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Tonight we are all Gaels

March 8, 2010
By Fig Jam

Congrats to St. Marys for beating the holy hell out of the Bulldogs from Gonzaga, to take the WCC tournament championship, and earn the automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.  St. Mary’s put a 19 point knockout on the  Zags, despite the best efforts of Mark Few and company.  It wasn’t easy.  The Zags...
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WSU begins discussing first football loss of 2010 – 6 months before it happens

March 3, 2010
By Fig Jam

You can’t make this up.  WSU’s fansite www.cougfan.com has weighed in on the Cougars opening game at Oklahoma State  already (article: http://washingtonstate.scout.com/2/950861.html).  Their take:  This is going to be a more competitive game than many people think.  Here’s why: –Oklahoma State will be replacing their star quarterback, Zac Robinson. –They’ll also be replacing four of...
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Klay Thompson and the NBA

February 28, 2010
By Fig Jam

On December 10, 2008, Jim Moore took note of Washington State freshman Klay Thompson in the Seattle PI, Then there’s Klay Thompson. I had yet to see Mychal Thompson’s son in person or on TV, and ohmigod, forget the cheese, he’s Cougar gold. This kid is already good, and greatness awaits. A fluid freshman, Thompson...
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QUICK! EVERYONE! TO GOD!!!!

February 19, 2010
By Fig Jam
QUICK!  EVERYONE!  TO GOD!!!!

Tiger Woods spoke today to discuss his transgressions and to issue an apology of sorts to his friends, family, enemies, the media, his pets, fellow tour players, his sponsors, school children, non-school children, and just about anyone else with a pulse in this world.  Naturally he also spoke of his return to religion, which...
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SPEED SKATING POST!!!

February 15, 2010
By Fig Jam

Dear Shani Davis, You are a speed skater.  You race around a rink of ice.  You don’t even do it in the cool events that Ohno and Celski compete in.  You literally just race in circles.  So while I get that it was bush league that the officials couldn’t get the ice ummm… paved or...
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UW finally fields NBA team…. How do they stack up?

January 28, 2010
By Fig Jam
UW finally fields NBA team…. How do they stack up?

With the news today that Will Conroy has signed a 10 day contract with the Houston Rockets, the University of Washington now has 5 active players in the NBA.  This puts UW with about 20 other NCAA schools that have 5 alums in the NBA. I don’t know why I consider this a milestone, but...
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Huskies lose on road again: Romar’s decisions baffling.

January 21, 2010
By Fig Jam

The Washington Huskies went to 0-5 on the road on Thursday night, losing a last second heartbreaker to UCLA at Pauley Pavilion.  And, while part of me is tempted to just throw my hands up chalk it up to bad luck on the road, I’m increasingly finding myself questioning the decisions of Lorenzo Romar. ...
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The Contrasts in Kiffin Hiring are what’s Compelling

January 13, 2010
By Fig Jam
The Contrasts in Kiffin Hiring are what’s Compelling

Best and Worst Case Scenarios in Kiffin hiring are as far apart as possible. I love this Lane Kiffin hire.  It’s absolutely perfect in the high stakes, emotion filled world of college football.  Add to that the fact that it will play itself out in LA and you have the perfect storm of hype, drama,...
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WE DID IT!

January 11, 2010
By Fig Jam
WE DID IT!

City of Seattle completes year long plan to dismantle USC football dynasty. It took a lot of hard work, but we did it.  Congratulations everyone.  In twelve short months we struck back from the loss of the Sonics by successfully accomplishing our goal of toppling an unrelated sports franchise.  Lets raise our glass and take...
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Husky Accountability Starts With Romar

January 10, 2010
By Fig Jam

This weekend in Arizona was Romar’s worst as Head Coach at Washington For much of the non-conference schedule, Washington basketball coach Lorenzo Romar seemed content to live with the gameplan, ‘victory through superior firepower.’  The Huskies, tabbed by most analysts as the first or second best team in the Pac 10 conference, overwhelmed inferior opponents...
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