From Greg Hansen’s Sunday notebook:
Former UA All-Pac-10 linebacker Spencer Larsen is making an impact in his first season with the Denver Broncos. To open last week’s victory over New Orleans, Larsen delivered an epic hit/tackle that was played, re-played and re-replayed on sports highlight shows all week. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen somebody get [...]

Way to go, Oregon State. Thanks to your victory over USC, the Pac 10 has officially transformed from Chinese fire drill to cluster fuck in China. I hope you’re happy with yourself, Beaver Nation. You better be celebrating with whiskey and firearms, because that’s what Tucson would have done. Don’t think for a second that [...]

My favorite part of the broadcast vs. UCLA was not the announcers’ pro-LA bias. Nor was it their inability to tell us that our starting left tackle (a future first day draft pick), missed the third quarter to receive fluids. It was at about the 5:55 minute of the video above. Here’s the condensed version: [...]

Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall torched the San Diego Chargers secondary and people’s fantasy teams all day yesterday, but (as usual) Antoine Cason was not the man to blame. Last week when the Chargers trailed late in the 4th, he caused a fumble, which led to the Chargers taking a late lead, though they still [...]

Nope, they’re all bad (except, obviously, USC).
Tough weekend for the Pac 10. Tough weekend for Arizona. I blame Mustafa Shakur.
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As Arizona prepares to face New Mexico, RauRaur.com again asks the powers that be to resurrect the tradition of the Kit Carson Rifle, a now defunct firearm-turned-trophy that used to be awarded to the winner of this game. From the Arizona Daily Star:
…the presidents of the two universities decided to discontinue the Kit Carson Rifle [...]

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So the Seattle Supersonics have moved to Oklahoma City where they’ll be refered to as the Thunder. Yes, their mascot is a sound. Tucson has some sweet thunder storms too, and what did we do when we picked our mascot? We went with something ridiculously sweet: the Wildcat. It “rauraurs” when it gets excited, for [...]

… and with it the return of many former Wildcats! Tonight’s game features some randoms on the Washington Redskins vs. Antonio Pierce, Michael Johnson, and the rest of the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants. Be sure to look out for #58 and #20 tonight on NBC. And if you cannot watch tonight, you better [...]

The University of Arizona has produced some very famous people over the years, and we are not just talking about the athletes that we adore. Tucson has also educated the likes of Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates anyone?), Greg Kinnear (Actor extraordinare), Linda McCartney (Married a Beatle, genius move), Nicole Richie (Dropped out after learning how to [...]

So the Pac-10 is good. Highlighted by Arizona’s 70-0 blowout (!), leading the nation in both scoring and defense, the conference is looking legit. And this may be a cause for worry for Arizona.

USC looked more dominant than ever with a blowout at Virginia, which has now garnered them enough votes to take the #1 [...]