN AND COUNTING

Rick Sarro August 11, 2014 Comments Off on BARBE BUCS: SEVEN AND COUNTING

Songs are written about winning championships. Movies are made and books are written about titles won. Memories and bonds are forged when players and coaches race onto fields in celebration and trophies are raised

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SAM AND SMART

Rick Sarro March 5, 2014 Comments Off on SAM AND SMART

Two men recently broke barriers and boundaries in sports, not for athletic prowess, but for decisions and actions that will have lingering effects. Missouri defensive end Michael Sam and Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart

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NFL 2013: ANOTHER CHAPTER

Rick Sarro February 23, 2014 Comments Off on NFL 2013: ANOTHER CHAPTER

We — meaning the country, the Western Hemisphere, yes, the world — completed the celebration and culmination of our national pastime. I’m not referring to a weekend marathon of TV reality shows that could

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AN OPEN LETTER TO SEAN PAYTON

Rick Sarro February 7, 2014 Comments Off on AN OPEN LETTER TO SEAN PAYTON

Dear Coach, I know what you must have been thinking. I was thinking the same thing. You should have been working the sidelines at the SuperDome with your Saints playing for the NFC Championship

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LOW TEMPS, HIGH HOOPS

Rick Sarro January 23, 2014 Comments Off on LOW TEMPS, HIGH HOOPS

When the cold temperatures settle in, they usher in basketball full-time and conference races kick into high gear. The McNeese Cowboys and Cowgirls got the second half of their seasons underway and the new

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MSU FOOTBALL: THE YIPS

Rick Sarro January 8, 2014 Comments Off on MSU FOOTBALL: THE YIPS

Well, that didn’t end up the way I thought it would. McNeese’s long-awaited return to the FCS playoffs was a complete and utter dud that’s still hard to explain these many days gone by.

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PLAYOFFS? … YES, PLAYOFFS

Rick Sarro December 4, 2013 Comments Off on PLAYOFFS? … YES, PLAYOFFS

It wasn’t that long ago that McNeese head coach Matt Viator made a quick exit from his Monday press conference when a university marketing representative began to outline preliminary plans for advance ticket sales

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Wild Ride

Rick Sarro September 19, 2013 Comments Off on Wild Ride

If the college football season is any indication, we are in for one wild, topsy- turvy, anything-goes kind of year.   It started in week one with the FCS sending a clear message to

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Decision 2013

Rick Sarro August 1, 2013 Comments Off on Decision 2013

Sounds like a national news media hype slogan for another make-or-break campaign or election coverage.  Hyperbole or not, Decision 2013 is what’s facing McNeese State University and the selection of its next athletic director.

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