Published on: 10th March, 2010
What if Notre Dame were to do the unthinkable? With all the college football expansion talk centered around the potential for adding a team or more to the Big 10, what if the biggest fish of all, Notre Dame football, decided to follow its basketball program and join the Big East? Over ...Published on: 10th March, 2010
You can't tell me that with all the recent talk of expansion in college football, especially surrounding the Pac-10 and the Big 10, that the SEC is content to remain on the sidelines. You just can't. I mean, c'mon. If you and I know about this stuff, can you imagine what's going ...Published on: 9th March, 2010
Okay, maybe not On Broadway. But hey, it's a start. In the world of bright lights and big cities, Major League Baseball's biggest fish is opening up its own bowl for the world to peer into. This time, however, it'll take place under a different set of lights. And its actor's lines ...Published on: 9th March, 2010
"All true stories end in death." - Ernest Hemmingway This is a true story. Gator Nation didn't materialize out of thin air. It had its own Declaration of Independence moment. Like most revolutions, its birth was fraught with intrigue, scandal, and eventually, glory. And like revolutions too, the toll of its cost can ...Published on: 9th March, 2010
When Tim called me in 2006, I had no idea how prophetic his words would be. "Go to YouTube and put in the name Tim Tebow," he told me. "This is the guy the Gators just signed. You're going to hear a lot about his guy." The Tim who called me was ...Published on: 8th March, 2010
Following him for some holes, thoughts went through my mind as to how I might attract his glance. Playing with K.J. Choi only increased the size of the gallery even though it was only a practice round. But surely he'd know. We shared something in common. Would he notice? Or was I ...Published on: 6th March, 2010
As the snow begins to melt, some thoughts on Rutgers football come to mind: 1. Greg Schiano will begin the 2010 college football season as the dean of Big East Conference football coaches. Entering his tenth season as the Rutgers Head Football Coach, Schiano's overall record at RU stands at an ...Published on: 6th March, 2010
On a starting-to-warm-up early March day in the Northeast, some thoughts on Florida Football: 1. Following a long line of successful UF kickers, the Gators bring back two of the best in the nation in 2010. Punter Chas Henry was a second team All-SEC punter. The senior punter averaged over 43 ...Published on: 5th March, 2010
"I wear the ring." And so begins one of the most powerful books I've ever read. In Pat Conroy's The Lords of Discipline, a book about life as an undergraduate at The Citadel—Charleston, S.C.'s famed military school—the main character seeks the ring awarded to graduates. But there's someone else whom you might consider ...Published on: 5th March, 2010
"Make sure you put me in the basketball pool this year," my colleague reminded me today. But with talk about expanding the already bloated NCAA men's basketball tournament to 137 teams, I'm beginning to wonder how much longer I'll be able to manage our collective basketball jonesing. Got me to thinking ...