0 comments by Bart D on 4/15/2016
Chris Beard took a job shortly after taking a different job, a week, to be exact. People got really, really mad, which is odd, because in general, “people” would do the same thing. Beard took the head men’s basketball post at UNLV after taking Arkansas Little Rock on a fun NCAA run, punctuated best by […]
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Jim Harbaugh is National Lampoon’s Van Wilder. Specifically, he’s Wilder at the dinner party where Tara Reid’s character (Gwen) has to deal with him impromptu showing up when she’s supposed to be enjoying an upper class evening with her stuck up baggish boyfriend and family. In the end, free wheeling, under-dressed, future-less Wilder ends up […]
Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh answers questions following the first day of spring practice at a press conference at Schembechler Hall Tuesday. (ALLISON FARRAND / Daily)
0 comments by Bart D on 4/12/2016
Jim Harbaugh is angry (rightly so). The social media mob is too (though as per usual, you question if they really know why). Potential recruits are angry (and they should be the angriest). The SEC and ACC are checking the front door peep hole to make sure no one’s gathering in a mob on their […]
COLLEGE PARK MD, SEPTEMBER 12: Bowling Green wide receiver Robbie Rhodes (7), left, shakes off Maryland defensive back William Likely (4) for a 4th quarter touchdown reception as the Bowling Green Falcons defeat the Maryland Terrapins 48 -27 at Byrd Stadium in College Park MD, September 12, 2015. (Photo by John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 4/11/2016
If the NCAA cared at all what folks thought of it, it’d go on the porch with a few cold ones, stare up at the night sky, and re-evaluate its decision making from the past week. It might smile at the end of the bottle that it managed to do one thing right, even if […]
0 comments by Bart D on 4/10/2016
(In ESPN 30 for 30 voice) What if I were to tell you that Stanford has a lower admittance percentage of applicants than Harvard, than Yale? What if I were to tell you that of Stanford’s student body population, 76 percent graduated high school with a 4.0 grade point average or better? What if I […]
0 comments by Bart D on 4/6/2016
Get ready for West Virginia Will. Florida’s former starting quarterback-turned suspended for usage of performance enhancing drugs turned transfer Will Grier is now a Mountaineer. Dana Holgorsen has to be tickled. Grier has to be thinking he’s gotten his wish. For Holgorsen, the timing was perfect. Eventually, the WVU natives will get loudly restless if […]
SEATTLE, WA – NOVEMBER 27: Quarterback Jake Browning #3 of the Washington Huskies passes the ball as defensive lineman Darryl Paulo #99 of the Washington State Cougars and linebacker Peyton Pelluer #47 of the Washington State Cougars pursue during the second half of a football game at Husky Stadium on November 27, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. The Huskies won the game 45-10. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 3/10/2016
If you’re woebegone, searching the Internet for college football pieces that are written far too early, congrats, you’ve come to the right place. The horses are extra dark this time of year, because we have no idea who is going to win position battles, let alone succeed in live games when the lights are on. […]
0 comments by Bart D on 3/9/2016
Pull up a chair and let your old man tell you about the days when no one cared what spring practice was, and if you were a die hard or just simply needed something to do, maybe the spring game was worth five minutes of your time. Also, get me a glass of bourbon while […]
CHARLOTTE, NC – JANUARY 03: Head coach Lovie Smith of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers watches his team during their game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on January 3, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 3/7/2016
Open jobs are only so open as long as no one else actually wants them. Good open jobs rarely, if ever, are. When Josh Whitman somewhat sloppily fired Bill Cubit and then hired Lovie Smith to be Illinois’ football coach, this had “genius” or eternal pariah written all over it. Wins will end up deciding […]
CHAMPAIGN, IL – DECEMBER 30: Caris LeVert #23 of the Michigan Wolverines brings the ball up court during the game against the Illinois Fighting Illini at State Farm Center on December 30, 2015 in Champaign, Illinois. (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
0 comments by Bart D on 3/3/2016
Caris LeVert will walk into the Crisler Center on Saturday for the final time as a Michigan basketball player. He won’t play a single minute, but he’ll be praised loudly by an adoring home crowd, one that’s watched him grow immeasurably from niche, wiry defensive freshman to potential All-American in four years. About this time […]
0 comments by Bart D on 2/16/2016
Alan Jackson once said that “too much of a good thing, is a good thing.” Jim Harbaugh agrees. The Wolverines secured the commitment of 2017 quarterback Dylan McCaffrey, rated currently as the number two overall pro-style quarterback by 247 Sports. McCaffery has strong bloodlines with his brother being Christian, the 2015-16 Heisman finalist at Stanford, […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/14/2016
The lousy thing about numbers is that they can say whatever the heck a person wants them to say just by moving the goal posts a bit to suit whatever argument they want. Numbers are eye-catching and look powerful, which is why people tell you that if you can sneak some stats in on a […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/13/2016
The verdict is in. Most things in life can be compared to dating, and the CFB Playoff doesn’t pass the smell test for being able to avoid bad analogies. In this case, the excitement of the first date was not matched by the second one, where basic questions get answered with the vigor of not […]
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Unilaterally at first glance, Alabama and Auburn fans aren’t going to like this statement: y’all are a lot more like each other than you want to admit. Step back from the horror for a second. There is good news, too. The reason y’all are together on this thing is for a good reason, mostly because […]
0 comments by Bart D on 1/12/2016
It’s always best to evaluate things after some measure of thought. Twenty-four hours should suffice, when the immediate reaction of whatever you’re having a feeling on has completely worn off and some degree of common sense should have set in. The key word there being, “should.” So here we go, five thoughts on what was […]
