We Are Maroon and Gold Episode 056

The national championship and other Final Four festivities.

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2019 Southwest Basketball Tournament

Monday night, Texas Tech finished runners-up to Virginia in the NCAA Tournament. It was a crushing end to an otherwise exhilarating and historic season for the Tech program.

I propose that we give the Red Raiders another chance at hardware.

After last year's NCAA Tournament, I put together the field for a hypothetical college basketball tournament featuring teams from the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. I had some fun putting it together, and you may have some fun going back to read the post.

I had so much fun that I'm doing a second edition of the Southwest Basketball Tournament. What follows is said second edition.

We Are Maroon and Gold Episode 055

The NCAA Tournament.

Aaron's Album of the Week: Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Way Out West

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Shiny Stadium Amenities Distract from What We Love about Sports

Chandler originally submitted the following piece for a journalism class. He shamefully recycles it here, with minimal modification, as content for his blog. The format and style may be a little different from that of the usual content published in this forum, but hopefully it is no less enjoyable to read. One disclaimer: Being written for a class that happened a year ago, the piece contains references to things that happened a year ago as if they were happening today.

More and more, it seems stadium experiences are losing the "stadium" part. And the "experience" part.

Suites were always a way to detach oneself from the action, but watching the game from seven stories up and behind glass might be more intimate than using some of the features of the modern sports venue.

We Are Maroon and Gold Episode 054

Previewing the Twins' season and recapping the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament.

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We Are Maroon and Gold Episode 053

The show's first ever guest: Aaron's friend Kiran Goswitz joining to discuss a past research project about factors influencing MLB attendance.

Aaron's Albums of the Week: Frank Zappa, Apostrophe ('); Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Over-Nite Sensation

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We Are Maroon and Gold Episode 052

Gopher sports and the early stages of NFL free agency.

Some big stuff (like the Odell Beckham and Dee Ford trades) happened just a few hours after we finished recording, so forgive us for not addressing it.

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We Are Maroon and Gold Episode 051

QCNH and This Land.

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