Last season Thursday nights were the Morrow and Wick Show starring a pair of redshirting running backs who were mostly hidden on scout team during the week but who spent one night each week showing off stunning glimpses of talent that foreshadowed a long and…
At least USC and Oregon did what they were supposed to, beating Stanford and blowing out Michigan State as we predicted. But what to make of a conference in which UCLA and Washington have to squeak by Memphis and Eastern Washington at home, while Utah…
A GRIP ON SPORTS There is one subject on everyone's lips right now, so I guess we have to address it. But we want to tread carefully, because some folks who have talked about it have been handed punishments as tough as those originally given…
There's no rule that says the Air Raid offense can't have very productive running backs. In fact, for the pass-heavy scheme to work, the quarterback's backfield mate ought to be one of the offense's most productive players. When Mike Leach was at Texas Tech the…
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