Back On The Beat (and Coug BB)

If you’re a first-time visitor, thanks for stopping by the website. If you’re a regular visitor, thanks for your continued support. I’ve been sporadic with the posts of late, mostly because I was in Arizona on vacation hanging out with my kids. Not sure what to make of the Cougs’ 62-60 overtime loss to Utah last night. Even...

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Musings On The Huskies And Holt

I’ve been out of town and out of touch the last week or so because of Christmas and a family vacation in Phoenix. We got here on Wednesday, and I’ve been playing golf and goofing off for the most part, aside from doing the Kevin Calabro Show from KTAR in Phoenix the past two days. I’m taking my 7-year-old monsters to the...

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Apple Cup Week Starts With A Whimper

We’re now just six days from the Apple Cup at Century Link Field. Let the smack talking begin… If you’re a Husky fan, you can mock the Cougs for having an eighth-consecutive losing season and their fourth in a row under Paul Wulff. If you’re a Coug fan, you can mock the Dawgs for their three-game losing streak that has...

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Picking The Cougs And Dawgs To Cover

I thought about driving down to Eugene this morning for the Cougar-Duck game but decided it against it for three reasons: • My 7-year-olds have a basketball game at 1:15, and the Cougar-Duck game starts at noon. I didn’t want to miss their game, so I’ll watch the first quarter of the Cougs and the Ducks, then go to the Go 2...

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Nick Holt – The $650,000 Piñata

Defensive coordinator Nick Holt has been taking all kinds of heat this week after the Huskies were throttled by Stanford 65-21 last Saturday. The Huskies allowed 615 yards, including 446 on the ground. It was a predictably pathetic effort because the Dawgs allow everyone to romp down the field, whether you’re Eastern Washington or...

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