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College football has been back for a while but I haven't been free to post much. Last night, ASU (ranked 25th) beat Nevada 52-21 with Rudy Carpenter throwing a career-high five touchdowns. Much to be happy about after an unimpressive win the previous week against the NAU Lumberjacks. While the defense was solid and WRs Nate Kimbrough and Chris McGaha totalled 123 yards, the running game was sporadic and offensive errors led to 14 of Nevada's 21 points. There's still plenty of room for improvement and Saturday's game in Colorado should let us know if ASU can have a good season.
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Apparently Bill Doba, Washington State University football coach, is - how shall we say - "challenged." The Cougars just got whupped 48-20 by University of Arizona (unranked, 2-3) and Doba is quoted in the Tacoma News Tribune as saying:
It is Saturday and that can only mean college football.
Good luck with that...
My team (Olemiss) got walloped 37-7 by Mizzou, after having a very good opener against Memphis St.
Did you see our ex-quarterbacks on TV Sunday night? Eli looked pretty good... wish they didn't have to graduate sometimes :)
Enjoy it while you can, because your winning streak will surely come to an end (if it hasn't already) when the Fighting Green and Yellow invades your town on Sep 30th.
I'm on staff at ASU and when someone writes in to the office I work for with a question or an issue, I'm the guy charged with the task of either getting the question answered or the issue solved. From time to time, there's some really odd stuff that crosses my desk. Yesterday, I fielded an e-mail from someone who was convinced that ASU's mascot Sparky is not just a devil, but The Devil. Sparky has been a part of ASU since 1956,*** but never mind that. We're on the road to ruin. In fact, there's only one explanation for the Sun Devils' 2-0 football record so far this season, the whole football team must be possessed. Where's Fr. Gabriele Amorth when you need him?
*** Sparky had a brief hiatus on 9/14/87 when Pope John Paul II celebrated mass in ASU's stadium.