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Larry Scott to reveal Pac-12 secrets Thursday!

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And you can find out which schools’ fans will riot, which schools fans will rejoice, and whether Brendan’s dream of biennial USC games in Colorado will come true, live on Pac-10.org (they gonna change that domain name too?) at 12:30 PM Mountain Time.

Unofficial Pac-10 Power Rankings, Week 6

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1. Oregon 6-0 (3-0 Pac-10) LW: 1 The Ducks came away with a win over Wazzu last weekend, but it wasn’t the blowout everyone was expecting. Pac-10 parity. Still the top team, but is the gap narrowing on both ends. 2. Stanford 5-1 (2-1) LW: 2 Down to the wire against the Trojans, but man did you see that hit… Read more »

Pac-12 AD’s meet tomorrow

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UPDATE: Jon Wilner talked to Pac-10/12 commissioner Larry Scott after today’s meetings and it sounds like, as predicted, no decisions were made. Either that or everyone is being tight-lipped about it until the CEO’s meet in two weeks. Looks like you still have some time to lobby for the USC/Colorado division, Brendan. Original post from 10/05/2010: We are fast approaching… Read more »

CotW: The West Coast Avengers, Served Rap Style

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For most, the idea of relating rap music to comics seems…unusual to say the least. However, it is hardly unheard of. On Recovery, Eminem drops multiple comic-friendly rhymes with references from Superman and Lois Lane to Aquaman to Spider-Man, and. DJ Green Lantern pulls his name from a DC comic that is about to be made into a film starring… Read more »

CotW: Joel McHale (Insert Standup Related Pun Here)

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Despite being on two weekly shows—Community and The Soup—and touring as a standup with impressive regularity, Joel McHale has yet to achieve a Comedy Central or HBO special. Because I care about this community (see what I did there)—and the fact that it made for a good gift for my friend Tim’s 30th birthday (no, I am not referring to… Read more »

CotW: Social Network: ADVANCED REVIEW

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Mere moments into Social Network it become abundantly clear that this is a script from Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, The West Wing, Malice). As Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) and his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend Erica Albright (Rooney Mara) discuss/spar on the topic of Harvard’s final clubs—think the missing link between fraternities’ and secret societies like Skull and Bones—the dialogue snaps… Read more »

Big East eyeing TCU?

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Well here’s an expansion idea I never would have imagined. The Big East, who are considering options to shore up their conference after the last wave of expansion, is apparently looking at TCU as a potential conference member according to this New York Post story. The schools has been successful both academically and athletically, but geographically its a bit of… Read more »

CotW: Summer Reading, Had Me a Blast- Part 2

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Thanks for coming back. Wasn’t yesterday great? Yeah, it was. Here are the rest of the books! Bright Shiny Morning By James Frey I read this early in the summer so the fact that I cannot remember much about it might not be a reflection of its quality. But it probably is. Flipping through it, I was disconcerted to find… Read more »