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…
Category: college sports
LaVar Ball: the Black Marv Marinovich
We black people have been feeling ourselves all day today. After all, we helped get Doug Jones elected as US Senator from Alabama – ALABAMA!!! Folks like my fraternity brother Roland Martin, Joy Reid, Van Jones and others have been preaching the notion of black folks recognizing our power. Then there’s LaVar Ball. This negro…
The College Football Playoff: The Alabama Invitational
Editor’s note: shout out to Shannon Sharpe for coining the phrase used in the title of this rant. Check him out on “Undisputed” from 9:30 to noon weekdays on FS1. I knew the College Football Playoff committee didn’t want to leave Alabama out when they ranked the Crimson Tide #5 after their beatdown at the…
Don’t Blame Schiano for the Tennessee Coaching Mess
To say that the University of Tennessee is a dumpster fire is perhaps the understatement of the year. What an unmitigated disaster Rock Top has become. Let’s start with the 2017 football season. The Volunteers, as they have the past few years under former head coach Butch Jones, failed under the high expectations set before…
The World’s Quickest (and Most Insightful) 2017-2018 College Basketball Preview
And just like that, the 2017-2018 college basketball season is upon us – as in TODAY. In keeping with my love of brevity, this preview cuts to the chase. Instead of listing the teams in order of finish by conference, Imma give ya the champions of those leagues – straight up. Now am I just…
Big Ten Is in Deep CFP Doo-Doo
This past weekend was one to remember in college football. How about Miami’s big win over Virginia Tech, where they announced to the rest of the college football world that it is back? Ditto for Clemson reminding everyone it is still among the best in college football with a Textile Bowl win over my alma…
Clemson: Alabama 2.0
Folks who follow college football say there are three things that are certain: death, taxes, and Alabama. Time to add Clemson to that list. This was supposed to be a “rebuilding” year for Clemson. How were the Tigers supposed to replenish the offensive talent it lost a year ago to the draft? Who was going…
