Arne Duncan, the U.S. Department of Education Secretary, wrote a very persuasive piece today for ESPN.com.Duncan, who played basketball at Harvard, believes that it is imperative that colleges and universities should have to graduate 40 percent of their student athletes to be eligible for postseason participation.This is in the wake of the report that came... Continue Reading →
I’ve come up with an apt description of Tim Tebow
So I don't write a whole lot about Tim Tebow for a variety of reasons. The main one being that I don't want my email box blowing up.But as I thought about the latest controversies involving Tebow this week, plus the added rumor that Tebow might grace one of the covers of NCAA Football 2011... Continue Reading →
It’s hard out here for a beat writer
I think I may have figured out what the toughest job in the SEC might be.The toughest job in the SEC is beat writer for the Florida Gators.At least if you work for the Orlando Sentinel.That’s what Jeremy Fowler found out on Wednesday when he was confronted after practice by head coach Urban Meyer.Meyer was... Continue Reading →
Books that have influenced me
This idea came from a reader of Tyler Cowen's site Marginal Revolution. This is a list based more on my gut and what came to my mind stream of consciousness rather than trying to think too deeply about this list.I admit that it was not instantaneous; I still had to think about books that mattered... Continue Reading →
Big Ten Expansion Speculation: Realignment into divisions
Because I love doing these speculative expansion posts in pairs, here's my thoughts on Big Ten realignment. Again, I see four possible scenarios, but unlike the Pac-10, where there appears to be two distinct rumored favorites, there are at least five contenders. I tried to incorporate all five into the different scenarios. Alignment one assumes... Continue Reading →
Pac-10 Expansion Speculation: Realignment into divisons
As a strictly mental exercise, I wanted to think about how the Pac-10 would realign if they did expand. There are a couple of possible alignments to think about. There is the traditional East/West Alignment, where a line is drawn among the cities that make up the conference and voila!Now, all of these alignment assume... Continue Reading →
Dear Seth Greenberg,
Really?You're still asking questions about why your team got left out of the NCAA Tournament, huh?You've even gone so far as to hire a statistician to crunch some numbers about last four in and last four out over the past decade to see what you can do to schedule better.I can admire that on some... Continue Reading →
The cynicism of some folks is why I don’t read comments
There is a very nice story by ESPN Boston's Mike Reiss about New England Patriots defensive end Ty Warren forgoing a $250,000 bonus by skipping out on the voluntary offseason workout program so he can stay home in Bryan, Texas.He's staying home so that he can finish is degree from Texas A&M University in agriculture... Continue Reading →
Hey, Look At Me! I’m A National Columnist
No, really. See the link?Big Ten Expansion A Matter Of PrideThat's me ragging on the Big Ten in my first post over at SouthernPigskin.comOkay, so I'm not really ragging on the Big Ten as much as I'm wondering about the motivation for the league with regards to their expansion plans.I'll have more on the piece... Continue Reading →
Straight from the dickish coach behavior files: Guy Morris, TAMU-Commerce
Texas A&M Commerce is a commuter school in the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex.Their head coach, Guy Morriss, had a career record with Baylor and Kentucky of 27-54. He was 5-5 last season, which is a big deal for him, I guess.Anyway, a couple of his players were busted last month on drug charges. Since this was... Continue Reading →
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