The last year and a half have not been pleasant for the UConn men's basketball team.
In March 2009, Yahoo! Sports broke a story that accused UConn of committing major violations in their pursuit of recruit Nate Miles.
The violations centered on the actions of agent wannabe Josh Nochimson, a former student-manager for the men's basketball team.
As a result of the Yahoo! story, the NCAA launched an investigation into the UConn men's basketball program and delivered a list ...
Let me start by introducing myself: I am a statistician by profession, as well as a computer programmer and football analyst. Two years ago, I began researching game theory and how to predict college football games. For the 2008 and 2009 season, I created an algorithm based on similar games model to predict the winner of each FBS vs. FBS game as well as prediction against the spread.
My similar games model takes six years of data to ...
The Big Ten's announcement of the divisional format Wednesday night offered the first official glimpse at how the conference will be shaped going forward.Now it's time to predict how it will play out on the gridiron.Throughout the post-expansion process, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany repeated the Big Ten's desire to protect old rivalries in the new format, which worked better in some cases than in others.Most notably, Iowa will no longer have a protected rivalry ...
TAMPA—This is it. This is the year it finally happens.
Miami. Florida State. ACC Championship.
While it has taken nearly seven years for Florida State and Miami to get their acts together simultaneously, it would appear that Commissioner John Swofford's dream-matchup of the Hurricanes and the Seminoles may finally come true—in his own North Carolina back yard no less.
In a season where expectations are remarkably high in both camps; both the 'Noles and 'Canes seem to have ...
Here's a look at the 2010 Ohio State Buckeyes' football schedule, plus where you can catch each game on TV this season.
9/2- Ohio St. v. Marshall- 7:30 P.M., Big Ten Network
9/11- Ohio St. v. Miami (FL)- 3:40 P.M. , ESPN
9/18- Ohio St. v. Ohio- 12:00 P.M. , Big Ten Network
9/25- Ohio St. v. Eastern Michigan- TBD
10/2- Ohio St. @ Illinois- TBD
10/9- Ohio St. v. Indiana- TBD
10/16- Ohio St.@ Wisconsin 7:00 PM ET ESPN/ ESPN 2
10/23- ...
The 2009 season is over. The accolades for the National Championship run are complete.
There was an additional small reward over the summer with the release of a movie that center staged Alabama's Football program and their new favorite citizen, Nick Saban.
But if you paid any attention to the ESPN series that put Coach Saban front and center of the educational process that takes place on the practice field, then you know that despite their young ...
The No. 24 Oregon State Beavers begin their impressive out-of-conference slate with a trip to Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas for a made-for-ESPN matchup with No. 6 TCU.
The trip is being heralded as a homecoming for the Beavers' two stars, Heisman candidate RB Jacquizz Rodgers and his older brother WR James Rodgers.
The Rodgers brothers combined for over 1,700 yards rushing and over 1,500 yards receiving last season as the Beavers came up just short ...
Of all the tight races expected in college football this year, and there will be many, the PAC 10 looks to be the most wide open.
Depending on injuries, luck and a bounce or two here or there, any one of seven teams could conceivably win the conference in 2010.
Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, Arizona, California, Stanford and even a depleted USC team will contend for the league's BCS bowl bid. Four of these teams will be ...
Ahh, the SEC. The conference is still considered a power conference due to the wealth of good teams.
Dennis Dodd said that the conference has quickly become Florida, Alabama and the 10 dwarfs. This isn't far from the truth. This year could shake things up very quickly.
Each team is followed by the record, Associated Press ranking, and last weeks power ranking, which will be N/A this week, for obvious reasons.
1. Alabama (0-0, AP #1, LW N/A)
Alabama ...
As the first signs of light become recognizable on the horizon, members of a sacred clan watch anxiously for the beginning of another day.
Some wait patiently, looking up into the sky with great anticipation, as others restlessly pace the turf wondering frantically about what lies ahead.
Affiliates of this prestigious band can be found all over the globe; coming together from ordinary and extraordinary places such as Paducah, Conroe, New Waverly, Tokyo, Ballinger, Plano, Burnet, ...