The impact of the Giants' success has been unavoidable on the Santa Clara campus during the past few weeks.

The Santa Clara men's and women's cross country teams both finished in the bottom half of the field at the West Coast Conference Championships.

The NHL lockout trudges on, and with it, a demonstration of the worst aspects of professional sports: greed, arrogance and a disregard for loyal fans.

The Santa Clara men's soccer team played two important conference games this past weekend.

The Broncos picked up wins over in-state opponents California Baptist University and Fresno Pacific University, but dropped two other games, keeping their record four games under .500.

In their final three games against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Giants outscored their opponents 20-1.

After the required two minutes of digging was up, an official from Guinness World Records gave the word that the record had been broken. Air cannons shot blue and white confetti into the air and thousands held their commemorative blue shovels in the air to celebrate.

With the win over BYU and their schedule, featuring ranked and conference opponents, the Broncos have set up their path to earn an NCAA tournament bid at the end of the season in mid-November.

On Thursday night, the Broncos faced off against Portland, with whom they were previously tied for the league lead. It took an overtime goal from Kameya to seal the victory for the Broncos after blowing a 2-0 lead.

Born in Laie, Hawaii, Te'o has quickly made a name for himself. This year especially, he has begun to gain some recognition nationally. Right now, he is possibly the only defensive player in a Heisman race that seems to be dominated by quarterbacks.

The men's team ran without All West Coast Conference runner Ben Demaree but still managed to finish 13th. The women also ran well as a whole, finishing ninth. 

The junior forward scored the game winning goal while playing a man down in overtime against Portland.

On Tuesday, NFL owners announced that the stadium, to be completed in 2014, is one of two finalists to host the 50th Super Bowl in 2016. The other finalist is Miami's Sun Life Stadium, home of the Dolphins.

The Broncos have been putting together a very strong season this fall, and after splitting two conference games last weekend, they currently have a record of 8-3-4. 

Alex Smith and Jim Harbaugh set new record for most yards in a single game.

Why do dedicated fans often get angry at "bandwagon" or "fair-weather" fans who only support their teams when they are successful?

Beginning at 8 a.m. at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, Calif., the 5K walk/run will precede the Santa Clara Bronco Invite hosted by Santa Clara's cross-country team.

The two rivals have met 63 times, and USF holds the all-time edge at 31-23-9, although Santa Clara is 19-4-3 against the Dons since 1995.