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Jacob Isaia plays through heartbreak with his father’s Samoan pride

Post author:Tom Shanahan
Post published:December 9, 2022
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PHOTO (Fresno State Athletics): Fresno State offensive guard Jacob Isaia (R) and tight end Jake Boust hold the Mountain West Conference trophy at Albertson's Stadium in Boise. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Fresno State’s Jacob Isaia wraps up a bittersweet 2022 season with his Mountain West champion teammates in the Jimmy Kimmell LA Bowl on Dec. 17 at SoFi Stadium. Three days later, he travels down the coast to Oceanside to bury his father, Sale…

College basketball’s March Madness showing us everything college football lacks

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Post published:March 23, 2021
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PHOTO (Loyola Chicago Athletics): Loyola Chicago's Ramblers celebrating upsetting No. 1 seed Illinois. By TOM SHANAHAN Oh, how we missed the NCAA basketball tournament. The 2021 resumption of March Madness upsets has resoundingly reminded us a year after the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2020 tournament. The 2020 college football post-season, though, played out as if we wouldn't have missed anything. The College Football Playoff was the same old, same old. Alabama won the national title – this time…