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Sports Central
March 20, 2010
Vito Curcuru |
Who's Hot and Cold in Big Ten Expansion Talk Hot: William Blair Company -- Why is an investment firm hot? The Chicago Tribune recently reported that this investment firm evaluated five schools: Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Missouri, Syracuse, and Rutgers for the purpose of Big Ten expansion.   |
Sports Central
June 8, 2010
Jean Neuberger |
Expansion Talk Sweeping the Nation What happens over the next few months could definitely change the landscape of college football. |
Sports Central
November 18, 2010
Kevin Beane |
College Basketball Odds and Ends I'm just enthusiastic about life, and this is yet another one of those favorite-time-of-the-year periods: when college football and college basketball converge. |
Sports Central
August 5, 2013
Jean Neuberger |
Beefing Up Schedules It was a packed house at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham, listening to SEC Commissioner Mike Slive talk about basketball. |
Sports Central
March 13, 2013
Jean Neuberger |
The Rise of the New Big East While realignment killed some rivalries and made dramatic changes to the geographic map, seven Catholic schools got it right. Instead of creating new leagues and identities, they went back to their roots. They'll be better off for it, as will college basketball. |
Sports Central
January 16, 2013
Greg Suttich |
March Madness Starts in January As we near the end of another NFL football season, we start to feel the blues. But then March comes and the event called March Madness gets us back on our couches cheering and fist-bumping over our favorite team while keeping our brackets and a pen within arms reach. |
Sports Central
January 1, 2013
Jonathan Lowe |
The Immaculate Collection It's been poked and prodded over for the couple of weeks. The pre-Christmas announcement for the seven Catholic (and non-football) universities to leave the Big East conference is still in its formative stages. But the decision's real, and the move's coming. |
Sports Central
December 24, 2012
Corrie Trouw |
A League of Their Own These are the end days of the current college sports conference structure. Recent developments have all-but-assured the destruction of the Big East, and even best of breeds like the SEC and Big Ten will look much different than their obsessively regional previous incarnations. |
Sports Central
March 26, 2012
Ross Lancaster |
Final Four Preview: Red vs. Blue There are four states in the union where college basketball takes on a cultural and sporting significance unlike the other 46: North Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas. |
Sports Central
September 29, 2011
Kevin Beane |
Anatomy of Upsets This past week was a banner week for upsets in college football. We saw not one, not two, but three 1-AA (my boycott of the term "FCS" continues apace) teams beat 1-A (ditto "FBS") sides. |
Sports Central
September 9, 2010
Kevin Beane |
College Football is Back in Big Way Labor Day weekend is, I submit, the most packed weekend in sports. |
Sports Central
January 6, 2010
Andrew Jones |
Realigning College Football's Conferences The Big Ten announced last month that it would be seeking an expansion from 11 to 12. |
Sports Central
October 27, 2004
Adam Russell |
Facelift in Order For College Football What college football needs is a complete overhaul of how it's structured, from the conference alignments to how the schedules are made up to determining a playoff system. |
Sports Illustrated
September 25, 2002
Frank Deford |
Father Football Notre Dame feels the pull between pigskin and academics. |
Sports Central
November 5, 2007
Corrie Trouw |
NCAA Basketball Program Power Rankings This NCAA hoops program power ranking forms a ladder for coaching ascension. |
Sports Central
August 14, 2013
Andrew Jones |
An Anti-Conference Approach The past few years have seen a plague of movement in college football conferences to the point where the names don't even make any sense anymore. |
Sports Central
May 23, 2012
Jean Neuberger |
The Newest Game Changer It was just an announcement of a bowl game. Yet, in this never-ending maze of realignment in college athletics, it was a day that could possibly live in football infamy. |
Sports Central
January 15, 2014
Jonathan Lowe |
American Bad Rap-sody UConn basketball is left on an snowy island. They are trying to forage a new identity as the perceived bell ringer for the newly-formed American Athletic Conference. In doing so, it appears that they've taken a major hit in terms of marketability through no fault of their own. |
Sports Central
September 15, 2011
Kevin Beane |
College Football Odds and Ends Hooray! At last, football is back! Maybe it's because of the near-strike in the NFL, or because I attended a game at a historical venue (more on that later), but I find myself appreciating it all the more this season. |
Sports Central
March 17, 2011
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: NCAA Tourney Bric-A-Bracketology What happens in the dark room once the NCAA Selection Committee convenes? |
Sports Illustrated
January 31, 2002
Frank Deford |
Roots Black coaches still can't make headway in football... |
Sports Central
March 8, 2012
Adam Russell |
Confusing Geographical Lines When I was a kid, I excelled at U.S. geography, partially because I knew my college football conferences like the back of my hand. And they all made sense. |
Sports Central
May 27, 2010
Mark Chalifoux |
