Already, there has been much speculation regarding the hiring of Urban Meyer--perhaps the most celebrated coach in the country not named Nick Saban--at Ohio State.
Already, some are wondering if Meyer still has the fire, and the win-at-all-costs mentality, that made him such a smashing success at Bowling Green, Utah and Florida.
...Already, there has been much speculation regarding the hiring of Urban Meyer--perhaps the most celebrated coach in the country not named Nick Saban--at Ohio State.
Already, some are wondering if Meyer still has the fire, and the win-at-all-costs mentality, that made him such a smashing success at Bowling Green, Utah and Florida.
...
In what may well have been the last meeting Texas and Texas A&M--the rivalry is one of many that has been destroyed by the ever-unfolding conference realignment mayhem--it was Texas who came out on top last night in College Station. The 27-25 win, sealed by a 40-yard field goal from Justin Tucker, upped Texas' record to 7-4 on the year.
Perhaps more importantly, it gives the Longhorns in-state bragging rights. Like, forever.
A&M coach Mike Sherman, who may not be around to see his Aggies enter the SEC, called the loss "devastating." His players apparently agreed. Safety Trent Hunter told the Associated Press that players were in tears after the game; they did grasp, it seems, the enormity of this loss, and the fact that it will live on forever in Texas football lore.
"This is by far the most painful loss I've had since I've been here," Hunter told the AP. "It's one of those things that we're going to have to live with for a while since Texas and Texas A&M aren't playing again."
The game served as a dramatic kick-off to what figures to be a fantastic weekend of college football. It's a weekend we'll look at more closely here, in this Thanksgiving edition of Games Worth Watching.
No. 3 Arkansas at No. 1 LSU (Friday, 2:30, CBS): Everyone is all in a tizzy, worried about What Happens Next if the Razorbacks somehow go into Death Valley and pull out a win. I'm not sure what the worrying is all about. Because the Razorbacks aren't going to go into Death Valley and pull out a win. Defense wins championships, and ain't nobody play defense like the Tigers. LSU 23, Arkansas 13
Ohio State at No. 15 Michigan (Saturday, Noon, ABC): OK, so it's not quite the standard that we've come to expect from this grand old rivalry series (still the best in the nation, by the way), but Ohio State-Michigan is still Ohio State-Michigan. Which means it's still worth watching. The Wolverines have been utterly transformed under the leadership of Brady Hoke, and a win here could propel them into the BCS. But they'd best be careful to not overlook the Buckeyes, a team that, in all honesty, is just one or two plays away from having eight wins instead of six. In the last game before Urban Meyer takes over in Columbus, the Buckeyes pull the upset in honor of Luke Fickell. Ohio State 17, Michigan 14
No. 19 Penn State at No. 16 Wisconsin (Saturday, 3:30, ESPN): You have to give Penn State--players, and coaches--for getting to this point. With their world literally falling apart all around them, the Nittany Lions have clawed and fought their way to the brink of the Leaders Division title. But this bunch of fighters simply won't have enough firepower to compete with Russell Wilson and the Badgers. Not up in Madison. Look for the Nits to hang around for a quarter or two before Wisconsin pulls away late. Wisconsin 24, Penn State 10
No. 22 Notre Dame at No. 6 Stanford (Saturday, 8 p.m., ABC): Basically, everything that Stanford was playing for was taken away with that humbling loss to Oregon two weeks back. The Cardinal looked sleepy and uninspired last week against Cal, and I expect more of the same this week against a dangerous Notre Dame team. Brian Kelly is going to deliver his breakthrough game eventually, right? Why not this week? Notre Dame 31, Stanford 30
Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/11/25/games-worth-watching-thanksgiving-weekend-edition.htm
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/18/tournament-passes-on-sale-for-2012-acc-baseball-tournament/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/michigan-state-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/south-carolina-2012-baseball-schedule/
In what may well have been the last meeting Texas and Texas A&M--the rivalry is one of many that has been destroyed by the ever-unfolding conference realignment mayhem--it was Texas who came out on top last night in College Station. The 27-25 win, sealed by a 40-yard field goal from Justin Tucker, upped Texas' record to 7-4 on the year.
