Archive for November, 2006

Women and Sports

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Women are turning to sports in ever greater numbers both as viewers and spectators. Bringing a different perspective is good as long as said person knows enough to converse or write intelligently. But, just like a guy trying to talk about something he knows little about, some women are clueless.
A couple of my favorite blogs [...]

Cowher Has No Interest In NC State Coaching Job

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

Bill Cowher squashed any talk of returning to NC State as head football coach. A graduate of the university, Cowher won the Super Bowl last year with the Steelers and is currently enjoying a horrific season due to his quarterback’s inability to remain standing.
In an effort to educate, inform, and stay ahead of the folks [...]

Trey Wingo Is Upset With Michael Strahan

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

During the course of an average humans life he will witness horrible events, unspeakable acts, and Holly Mangold on the front page of ESPN.com. Today this humble scribe witnessed Trey Wingo, host of NFL Live, acting upset that Michael Strahan verbally took on an ESPN reporter in the locker room. The content became lost [...]

College Bowl Games: Too Many

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

32 college bowl games allow 64, or more than half, of the Division 1 schools to compete in games celebrating their weak schedules, 6-6 records, and the fact they finished the season with most of their players breathing. It’s wholly within the confines of absurd.
Over 315 college basketball teams compete for the right to garner [...]

Alabama Coaching Search and The Top Candidate

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

UPDATE: Apparently some guy named RMKyle125 is suggesting that Alabama fans bombard this blog with hate mail. It’ll be easy to figure out who Kyle is and we welcome the e-mail hatred because it reflects on the message board from whence said email comes from-and that can be handled swiftly. Thanks for the traffic Kyle!
Tony [...]

Man Shot By NYPD Nephew of Miami Hurricanes Coach

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

If you are now or have ever been associated with the University of Miami or if you are related to or passed by anyone connected to the ‘Canes head to the cellar and have someone brick you in immediately.
The man who was gunned down by New York City Police is the nephew of Frank Haith, [...]

Michigan State Makes Bold Move: Hires Average Coach

Monday, November 27th, 2006

It’s difficult to continually destroy the expectations at one of the high profile programs in the country. Michigan State, poised to move their team from mediocrity to leading off the 3:00a.m. edition of Sportscenter, is instead giving fans and alumni the opportunity to go huh?
The Spartans have named Mark Dantonio Head Football Coach after the [...]

Jemele Hill Delivers Strike Two For ESPN’s

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Having started out as a journalist of no great distinction, Jemele Hill is now rocketing to obscurity with her latest article on athletes and groupies. Obviously this subject trumps any other that ESPN could possibly assign space for and it continues the inexorable descent of said network into the nether regions of broadcast hell.
At one [...]

Michigan State Makes Bold Move: Hires Average Coach

Monday, November 27th, 2006

It’s difficult to continually destroy the expectations at one of the high profile programs in the country. Michigan State, poised to move their team from mediocrity to leading off the 3:00a.m. edition of Sportscenter, is instead giving fans and alumni the opportunity to go huh?
The Spartans have named Mark Dantonio Head Football Coach after the [...]

NC State Coaching Search Begins After Chuck Amato Fired

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Chuck Amato received a pink slip yesterday after his team consistently underperformed. NC State formed a search committee of the eight people who can read on the campus and are casting their net wide due to the inability to hire big named coaches who aren’t alumni. Below you’ll find a list of qualifications for the [...]