Archive for the ‘College Recruiting’ Category

Darn Those Rich Kids

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Everything is coming up USC today. As if being an affluent, private school and football powerhouse in the middle of Los Angeles isn't enough, now their basketball team has reached the level of happy distraction in the dead time between the bowl game and the spring game.First, USC coach Tim ...

Manhattan, Kansas Can’t Be That Bad, Right?

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Here's some more fallout from the Bob Huggins-to-West Virginia story. According to the Kansas State Athletic Department, incoming signed basketball recruits will not be released from their National Letter(s) of Intent.At a press conference in Manhattan, Kansas yesterday, Kansas State's Athletic Director, Tim Weiser said, "Our policy as a department ...

Nick Saban, Making Friends Already

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

New Alabama head coach Nick Saban has always come across as kind of a dick to me. He goes back on his word, makes his players cry and just seems to be pretty high on himself. So I was less than surprised when I read this article last night.Apparently Saban ...

Texas Fans Are Classy

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

John Brantley has incurred the wrath of the Texas faithful and they are letting him know about it in the classiest way possible.For those of you not knee-deep in the muck-filled cesspool that is the world of college recruiting, Brantley is a five-star quarterback, ranked as the #20 overall prospect ...

Eric Gordon Update: In Defense Of Sampson

Saturday, October 14th, 2006

In November of 2005, Eric Gordon told Illinois' basketball coaches he would attend college in Champaign instead of the school he grew up loving, Indiana. Almost a year later with a totally different situation in Bloomington, Kelvin Sampson and his staff convinced the nation's top high school guard to change ...