Perhaps more importantly, it gives the Longhorns in-state bragging rights. Like, forever.
A&M coach Mike Sherman, who may not be around to see his Aggies enter the SEC, called the loss "devastating." His players apparently agreed. Safety Trent Hunter told the Associated Press that players were in tears after the game; they did grasp, it seems, the enormity of this loss, and the fact that it will live on forever in Texas football lore.
"This is by far the most painful loss I've had since I've been here," Hunter told the AP. "It's one of those things that we're going to have to live with for a while since Texas and Texas A&M aren't playing again."
The game served as a dramatic kick-off to what figures to be a fantastic weekend of college football. It's a weekend we'll look at more closely here, in this Thanksgiving edition of Games Worth Watching.
No. 3 Arkansas at No. 1 LSU (Friday, 2:30, CBS): Everyone is all in a tizzy, worried about What Happens Next if the Razorbacks somehow go into Death Valley and pull out a win. I'm not sure what the worrying is all about. Because the Razorbacks aren't going to go into Death Valley and pull out a win. Defense wins championships, and ain't nobody play defense like the Tigers. LSU 23, Arkansas 13
Ohio State at No. 15 Michigan (Saturday, Noon, ABC): OK, so it's not quite the standard that we've come to expect from this grand old rivalry series (still the best in the nation, by the way), but Ohio State-Michigan is still Ohio State-Michigan. Which means it's still worth watching. The Wolverines have been utterly transformed under the leadership of Brady Hoke, and a win here could propel them into the BCS. But they'd best be careful to not overlook the Buckeyes, a team that, in all honesty, is just one or two plays away from having eight wins instead of six. In the last game before Urban Meyer takes over in Columbus, the Buckeyes pull the upset in honor of Luke Fickell. Ohio State 17, Michigan 14
No. 19 Penn State at No. 16 Wisconsin (Saturday, 3:30, ESPN): You have to give Penn State--players, and coaches--for getting to this point. With their world literally falling apart all around them, the Nittany Lions have clawed and fought their way to the brink of the Leaders Division title. But this bunch of fighters simply won't have enough firepower to compete with Russell Wilson and the Badgers. Not up in Madison. Look for the Nits to hang around for a quarter or two before Wisconsin pulls away late. Wisconsin 24, Penn State 10
No. 22 Notre Dame at No. 6 Stanford (Saturday, 8 p.m., ABC): Basically, everything that Stanford was playing for was taken away with that humbling loss to Oregon two weeks back. The Cardinal looked sleepy and uninspired last week against Cal, and I expect more of the same this week against a dangerous Notre Dame team. Brian Kelly is going to deliver his breakthrough game eventually, right? Why not this week? Notre Dame 31, Stanford 30
Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/11/25/games-worth-watching-thanksgiving-weekend-edition.htm
Last Saturday, the world of college football was treated to one of the most dramatic, most thrilling, most spectacular days in the history of the sport.
We saw upsets. We saw comebacks. We saw bizarre endings and fantastic finishes.
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/2012-mlb-managers-of-the-year-played-college-baseball/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/clemson-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/22/dallas-baptist-2012-baseball-schedule/
So, college football is broken, right?
The game is far too imperfect, right?
The game is flawed--deeply flawed, in fact--and the only way to fix those flaws is to introduce the much-ballyhooed "playoff system," right?
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/2012-mlb-managers-of-the-year-played-college-baseball/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/22/dallas-baptist-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/11/southern-mississippi-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/14/michigan-alum-matheny-to-manage-st-louis-cards/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/south-carolina-2012-baseball-schedule/
Perhaps we're not quite back to "normal" in the world of college football.
But at the very least, I think, we are one step closer to normal.
With the return of Penn State to the football field now out of the way, and with those good folks in State College doing what they can to move forward in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, it seems as though there's a possibility that this weekend of college football may actually be about, you know, college football. Even, that is, in Columbus, where the wounded Nittany Lions will try to bounce back against the rival Ohio State Buckeyes.
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/11/18/games-worth-watching-week-12.htm
A short post here, simply to ask a question: Are you up for this, Penn State?
And no, I speak here not just of the football team.
