Rick Reilly, Have a Clue about Boise
Rick Reilly is a columnist for ESPN.com, and he makes periodic appearances on ESPN. He thrives upon composing humorous and entertainment based sports stories that don’t always hit the main issues themselves. I have been a strong critic of Reilly’s style for a very long time. He is a national pundit in every sense of […]
Hold Your Horses
Last night, Boise State defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies 33-30 at FedEx Field in Washington D.C. The game had huge implications for the National Championship picture, as Boise State has only 1 more game that should realistically give the Broncos any trouble. In 2 weeks, Oregon State will travel to the Smurf Turf to face […]
More Conference Changes
BREAKING NEWS: Boise State is the next domino to fall in the NCAA-wide conference shuffle. The Broncos moved from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) to the Mountain West Conference. Nebraska also officially announced that it would join the Big Ten today, as was expected. Today also brought as much speculation as answers. Big XII schools such as […]
Dominoes Falling in College Football Conferences: Big XII on the Short End
Today, two big shifts occurred in college football. The supposed apocalypse of the college football conference landscape appears to be happening. Now the only question is who will be left out of the party, and where teams will land at the end of the roulette. Colorado officially accepted a bid to become a member of […]
Big Ten Expansion…and More?
The most pressing issue cascading through the college football landscape is that of conference expansion. Leading the charge for expansion is the Big 10 Conference, whose last expansion occurred in 1989 when Penn State accepted an invitation to join the conference. The Nittany Lions gave up their then independent status in football, and left the Atlantic […]
ON THE CLOCK Draft Analysis: Philadelphia Eagles
After my week off due to exams, I will continue my ON THE CLOCK Draft Analysis. With only 2 teams remaining, I will analyze the Eagles draft today and the Buffalo Bills draft tomorrow. NEEDS ENTERING THE DRAFT: FS, DE (Depth), LB, OT, CB STRENGTHS ENTERING THE DRAFT: RB, WR, TE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES PICKS: 1st […]
Final Four Update
Butler has just defeated Kansas State to advance to the Final Four in Indianapolis. Between this region, the West, and the Midwest region (Mich St. vs. Tenn), there will be 2 teams seeded 5th or higher that will advance to the Final Four. In the late game tonight, the Kentucky Wildcats will play the West Virginia […]
What Teams Need to do during Championship Week
Entering Championship Week, the bubble includes teams that need to still win some games over quality teams in order to ensure an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament. Here are some of the most prominent bubble teams and what they need to do to get a bid (obviously some bids will be determined by performance […]
The Big East is the Premier College Basketball Conference
Joe Lunardi in his Bracketology this week said that “it might be argued the Big XII is the country’s No. 1 league this season.” In addition (and I will not release names), some of my peers have indicated to me that they believe that conferences other than the Big East were the best in college basketball. For the many reasons listed below, […]
Joe Lunardi's Bracketology Miscues
The updated bracketology was released today by ESPN college basketball anlayst Joe Lunardi (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology). After reviewing his NCAA tournament picks, I was left feeling somewhat disappointed with the process by which he chose his teams to make the tournament. At the top he seemed to have things correct: Kentucky, Kansas, Villanova, and Syracuse all receiving […]