This is the week where idioms and cliches convene for the annual lazy-language convention. Where push comes to shove, rubber meets the road, wheat gets separated from chaff, only the strong survive, jigs are up, the going gets tough, men are separated from boys, the fat lady sings, you can’t keep a good man down, feet are put to the fire and don’t it make your brown eyes blue? Six schools in Rankman’s top 10 face each other in match-ups where no one gets out alive, lines get drawn in the sand and teams have to dig deep. Or, as a player who once melded two cliches into one, said, “Our backs are against the driver’s seat.” Anyway, it should be fun, a kick, a hoot, donnybrook and a blast. Louisville v. Clemson; Wisconsin v. Michigan and Stanford v. Washington. Go ahead, fellas, and make your cases. The rest of this article is available to subscribers only – to become a subscriber click here.
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Chris Dufresne
Dufresne, spent 35 years at the Los Angeles Times covering numerous sports. Over the last two decades he emerged as their national college football and basketball columnist. He and his alter-ego Rankman have been putting college teams in their place ever since.
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Getting Rankman..best $20 I ever spent. Blau, Herb and Dufe, a terrific trio. Too bad newspapers didn’t have the sense to see that. I hate websites and now I find one I’ll actually read. At the end of this season, the real final score will be: STORIES BROKEN–Blau 35. REST OF COUNTRY–5.
Thanks for the plug Boss. Your membership just classed up the joint….Go Titans!
Thanks for the plug from a guy who was the California Chrome of sports editors.
Rankman Easter egg bonanza for a reader who went to Utah, lives in Valencia, aka South Castaic, and remembers Rebozo as Nixon’s sidekick. Thanks for all that.
Anyone who got the Bebe Rebozo reference is a true Rankman follower! Thank you!
I now hope Rankman has emptied the gun at Coach O. He has a new team, new challenge and an AD who is not “Squirrel Haden”.