Reader Bryan writes in with the following:
A few years ago, ESPN created the perfect drug for the general college football degenerate: College Gameday Live, a once-a-week quality-produced show that is not only insightful but also entertaining. Needless to say, I quickly became a regular weekend user. But after growing accustomed to the euphoria of this [...]
Afraid that the Trojans will look past the Cavaliers to the Buckeyes? Well, that’s pretty much impossible now, if only because two of the Cavalier players were caught stealing beer from a private club in Charlottesville.
SC fans planning on traveling for the game: follow the link for gameday poster ideas.
Chris Dufresne provides a nice summary of the important dates of the ‘08 season, along with a little jab at the Trojans:
* Aug. 30: USC opens season at Virginia.
Last time Trojans opened against a Virginia team on the road (2004 vs. Virginia Tech) they finished 13-0 and won the only Bowl Championship Series title of [...]
Mark Mangino begins a rigorous pre-season fitness regimen.
OU cheerleaders scramble to memorize the words to Boomer Sooner.
Nerds across the country prepare for twelve weeks out of the shadows as they don Micheal Jackson-esque pseudo-military uniforms to march in the band.
A Northwest Florida cryogenics lab begins de-icing Bobby Bowden.
Joe Paterno starts sundowning.
BYU embraces its African-American [...]
Maybe it’s because I work on a sports show and I’m inundated with it, but our athletic department has quickly become a punchline. Just this week alone:
A judge ruled that Reggie Bush must quit stonewalling and must testify.
O.J. Mayo was reported to have taken $30K in cash and gifts.
DeMar DeRozan (second-highest rated basketballer ever to [...]
As Kansas cancels classes to celebrate Memphis’ inability to shoot free-throws, the rest of us are watching and reading about the 20 most meaningless practices of the year—because that’s all the college football we get until August 28th. (135 days and counting.)
Alabama is in the post-Major Applewhite era, and seems very happy with the new [...]
Special thanks to SBR reader Defender90 who sent us this story from SI.com, defending Coach Floyd for offering Lil’ Romeo a scholarship. Now, again I have no problem with offering a kid a scholarship to get another player and if DeMar DeRozan walks away from SC after a season Lil’ Romeo might find himself [...]
Posted in Clemson, The Biz, USC | No Comments »Trying to fill the football-less void is a tough thing. However, looking at the best non-conference games of the ‘08 season seems like a perfect way. I have found two lists—one very extensive and one a top three. The first comes from CollegeFootballNews.com’s Pete Fiutak, and the second from SportingNews.com’s college football writer Matt Hayes.
Both [...]
In six months USC will be traveling to the Commonwealth of Virginia to open the 2008 season.
Posted in USC, Virginia | No Comments »Now that we are past signing day and the NFL entry deadline, it’s time look forward to 2008. So it’s nice that Rivals.com has outlined every D-IA* team’s spring practice dates and their biggest question mark of the off-season.
SC starts March 25th and ends with the Spring Game April 19th. According to Rivals, the biggest [...]