For the love of football, can we please get rid of referees? I just have to get this off my chest...I mean really, they just plain out ruin football. Look up who's officiating the games and based off of that you can decide who will win. Sure, die hard football fans know Ed Hochuli and Mike Carry...those are about the only two I can even stand to listen to. There's so many unfair plays, biased judgement, and ...

The NCAA basketball tournament is one of the most unpredictable things in all of sports. Teams can shock the world like North Carolina State did in the 1982-83 season, upsetting a powerhouse Houston squad. Or the Villanova Wildcats who went on to win the Big Dance as an eight seed and beat Patrick Ewing's Georgetown Hoyas in one of the biggest upsets in Championship history. There are always teams that grab the attention of the nation because ...

As sleet hit the tents on a packed sidewalk at Purdue University, the Paint Crew was riled up for what was to come the next day: the clash of Purdue and Illinois. If I heard that JaJuan Johnson was to play 35 minutes, be 1 for 10 from the field, and end up with 5 points, I would have picked Purdue to lose in this game. The resilient Boilermakers, however, where able to hold off Illinois with a ...

The Black Cloud that descended on Vancouver more than a week ago continues to rain bad luck down on our favorite country to the north.   Canada has played host to the first Olympics in recent memory to have a death toll, the weather has not cooperated, and the sport Canada is famous for inventing, ice hockey doesn’t seem to be their strong suit so far.   The Whistler Track struck again as Bobsled officials, along with IOC representatives, ...

We're three weeks from Selection Sunday, so here's my second attempt at March Madness Projections. Conference winners are in CAPS and have the conference name next to them. Midwest (1) vs. West (4) East (2) vs. South (3) Midwest (St. Louis) Oklahoma City 1 KANSAS (Big 12) vs. 16 STONY BROOK (America East) 8 Virginia Tech vs. 9 Louisville  San Jose 5 BYU vs. 12 St. Mary's 4 Vanderbilt vs. 13 UTAH STATE ...

With only one week left to go before March and its inevitable Madness, I think it's a good time to start looking at who's likely in and out of the NCAA Tournament. I'm going to go through it step by step, so those of you who are well-versed on the process of creating the 65-team field can probably skim over parts you already know. First, you have to look at your automatic qualifiers. With the addition of ...

Success, what do they say about it? It's when opportunity meets preparation? Countless hours shooting, dribbling, and lifting in the offseason took care of the latter part of the formula. It only took a Saturday full of Big 12 action to provide the Missouri Tigers with the former. After last weekend's contests, the Missouri Tigers find themselves in sole possession of fourth place in the Big 12 conference. Sure, while fourth place is wonderful to see for ...

These are the cats that stood out to me this weekend. Keep in mind, I didn’t see every game so if I left any of your choices off the team, my apologies. However, I'd love to read about the standout performances that you saw this past weekend in college hoops. Here’s my squad:   The Backcourt   Randy Culpepper The diminutive UTEP guard went to Tulsa and wrecked shop in one of the biggest games of the year for the Miners. In ...

Well the Olympics are reaching its thrilling climax and despite my personal complaints about the cost and the horrible propaganda done by my Canadian government creating expectations for our athletes that were impossible to live up to(I will get to this at the end of the games), I actually have been thoroughly enjoying watching the games. The massive media conglomerate that is Bell Globemedia has been covering the games beautifully and there is always something ...

Its Dec. 27, 2009. The Hoosiers are working towards their final out-of-conference game the next day versus Bryant University, who hold an 0-12 record on the season. Five days earlier, the team lost a stunner at home to Loyola Maryland, 72-67, despite a  furious comeback in the waning minutes of the game. Their record is now 5-6. However, despite that loss and the losses in Puerto Rico, the team has played exceptionally well, and even beat Pittsburgh ...