The 2012 Super Bowl on February 5, 2012, begins at 6:30 PM EST/5:30 CST. On the West Coast, the Super Bowl begins at 3:30 PM. Super Bowl XLVI (also known as Superbowl 46), features a repeat of the 2008 Super Bowl between Tom Brady and his New England Patriots, and Eli Manning and his New [...]
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Tim Tebow Defeats Steelers with 316 (Yards, That Is..)
From World Biography.net: Tim Tebow finished the 2011 regular season with a career quarterback rating of 75.1, a rather low number. However, Tebow’s leadership of the Denver Broncos, along with the confusion that the option offense creates for opposing defenses, propelled the Broncos to an AFC West Division Championship and a playoff appearance at home [...]
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View the video of the Mike Leach-inspired WSU Cougar Pirate Flag on ESPN Gameday See also: http://www.historyguy.com/sportshistory/leach_mike_coach.htm The response of among WSU Cougar football fans regarding Mike Leach’s hiring by Washington State University was immediate. Within days of Mike Leach’s hiring by Washington State, the now-famous tradition of flying the Cougar flag on ESPN Gameday took [...]
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Mike Leach has been hired to coach the football team at Washington State University. Leach replaces the recently fired Paul Wulff, who was ousted after four dismal years of failure. Mike Leach, the former Texas Tech coach with a fondness for pirate lore and legend, led the Raiders to 10 bowl games in 10 seasons, [...]
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Rumors swirling about Cougar Nation place the names of both WSU Quarterback legend Jack Thompson, and fired former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach as possible replacements should Washington State University coach Paul Wulff be fired. After a dismal tenure as the Cougar’s coach, and especially with his failure to get the Cougs into a bowl [...]
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Los Angeles County Coroner’s office revealed that former all-pro football player turned actor and commercial pitchman Bubba Smith died of acute drug intoxication, along with a heart condition.The autopsy found that Smith, who died at the age of 66, on Aug. 3at his Baldwin Hills home, had phentermine,which is a weight-loss drug, in his system. Coroner’s officials [...]
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Washington State University Cougars trounced the Idaho State Bengals in front of a nice home crowd of over 22,000. While the score of 64 to 21 is a good way for the Cougars and their embattled coach, Paul Wulff to start with, the victory came with a high price. Starting Quarterback Jeff Tuel suffered a [...]
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Matt Hasselbeck, the only man to quarerback the Seattle Seahawks to a Superbowl, was told by the team his services were no longer needed. Hasselbeck then signed with the Tennessee Titans to serve as a mentor for another Northwest icon, rookie Jake Locker, late of the University of Washington. To replace Hasselbeck, the Seahawks are [...]
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2010 – Don Coryell, American football head coach (b. 1924) died. Posted from WordPress for Android
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Jim Tressel resigns as Ohio State’s football coach (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110530/ap_on_sp_co_ne/fbc_ohio_st_tressel_resigns Posted from WordPress for Android
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