I’ll be honest. I didn’t watch a second of the Big East Villanova Wildcats at Pittsburgh Panthers match up. Evidently, the marketing folks at CBS think the north Houston suburbs are more inclined to watch Big 10 peach basket offense instead of a top five basketball team playing in the best conference in America. So thanks to the big cigars at the Columbia Broadcasting System, I missed the Panthers’ mild upset over the Cats. I did ...

When he came to Columbia, South Carolina, to be USC's (that other USC) new head football coach, Joe Morrison was the next great thing; a new hot coaching prospect. Toiling for three years at the University of New Mexico, Morrison had led the Lobos to a 10-1 record in 1982. And so it was, as it always is, that he climbed a ladder and was hired to coach the Gamecocks in 1983. Joe Morrison played professional football ...

Team USA continues to rack up medals at an astounding pace in Vancouver. With seven golds among their haul of 24, athletes across a range of sports have been performing at the very top of their ability for a place on the podium. Apolo Ohno became the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian of all time this weekend with his seventh medal, and there have also been outstanding performances from superstars such as Shaun White and Evan ...

From College Sports Matchups When the second week of March rolls around we will be fully engulfed by March Madness and the conference tournaments. As basketball season continues on a path toward the Big Dance, our job is to make sure you know what is important as you prepare to fill out your bracket while explaining to your friends why you took Cornell in the first two rounds. With that said, here we go. Your talking points for ...

Over the years, the Purdue Boilermakers and Ohio State Buckeyes have had a long and memorable rivalry on the basketball court. In fact, these two programs couldn't be much closer historically: Purdue leads the all-time series after last week's victory by the thinnest of margins, 82-81. The toughness and determination both squads have exhibited throughout the decades is personified in their current leaders, Ohio State's Player of the Year candidate Evan Turner and Purdue's ...

Sometimes, it is just easy to miss the big picture. Critics and writers are easily seduced into thinking our vantage point is more global—that we are granted a grander landscape simply because we make an effort. We peer at the expanse just inches from our face—feeling omniscient—failing to realize how limited the window seat view on an airplane truly is. I know I am guilty of it. For all the energy and memory bytes used to dissect recruiting classes ...

Michigan hosted its second Junior Day of the recruiting season this past weekend. Whether you love or hate Rich Rodriguez, you have to admit he has brought a number of positive new events to the Michigan football program. Having multiple Junior Days gets players on campus, familiarizes them with the university, and makes them more comfortable with the idea of becoming a future Wolverine. Some news and notes from Junior Day: Shawn Conway committed ...

The Bulldog Nation will be seeking answers to several burning questions as its Dawgs enter the 2010 football season.   How will a freshman perform as Georgia’s starting quarterback?  Will new defensive coordinator Todd Grantham’s 3-4 defensive scheme prove effective?  And, above all for some Bulldog fans, when will we see the new Uga?   For 54 seasons, a pure white English bulldog named “Uga” has patrolled the Georgia sidelines for roughly 600 games.    With the untimely passing of the ...

More and more, college running backs are coming in every shape and size as different teams field different schemes and the demands of the game change and evolve. It feels like the every-down workhorses of yesteryear are getting replaced by the small scatbacks and all-purpose backs of the spread set. But there's still a home for each and every one. For these 10 recruits, the intriguing part will be in finding where home is in time for ...

The University of Houston baseball team dropped a three-game series to Texas State University at Cougar Field to begin the 2010 season On Opening Day (Friday), the Cougars lost to the Bobcats 6-0, followed by losses on Saturday, 6-3, and Sunday, 9-7. In Friday night’s game, sophomore Michael Goodnight pitched 4.2 innings on the mound, allowing just one hit before loading the bases on a single, hit batter and walk. Senior William Kankel came into the game to walk ...