You’ve heard of the “Run and Shoot” offense?

(Credit: BTN’s Saturday Night Special)
Last Saturday against Northwestern, Michigan running back Vincent Smith showed us the “Shoot and Run.”
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1) Chi-Chi’s quesadilla bar 3 times per week. [Minimum]
2) Avoid dumbell flys at all cost.
3) Watch for low-flying helicopters.

4) Rinse.
5) Repeat.

With its trip to Florida Saturday, the 2011 Alabama vacation season is officially underway.

Fitting then that Saturday is one of the two days - every 365 - this Georgia Dawg is behind The Tide. #rtr
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Mystified by the Red Sox’s lost season, yesterday I turned to where every sports fan goes to glean inside information about the world of sports they can’t get anywhere else: sports talk radio.

And with what I learned from Lou Merloni on ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt Show, all I can say is Josh Beckett’s pregnant wife […]

Vontaze Burfict committed two personal fouls during the ASU-USC game last Saturday. One was for illegal hands to the face during the second quarter of Sparky’s 43-22 win over the Trojans.

The other? Watch for yourself.
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What’s it like to play pickup football with Trent Richardson?

Now you know.
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During the USC football team’s practice on Thursday, the Trojan scout team wore jerseys designed to resemble arch rival UCLA.

(Photos Credit: USC)
The powder blues were used during a scrimmage in which the scout team impersonated the offense and defense of USC’s opponent this Saturday.

That opponent? Minnesota.
Though USC doesn’t play UCLA until November 26, USC […]

Nobody does college football telecasts like ESPN, but when you broadcast as many games as ESPN, mistakes happen. Like last night.

During the ESPN telecast of the Wisconsin-UNLV college football game in Madison, Wisconsin, ESPN showed a shot of a downtown skyline as announcer Rece Davis pitched the broadcast to break.
The shot was supposed to be […]

In an April 27, 2011, interview with Aaron Wilson of NationalFootballPost.com, Julio Jones talked about his football future after leaving the Alabama football program.

Wilson’s last question to Jones: “What’s your goal off the field?”

Jones:
“I want to be financially stable, first of all. I don’t want to be one of those guys that’s broke after they […]

Or as they call it in Lee County:

The Running of the Gumps®.
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