Archive for July, 2008
Rivalry
In the past few days, ESPN.com has been discussing the most hated teams and the greatest rivalries in college football. The rankings for the Pac-10 rivalries, done by Ted Miller, went like this:
5. Washington vs. Wazzou
4. California vs. Stanford
3. Oregon vs. Washington
2. Arizona vs. Arizona State
1. UCLA vs. USC (!?!?)
We must give credit to Ted [...]
Posted by Sherrick
July 30th, 2008
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Leuven Life
For all of our Belgium readers out there, get excited. Jawann McClellan is packing his bags and heading to Leuven, Belgium to continue his basketball career. J-Mac will look to be a star in Europe like former ‘Cats Jason Gardner, Joseph Blair, and A.J. Bramlett. But before J-Mac leaves we figured we would give [...]
Posted by Sherrick
July 30th, 2008
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One Month
In one month, the Arizona Wildcats will storm through the tunnel at Arizona Stadium and begin the quest to bring Arizona Football back to national prominence. You have read about the 10 returners on offense, what the media projects, and the expectations for the year. But have you thought about how you are going [...]
Posted by Sherrick
July 29th, 2008
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Black President
The University of Arizona has conquered Mars, created an artificial heart, and produced Gilbert Arenas, aka the “Black President.” Gilbert fresh off a new signing (in a deal where he took less money than offered) is now in the final phase of building his Million-Dollar pool. (No joke) Above is a mural of the [...]
Posted by Sherrick
July 29th, 2008
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Matching Up
Arizona was ranked 7th in the Pac-10 by the media, just ridiculous. Especially when you look at where our individual players match up against others in the Pac-10. Ted Miller of ESPN.com has been compiling rankings of positional players in the conference and Arizona is up there in each category.
Quarterbacks - #2 Willie Tuitama (Though, [...]
Posted by Sherrick
July 28th, 2008
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Ca$on
If you did not know, RauRaur.com loves Antoine Cason. And when we heard he signed the most lucrative deal in NFL Wildcat history, we got excited! Last Friday, Antoine became the final rookie to sign with the Chargers and just in time for the start of camp. The reigning Thorpe Award Winner got a [...]
Posted by Sherrick
July 25th, 2008
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The Lute Era
ESPN.com used an unbiased system to count down the most prestigious NCAA basketball programs since the 1984-85 season, better known as the beginning of the 64 team NCAA Tournament. By using certain criteria, they were able to rank every college team from #300 to #1. Arizona State pulled in a solid T-181 place, and [...]
Posted by Sherrick
July 25th, 2008
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Smile
Well the Media Day that we were not invited to is probably coming to a close, so here are some things of note/reasons to smile. Special thanks to ESPN.com and Rivals.com for providing us Media Coverage, since they were lucky enough to attend today’s event.
Stoops: “I think we have better players than people think.”
Stoops on [...]
Posted by Sherrick
July 24th, 2008
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Pac-10 Media Day
Today is Pac-10 Media Day (we were not invited) and Coach Stoops and Willie Tuitama will be addressing the press. Things that will be probably be on tap for the two of them are, how much pressure is there to win this season, how hard will it be for the defense after losing so [...]
Posted by Sherrick
July 24th, 2008
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The Others
All of the talk out of Las Vegas was all about Jerryd Bayless’ stunning performance. But we are here to tell you also about the other Wildcats working on making a NBA team or getting the attention of European teams (which is now stealing players from the NBA, including Loren Woods!)
Marcus Williams (Signed w/ [...]
Posted by Sherrick
July 22nd, 2008
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