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Handicapping the Pac-10 Race; It Doesn’t Look Good for ASU

As we head into the stretch run of the Pac-10 season, we’re taking a moment to handicap the race. Yes, USC’s piece of the pie is very large. Yes, Arizona’s piece of the pie is pink. We don’t like Arizona. Keep reading to see why the pie looks the way it does.

Odds of Winning the Pac-10 Title

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Erickson Closes the Deal on a Friday Night in Scottsdale

spent his Friday night in Scottsdale watching Saguaro and Chaparral renew their annual rivalry. He returned to Tempe ready to close the deal with big No. 86 in the image below.

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(Photo courtesy East Valley Tribune.)
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Erickson Offers Scholarship to 14-Year-Old with Killer Highlight Reel

is not one to be fashionably late. Perhaps that’s why he offered a scholarship to a high school freshman last week. Hey, we would too after watching the highlight video in this post.

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Time to Vote: How will the Sun Devil Hoopsters Fare?

We’ve got links to a handful of men’s basketball season previews, and we’re accepting votes on how well you think the Sun Devils will do this season.

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Jeff Pendergraph: Hoops Warrior, Snake Lover, Emotional Wreck?

plans to shed at least one tear this season—and it won’t be the kind of tear Sun Devil fans are used to shedding during basketball season.

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Lunch Links: Football Flops, Bolden Disses and Charli’s Ready for Tipoff

We didn’t need rankings to tell us this, but the ASU football team was named one of the five biggest flops in college football this week. Also, light is shed on the story behind ’s USC-dissing ballcap switcheroo and the ASU women’s hoops team gets previewed.

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Ike and Wally Fought Each Other and the Law Won

There will be no redemption for , or . The NCAA is quite steadfast in its belief that they’ve been naughty little boys and deserve the public admonishment they received.

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“What’d you say ’bout my mama?”

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Lunch Links: Ghosts of Tempe’s Past and Future

The Arizona Republic recently offered two distinct views of Tempe—one looking toward the future and one looking 100 years into the past.

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