The college bowl season is upon us. The bowl season will kickoff this Saturday with three bowls. The Gildan New Mexico Bowl will pit Temple against Wyoming. The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (what the hell?) will feature Ohio and Utah State…. Read More ›
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The Right Person Won the Heisman
Baylor’s Robert Griffin III won the 2011 Heisman Trophy Saturday night. And after years of questioning whether past winners were truly the best players in those given years, I came away with one thought. Griffin was indeed the best college… Read More ›
So Much for the “EAST” in Big East…
The Big East added five schools to its conference – two football-only schools in Boise State and San Diego St, and Central Florida, Houston, and SMU for all sports. The schools will compete in the Big East starting in the… Read More ›
BCS Got the Title Game Right
The Bowl Championship Series set its national title game on ESPN’s Bowl Selection Special last night: LSU vs. Alabama. Sure Alabama didn’t win its conference – hell, it didn’t win its own division. But the last time I checked, the… Read More ›
Meyer Hire Great, but Risky
In what was perhaps the worst kept secret in college football, ESPN analyst Urban Meyer accepted the head coaching position at Ohio State. The financial terms call for $40 million over 7 years (I am definitely in the wrong line… Read More ›
Penn State Board Made the Right – and Tough – Call on Paterno
Legendary Penn State coach Joe Paterno was fired yesterday by the school’s Board of Trustees. The Board also fired its president Graham Spanier. While the Spanier decision was an easy one to make (the way he bungled the sex abuse… Read More ›
Penn State Officials – and Paterno – Should Be Held Accountable in Sex Abuse Scandal
Words cannot describe how I feel about child molesters. As a father of a 22-month-old boy, I shudder at the thought of some sick-ass pervert touching my son in ANY inappropriate manner. So I do not care who I offend… Read More ›