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/22/dallas-baptist-2012-baseball-schedule/
I was going to change the name of this week's edition of Games Worth Watching to Game (as in, singular) Worth Watching. I mean, I really thought about it. For obvious reasons.
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/11/04/games-worth-watching-week-10.htm
In what may well have been the last meeting Texas and Texas A&M--the rivalry is one of many that has been destroyed by the ever-unfolding conference realignment mayhem--it was Texas who came out on top last night in College Station. The 27-25 win, sealed by a 40-yard field goal from Justin Tucker, upped Texas' record to 7-4 on the year.
Perhaps more importantly, it gives the Longhorns in-state bragging rights. Like, forever.
A&M coach Mike Sherman, who may not be around to see his Aggies enter the SEC, called the loss "devastating." His players apparently agreed. Safety Trent Hunter told the Associated Press that players were in tears after the game; they did grasp, it seems, the enormity of this loss, and the fact that it will live on forever in Texas football lore.
"This is by far the most painful loss I've had since I've been here," Hunter told the AP. "It's one of those things that we're going to have to live with for a while since Texas and Texas A&M aren't playing again."
The game served as a dramatic kick-off to what figures to be a fantastic weekend of college football. It's a weekend we'll look at more closely here, in this Thanksgiving edition of Games Worth Watching.
No. 3 Arkansas at No. 1 LSU (Friday, 2:30, CBS): Everyone is all in a tizzy, worried about What Happens Next if the Razorbacks somehow go into Death Valley and pull out a win. I'm not sure what the worrying is all about. Because the Razorbacks aren't going to go into Death Valley and pull out a win. Defense wins championships, and ain't nobody play defense like the Tigers. LSU 23, Arkansas 13
Ohio State at No. 15 Michigan (Saturday, Noon, ABC): OK, so it's not quite the standard that we've come to expect from this grand old rivalry series (still the best in the nation, by the way), but Ohio State-Michigan is still Ohio State-Michigan. Which means it's still worth watching. The Wolverines have been utterly transformed under the leadership of Brady Hoke, and a win here could propel them into the BCS. But they'd best be careful to not overlook the Buckeyes, a team that, in all honesty, is just one or two plays away from having eight wins instead of six. In the last game before Urban Meyer takes over in Columbus, the Buckeyes pull the upset in honor of Luke Fickell. Ohio State 17, Michigan 14
No. 19 Penn State at No. 16 Wisconsin (Saturday, 3:30, ESPN): You have to give Penn State--players, and coaches--for getting to this point. With their world literally falling apart all around them, the Nittany Lions have clawed and fought their way to the brink of the Leaders Division title. But this bunch of fighters simply won't have enough firepower to compete with Russell Wilson and the Badgers. Not up in Madison. Look for the Nits to hang around for a quarter or two before Wisconsin pulls away late. Wisconsin 24, Penn State 10
No. 22 Notre Dame at No. 6 Stanford (Saturday, 8 p.m., ABC): Basically, everything that Stanford was playing for was taken away with that humbling loss to Oregon two weeks back. The Cardinal looked sleepy and uninspired last week against Cal, and I expect more of the same this week against a dangerous Notre Dame team. Brian Kelly is going to deliver his breakthrough game eventually, right? Why not this week? Notre Dame 31, Stanford 30
Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/11/25/games-worth-watching-thanksgiving-weekend-edition.htm
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/08/texas-tech-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/18/tournament-passes-on-sale-for-2012-acc-baseball-tournament/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/clemson-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/south-carolina-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/08/texas-tech-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/2012-mlb-managers-of-the-year-played-college-baseball/
Perhaps we're not quite back to "normal" in the world of college football.
But at the very least, I think, we are one step closer to normal.
With the return of Penn State to the football field now out of the way, and with those good folks in State College doing what they can to move forward in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, it seems as though there's a possibility that this weekend of college football may actually be about, you know, college football. Even, that is, in Columbus, where the wounded Nittany Lions will try to bounce back against the rival Ohio State Buckeyes.
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/11/18/games-worth-watching-week-12.htm
I was going to change the name of this week's edition of Games Worth Watching to Game (as in, singular) Worth Watching. I mean, I really thought about it. For obvious reasons.
