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A parting gift
You didn’t think I was going out just like that, did you? Because we’re on spring break, I had a little down time to reflect on the past few months, and even before that. Before the Wisconsin game, I thought it might be entertaining to capture the unique pregame atmosphere in Madison. What exactly did […]
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So long, Mustangs fans
You may be wondering why there hasn’t been an entry yet about the firing of Cal Poly men’s basketball coach Kevin Bromley (who, according to Fox Sports’ Jeff Goodman, may be replaced by USC’s Bob Cantu or Cal’s Greg Gottlieb). There are a couple reasons. I’ve been pondering the future of this blog, and came […]
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Big West more wide-open than ever
This ain’t your daddy’s Big West Conference. (See: UNLV; Tarkanian, Jerry.) It’s not even your older brother’s. (See: Pacific beating Providence and Pittsburgh in the first rounds of the 2004 and 2005 NCAA tournaments.) In overall wins, just five victories separate the conference’s No. 1 team, Pacific (17-11, 10-6), from its No. 8, UC Irvine […]
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Cal Poly enters Top 25
Following its weekend sweep of Sacramento State, Cal Poly moved into the Baseball America Top 25 rankings Monday. The Mustangs (6-1), off to their best start since 2001, squeezed in right at No. 25, as UCLA, Stanford, Missouri and Florida dropped out. They could climb by toppling No. 12 Pepperdine on March 10. UC Irvine […]
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Lewis slamming into Cal Poly’s future
Even though the Cal Poly men’s basketball team has struggled through a 7-17 season and may miss the Big West Conference Tournament, the year hasn’t been a total loss for the Mustangs. In their 75-73 loss to UC Davis on Wednesday, sophomore guard Shawn Lewis had a career-high 26 points on 9-of-15 shooting. Three days […]
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Barden clocks under 4.6 seconds
Recently graduated Cal Poly receiver Ramses Barden ran an unofficial 4.57-second 40-yard dash Sunday at the NFL Draft Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. It would figure to be a mild success for the 6-foot-6, 229-pound Barden, who was estimated by most draft commentators to be in the 4.6 range, effectively the cutoff for a receiver to […]
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Campus laptop theft increases
Like most Cal Poly students peacefully studying in the bowels of Robert E. Kennedy Library, Michael Toole didn’t think he had anything to fear besides doing poorly on a test.
He’d been on the second floor overlooking the entrance for a couple hours that afternoon last February, and had already gone to the bathroom and returned to all his belongings safely resting as when he left.
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Combine nears for Barden
Judgment day has come. Well, not really. But recently graduated Cal Poly receiver Ramses Barden is about to compete at the NFL Draft Scouting Combine, held in Indianapolis. It runs from Wednesday through Tuesday and is televised by the NFL Network. Receivers will complete most of their drills Sunday, according to NFL.com’s schedule. As a […]
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Big West assists leader hospitalized after wreck
Cal State Northridge senior point guard Josh Jenkins is “resting in stable condition at the California Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering injuries in a single-car accident” Saturday night, according to the school’s Monday news release. The driver was killed. Obviously, Jenkins is out indefinitely. For continued updates, check out The Matador Score, a […]
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Cal Poly great dies
Former Cal Poly linebacker Mel Kaufman, who helped lead the Mustangs to the Division II national championship in 1980, died in his Santa Margarita home Saturday night, the school announced Monday. The cause of death is yet to be announced, and an autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday. Funeral arrangements are pending at Atascadero’s Chapel of […]