McD’s Week Seven College Football Picks

Friday, October 14th, 2011

What I'm watching Saturday: 12 pm: Baylor/Texas A&M - I know I'm supposed to be a Big Ten honk, being an Indiana grad and all, but after I watch the first quarter of the IU/Wisky game and the Hoosiers somehow give up 42 unanswered points again, I'm done with the B1G ...

Week Six College Football Roundup: Texas Messed With Itself

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

So Oklahoma won the Red River Shootout 55-17 at the Cotton Bowl. The end of the game featured a completely full OU half of the stadium and a mostly-empty Texas half of the stadium once OU was obviously up for good, which was sometime in the second quarter. I don't know ...

McD’s Week Three College Football Picks

Friday, September 16th, 2011

What I'm watching this weekend (and notice how I'm not watching Indiana this week because I'm boycotting any game in which we play a 1-AA squad): 12 pm ET - Don't bother with the noon games this week unless you're an alumni. I'm thinking I'll take a nap. Oh hey, DVR'd ...

Bruce Pearl Thinks He Will Get Another Job

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

In his first interview since being fired by the University of Tennessee, Bruce Pearl told Atlanta radio station 790 The Zone that he thinks he'll get another chance at coaching in college basketball again. Pearl was fired on March 21 for committing multiple NCAA violations. Despite that, he thinks he ...

Geno’s Next Move

Thursday, March 24th, 2011

On Tuesday night, UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma complained that his team's fans have grown spoiled after the Huskies' home arena was only half-full for the final home game in the career of superstar Maya Moore. I see Geno's point. UConn fans have gotten too used to winning, and winning ...

Tyler Bray, True Freshman Quarterback, To Start For Tennessee

Monday, November 1st, 2010

How bad have things gotten for Derek Dooley at Tennessee? So bad that true freshman Tyler Bray will start at quarterback in place of junior Matt Simms for this weekend's matchup with Memphis. Bray, who was ranked as the No. 131 recruit nationally overall and the No. 7 quarterback in ...

Kiffin, USC Finally Make Another Coaching Hire

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Since he took the job as head football coach at the University of Southern California Lane Kiffin has been a busy man. He deftly avoided being lynched in Knoxville, dodged a fistfight with the perpetually annoying T.J. Simers, has managed to solidify all 14 of the Trojans' committed recruits ...

Tennessee Left With Options, Just Not Many

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

After Will Muschamp turned down the chance to be the head football coach at the University of Tennessee, the Volunteers have been left standing at the altar without a bride. Lane Kiffin's departure has caught Tennessee's athletic department completely surprised and unprepared for what to do with the future of ...

Layla Kiffin Is Headed To USC

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

Lost in all the hoopla surrounding the shocking announcement that Lane Kiffin is headed out to Los Angeles to be the head coach at the University of Southern California is the fact that his wife, Layla, will be coming with him. Mrs. Kiffin quickly became an internet sensation after her husband ...

Your Week Six College Football Scores

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

10 am ET: Morning! Gameday is just starting, and I'm on my way to yet another expecting parents class with the wife. I will, in fact, be very well entertained today, just not with football until 2:45 or so. I'll be updating all day to see how badly I failed ...