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The Stat Gods Smile On Marshawn Lynch

Well…at least on his potential. One of the geniuses and/or stat geeks at Football Outsiders (who created the awesome Pro Football Prospectus, a must have for a pigskin nerd) has some interesting words about Marshawn (and the Pac-10 in general). When I was compiling college statistics using the NCAA’s database (which covers teams from 2000-2006), […]

Posted by: Avinash on Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Ask the Readers: Most Painful Defeat in Tedford Era

Time to poll you guys about bad memories. You can vote for the worst on the sidebar, and elaborate on them in the comments. Considering our grudge match against Arizona is coming up (easily the worst moment I’ve had as a Cal football fan, although I know the Holmoe students are grumbling.), I was wondering […]

Posted by: Avinash on Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Marshawn, Pile Driver

[youtube dcIvgiNWG1g] As a Bills fan, I can’t watch the end of this clip. It’s just too painful. But from the looks of it, Marshawn seems like the first real Tedford offensive star. Now only if Kyle Boller could stop getting placed in awful situations and Brett Favre’s legs could fall off. And of course, […]

Posted by: Avinash on Thursday, September 13th, 2007