For the record, I am – and have been for a while – a supporter of a playoff in college football. It may have taken me a while to warm up to the idea, but I eventually came around. And so far, the lead-up to the final College Football Playoff rankings by the committee has…
Category: college sports
No Credit for Maryland Firing Durkin
So lemme get this straight. Not even 24 hours after the Board of Trustees at the University of Maryland said it was best to bring back head football coach D.J. Durkin despite him being responsible for the death of 19-year-old Jordan McNair, the school fired his ass yesterday. Durkin was a man who led a…
Urban Meyer Needs to Come Correct
This story surrounding what Urban Meyer knew or didn’t know regarding the domestic violence committed by former assistant coach Zach Smith, who was fired last month, is getting more sordid by the minute. Why would Meyer be so stupid as to cover up the heinous acts of a freaking wide receivers coach? Didn’t Meyer know…
Relax Folks, Virginia Will Be Ok…
It has to suck to be a fan of the Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball team. It sucks even harder to be one of the player – even harder for its head coach Tony Bennett. After all, the Cavaliers became the first top-seeded team to lose to a 16-seed (the UMBC Retrievers) in NCAA tournament history…
2018 NCAA Tournament Preview
It’s that time of the year. Time to prepare your brackets. Time to pick those 12-5, 13-4, 11-6 seeded upsets. Time to predict the Final Four. Time to burn those brackets after the first weekend. (By the way, for those interested in coming up short to yours’ truly, join my Bracket Challenge group on Yahoo!…
Notre Dame Out, but Syracuse Is In?
Every year, Selection Sunday breeds lots of discussion — most of the time it’s for what in the was the NCAA Selection Committee was thinking in its selections. And while I could go on a rant as to why I don’t think Xavier is a worthy top seed, I want to focus on who SHOULDN’T…
Time to Get Serious About Sexual Assaults on College Campuses
This is a scary world we’re living in. A world where sexual assaults and abuse take place, often long before the offenders are punished. A world where a great number of those assaults and abuse occur on college campuses. A world where the offenders are often men in positions of power and influence. A world…
