Conference Realignment? How About a Southern Ivy League?
College football realignment blah blah blah. What if we formed a “Southern Ivy League”?
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NCAA Final Four: Kentucky vs. UConn reminds us how bad American sports are at deciding champions
US sports leagues reward inferior teams and routinely deny their best teams the championship. Richard Allen Smith and I have argued from time to time about the merits of the BCS vs. the NCAA basketball tournament. Rich defends the BCS, while I point out its unfairness and corruption. He argues that the BCS does (did) a good job at getting
Read moreHeroes, villains, victims and pawns: looking back at the Joe Paterno legacy
Joe Paterno is dead. Lots has been written and more will be added to the pile in the coming days and weeks. So let me add my two cents while the thoughts are fresh in my mind. Had the last few months not happened we’d now be anointing JoePa for sainthood. As you’ve been told so many times before, and are
Read moreSome final thoughts on this year’s BCS debacle and a possible solution to all our problems
In case you missed it, the University of Alabama defeated LSU last night, winning the BCS national championship best-of-two series by a 1-1 margin. Congrats to the Tide. Yep, the BS BCS fails again. Which it always does. But not everyone hates it. I mean, all the corrupt people who profit from it love the system. But there are regular fans
Read moreThe NBA: where will “fixed” happen this year?
We watch sports for a variety of reasons. To revel in the thrill of head-to-head competition. To marvel at the athleticism. To root for the home team, in which we have somehow invested a piece of our own identities. To mark our place in the timeless ritual. To learn, even. With the NBA, there’s one more reason: to see which
Read more2007 Heisman: What do they mean by “best player,” anyway?
First, congratulations, Tim Tebow. You had a great year. Now, a little context. The Heisman Trophy is allegedly awarded each year to the nation’s “most outstanding college football player.” The Heisman has been awarded 73 times. 27 of the recipients have been quarterbacks. 41 times the winner was a running back. On four occasions the winner was an end/receiver. Only
Read moreBCS: bungling, corrupt and stupid
Sun rises in east. Dog bites man. Mike Tyson gets arrested. Bowl Championship Series fucked again. Any other stunning, never-saw-that-coming headlines I need to include here? Once again the BS BCS, the NCAA’s laughable insult to the very concepts of competition and moral decency, has failed, and this time they’ve simply outdone themselves. They finally managed to get LSU, a
Read moreSkip Prosser, RIP
Wake Forest University’s head basketball coach, Skip Prosser, died the other day of an apparent heart attack. He was only 56. Tributes are pouring in. The university community obviously grieves the tragic loss. The coaching fraternity is heartbroken. Dick Vitale, whose entire life seems to be college hoops, was stunned. And so on. As those around me know, I wasn’t
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