Happy Tuesday Cougar Nation.

If you didn't see Longball's work yesterday about the near shake-up among the top of the Pac 12 North, than check this out. Additionally, I have been one of Ken Bone's harshest critics over the years and have gone so far as to stop watching this team play on TV or in-person. So it was nice for them to pull out the brooms against the Bay Area schools last week.

As I am sure many of you know, this marks the final week before National Letter of Intent Day, which is next Wednesday, February 1st. News broke yesterday, that Leach landed a pair of JC Linemen in OG Niu Sale and DT Ioane Gauta.

Before those fax machines, hopefully the coaching staff gets the remaining targets to sign on the line that's dotted, before they drink their coffee!

With the 2012 class filling up rapidly, I would imagine there is no more than three or four spots remaining. While all of that can change with Gray Shirts and attrition, I read somewhere recently that if we took 24 guys this year, nobody left this off season, then we would only have room for 15 guys in the 2013 cycle.

Anyways, click the jumparoo to take a deeper look at recruiting and some of the remaining prospects who are in The Crimson Orbit.

Did Chip Kelly just start a chain reaction that will destroy the football universe?

This was originally a post about the state of Pac-12 basketball, but then of course, this happened, and then this happened. And then, just to keep us all on our toes... this happened! The passing of Joe Paterno is a difficult thing for me to wrap my head around. His legacy, to say the least, is much more complicated than it was just a few months ago. But today is the day to focus on the all the good, lots and lots of good, that Joe Pa did. As far as Chip Kelly is concerned, wow, that was nearly a game changer in the Pac-12. In the coaching world, every departure leaves a vacancy that will usually be filled by yet another departure, like an endless line of tumbling dominoes. So who would have been the next to fall? Looks like people in Boise were getting kinda nervous. It turns out Chip really isn't pulling a "Pete Carroll" after all. Either way, I still can't see Petersen leaving a good thing in Boise. Also you gotta wonder, do the Ducks believe all their talk about not expecting to face any NCAA sanctions? Chip Kelly's actions would seem to indicate they do.  Now, where was I... oh yeah, Pac-12 hoops...

Another week, another massacre.

This week brought more carnage and chaos in Pac-12 Basketball. Of course, this time we got to play the role of the firing squad in this proverbial massacre as we dispatched both Stanford and Cal who came into the Palouse leading the conference. Meanwhile UCLA got swept on the Oregon Trail, Colorado was last seen Razing Arizona and Sparky suffered frostbite as Tempe froze over after the Utes beat ASU by… 21 points. Now that I’ve exceeded my quota of puns for the year, lets try and sort it all out. You know what you gotta do...

Happy Saturday Night to you, Followers.  Well, tonight, thanks to Eddie Johnson's 24 points--as well as some clutch shooting by Devonte Lacy--the Cougs achieved a sweep of the Bay Area schools by being CAL 77-75. And of course, we did so in front of Mike Leach and a host of WSU Football recruits.

So, consider this an open thread to talk about Hoops, Recruiting, or Newt Gingrich's win in South Carolina tonight.

In other words, WallaCoug, this thread is for you...

Hello Followers.  Hope you’ve had a solid week.

Today we had scheduled the Khan to write a bit about the developments and hype over at Muttlake.  But, alas, the Khan pulled a no-show.

You see, the Khan occasionally operates under the illusion that he is a university professor, and as such, he sometimes claims that he has to do some "real writing" in order to keep his job.

So, in an effort to accomodate another one of his illusions, we decided to take over his spot today with a few thoughts on the Cougs, the NFL playoffs, and of course, a whole lot less…

Read on.

Hello Followers.   Hope you’re having a great week!

Well amidst all the signings, defections, and the emergence of new connections, I thought that it was time to do what it is that I do best:  Take the path of least resistance (e.g. steal someone else's ideas).

So, today I take a page right out of Ted Miller’s playbook as I give you my early season Pac-12 favorites to win the 2012 Heisman trophy.  And because I am in a particularly zany mood, not only will I provide you with my top 5, I will actually do so while counting backwards!

So, with that in mind, here we go, FIVE-FOUR-THREE-TWO-ONE…..

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