Podcast: College Football Preview Part 2
Check out Part 2 of BLS’s College Football Preview Show, with Bob Long and Wade Brogden, where we discuss Johnny Manziel once again as well as break down conference by conference, team by team, and our expectations for the upcoming college football season. Also, check out Part 1 of BLS’s College Football Preview Show. http://mfi.re/listen/1ajrhoxj5n3m791/College_Football_Preview_Part_2.mp3
Podcast: September 26th Bob Long Sports Radio Show
In this week’s Bob Long Sports Radio Show, we discussed the hot 3-0 start of the Buffalo Bills, and how the team was able to defy so many odds thus far (Start-17:30). Next, we analyzed the rest of the undefeated teams in the NFL and predicted which of those teams would make the playoffs (17:30-22:22). […]
Cue the Conference Realignment
The music starts, the group walks in a circle. Then the music stops, and everyone dives for a seat. Welcome to the current state of college football. Pittsburgh and Syracuse rocked the college football world by declaring an intention to apply for membership in the ACC. With the move imminent in the next year or […]
College Football Conference Update
Yesterday, the big 5 from the Big XII (Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State) declared that they would all remain with the Big XII and not pursue other conference affiliations. This declaration leaves the Big XII with 10 teams, the Big Ten with 12 teams, and the Pac 10 with 11 teams. Expansion seems […]
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 […]
The 116th Penn Relays Carnival
The Penn Relays, which began in 1895 and have been run annually at University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field, were held this past week. It is a 5 day carnival that ranges from gradeschool runners to runners at the Olympic level. In fact, this year, track phenom and fastest man in the world Usain Bolt graced the Philadelphia crowd […]
Big XII Power Rankings
Last week I did my Big East Power Rankings, and once a week for the next few weeks I will do the same for another college basketball conference. Today I will analyze the Big XII. 1. Kansas- Led by senior Sherron Collins and junior Cole Aldrich, the Jayhawks were the preseason #1 ranked team and […]