2006 rose bowl Stories - Burnt Orange Nation
Classic Study Hall: Texas vs USC (2005)
One of the constants in both my Varsity Numbers columns and my in-season work at Rock M Nation is the post-game analysis. Over the years I have tweaked and altered the format of this 'box score,' and I figure the best way to get more familiar with the format is to dive into recent classics to see...
Thursday Night College Football Open Comment Thread
Even though there's not an SEC team playing tonight, there will be college football airing on the ESPN family of networks, so I figured a few of you might want to share some thoughts on the thrill of victory and the agony of having to listen to Craig James pontificate about the "maturity" Reggie...
Revisiting the 2006 Rose Bowl: 5 Underrated Plays
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Where I Come From: Top Moments in Big XII History
This post is sponsored by EA Sports NCAA Football 2011. As I said Monday, I haven't been a lifer when it comes to the Big XII, but that doesn't mean I'm completely oblivious to the conference's prestigious history. Not surprisingly, much of this history comes from the kingpin of college sports (at...
Don't Bet On It!: National Games of Interest
I have already provided you with my SEC predictions, which were offered in the wake of a 7-0 week that brought my overall conference ledger to 29-2. That’s pretty impressive, right? If you think so, how about if you just skip over the next paragraph and remain impressed with me? It seems I was...
1/04/2006 - Young heroic in Rose Bowl
(Young celebrates after the win. Photo by John Biever, SI Photos) USC came into the 2006 Rose Bowl looking to induct themselves into the pantheon of college football. A win would give them 35 consecutive victories and their third straight national championship -- a feat that hadn't been...
If You're Gonna Bust A Myth, Bring A Bigger Gun
Back when I started blogging in 2004, deconstructing egregious columns in the mainstream media was a favorite sport among us bloggers. When that quickly became boring and counterproductive, we mostly retired the practice. Today, it makes a brief return appearance at BON, courtesy of an assault on...
Mr. Happy Strikes Again!
Sometimes you just have to let go of the past. Here's a quote from Pete Carroll that was posted earlier today on the running backs: ''It's never been a problem for us. It's a problem for everyone else that they can't figure out why we do it that way. You saw for years that Reggie (Bush) was the...
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