Archive for November, 2005
Notre Dame looks like Fiesta Bowl lock : Fanblogs College Football Blog
Notre Dame looks like Fiesta Bowl lock : Fanblogs College Football Blog Oh, if only Stanford had held on for just a couple more minutes. But it was not to be and a very fine 10-1 team will have to take a backseat to the Irish. Who did they beat with a winning record? Navy [...]
Early Season Injuries Beginning Adding up for Gonzaga
Gonzaga’s Heytvelt, Knight undergo surgery The loss of forward Josh Heytvelt for most of the season leaves Gonzaga (No. 7 ESPN/USA Today, No. 6 AP) short of big men as the Zags prepare for a brutal stretch of games. The 6-foot-11 Heytvelt suffered a broken ankle in a loss to Connecticut, and is not expected [...]
Good for Temple’s Chaney
Chaney has no regrets for admonishing fans and nor should he. Nothing he said as reported by the AP suggests to me that he was out of line in any way for telling those throwing objects that their actions were not going to be tolerated. I liked this quote best. “I might do a lot [...]
Duke Stays on Top; as Washington, NC State and LSU Join Coaches’ Top 25
LSU, Kentucky and Texas take no mercy on former 13th ranked WVU. They plummet out of the top 25 even though the loss to number Texas was a heart breaker. See more at ESPN’s WVU drops from 13th to unranked.
Will a 9-2 Notre Dame Get a BCS Nod?
Yes! Should they receive a BCS bowl bid over Oregon or Ohio State? I don’t think so and this argument by Aaron Fentress is simple and straight to the point. However, the polls and the BCS selection committee will find it impossible to pass on the Irish as they have a much larger TV draw [...]
Week 7 of the BCS
Not a lot of suprises in Week 7 of the BCS as the top ten remain unchanged from last week. Three of the eight slots are now confirmed as West Virginia joins Penn State and USC with automatic bids. I’m picking Texas, LSU and Virginia Tech to take care of business and join these three [...]
UNLV dedicates Jerry Tarkanian Court
UNLV honored former basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian on Saturday night before taking on Nevada (No. 22 AP), dedicating the court at the Thomas & Mack Center after the man who put the Runnin’ Rebels in the national spotlight. The ceremony, which was attended by former UNLV stars Armon Gilliam, Greg Anthony and others, had the [...]
BCS Picks (Updated)
Auburn and Georgia Tech upset my picks from a week ago, so let’s see if I lose any of my teams this Thanksgiving Weekend. I’ll stick with my selections sans Alabama and Miami. Here goes: 1. Southern California 2. Texas 3. Penn State 4. LSU 5. Virginia Tech 6. Ohio State 7. Notre Dame 8. [...]
16 Teams Remain Under BCS Consideration
The Bowl Championship Series Selection update this week identified 16 teams who remain in contention for the four BCS bowl games. There are only two slots filled at this time with USC taking the Pac-10 title and Penn State in the Big 10. The ACC may be represtented by Florida State, Miami or Virginia Tech; [...]
Week 6 of the BCS
Georgia Tech, Florida State and Northwestern re-enter this weeks top 25 replacing Minnesota, South Carolina and Oklahoma. USC and Texas continue to dominate the top 2 spots in the BCS poll for week 6. USC has been number one or two for fourteen straight weeks. Texas is in the top 15 for the 49th time. [...]
Rivalry Week
Check out the latest on Rivalry Week at CBS SportsLine.com’s Rivalry Week Capsules. Can this weekend create the instant classic’s we saw one week ago? I like Alabama at Auburn and Ohio State over Michigan. Both on the road and they should stay close.
When Irish-hating goes overboard
First of all, there is no such thing as ND Irish hating going overboard. They get more credit than they deserve and more publicity than I like. I figure if they can convince someone to give them publicity then they deserve it. But I don’t have to like it. Read “Stewart Mandel’s Mailbag: Irish-hating boils [...]