I would hazard a guess that as far as coaching positions go, no job in sports has as hot a seat as the college football coach at a traditional power program.No one today, though, probably has a hotter seat right now than Rich Rodriguez up at Michigan.Coming in on the heels of Lloyd Carr’s retirement... Continue Reading →
Mini Blog-cation
We will be taking a short break here for the next month or so because of the day job and an actual vacation in May.We will be back in late May starting our run-up to the regular season with conference look aheads and some other previews.I will still be writing on Thursdays over at Southern... Continue Reading →
What Expansion Could Mean to the Big Ten, Notre Dame and the SEC
Although I wonder who is who in this scenario:I think it's obvious that Starscream = SECBut is Megatron/Galvatron the Big Ten and Unicron is Notre Dame?My thought is that Unicron is the Big Ten, and Notre Dame is Megatron/Galvatron. Either way, I needed to justify the clip:
I Doubt An Eagle Would Ever Do It With A Lion, But…
Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the College of William & Mary is the second oldest institution of higher education in this country (after Harvard). Its undergraduate program is consistently ranked in the top ten nationally.Until 1977, the athletics teams were known as the Indians. In 1978, the school changed the name to the less offensive Tribe,... Continue Reading →
Arne Duncan’s Heart Is In Right Place, But….
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 →
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 →
Sports Aren’t Perfect, but They Do Offer Escape
Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan for providing the link to this Newsweek screed by Christopher Hitchens.In his rant, Hitchens derides international sports for (apparently) breeding conflict and contempt around the world. Hitchens also rails against how sports dumbs down contemporary society and political discourse:Our own political discourse, already emaciated enough, has been further degraded by... Continue Reading →
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