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Happy New Year! Best Bowl Season Ever? Giants' Doldrums

Happy New Year! Hopefully we'll all enjoy a happy, healthy and prosperous 2023. And hopefully, next season we'll enjoy more terrific bowl...

Gary Cavalli

Jan 3, 2023

Stocking Stuffers: NCAA Blows It Again; Daniels on the Move (Again); Too Much Kimmel; The Play II

A few days ago the NCAA hired outgoing Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker as its new president. He shouldn't have any trouble doing a...

Gary Cavalli

Dec 19, 2022

The Bowl Games You Should Watch; R.I.P. San Francisco Bowl Game

Yes, it's time once again for those "meaningless" college football bowl games. Games that are so meaningless that they draw more...

Gary Cavalli

Dec 15, 2022

An Excellent Hire at Stanford

Stanford got it right. Athletic Director Bernard Muir and a search committee that included one of the school's greatest players, Andrew...

Gary Cavalli

Dec 12, 2022

Jimmy G; Conference Championship Traps; Deion Arrives; Transfer Portal Opens; Stanford Hoops Falter

Sometimes life just isn't fair. Just ask the 49ers and Jimmy Garoppolo. Jimmy G, the discarded quarterback resurrected when Trey Lance...

Gary Cavalli

Dec 5, 2022

David Shaw Knew It Was Time

David Shaw is a good football coach. It's a fact that many of Shaw's critics refuse to admit. But consider that he is the winningest...

Gary Cavalli

Nov 28, 2022

Sports Gambling Comes to Campus; 49ers Get Political; No. 1 South Carolina Edges No. 2 Stanford

It wasn’t that long ago that no professional sports teams were located in Las Vegas. No NCAA events or conference championships were held...

Gary Cavalli

Nov 21, 2022

Shaming Attractive Athletes; Some NIL Stats; A Not Very Big Game

It’s a crime, it seems, to be an attractive woman athlete and cash in on your good looks. Or so the New York Times and some prominent...

Gary Cavalli

Nov 14, 2022

Some Tuesday Leftovers

We ran out of space (and time) yesterday and neglected to mention the World Series, an omission that was duly noted by several of our...

Gary Cavalli

Nov 8, 2022

College FB Drama; Stanford Sinks Further; Money Matters; NFL Notes; Cardinal Basketball Hopes

Week 10 was another wild, wacky week of college football drama, last-minute heroics and disappointments. The big news: perennial College...

Gary Cavalli

Nov 7, 2022

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Gary Cavalli - league and bowl co-founder, author, speaker

Gary Cavalli, the former Sports Information Director and Associate Athletic Director at Stanford University, was the co-founder and Executive Director of the college football bowl game played in the Bay Area, and previously was co-founder and President of the American Basketball League.

Analysis, opinion and perspective on the major sports headlines of the day

The Inside Track

Happy New Year! Best Bowl Season Ever? Giants' Doldrums

Stocking Stuffers: NCAA Blows It Again; Daniels on the Move (Again); Too Much Kimmel; The Play II

The Bowl Games You Should Watch; R.I.P. San Francisco Bowl Game

An Excellent Hire at Stanford

Jimmy G; Conference Championship Traps; Deion Arrives; Transfer Portal Opens; Stanford Hoops Falter

David Shaw Knew It Was Time

Sports Gambling Comes to Campus; 49ers Get Political; No. 1 South Carolina Edges No. 2 Stanford

Shaming Attractive Athletes; Some NIL Stats; A Not Very Big Game

Some Tuesday Leftovers

College FB Drama; Stanford Sinks Further; Money Matters; NFL Notes; Cardinal Basketball Hopes

Gary Cavalli - league and bowl co-founder, author, speaker

The Inside Track

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