The New Rules of Being a Sports Fan Is it necessary to root for your alma mater? |
Sports Central
March 12, 2009
Kevin Beane |
2009 Week 1 College Football Preview Here's an early look at the most interesting games of week 1 in college football. |
Sports Central
April 14, 2009
Jean Neuberger |
What to Watch For in 2010 This college basketball season may be over, but here's what to look for in 2010. |
Sports Central
March 11, 2010
Kevin Beane |
College Football Week 1 Preview A look at the matchups kicking off the start of the college football season. |
Salon.com
November 10, 2000
Allen Barra |
Have the Fighting Irish gone soft? Notre Dame is enforcing stricter academic standards in a push to deemphasize football. Why now? |
Sports Central
May 19, 2011
Kevin Beane |
Early-Season College Hoops Matchups It takes until pretty close to the season for all the Division 1 schools to say, "okay, here is our schedule" to where it can be reliably released to the media. |
Sports Central
October 1, 2012
Adam Russell |
Is the Offensive Explosion an Omen? With all this offensive production on both sides of the field, could this be an omen of things to come in college football? |
Sports Central
February 23, 2006
Kevin Beane |
The New Trends of College Basketball In the Big East, bet on Marquette at home... In SEC country, I like how LSU, like Virginia Tech, seems to have something to prove... In the Pac-10, go with the underdog in rivalry games... etc. |
Sports Central
November 22, 2011
Joshua Duffy |
NCAA Men's Hoops About to Get Crazy Ask a diehard NBA fan what the true tragedy of the NBA lockout is, and they'll tell you it comes at the worst possible time. |
Sports Central
October 2, 2007
Kyle Jahner |
Chaos on Campuses After the most turbulent week of college football in recent memory, you have to wonder if pollsters and experts were just picking schools out of a hat. |
Sports Central
November 14, 2007
Ryan Day |
SEC: Overrated or Underappreciated? Don't be surprised if the Southeastern Conference takes home another national championship. |
Sports Central
June 22, 2010
Brad Oremland |
The Greatest Rivalries in Sports Last week, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics to win the NBA championship. Baseball also has its share of rivals teams. |
Sports Central
January 29, 2004
Jonathan Lowe |
Must Stay Awake TV The conference portion of the college basketball season is nearly underway, and that means scrappier opponents, more upsets, and unbelievable battles of wills. However, with so many games to shuffle through, how does anyone know what to turn to? |
AskMen.com
September 17, 2013
Jeffrey Eisenband |
What's At The Core Of "The Soul Of College Football"? Author John U. Bacon digs into four top college football programs, in Fourth and Long: The Fight for the Soul of College Football. |
Sports Central
August 28, 2014
Jean Neuberger |
Final College Football Preseason Thoughts As we're less than 48 hours away from kickoff into this college football season, there are some last-second hopes that I have for this season. |
Sports Central
November 23, 2007
Jonathan Lowe |
Bordering Greatness Kansas vs. Missouri is the game of the year in the Midwest, and possibly of the college football season. |
Sports Central
February 14, 2004
David Martin |
Does the Clarett Ruling Kill College Football? Court's ruling allows Maurice Clarett to gain eligibility for the NFL. |
Sports Central
October 13, 2011
Kevin Beane |
Week 1 College Basketball Preview As the college football season gets into full swing, we will soon have yet another "favorite sports time of the year" for this writer. |
Sports Central
October 24, 2007
Joe Boesch |
Paterno's Run Nearing its End? When his contract to coach at Penn State expires in 2008, Joe Paterno should leave on a high note. |
Salon.com
November 29, 2001
Allen Barra |
Bring back the arbitrary college football polls! Sure, the old championship polls were bogus -- but the current system is just as bogus, and it doesn't even give fans anything to argue about... |
Sports Illustrated
September 27, 2002
Tim Layden |
Open membership College football's elite group grows larger every season. |
Sports Central
February 19, 2014
Corrie Trouw |
The Death of the Middle Class Rivalry What happened to college basketball's middle class rivalry? |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
Jason Zengerle |
March Payday Madness No one makes more money from the annual NCAA tournament than big-time college basketball coaches. Are they worth their astronomical paychecks? |
Sports Central
April 12, 2006
Michael Beshara |
In Defense of the BCS As enjoyable as college basketball's March Madness may be, college football's BCS provides the opportunity for both a more exciting and more just crowning of a national champion. |
Sports Central
June 13, 2010
Jonathan Lowe |
The Big Break Up Throughout this week of collegiate football upheaval, the main talk has been focused on the Cornhuskers and Missouri. |
Sports Central
November 28, 2005
Jonathan Lowe |
Early Tourneys Over the BCS? March Madness has the BCS beat, hands-down. But there seems to be more potential for excitement and hope as sneakers squeak for the first time in months. |
Sports Central
February 11, 2009
Jean Neuberger |
Taking Bracket Notes College basketball seems to be at a quiet roar this year. |
Sports Central
December 15, 2011
Kevin Beane |
The Best and Worst College Incumbents Here are the best coaches that have not been tabbed -- yet -- to a move to a more illustrious program. |
