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JSorensen's avatar

I am reading the book "The Boys in the Boat". Conference of champions, indeed. So much history, so many stories, so much inspiration. Sad day.

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John Canzano's avatar

So good

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TJA's avatar

Great book and nice movie…even if the heroes are Huskies! 😉

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Jeanie Monterossi's avatar

Exactly!

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Jeanie Monterossi's avatar

My favorite book!

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Michael Bishop's avatar

Excellent

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Charlie Payne's avatar

Re the ongoing chaotic joke that is Colorado Buffs football & Sanders family: you may also be interested to know that the “charter school” the Sanders kid attended is now closed due to bankruptcy. Apparently Sanders family didn’t follow through with the promised money to keep the school afloat. Gee, what a shock.

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Daniel P.'s avatar

The whole Sanders family is morally bankrupt.

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Mathias's avatar

As are those that continue to support them.

I'm shocked John is trying to paint the victim as a possible liar here. Considering cancelling my subscription over it.

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JoeDelaney's avatar

It's no accident TCU - located in nearby Fort Worth - spent months trying to get comfortable with a booster-driven Sanders hire, only to conclude they could not get live with him.

Sanders is lucky that the collapse of another high-profile public corruption prosecution (John Wiley Price) happened when it did. There was no political will left to investigate another prominent Black leader, so Sanders/Prime Prep skated despite clear indications federal laws may have been broken.

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Timothy Moran's avatar

The media is complicit in all nonsense Deion related. They can't get enough of the circus. It's clear, he can't recruit and he can't coach.

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Quackman's avatar

For those of you who question or complain about what Canzano chooses to write, you do realize he can’t possibly cover everything, right? The amount of coverage he gives us is incredible for one person! And of course he’s going to mostly cover topics that have the greatest overall interest for his readers. College baseball and track are great, but the overall popularity of these sports is very small compared to the major sports.

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TJA's avatar

You are correct but the frequent articles on football and conference realignment are becoming redundant and uninteresting with rarely new info.

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Quackman's avatar

Yeah, I understand that. I think after June 30th there won’t be nearly as much to write about it other than new stuff that comes up, especially for the Beavs and Cougs.

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Mathias's avatar

You have to remember that Canzano's a radio guy. And a radio guy's whole deal is finding things to talk about when there's nothing new to talk about.

You can't expect it to be like Dellenger where everything he puts out is high quality because Dellenger can go 2 weeks with nothing new. Radio guys can't do that.

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Michael Bishop's avatar

Where’s your column numnuts?

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Jeff Newell's avatar

I think you mean “WSU” and not Oregon for the CW games. Right?

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John Canzano's avatar

Correct. Caught it shortly after posting. Washington State and Oregon State production will be handled by Pac-12 Enterprises.

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chris's avatar

Pretty good typo!!!

"PRODUCTION SIDE HUSTLE: Oregon and Oregon State’s 13 home football games next season will air on The CW and Fox, as previously reported here."

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jon joseph's avatar

Clemson "at" Georgia (Puddles has been there and was plucked) is a terrific opening game.

The game I am equally interested in is Notre Dame at Texas A+M with A+M coach Mike Elko's QB at Duke, Riley Leonard, going against his former coach. Notre Dame gets FSU and Louisville in South Bend. The bookend games will be tough outs, opening at A+M and finishing up at USC

Unlike conference champions, ND plays 12 and not 13 games. In 2024 the Irish "battle" Northern Illinois, Purdue, Miami of Ohio, Stanford, Georgia Tech, UVA, and Army and Navy. If I'm a fan of the team ranked No. 11 by the Committee and knocked out by Notre Dame and the G5 representative I will not be happy. I only hope 'this' happens to an SEC team so that in 2026-27 Greg Sankey will have cause to stop the ND charade.

Of course, when the ACC as currently structured implodes the Domers may finally be forced to join a conference and play 13 games if ND wants to win a title.

Thank you for the musings.

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Jack Glubrecht's avatar

Anybody but Notre Dame

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jon joseph's avatar

AMEN!

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JoeDelaney's avatar

Riley Leonard owes Elko one after his idiotic 4th and 16 defensive call put Leonard in harms way whdn that game should have been iced.

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Brian M's avatar

If Shilo Sanders was in high school when he assaulted the security guard and wrecked the guy's life, why isn't Deion liable? Parents are liable for their children until after 18. So why weren't Deion's assets considered, or their personal liability insurance policies. How about the school's liability policies since this sounds to have occurred on campus?

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JoeDelaney's avatar

Sports media willingness to look the other way from Sanders family scandals is a scandal itself. It's not as if there weren't clues that a court records search was in order.

