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SJ Exclusive Interview with Olympic Figure Skater Debi Thomas
This interview is a product of some wonderful people. Thanks to Meg (bbyao06) for the incredible graphic. Thank you to our own Brian Geraghty, writer, SJ Member who submitted some wonderful questions, without so this interview wouldn’t of happened. Thank you to Jeanne Martin who got the questions to Debi Thomas for us, for her [...]
Andrew Luck’s Name Most Fitting of Any Player in History
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck’s name could not possibly be more fitting. In April, he’ll be selected by the Indianapolis Colts with the first overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft. Why is he so ‘luck’y? He’s not like typical first overall picks. No; he’s not going to be selected by an awful team that is years away from playoff contention. Andrew Luck is possibly the luckiest [...]
“The Stack” 1-3-11
Wow! That can go for a number of things from yesterday. From the firings in the NFL, to the Rose Bowl, to the Fiesta Bowl and so much more, Monday was a fantastic sports day filled with tons of big news and stories. “The Stack” has some of the bigger ones today. Debating whether or not to talk about the NHL Winter Classic today or tomorrow. Find out if we talked about it today along with the other big stories[...]
Stanford Vs. Oklahoma State: Cowboys Open Door For Share Of National Title
Oklahoma St. Cowboys quarterback Brandon Weeden passed for 399 yards and three touchdowns and Quinn Sharp connected on a 22-yard field goal to beat the Stanford Cardinal in a thrilling, 41-38 overtime win in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl. The 79 points Oklahoma State and Stanford put on the scoreboard were a Fiesta Bowl record. Weeden [...]
#4 Stanford Crushes #22 Notre Dame: (Andrew) Luck of the non-Irish
Two years ago Toby Gerhart, now with the Minnesota Vikings then with the Stanford Cardinal, ran for over 200 yards on Notre Dame. The performance moved him up the Heisman Trophy pecking order, and he lost (by the slimmest margin of all time) to current member of the New Orleans Saints then member of the Alabama Crimson Tide Mark Ingram. Tonight Andrew Luck, the mortal [...]
College Football Rankings: LSU, Oklahoma State Top BCS Standings; Alabama At No. 3
Thanks to their 9-6 win in the so-called ‘Game Of The Century’, the LSU Tigers are unsurprisingly the clear No. 1 team in the country in this week’s BCS rankings. Very few people who are not fans of the Alabama Crimson Tide are begging for a rematch in the National Championship game [...]
The Undefeateds: Who Will Follow Wisconsin And Oklahoma Into The Loss Column (And When)?
Seven weeks into the 2008 season, there were 13 undefeated FBS teams. Seven weeks into 2010: ten. 2009: nine. Hell, even in 2007, the oddest, craziest season in recent memory, there were 10 undefeated teams, just like there were this season.
We learn the same lesson every year, then we forget it 12 months later: getting [...]
SJ College Poll Wk 2…9/12/11
1. Oklahoma (86) (2)
2. Alabama (84) (2)
3. LSU (81) (2)
4. Boise St (64)
5. Stanford (61)
6. Wisconsin (60)
7. Florida St (56)
8. Oklahoma St (48)
9. Nebraska (42)
10.Texas A&M (40)
11. South Carolina (28)
12. Arkansas (21) [...]
2011 SJ Pre-Season College Football Poll
Team – Total Points – 1st place
1. Oklahoma (117) (6)
2. Alabama (114) (2)
3. Oregon (104)
4. Stanford (85)
5. FLorida State (78)
6. LSU (72)
7. Boise State (61)
8. Oklahoma State (56)
9. Nebraska (52) [...]
Power Ranking: Pac 12 North
1. OREGON- The league’s two-time defending champ is the Empire’s top ranked program in the North and favorite to be crowned the first Pac 12 king. The Ducks return 11 starters from a team that played for the national championship a year ago and finished with an overall record of 12-1. Chip Kelly lost two playmakers in [...]
