There appears to be something good that came out of the summer drought, a banner year of vegetables in the garden of longtime acquaintance Country Joe. Every year, in the dog days of summer, Country comes to town. He never fails to drop by to see his old friends and provide a bounty of home grown cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, and cantaloupes. And, that is just for starters. If a couple of tickets to a Georgia home game in Athens can be "discovered" he is ...

After four years at Duke, bouncing from starting point guard to sixth man, Greg Paulus has finally left campus, trying his hand at playing football at Syracuse. How will he fare? I’m sure, based on his popularity, no one will care. Paulus has been one of, if not the most hated player not only on Duke, but in all of college basketball. He inherited that trait once star player, J.J. Redick, finished up his college career ...

For those of you wondering, no I'm not trying to imitate Jim Rome (as of today, I still have yet to grow a successful goatee). Anyways clones, with about a week before the season starts, let's get down to business. Here are the biggest questions surrounding the tilt with the Terps next Saturday. How will Kevin Riley debut? This past week, one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the Bears was solved, as the redshirt junior Riley was officially ...

The first time you meet Jeff Tedford, you might wonder what he did with his halo.Might ask how he traded in his white robe for blues and golds.Did he fly here—or simply walk across the San Francisco Bay?In seven seasons with the Cal football program, he’s worked enough miracles to deserve it.His divine transformation of the Strawberry Canyon—from 1-10 to the Top-10—has elicited praise, thanksgiving and even “Tedford is God” t-shirts.He’s revered.He’s worshiped.He’s as close ...

How do you release your team's depth chart while still maintaining a level of secrecy about who you plan to use at behind center and in the backfield? Well, if you're Wisconsin Head Coach Bret Bielema, you use the word "or" a lot.  The Wisconsin Badgers released their depth chart Thursday morning, something that was expected to clarify several positions that had two or more competitors vying for starting roles. So much for that. According to the depth ...

Yogi Berra once said, "It was like deja vu all over again." The famous Yankee catcher and coach always had a funny way with words. Déjà vu is defined as the experience of thinking that a new situation has somehow occurred before, and Nick Saban must be thinking what is about to take place on Sept. 5, 2009 is all too familiar to him. Prior to coming to Alabama, Saban was head coach at two other major football ...

  Well I can’t say I did real well on bold predictions last season, meaning maybe I go a little too bold. Of 17 predictions last season, I only saw about six right. Despite that record here are my bold predictions for 2009. 1. Nevada will have three 1000 yard rushers in Lippincott, Taua, and Kaepernick. I will still need to look up how to spell those names. 2. There will be a one loss BCS buster team. 3. Fulmer ...

He is supposed to be the next Mack Brown, the Roy Williams of UNC football, and the savior of a dead program. Can we really expect all of this from one man? The answer is yes. Butch Davis can do all three of these things. He has the talent, and the experience to become a top coach in college football. He learned from a great coach, Jimmy Johnson, under whom he won a national championship as an assistant ...

Summer hangs on showing no intent of giving way to the mild fall days we think of when we dream of college football. Still, while the dog days of summer may hold on for a few weeks longer, the 2009 Alabama season is little more than a week away. The Tide will take a talented, and for the most part battle tested team, and head east out interstate 20 to take on the Virginia Tech Hokies ...

I was moderately suprised to see Simon Fraser leaving Canadian Interuniversity Sport to become a member of the NCAA's Division II.  I had thought that their desire to move was strictly theoretical—hot air designed to light a fire under CIS membership. That apparently was not the case.  They will play in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in 2011.  In CIS, SFU played at the highest level of competition in Canada. In Division II, they will be an afterthought ...