This Sunday, the Los Angeles Rams will march into Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta to take on Tom Brady and the big, bad New England Patriots. While Bill Belichick’s squad has been the class of the NFL for the past two decades — entering its ninth Super Bowl with a
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‘One play at a time’: Behind Stag football’s first SCIAC title in 31 years
“One play at a time” is a common mantra of many teams — the idea being that focusing on the present, rather than long-term goals, leads to more success. For the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps football team, fully adopting this mindset finally pushed them over the hump, as they won their first SCIAC
Sagehens stump the Stags, retain Sixth Street Rivalry trophy
The Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens (7-3, 5-2 SCIAC) won the Sixth Street Rivalry game for the second consecutive year, defeating Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (7-3, 6-1 SCIAC) 24-19 last Saturday. The Sagehens entered the game with the chance to reach a seven-win season for the first time since 1999, while the Stags hoped to make
Stags continue undefeated conference season, clinch SCIAC title, NCAA berth
On Nov. 3, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps football team (7-2, 6-0 SCIAC) clinched their first conference title since 1987, defeating the Chapman Panthers (4-4, 3-3 SCIAC) 16-9 in a defensive battle on the Stags’ Senior Day. CMS entered the game with a perfect 5-0 record in SCIAC play, needing one more win
CMS Football defeats Cal Lutheran, off to undefeated start in the SCIAC
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps football team (3-2, 2-0 SCIAC) took on the Cal Lutheran Kingsmen (2-3, 1-1 SCIAC) at home Oct. 6, and took a 17-10 victory in a defensive battle. Both teams entered the game 1-0 in the SCIAC, and were both looking to emerge from the contest with an undefeated
NFL’s passing of the torch: A new generation of quarterbacks has arrived
On Sunday afternoons this fall, a TV remote feels like a time machine. Switching between football games feels like stepping into different decades. First, 24-year-old Marcus Mariota leads Tennessee on a game winning drive in overtime to take down Carson Wentz, 25, and the reigning Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles.
‘Mob Squad’: The Rams’ rise to NFL prominence
When the Rams packed up their bags and left St. Louis for the glitz and glamor that awaited them in Los Angeles, they were welcomed with open arms. It didn’t take long, however, for their homecoming to be spoiled. Within weeks of the start of the 2016 season, diehard Angelenos started to
Sagehen Football falls to George Fox in final preparation before SCIAC play
The Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens football team (2-1, 0-0 SCIAC) suffered their first loss of the season in crushing fashion Sept. 16, falling 40-6 to the George Fox Bruins. The Sagehens started the season with wins over Lewis-Clark Valley (ID) and Lewis & Clark (OR), and they hoped to carry that momentum
With Last-Second ‘Hen-Mary,’ a Historic Win for Pomona-Pitzer Football
The quarterback had no recievers open and was seconds away from being sacked in overtime. For the fifth straight year, it seemed, the Sagehens were going to fall to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. But they didn’t. Karter Odermann PO ’20 was facing a fourth down from the 22, and even after rolling to
Redlands Hands Stags Second-Straight Loss with Defining Fourth Quarter
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps football team (3-3, 2-2 SCIAC) dropped a second consecutive crucial game this past Saturday in a game that could have put the Stags in second place in their conference. The Stags blew a five-point halftime lead against the Redlands Bulldogs (4-2, 3-1 SCIAC), who outscored the Stags 17-0 in a