Pitt-Utah Game Is Throwback to Panthers’ West Coast Openers of the Past
Published on: 2nd September, 2010
Jet travel is faster and more affordable than ever in the current era of college football, but few teams take advantage of the glamour and headline-making opportunities intercontinental matchups can provide. When the Pitt Panthers make the 1,668-mile trip from Pittsburgh to Salt Lake City to take on Utah, ...Pitt Panthers: Will Fans See Dave Wannstedt’s Dazed Look This Season?
Published on: 25th August, 2010
Will Pitt fans catch a glimpse of the bewildered Dave Wannstedt in 2010? Outplanned, outcoached, and outfoxed? The season opener against Utah? How about Miami a couple weeks later? Pitt hasn't beaten the 'Canes since 1997. Will Brian kelly confound and confuse the 'Stache again like he did in a 28-21 ...BYU Football: Ken Benson’s Hyopcrisy Should End Conference Exit Fees
Published on: 20th August, 2010
In the tumultuous summer of 2010 the hypocrisy of conferences forcing their own members—past and present—to pay exit fees whenever a better conference deal comes along should be the most pressing issue, not who's leaving and who's joining. The current candidate for the biggest hypocrite in college football is Ken Benson, ...Unholy Big 12 Alliance Brings Little Peace
Published on: 1st August, 2010
The freak show led by Big Boss Jim Delany, boot keeper Dan Bebee, and court jester John Marinatto certainly has provided college football fans with some good entertainment this summer. And just when you think the last deal has been made and the final lawyer's threat uttered, rebellious Aggieland refuses to ...Thanks To Jim Delany, John Marinatto Finally Wakes Up
Published on: 22nd April, 2010
Don't you wish you were privy to the golf course and club house conversations at the BCS conference in Scottsdale? On just the second day Jim Delany back-tracked from Monday's news about accelerated Big Ten expansion and worked rooms better than Bill Clinton and George W. Bush combined. He convinced slumbering ...Houston Cougars Eye Tier 1 Status, BCS Conference
Published on: 19th April, 2010
The Houston Chronicle reported yesterday bold plans for the University of Houston to upgrade its status to Tier 1. To reach Tier 1 in five years UH will need to spend between $60-$80 million per year. Renu Khator, UH President, has set the right course for the Bayou City's namesake ...Big Ten Expansion Just a Few Months Away
Published on: 19th April, 2010
Today's Chicago Tribune story about an accelerated timetable for Big 10 expansion should put the question of probability to rest. That the league is serious about growing is demonstrated by its mission to reconfigure and allow the new schools time to satisfy their current conference obligations and pay exit fees. ...How the Texas Longhorns Diminished College Football in Texas
Published on: 14th April, 2010
Butler's run to the NCAA championship game must terrify the Texas Longhorns. After all, the tightly constructed autocracy UT has established in Texas and its extrapolation across the USA to the other fiefdoms of college sports only allows the upstarts to hurl a few darts at the monoliths. All ended ...Gene DeFilippo Shrinking the Footprint of Boston College Athletics
Published on: 8th April, 2010
Seven years after Boston College AD Gene DeFilippo brashly announced the Eagles would abandon the Big East and move to the ACC, BC has failed to establish an identity in the Southern league, failed to achieve excellence in football or basketball, and failed to win over the Boston marketplace. ACC Commissioner John Swofford had grand ...Big East Expansion: Why Fans Should Not Just “Relax and Enjoy It”
Published on: 2nd April, 2010
Mr. Marinatto, you must love reading autobiographies. Like the one by former Republican candidate for Texas governor Clayton Williams, who, when responding to a question about rape, said, "If it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it." Needless to say, he lost he 1990 election to Ann Richards. In case readers did not know, John Marinatto, current Big East commissioner, ...Featured Sponsors
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