Tag Archive | "College Sport"

NCAA’s bite can be redefined in Southern Cal case

Monday, June 7, 2010

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The NCAA will finally announce its punishment for USC in the Reggie Bush case. There’s no morning-line favorite for the punishment Southern Cal’s football program will receive from the NCAA Committee on Infractions. Probation, scholarship loss, even a postseason ban? Nobody knows where the music will stop. And for the Trojans, the punishment—which probably won’t come until [...]

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Jimbo has giant job in front of him

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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Jimbo Fisher’s dream scenario has unfolded—from Florida State’s offensive coordinator to one of the biggest chairs in college sports. Jimbo Fisher finally is the boss in Tallahassee. Now come the headaches. And Fisher’s task appears daunting. Here are five areas where the new Seminole in charge needs victories to ensure success: 1. Hire a winning defensive coordinator: This year’s [...]

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Spotlight Game: No. 16 Utah at No. 4 TCU

Friday, November 13, 2009

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Place: Fort Worth, Texas Time: 7:30 p.m. ET, Saturday TV: CBS College Sports Line: TCU by 20 Three reasons TCU will win TCU hasn’t seen the type of pressure Stevenson Sylvester and Utah will bring. A BCS bowl is within reach: The big prize is there, waiting to be embraced. Beat Utah, and the Frogs are a lock for a [...]

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Structural Repairs For College Basketball

Sunday, July 19, 2009

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Kyle Whellison is a borderline personal hero of mine. He’d be over the border, except that he seems like the kind of guy who’d defer praise. I hesitate to call him a visionary, but her certainly has a unique view of college athletics. He saw this coming. On Jan. 16, 2009, Kyle posted on his website, [...]

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NCAA Crystal Ball: Sun Belt Football Preview

Saturday, June 20, 2009

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Believe it or not, we’re just a few months away from the college football season.  Considering we’re in a bit of a lull when it comes to college sports, can you really blame those who are already looking ahead to September 3?  Starting today, we’ll take a look at every conference in the FBS, picking [...]

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A Sudden Obsession and Next Year’s Letdown for Memphis Basketball

Thursday, May 21, 2009

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The Serenity Prayer goes, “O God and Heavenly Father,/ Grant to us the serenity of mind to accept that which cannot be changed; courage to change that which can be changed,/ and wisdom to know the one from the other, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.” Attributed to theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, this manifest (and superfluous) prayer [...]

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With John Wall Recruitment, Is Kentucky’s Win At All Costs Mentality Worth It?

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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(Please refer to Nathan B’s article, “John Wall Charged with Breaking and Entering: John Calipari, You Can Have Him” for more information on John Wall.) This is not just about Kentucky basketball, but all of college sports, and for all college sports fans and even pro sports fans. When does it stop? When does winning at any [...]

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Why College Football Will Never Have a Tournament That Rivals NCAA Hoops

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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I am going to keep this one short and to the point. I have previously written about how I have given up on a college football playoff system and how I think it may even be better to go back to the old bowl system. Watching the college hoops tournament (which never disappoints, by the way), I can easily see why it isn't possible in college football. While I haven't commented on all of them, I've read each of the articles with college football playoff proposals, and to be honest, outside of a few, they all stink. They, in general, provide no answers and instead just create bigger problems. While college hoops doesn't have it perfect and there is still some controversy in the selection process, they at least have the biggest part of the equation right: The polls are not part of the equation! The polls are what is wrong with college sports. I honestly don't care about them any more, and just the mention of them makes me want to go down to the gym and pound the heavy bag for an hour.   I have heard arguments about just inviting the "best 65 teams" to the Dance. What better way to decide it than how they do now? We use what the teams have done on the court. What would be a better formula to determine the top 65 than what they use today? The guy I hear screaming about this the loudest sounds like an idiot when he talks. I know he isn't stupid, he went to a really good school and speaks well, and I certainly wouldn't want to mention his name in this forum to single him out, but he knows who he is and most people know who I am talking about. Jay Bilas. Whoops, oh well. Cleveland State knocked off Wake Forest. It wasn't a miracle shot like when the Vikings beat Syracuse earlier this year. It was a thourough beatdown which may take years for Wake to recover from (much like UConn hasn't ever recovered from their loss to George Mason a few years back). In any football playoff proposals I read about, a football team like Cleveland State's basketball team wouldn't be in the tournament, but a team like Wake's basketball team surely would. What a joke! So here's a novel idea for all of those people trying to solve the world's college football "problem." Why don't we start any proposal with what happened or happens on the field, not by what board member went to what school in what conference and what TV network thinks will produce the best ratings? CBS has already proved that if you create matchups based on what happens in games, people will watch. With the economy bad and people cutting back everywhere, my guess is that no one has cut back on watching good, old fashioned, competitive sports. And we get that via matchups created by teams who earned their spot by winning important games. Let's see if that works as a starting point for a college football playoff. Sounds like a good place to begin to me. Visit Mitch anytime at his sites The Sports Chat Place and The College Football Place

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The Great Basketball Debate: Why the NBA Is Way Better than the NCAA

Saturday, March 28, 2009

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I’d like to premise this article with a few comments that have led to my love for the NBA as the greatest basketball being played in the world, easily better than that of NCAA ball.

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