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The growth of Kyle Whittingham
Back in 2007, I wrote how I felt Kyle Whittingham was a 70/30 coach - a coach who wins a majority of his games, but, for whatever reason, lacks overall consistency. At that point in his career with the Utes, Whittingham was 18-13 as a head coach, a mark that wasn't terrible, but far from the...
Breaking Down and Analyzing the Islanders Rebuild
The Bare Cupboard It's said a lot around here how the Mike Milbury era left the Islanders prospect system bare. Even that doesn't do justice for how bad the prospect system was left by the drafts from 2001 to 2005. The cream of the crop from those draft years? Frans Nielsen. The rest of the NHL...
Jennifer Kirk's Predictions
Wow, it still feels so early, but Jennifer Kirk has posted some predictions for the upcoming Grand Prix season on her True/Slant blog. Some of her interesting predictions: -Sasha Cohen will have to land a triple/triple in order to win a Grand Prix. Considering she is going up against Korea's...
Virtue to Return to Ice Next Week
Canadian Ice Dancer Tessa Virtue will likely return to the ice next week with partner Scott Moir, according to the London Free Press. Virtue was recovering from surgery that was to "deal with chronic exertional compartment syndrome, which occurs from overtraining." Unfortunately, it doesn't look...
Video from last week's scrimmage
If you missed out on the scrimmage, here's a good recap from KSL. By all accounts, the team is moving in the right direction and probably about where the coaches expected they would be when spring drills began last month. This will be the final week of camp, which ends Saturday with the Red &...
How Jim Boylen turned around Utah basketball
When Ray Giacoletti resigned was fired in March of 2007, Utah basketball had hit its lowest point in school history. The program was not used to losing and that's exactly what had happened over the course of Giacoletti's final two years here. When the Utes looked for a replacement, Jim Boylen's...
2007 Husker Failure Easily Understandable - Needs Weren't Being Met
Nebraska players continue to purge themselves of the past as yesterday as Cody Glenn talked about how his trust in former running backs coach Randy Jordan deteriorated as the season went on. The Husker senior running back said his trust in former NU running backs coach Randy Jordan...
Football: Time To Get Serious
Hey, I woke up this morning and it's August. Not just August, but the day before training camp opens day of August. It's time to get serious about football once again. The biggest thing about training camp is getting through it injury free. Last year's loss of Zack Bowman had a huge impact on the...
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