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Reviewing the WWE 'Attitude Era' DVD

C. J. Bradford Cageside Seats Nov 28 2012, 4:08p

A review of the WWE produced "Attitude Era" DVD and Blu-Ray, taking a look back at the high and low moments of WWE during one of the biggest boom periods in sports entertainment.

WWE 13 roster reveal for October 30 video game

C. J. Bradford Cageside Seats Aug 18 2012, 5:56p

WWE and THQ announced the WWE 13 Roster Reveal today at SummerSlam Axcess event. Check it out.

On this date in WWF history: Lita debuts on Raw as one of Godfather's hos

Geno Mrosko Cageside Seats Jul 5 2012, 10:00a

Before Lita hooked up with Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy as the most extreme lady in the WWF, she debuted with the promotion on Raw in 1999 on this date in history as one of Godfather's hos.

Going To The Mattresses... I Mean Envelopes

The Offside Juventus Black & White & Read All Over Jun 24 2010, 5:24p

‘Going to the mattresses’ is a phrase made famous by "The Godfather" films. Simply put, it means to prepare for battle. In the world of football transfers, ‘going to the envelopes’ refers...

The Day After: It's Morning Again in Bulldog Nation

T Kyle King Dawg Sports Nov 13 2011, 2:18p

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know it's afternoon; I was speaking metaphorically. In "The Godfather," Vito Corleone receives many requests for assistance on the day of his daughter's wedding, because it is...

Video Rewind: The debut episode of WWE Smackdown on April 29, 1999

Geno Mrosko Cageside Seats Sep 5 2011, 5:40a

Taking a look back, with videos and plenty of background notes, at the very first episode of WWE Smackdown, which aired as a special on UPN on April 29, 1999.

Why the Boise State Broncos' Nike Pro Combat Uniforms Are Worse than the Georgia Bulldogs'

T Kyle King Dawg Sports Aug 25 2011, 10:17p

According to the initial reviews, the Boise State Broncos' Nike Pro Combat uniforms for the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game are better than the uniforms the Georgia Bulldogs will wear to open the 2011 college football season. Dawg Sports begs to differ.

Washaun Ealey to Transfer: Why Georgia Bulldogs Fans Should be Neither Saddened Nor Gladdened to See Him Go

T Kyle King Dawg Sports May 9 2011, 8:20p

Georgia head football coach Mark Richt announced today that Washaun Ealey had been granted his release from the Bulldogs. Dawg Sports explains why Georgia fans should be neither glad nor sad to see him go.

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A&M has been in contact with the SEC for months, despite the longstanding assumption that the Texas...

posted by T Kyle King, Jun 12, 2010

A&M has been in contact with the SEC for months, despite the longstanding assumption that the Texas schools would hang together behind the wildly profitable Longhorn juggernaut. But former Aggie player/coach Gene Stallings, now an A&M regent, has taken control of the push for the SEC, where he won a national championship as Alabama's head coach in 1992. Stepping out of the back channels of Texas politics, Stallings didn't hesitate to distance A&M from the Longhorns on Alabama radio: "I think A&M is now big enough to stand on its own. We don’t need to piggyback on Texas." Truly spoken like a man with only a few months left in his term.

If A&M opts out of the Pac-10 exodus, their crucial position as the 16th team could fall to Kansas or Utah; given the political ramifications and the cold shoulder in scheduling by everyone A&M has ever considered any kind of rival, the odds remain on the Aggies' following the original route to the West Coast – especially if the SEC invite is tied to their ability to deliver Texas, as well, which appears to be a complete nonstarter.

— Dr. Saturday makes his case for why the Aggies will go with the flow and follow the Longhorns into the Pac-10. Matt Hinton may well be right, but, the longer this goes on, the better I like the SEC's chances. Even if you take seriously Texas's alleged threat never to schedule the Aggies again in any sport unless they remain conference mates (which I'm not at all sure I do), and even if you assume Lone Star State politicos with a long history of involving themselves in athletics decisions wouldn't compel Texas and Texas A&M to continue their rivalry on the field (which I'm quite sure I don't), the Aggies have longstanding rivals in the SEC (Arkansas and LSU) . . . and it isn't as though programs haven't sacrificed rivalries on the altar of conference expansion before. Pitt's entry into the Big East and Penn State's entry into the Big Ten all but killed that once-yearly rivalry. The expansion of the ACC and the SEC in 1992 made Georgia's battles with Clemson much more infrequent affairs. Earlier today, Nebraska essentially tossed the last handful of dirt onto the grave in which the Cornhuskers' rivalry with Oklahoma is interred. I'm not at all sure I believe the Aggies' entry into the SEC would sound the death knell of their rivalry with the Longhorns, but, quite frankly, more storied rivalries than that one have ended when leagues grew. It might be sad, but, to Texas, this is (to quote a line from the end of "The Godfather") just business. The 'Horns clearly want to call the shots, not just for themselves, but for everyone even remotely in their orbit. Let 'em do it. Maybe it's high time Texas A&M left Texas like Michael Corleone at the end of "The Godfather, Part II," on top of the world and increasingly cut off from everyone who got him there. Gene Stallings sold his alma mater short. The Aggies can't just stand, they can walk. I'm increasingly convinced that their movement will be east, not west. Cue the Jessica Simpson remake of the Nancy Sinatra classic. Go 'Dawgs!

"Don't Mess With Texas": Why Snagging the Longhorns is Critical if the SEC is to Survive Big Ten Expansion

T Kyle King Dawg Sports May 26 2010, 10:09p

Big Ten expansion may force the SEC to bring in new teams in order to keep up financially. Dawg Sports looks at the landscape and concludes that, history and rivalries aside, the SEC really has no choice but to do whatever it takes to snag the Texas Longhorns.

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