Playoff Musings: 'Bama Restores Normalcy; NFL Notes; Belichick Demurs
The most abnormal and bizarre college football season in history ended very normally and predictably last night. Alabama won the national...
Gary Cavalli
Jan 12, 2021
Deliver Us From Evil
I don’t often write about religion or spiritual matters in this blog. But I’ve been thinking about the ending to the Lord’s Prayer a lot...
Gary Cavalli
Jan 7, 2021
Feeding the Beast; Texas Spends; Leach Embarrasses; Costello Sits
Football has always been the cash cow, the lifeline for those healthy diversions once known as "minor sports" and now called "Olympic...
Gary Cavalli
Jan 4, 2021
The Day Stanford Football Shocked the Sports World; The John Ralston Leadership Program
Fifty years ago today, on December 28, 1970, the Stanford football team was ensconced in a hotel in Long Beach, California, getting ready...
Gary Cavalli
Dec 28, 2020
"Who's In?" Who Cares; Pandemic Pummels Bowls; Najee Scores; Brady vs. Belichick
Well, the College Football Playoff announced its selections yesterday and to no one's surprise, the four anointed semi-finalists are...
Gary Cavalli
Dec 21, 2020
The Irrelevant Conference; Sobering Numbers; Spartans Soar
The Pac-12’s steady decline into irrelevance continues. We've written often about the conference’s loss of stature, much of it due to the...
Gary Cavalli
Dec 15, 2020
Local Heroes
There hasn't been much to cheer about in this COVID-ravaged football season that, in my opinion, never should have been played. But last...
Gary Cavalli
Dec 7, 2020
December Madness
The world has gone mad. I don't say this lightly. I've seen a lot of craziness in my seven decades on this planet. But nothing quite like...
Gary Cavalli
Dec 3, 2020
COVID Catches Up With NFL; College Chaos Continues; Pac-12 Out of Playoff; Wise Warriors
The absurdity of playing sports during a raging pandemic reached new levels of insanity on Sunday. The Denver Broncos, with all four of...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 30, 2020
College Football Chaos; Stanford Sports Stars Slam Cuts; Biggest Loser Continues to Cry
Each week the numbers get larger. Two weeks ago, 10 college football games were cancelled due to COVID. Last week, 15. Then, over the...
Gary Cavalli
Nov 23, 2020
