Monthly Archives: January 2011
The Mountain West’s Pyrrhic victory
I’m sure on one level the MWC is getting a lot of pleasure out of gutting the WAC, but if the news about Utah State and San Jose State being expansion targets is true, isn’t that tantamount to a surrender … Continue reading
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Filed under It's Not Easy Being A Mid-Major
Hey, wasn’t David Pollack a three-star recruit?
As far as I’m concerned, Matt Hinton does the Lord’s work with his posts skewering what I refer to as the macro versus the micro approach to recruiting success. What I mean by that are the people who conflate the … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting
“But hey, nobody told [the Big Ten] they had to do that.”
Andy Staples has a good piece up about oversigning (the header quote is from Tommy “You Can Take The Coach Out Of The SEC, But You Can’t Take The SEC Out Of The Coach” Tuberville) that neatly illustrates why I’m … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting
You’re killing me, Smalls.
Ray Drew, my hero. "There will be a huge surprise on Friday..no Auburn, no Georgia, no LSU..time to shock the world baby" -Ray Drew. He is killing me. SMH.— Radi Nabulsi (@RadiNabulsi) January 25, 2011 Finally, a high school recruit … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting
Old times there are not forgotten.
I’m not sure if this (h/t MrSEC.com) is a tale of an elected official trolling for the redneck vote or of a Mississippi State fan finding yet another way to twist the knife into a rival fan base, but either … Continue reading
Filed under Political Wankery, SEC Football
“Coach Muschamp is all of those things and more.”
Remember this? … The timing of the hire could prove critical, too. Florida has 17 verbal commitments in this year’s recruiting class, but Meyer’s resignation caught all of them off-guard and put into question whether the Gators could hang on … Continue reading
Filed under Gators, Gators..., Recruiting
If first down means everything, what does third down mean?
I linked to a Chris Brown post yesterday about the importance in the NFL of gaining at least four yards on a first down play. … According to Dr. Massey, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Management, the … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football, Stats Geek!
The attraction of upsets
Jon Solomon, on the superiority of the NFL postseason to that of D-1 football’s: … Why must we accept in college football that upsets are somehow inherently bad? Upsets are why we watch sports. Anything can happen. Believe it or … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs
Sunday morning buffet
A nibble here, a nibble there… Yesterday, Southern Cal had the appeal hearing for the NCAA sanctions it received in the wake of the Bush mess. What do you figure the over/under was on the number of times the Trojans … Continue reading
I’ll take “Things You Probably Shouldn’t Say If You’re NCAA President” for $200, Alex.
What is… “I could make the argument right now there’s not enough money in college athletics,” he said. Somewhere in America, Cecil Newton nods and quietly mutters, “Right on, brother.”
Filed under The NCAA
