Pete Misthaufen joined June 2009

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Pete Misthaufen

About Pete »

AKA Pete. Call me Pete, Mist, or whatever else.
Pro sports are good: Dodgers, Lakers, and Raiders

College football is my passion -- USC, TCU, and BYU. Since BYU and USC already had some writers, I thought I needed to cover TCU, though I still like to write about college football in the West in general. I hate the BCS in general and really would love a college football playoff....

My article http://bleacherreport.com/articles/258746-contenders-or-pretenders-what-we-learned-week-three was featured on the CBS Sports College Football front page.

Many articles have been linked to by CBSSports.com.

Just passed 40,000 reads on November 18th. Thanks for all the support folks. Hard to believe I have been writing for about four months.

And thanks for the 51 POTD votes.

I try to write entertaining and provocative articles. No sacred cows for me!! Thanks for reading and commenting! I love the feedback (and even the correction once in awhile).

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  • Favorite Athletes

    Ali, Steve Garvey, Earl Campbell, Bo Jackson, Kareem, Magic, Kobe, Shaq, the Mailman, Aikman,Steve Young, Pele, Hersheisher, Ron Cey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell, Nolan Ryan, Jim Plunkett, MacEnroe, Tiger, Ty Detmer, and many more.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    LA Dodgers, Oakland Raiders, LA Lakers, USC Trojans, TCU Horned Frogs, and BYU Cougars

  • Favorite Coaches

    Tommy Lasorda, Lavell Edwards, Tark the Shark, John Madden, Gary Patterson

  • All Time Sports Moment

    Game 1, 1988 World Series, Kirk Gibson's home run.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    2009 TCU-Utah (2009 BYU-OU a close second)

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripkin's consecutive games played

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Montana

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Sampras

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Petty

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Schumacher

  • Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

    Pac 10 (& Mountain West)

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    Pete Misthaufen commented on The Ultimate Retirement Party For Bobby Bowden Can Be This Weekend

    I am pulling for Bobby. Pulling an upset like this would really salvage another average season for FSU. Outside of the BYU game, I don't know...

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    Pete Misthaufen commented on Dear NCAA, Add a Mid-Major Football Championship!

    The MWC, TCU, Utah, Boise, and BYU are not going to accept second-tier status -- and their play on the field shows that are as good...

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    Pete Misthaufen commented on Air Force Close but Still Far Away from MWC's Elite

    Overall, I am pretty surprised to see AFA still at No. 4 in the MWC (I thought that UNLV and CSU would challenge for the 3...

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    Pete Misthaufen commented on A Trojan Fan's Perspective: Choke On It, Jim Harbaugh

    I love when karma kicks someone in the rear! BTW, I heard a reporter say that teams that beat USC only win their next game something...

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    Pete Misthaufen commented on College Football's 11 Best 11s: Texas, Alabama Stalk BCS Title

    What exactly did Florida do to move up this week? Beat up FIU? Or did you decide that TCU needed to move down after only winning...

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    Pete Misthaufen commented on Is Les Miles on the Hot Seat, and Does One Second Define His Tenure at LSU?

    Miles did the right thing in taking it like a man, but back to back average seasons are not reaching expectations at LSU. If LSU does...

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    Pete Misthaufen commented on NCAA Football Top 25 Week 12: TCU Remains No. 1, LSU Falls to No. 19

    With all these 8-3 and 7-4 teams, I having a real problem judging many of these teams. Plus with the Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, ACC,...

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    Pete Misthaufen commented on The Best Is The West: Pac-10 Is The Toughest Conference This Year

    I love watching Pac-10 games and it sure is fun, but they need to drop the 9-game conference schedule. As to playoffs, the Pac-10 made a...

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    Pete Misthaufen commented on College Football Predictions Week 12: Who's on Upset Alert?

    Wow, great job on the upset alerts -- LSU, ND, Wisconsin, Oregon(almost), .... too bad you did not pull the trigger on Kentucky (although you did...

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    T.J. Morrill commented on TCU-Wyoming: Can the Cowboys Lasso the Horned Frogs?

    I live in Wyoming, and therefore actually pay attention to the Pokes, it's true the fans at War Memorial are relentless. You know when I watched...

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    Pete Misthaufen commented on Should The Mountain West Conference Expand To 10 or 12 Teams?

    The conference division, as illustrated by your picture, will never work. The old SuperWAC died in part because it split up the core of the old...

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    Pete,

    By the way, I linked to your great Cincy-TCU-Texas article in the MWC expansion. I hope you don't mind. I thought you made some terrific points - as usual.

    11 days ago

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