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Archive for 'July,2009'

Q&A with Cal’s Jahvid Best

Cal running back Jahvid Best is coming off a fantastic sophomore season and is perhaps the top running back Heisman candidate for 2009.  He is the nation’s leading returning rusher after blazing his way to 1,580 yards [...]

More Pac-10 Stuff

I’ll have my interview with Jahvid Best, plus Taylor Mays and Jim Harbaugh on Friday. [...]

USC Notes

Everyone says the SEC is the best conference, but don’t tell that to Pete Carroll, who thinks very highly of the Pac-10: “Our conference is so challenging to us.  Year-in and year-out, our toughest games come from in [...]

Cal Notes

Understatement of the day from Jahvid Best: “I like to think I’m one of the fastest players in the Pac-10″. Uh, yeah. Jeff Tedford on Best and his Heisman campaign: “Jahvid is a team-above-self guy all [...]

Stanford Notes

Jim Harbaugh personifies Stanford’s–and the Pac-10′s–new-found toughness.  He credited this toughness for the league going 5-0 in bowl games. Said the rather-intense Harbaugh (who was probably a Viking in a past life): “Our guys don’t quit.  [...]

UCLA Notes

UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel said he hopes to see early dividends from the addition of freshmen speedsters Randall Carroll and Damien Thigpen. He lauded the conference for its offensive creativity and pointed out that it doesn’t [...]

Washington Woes

New Husky coach Steve Sarkisian gave a spirited speech to the assembled media.  He certainly has the gift of gab, which comes in handy when inheriting a team that went 0-12. He noted that quarterback Jack Locker [...]

Pac-10 Media Day!

I’m at the Pac-10 Media Day, which happens to be just a couple miles from where I live.  USC has once again been picked to win the conference.  Here’s the preseason rundown as voted on by [...]

Pac-10 Media Day Tomorrow

I’ll be there, blogging for the Orlando Sentinel and also HP.  We’ll talk to Heisman candidate Jahvid Best and I’ll give my observations on the event. [...]

Tennessee Going All-Out For Berry

According to this story in The Tennessean.  Good job by the Vols athletic department.  Now, they just need to convince Lane Kiffin to play Berry on offense. [...]

The Lane Kiffin Show

I’m probably very late to the game, but I just came across this thanks to Brian over at AOL Fanhouse.  I know some of you think I rip on the guy too much, but this is [...]

It Was 20 Years Ago…

…that Andre Ware of Houston took home the Heisman. His win was an interesting marker in the history of the trophy.  For starters, he was the last player from the fabled Southwestern Conference to capture the Heisman.  [...]

When Will Notre Dame Win Another Heisman?

Don’t get me wrong, I think it will happen one day. But if it’s not Jimmy Clausen, it might be a while. The last Irish Heisman winner was Tim Brown in 1987.  Before that, it was [...]

Speed Upgrade, Exhibit A

It’s a cliche to say that speed kills and so many people repeat it without properly quantifying it, but I found it noteworthy recently when I saw that UCLA’s incoming recruiting class probably amounts to one [...]

HP Joins College Gridiron 365

Per this announcement, you can also catch me blogging at the Orlando Sentinel’s College Gridiron 365 blog.  I’ll be joined by legendary college preview writer Phil Steele, as well as the fine staff at the Sentinel. Also, [...]