Super Bowl Preview or simply Keystone dreaming
If Pittsburgh and Philadelphia was a Super Bowl preview, the Steelers have some significant ground to make up if we want an entertaining rematch.Sunday proved two things.One, the Eagles are undeniably Super Bowl contenders and, dare I say, NFC favorites…
Is this really better?
There was an episode of Seinfeld where a friend kept telling Jerry and his friends, “Ya gotta see the baby!”For years, college football fans said, “Ya gotta have a playoff!”Well, here we are, and ain’t it grand?People hated the BCS era because college…
Good Cop/Bad Cop: A College Football Quandary
This past weekend was further proof that we need college football injected in our veins. At least the part that takes place between the white lines.It was sit on the edge of your seat action even if your favorite team was not involved. It was rivalry…
Misstep after misstep
College football is such a great sport. It is the number one thing that gets me past summer ending. I arrange our Saturdays around all the big games each week. Heck, I will eat something I don’t even want just so I don’t have to leave the house in the…
Will it matter who you play?
For years, college basketball would arrive at March parsing all the numbers, particularly schedule strength. College basketball has the benefit of a 30 game schedule and a 68 team field for their postseason tournament. That aside, time and time again the…
We’re not in Kansas anymore
Welcome to Oz, college football style.
Players have “handlers” coming out of high school. They want to know, “how much, how much, how much.” It is making recruiting a totally different beast.
Schools like Oregon are not only offering a winning product…
Penn State and USC show two sides to everything
For a USC fan living in the heart of Penn State country, the game you want to see the Trojans lose the least is the Penn State game. Unfortunately, USC managed to snatch defeat out of the grasp of victory. For the third time in four weeks, the Trojans…
Let the games begin
It started at the end of March. Don't get me started on that. It ended Sunday. Oh wait, that isn’t right either. Thanks to baseball’s lack of forward thinking, it ended on Monday.
The long, winding 162 game MLB regular season is over. Now it is time for…
Relax, 12 teams get in
If you are a fanatic of a particular team, like I am with USC, you will need to adjust your frustration meter this year. Twelve teams will make the playoffs this year, so one loss is not the end of the world.
USC lost a heartbreaker in Ann Arbor to the…
