Monthly Archives: April 2011
Risk/reward and another muddied message
RT @wingoz: So far 5 UNC players drafted..4 of em missed time via suspension last year.— Adam Kramer (@KegsnEggs) April 30, 2011 Two other high-profile kids who ran afoul of the NCAA last season because of agent-related issues wound up … Continue reading
Filed under The NCAA
One more time: why stars matter.
It’s a common fallacy repeated on message boards and blogs ad nauseam: recruiting ratings are worthless because this two-star prospect succeeded and that five-star kid was a flop. I call it the micro approach to recruiting. It’s the bigger picture … Continue reading
Filed under Recruiting
Show cause.
Brian Cook takes a look at the NCAA’s decision not to reverse course on the Todd McNair appeal and games out what that might mean for Ohio State and Jim Tressel. Cook thinks there’s a decent chance Ohio State decides … Continue reading
Filed under Big Ten Football, The NCAA
“James Carpenter went in the first round?”
Nothing like having your head coach’s surprise at your selection broadcast on national television.
Filed under Nick Saban Rules
I don’t want to spoil the party, so I’ll go.
No doubt it’s churlish of me to point this out as most of Dawgnation celebrates A.J.’s good fortune last night, but has anyone else considered what type of skill position talent the 2008 Georgia team trotted out on the field? … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
You know whom Dan Mullen reminds me of?
You read Year2′s analysis of Mississippi State’s improvement in 2010 and realize you’re looking at a former highly respected offensive coordinator who’s come in to a program as head coach and worked hard not at the splashy stuff but at … Continue reading
Filed under SEC Football, Stats Geek!
Here’s the real “It’s So Easy”.
Stewart Mandel succinctly catches the “pinch me, I’m dreaming” aspect of the business side of college football these days: … Otherwise, it’s business as usual among college football’s power brokers, which must seem mind numbing to their critics. But really, … Continue reading
Filed under BCS/Playoffs, It's Just Bidness
The “largest conflict of interest known to mankind”
This explains everything you need to know about Craig James’ continued existence on the air: … ESPN vice president and director of news Vince Doria, a panelist and IU National Sports Journalism Center board member, called his network the “largest … Continue reading
Filed under ESPN Is The Devil
Mark Richt is pissed off, and wants you to know it.
Georgia’s head coach brought along one of his personas to keep him company on this year’s Bulldog Club spring tour. No, not Evil Richt. Say hello to In-The-Arena Richt. The interrogators’ voice was low, and only those around him could … Continue reading
Filed under Georgia Football
Big Ten integrity at work
Here’s Jim Delany ringing in a happy new year for Ohio State: … He said reports indicating he lobbied for the five suspended Ohio State players to be eligible for the Sugar Bowl are not true. He said he didn’t … Continue reading
Filed under Big Ten Football, Blowing Smoke
