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 →
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 →
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 →
Pac-10 Expansion Sidebar: The realistic choices
After we highlighted Teddy Greenstein's Chicago Tribune piece about Big Ten expansion possibilities the other day, I came across this piece by the San Jose Mercury News' Jon Wilner looking at Pac-10 expansion.Some interesting notes from Wilner's blog (which is a must read):* Voting on expansion will have to be unanimous. All of the schools... Continue Reading →
Myron Rolle’s a Grown Ass Man. He can make his own decisions
I do have to say that I was completely flabbergasted when I read this Clark Judge piece from over the weekend.In it, Judge argues that Myron Rolle, the former Florida State safety and Rhodes Scholar, should give up on football and go on to medical school because he has a better chance of making an... Continue Reading →
March Madness: The Jerome Picks
The what?The Jerome.Okay, so I am not in an official Jerome Pool. As of about 2:40 PST, I was entered into the official Jerome Pool.As a matter of fact, to be frank, I didn't even know what the Jerome was until about half an hour ago.Read these stories by Dan Wetzel and Pete Thamel to... Continue Reading →
As The Tebow Spins, Day 341: What is a college coaches job?
Okay, it hasn't really been that long.But it certainly feels like it.I will come right out and admit I am somewhere between neutral and negative on Tim Tebow, and that's a visceral reaction more than anything else.I have only been able to observe him through magazine articles and television interviews but my gut reaction is... Continue Reading →
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