The South Carolina Gamecocks (14-12 5-7 SEC) usually rock their homecourt, only losing to a pair of ranked opponents: Baylor and Vandy and even upsetting UK with Devan Downey's monumental 30 pts in that  big game. But Tennessee (20-6 8-4 SEC) was hungry for a road win. But the home rims didn't help anyone's shots. The first half was dominated  by sloppy play with both teams stars: Wayne Chism and Devan Downey having subpar performances ...

When Lane Kiffin was being considered to take over the USC head coaching job, which he ultimately did, there was all kinds of debate pro and con. One prominent sportswriter from Los Angeles, in a piece arguing against Kiffin getting the Trojan post, argued that he made the wrong call for Pete Carroll's team in that crucial fourth and two situation against Texas when the Trojans were trying to achieve their third successive national title. The scribe ...

If you can get past its ESPN.com-like propensity for loading up on annoying advertisements, Scout.com's College Football News is as entertaining as it gets for the knowledge-hungry fan. Even though my modem shudders at the idea of having to sift through that sea of ads, I cannot nitpick too much. CFN has been unabashed in its support of Missouri football the past few seasons, predicting the Tigers to finish last season with a record of 10-2, including ...

Sometimes anticipation is better than the real thing. At the very least, the buzz about recruiting doesn’t end with National Signing Day. Tennessee is in the news. It seems like the sole “commit” for their 2011 class, Eric MacLain of Fayetteville, N.C., has de-committed. His family has cited a lack of communication between the current Vols staff (now with about a month of tenure in Knoxville) and their son. MacLain was originally recruited when Phil Fulmer was ...

As the nation prepares itself for the start of March Madness, the hectic SEC West remains unsettled. With five games to go, the conference standings look like this: SEC WEST Arkansas Razorbacks (7-4) Mississippi State Bulldogs (6-5) Ole Miss Rebels (5-6) Alabama Crimson Tide (4-7) Auburn Tigers (3-8) LSU Tigers (0-11) Obviously, Arkansas controls their own destiny. But, with the Razorbacks heading into the toughest stretch in their schedule, one can't help looking at what might happen with a couple of losses. So, as ...

The NCAA Tournament bubble is starting to form and the SEC has three teams clearly on it. Two of those teams, Florida and Ole Miss, play today in Oxford. But the big game of the weekend is Kentucky traveling to Nashville to face Vanderbilt. The Wildcats beat the Commodores by a 85-72 score in Rupp Arena a few weeks back. Kentucky had just come off its first loss of the season against ...

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When the big boys from Iowa, Purdue, Minnesota, and Michigan came to play, Jay Berwanger just stiff-armed them away. "I wanted to go to a school that would give me a first-rate education in business so that I'd be prepared when the opportunities came," was his response. College football's first Heisman Trophy winner would later also become the first player drafted into the NFL. Jay Berwanger played college football for the University of Chicago, a school more well-known ...

Setting : The Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference clashes with the Horizon League when Fran McCaffery takes his Siena Saints (22-5) west for a non-conference showdown with Brad Stevens and his Butler Bulldogs (24-4). Plot : Seeds are on the line. With a win Butler could be in position for a four seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. Siena could secure an at-large bid even if they falter in their conference tournament. Sub-plot : With 16 consecutive wins, Butler ...

After publishing the most recent article explaining offensive tempo, there was a need to explain the defensive cost of this type of play. I will attempt to explain those cost in this article in a simplified way. In this article , I made an attempt to outline the advantages of a high offensive tempo. As in anything, where there is reward there is risk. This is also true of the up-tempo offense. The highest tempo on offense ...