It's like they're re-enacting Radical Chic, Tom Wolfe's look at NY society's fawning over the Black Panthers.

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Mathias's avatar

Note the use of "claims" by John here when talking about the victim's injuries, implying he could be lying. The media is so in the pocket of the Sanders family. It's disgusting

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JoeDelaney's avatar

That is standard reporting language. I will trade conservative phrasing for coverage by sports media who claim balance in their reporting on Sanders.

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rich ovenburg's avatar

One of the greatest sporting events so far this year happened in Eugene Oregon at a world class track venue. It was named after Steve Prefontaine an Oregon track athlete who died too young. The Bowerman mile named after an iconic oregon track coach was amazing. I was looking for the John Canzano sports story about this incredible track meet, .but instead I got a story about Shilo Sanders

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John Canzano's avatar

Had a photographer in Eugene at the event. Stay tuned.

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MM's avatar

I agree. We have the worlds most incredible track and field theater right in our backyard. There was a world record in women’s 10k at Prefontaine this weekend which (at least to the rest of the world) was noteworthy in itself. I agree that T&F doesn’t garner the interest that football or basketball does, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not worthy of an article now and then. It would certainly be better than another realignment/Pac 12 story. If nothing else, let’s at least move on from that particular dead horse….

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Michael Bishop's avatar

Ouch

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Brian M's avatar

I missed the "final tournament" in Scottsdale this weekend as I was away to Reno for a 50th reunion of our Oregon State Delt fraternity. But the demise of the PAC12 was in our conversation. We had several OSU athletes in our fraternity when I was there including Ernie Richardson, Dennis Boyd, Byron Zahler, Scott Richardson and a few others, including Kerry Eggers. So we were a "jock house" and we all bleed orange and black. OSU's anemic tournament effort at the PAC12 championship continued. Coach Canham just doesn't care about this tournament which wears players down right before the CWS

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Barry Shiller's avatar

John, can your local radio show be streamed? I’m in the Bay Area and would like to get to know the sound of your voice. 😊

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John Canzano's avatar

Yes… LIVE stream weekdays 3-6p PT

iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/live/750-the-game-7576/

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Brian M's avatar

You can stream John on iHeart. His latest episode: (https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-bald-faced-truth-with-john-31009009/). The Canzano and Wilner podcast also streams on iHeart

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Benjamin Williams's avatar

Question(s) for the mailbag. Now that the days are longer I’m crafting goals for the next 365 days and also writing a mission and vision statement.

First question, do you have a personal mission or vision statement?

Second, what would you include in the new PAC conference’s mission and vision statement? Beyond the vague “we exist to empower students athletes to be their best…”

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Robert M Dammeyer's avatar

Looking forward to Beaver football. The rest? Don't give a damn.

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Joe Majors's avatar

I would like to thank all of the Vets who read J C writing for their service. And to those who gave their all, As a former Korea Veteran I SALUTE YOU and pray for your families.

S/sgt USAF

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Charles A Roseberry's avatar

Clint Eastwood is directing a movie in Boston (those who aren't familiar with making movies there is one concrete fact; on site or on the set, the Director is God and always deferred to.) So Clint walks into the craft services building with this reporter to have some lunch, there is a long line at the tables because all the crafts are taking the same break from shooting. Clint picks up two trays with napkins and dinnerware at the entrance, and leads the reporter to the end of the line to wait their turn. All you need to know about Clint. Just sayin', Charlie

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Charles A Roseberry's avatar

So John, I have no idea how you do it, but you always do; this issue with my hero Clint Eastwood on aging. Examples of my experience; my wife of 69 years (to everyone) "AND HOW OLD ARE YOU I'M 90 SO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO NOW, AND IN CASE YOU MISSED IT I'M 90!"

Me, when asked, " my biological age is about 82, my chronological age is 89, and I, according to my daughter, act like I think I was still 70." So Clint's story was strong reinforcement for me not to succumb! So thanks to him and thanks to you for this big puff of wind beneath my wings. Gratefully, Charlie

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Mathias's avatar

Remember when he talked to an empty chair about how the country was morally bankrupt for supporting Obama?

That's your hero?

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Charles A Roseberry's avatar

Thanks for your note. Not his finest moment, but one page of a very thick book of accomplishment and humanity. We all have that shadow casting defining moment, and probably regret it. But I do agree with your conclusion on that point. Charlie

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Ed S.'s avatar

Of course we’re gonna read your Monday column!

As for the Sanders issue, no one should be surprised at what happened, and the behavior of the kids. It’s an unfortunate part of being a coddled, privileged and unaccountable adolescent. It takes character to suppress and overcome. So far, they’re not doing it.

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