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/11/04/games-worth-watching-week-10.htm
So, college football is broken, right?
The game is far too imperfect, right?
The game is flawed--deeply flawed, in fact--and the only way to fix those flaws is to introduce the much-ballyhooed "playoff system," right?
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/08/texas-tech-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/clemson-2012-baseball-schedule/
A short post here, simply to ask a question: Are you up for this, Penn State?
And no, I speak here not just of the football team.
...OK, so I'll admit it: I was wrong.
I was wrong about Penn State this season. I was wrong about Joe Paterno (who just moved past Eddie Robinson on the all-times wins list, but remains far behind the great John Gagliardi), wrong about the Nittany Lion offense (well, kind of), wrong about just how good this team actually is.
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/14/michigan-alum-matheny-to-manage-st-louis-cards/
OK, so I'll admit it: I was wrong.
I was wrong about Penn State this season. I was wrong about Joe Paterno (who just moved past Eddie Robinson on the all-times wins list, but remains far behind the great John Gagliardi), wrong about the Nittany Lion offense (well, kind of), wrong about just how good this team actually is.
...There are two big stories in the world of college football today.
One of them is a story about triumph and glory and smashmouth football on the biggest of stages.
The other one is a story so ugly, so confusing and so despicable that even simply writing about it kind of ruined my day.
...Perhaps we're not quite back to "normal" in the world of college football.
But at the very least, I think, we are one step closer to normal.
With the return of Penn State to the football field now out of the way, and with those good folks in State College doing what they can to move forward in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, it seems as though there's a possibility that this weekend of college football may actually be about, you know, college football. Even, that is, in Columbus, where the wounded Nittany Lions will try to bounce back against the rival Ohio State Buckeyes.
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/11/18/games-worth-watching-week-12.htm
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/18/illinois-2012-baseball-schedule/
I was going to change the name of this week's edition of Games Worth Watching to Game (as in, singular) Worth Watching. I mean, I really thought about it. For obvious reasons.
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/11/04/games-worth-watching-week-10.htm
OK, so I'll admit it: I was wrong.
I was wrong about Penn State this season. I was wrong about Joe Paterno (who just moved past Eddie Robinson on the all-times wins list, but remains far behind the great John Gagliardi), wrong about the Nittany Lion offense (well, kind of), wrong about just how good this team actually is.
...A short post here, simply to ask a question: Are you up for this, Penn State?
And no, I speak here not just of the football team.
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/clemson-2012-baseball-schedule/
Yesterday in this very space, I openly wondered whether Penn State was up to challenge before them.
I wondered if those players could function, given the gravity of the moment in which they found themselves.
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/18/tournament-passes-on-sale-for-2012-acc-baseball-tournament/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/clemson-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/11/southern-mississippi-2012-baseball-schedule/
As of today, there are two enormous questions hanging over College Football Nation.
Those two questions are this:
1. Can Clemson keep on winning and keep on not being Clemson?
2. Can Michigan State keep on winning and keep on not being Michigan State?
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/10/28/games-worth-watching-week-9.htm
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/08/seton-hall-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/17/clemson-2012-baseball-schedule/
I'm not sure if this should be considered a sign of great faith or a sign of great incompetence.
What I do know is that this particular bit of news is, well, surprising. Very surprising indeed.
...OK, so I'll admit it: I was wrong.
I was wrong about Penn State this season. I was wrong about Joe Paterno (who just moved past Eddie Robinson on the all-times wins list, but remains far behind the great John Gagliardi), wrong about the Nittany Lion offense (well, kind of), wrong about just how good this team actually is.
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/08/texas-tech-2012-baseball-schedule/
I'm not sure if this should be considered a sign of great faith or a sign of great incompetence.
What I do know is that this particular bit of news is, well, surprising. Very surprising indeed.
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/11/southern-mississippi-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/04/2012-houston-college-baseball-classic-schedule-announced/
I'm not sure if this should be considered a sign of great faith or a sign of great incompetence.
What I do know is that this particular bit of news is, well, surprising. Very surprising indeed.
