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Spring Sports Shutdown At MSU

Rick Sarro April 2, 2020 Comments Off on Spring Sports Shutdown At MSU

A light switch comes to mind as a good metaphor for how the McNeese Cowboys basketball season extended into tournament play on a Dru Kuxhausen 3 pointer with .5 seconds left. That same light

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Free Agency Fun Is Just Beginning

Rick Sarro March 19, 2020 Comments Off on Free Agency Fun Is Just Beginning

The most important position in all of sports has hijacked the NFL’s off season. From Tom Brady to Drew Brees to Phillip Rivers over to Dak Prescott and Cam Newton. And let’s not forget

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A Bold Path For McNeese Athletics

Rick Sarro February 20, 2020 Comments Off on A Bold Path For McNeese Athletics

By Rick Sarro If things are not working as well as you think they should in your personal, professional or cocoon of life, you make changes. It’s no different in business, where Apple, IBM,

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Another Reboot For MSU Football

Rick Sarro February 6, 2020 Comments Off on Another Reboot For MSU Football

McNeese State got a new head football coach and there is no doubt the university hierarchy believes they found the right one. The Cowboys also hired a philosopher, master of metaphors, recruiting guru, super

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Playoff Heartbreaker … Again

Rick Sarro January 23, 2020 Comments Off on Playoff Heartbreaker … Again

The ineptitude and inconsistency of the NFL referees struck again in the Superdome and again cost the New Orleans Saints dearly. The ineptitude and inconsistency of the NFL’s head of officiating struck again from

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Battle Tested

Rick Sarro January 9, 2020 Comments Off on Battle Tested

The McNeese Cowboys basketball team spent a good portion of November on the road banking coin playing those annual early season guaranteed money games. It helps with the budget, no doubt, and allows this

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La Familia … Season One

Rick Sarro December 19, 2019 Comments Off on La Familia … Season One

Over the last 10 years or so, I have come around on this chemistry thing in sports.   Camaraderie in the locker room.Brotherhood, bonding and foxhole mentality and all that. I tended to think

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Not Your Grandpa’s Tigers

Rick Sarro December 5, 2019 Comments Off on Not Your Grandpa’s Tigers

We know the cast of characters, but we’ve never seen this LSU before. Yes the Tigers have been unbeaten; ranked No. 1; and run roughshod over pretty much anyone who stood in their way

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A Road Well Traveled

Rick Sarro November 21, 2019 Comments Off on A Road Well Traveled

The New Orleans Saints have been on this path before. The road toward the playoffs. Their sights set on another Super Bowl run. All indications are the Saints will capture their third straight NFC

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What Did You Expect?

Rick Sarro November 7, 2019 Comments Off on What Did You Expect?

You expect the sun to rise and set every day. You expect your car or truck to start on every turn of the ignition or those fancy push buttons. (Can anyone tell me why

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