As a lifelong Big 8/12 fan and Iowa State grad, this is not a happy day in college sports. Yes, the Big 12 survived its possible demise the past few years, but the TV suits rearranged the chess board, stuck USC and UCLA in the Big Ten and it’s led to a death spiral for the Pac 12

Widen the goal

How bad was Russ last season? Bad enough that he’s getting widespread praise for his ho-hum opening exhibition play tonight.

The Rockies whiffed 48 times in their weekend series at the Dodgers and had two walks. Tony Gwynn, in a 20-year career, never struck out more than 40 times in a season. That is all.

A hearty congrats to The Post's "I Only Cover Defending World Champs" beat writer.

Myles Purchase, standout junior cornerback for Iowa State via Cherry Creek, is adding kickoff return duties to his plate. Purchase has bulked up to 205 pounds in off-season.

Congratulations to Bennett Durando, new Nuggets beat writer of The Denver Post, for making the 2023 Best American Sportswriting. Whenever I needed inspiration as a sports editor I’d pull out a past year and dive in. Fantastic accomplishment Bennett.

Travis Hunter is that close to having 3 TD catches in first half; first deep ball under thrown, second he had slip out of his hands, third he was ruled out of bounds…even at that he’s been best player on field ..big time, big time

So, through Week 1 the Pac 12 is a monster in football and the Big 12 got trampled in non conference play. Gonna be one heck of a final, fun ride for Pac 12 this fall. Big 12 needs OU and Texas to rise up in final season.

One of the most impressive things to me about Shedur Sanders is his ability to “drive” the ball when he has to put it in tight spots. Beautiful form. Great training. Immense practice time.

Curious decision by Jets coach Robert Saleh to choose N. Hackett as the hill to die on while throwing young offensive players under the bus

Look for the coach of a team that doesn’t make the playoffs to call it a travesty. Send that coach to a cancer ward for a reality check.

Broncos clock management the last 90 seconds was not good, leading eventually to the calamity of the final play. Not sure why teams are so poor in this area.

RIP

A good, good soul and man of wide interests gone far too soon.

I see that Coach Prime and Coach Jay will not be exchanging Christmas cards. 2024 RM Showdown will be spicy indeed

Payton’s worst game as Broncos coach, lost his cool, made several errors in judgment then gave up on the game.

Nothing much at stake for Broncos in final 3 games other than must win them all to have shot at playoffs as well as future of Russ in Denver

Greg Olsen has vaulted himself to the top of all NFL color analysts. No one close. He packs so much information into his analysis.

Awesome Troy! So happy for Brady and your family. From NAIA Champion to D1 All-Conference. What a career!