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/03/new-mexico-2012-baseball-schedule/
Yesterday in this very space, I openly wondered whether Penn State was up to challenge before them.
I wondered if those players could function, given the gravity of the moment in which they found themselves.
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/14/michigan-alum-matheny-to-manage-st-louis-cards/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/14/michigan-alum-matheny-to-manage-st-louis-cards/
Last week in this very space, we boldly declared that Clemson is no longer Clemson.
This week?
Well, we have another bold statement to make. That statement is this: Sparty is no longer Sparty.
...Last week in this very space, we boldly declared that Clemson is no longer Clemson.
This week?
Well, we have another bold statement to make. That statement is this: Sparty is no longer Sparty.
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/02/maine-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/07/secespnu-announce-thursday-baseball-game-of-the-week/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/11/southern-mississippi-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/08/seton-hall-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/05/ncaa-upholds-arizona-state-baseball-sanctions/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/05/ncaa-upholds-arizona-state-baseball-sanctions/
Last week in this very space, we boldly declared that Clemson is no longer Clemson.
This week?
Well, we have another bold statement to make. That statement is this: Sparty is no longer Sparty.
...I was going to change the name of this week's edition of Games Worth Watching to Game (as in, singular) Worth Watching. I mean, I really thought about it. For obvious reasons.
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/11/04/games-worth-watching-week-10.htm
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/07/college-baseball-360-fall-notebook-nov-7/
It's Week 8. College football marches on. And in a season unlike any in recent memory, here we are in late October with no fewer than eight legitimate national title contenders.
...As of today, there are two enormous questions hanging over College Football Nation.
Those two questions are this:
1. Can Clemson keep on winning and keep on not being Clemson?
2. Can Michigan State keep on winning and keep on not being Michigan State?
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/10/28/games-worth-watching-week-9.htm
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/08/seton-hall-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/07/college-baseball-360-fall-notebook-nov-7/
I was going to change the name of this week's edition of Games Worth Watching to Game (as in, singular) Worth Watching. I mean, I really thought about it. For obvious reasons.
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/11/04/games-worth-watching-week-10.htm
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/05/ncaa-upholds-arizona-state-baseball-sanctions/
I'm not sure if this should be considered a sign of great faith or a sign of great incompetence.
What I do know is that this particular bit of news is, well, surprising. Very surprising indeed.
...I was going to change the name of this week's edition of Games Worth Watching to Game (as in, singular) Worth Watching. I mean, I really thought about it. For obvious reasons.
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/11/04/games-worth-watching-week-10.htm
As of today, there are two enormous questions hanging over College Football Nation.
Those two questions are this:
1. Can Clemson keep on winning and keep on not being Clemson?
2. Can Michigan State keep on winning and keep on not being Michigan State?
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/10/28/games-worth-watching-week-9.htm
As of today, there are two enormous questions hanging over College Football Nation.
Those two questions are this:
1. Can Clemson keep on winning and keep on not being Clemson?
2. Can Michigan State keep on winning and keep on not being Michigan State?
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/10/28/games-worth-watching-week-9.htm
I'm not sure if this should be considered a sign of great faith or a sign of great incompetence.
What I do know is that this particular bit of news is, well, surprising. Very surprising indeed.
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/08/texas-tech-2012-baseball-schedule/
As of today, there are two enormous questions hanging over College Football Nation.
Those two questions are this:
1. Can Clemson keep on winning and keep on not being Clemson?
2. Can Michigan State keep on winning and keep on not being Michigan State?
...Source: http://collegefootball.about.com/b/2011/10/28/games-worth-watching-week-9.htm
It's Week 8. College football marches on. And in a season unlike any in recent memory, here we are in late October with no fewer than eight legitimate national title contenders.
...OK, so I'll admit it: I was wrong.
I was wrong about Penn State this season. I was wrong about Joe Paterno (who just moved past Eddie Robinson on the all-times wins list, but remains far behind the great John Gagliardi), wrong about the Nittany Lion offense (well, kind of), wrong about just how good this team actually is.
...Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/03/new-mexico-2012-baseball-schedule/
Source: http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/11/07/secespnu-announce-thursday-baseball-game-of-the-week/
