The biggest thing buzzing in the sports world lately has been LeBron James joining the Miami Heat with Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade.  That was a good move, just bad execution. However, the buzz that has been surrounding this only sparked an idea. In the 2011 recruiting class, there are a ton of players that are most likely one-and-done.  I say that because quite-frankly they're just that good. ...

As college football season rapidly approaches, the recent topic around the dinner table has been some of our greatest trips to South Bend. Having been Notre Dame fans all our lives, I had had the opportunity to see a few games in South Bend traveling from Pennsylvania (this was rare but looked forward to experience). Having moved to Michigan in 2001, that put the miles between myself and the promised land a lot closer. In ...

On July 12, Iowa added its tenth commitment to the 2011 class. His name is Riley McMinn, and he is a 6'7", 225 pound defensive end prospect. However, as an Iowa fan, when I see 6'7", 225 pounds, my mind is ablaze with possibilities. After all, I can think of a few other rangy, undersized football players that came into the Iowa football program projected to play at one position. After a year or two with strength ...

Xavier won last year's A10 regular season and conference championship. Dayton, who was a favorite to win the conference to start the season, ended up winning the NIT Championship instead.   Temple tied for the regular season title with Xavier.  All three teams lost some key players, but all three still sit atop the A10 for the upcoming season.   Predictions 1. Temple Last season ended roughly for the Owls, as they lost in the first round to 12 seed Cornell in the ...

Phil Steele has a habit of being right about college football coaches on the hot seat. Steele is a sportswriter and football analyst that produces a widely-respected annual preseason magazine Phil Steele's College Football Preview . His magazine, full of statistics and information has been the most accurate preseason magazine for the last 11 years. Along with his magazine, he publishes daily blog posts covering the entire spectrum of the gridiron.   In 2008, he started an annual ...

If you're killing time in your favorite retail store, you've probably noticed that the preseason college football magazines have hit the racks. They're filled with interesting lists, predictions, and wild guesses as to what the 2010 season holds. If you're looking at lists of coaches whose jobs might be in jeopardy, you'll probably find Gopher coach Tim Brewster's name on those lists.  Personally, I'd like to see Brewster coach the Gophers one way or another next season, ...

  Notre Dame starts a new era under the helm of Mr. Brian Kelly. Brian Kelly is an extremely successful college coach and at the end of Charlie Weis’s tenure, it was seen as the perfect remedy for Notre Dame worst malady: Notre Dame has not produced a National Champion team since 1988.   Brian Kelly has a proven winning record. There is no program he has touched that has not jumped from ignominy to first page. After taking the ...

First, allow me to say that I find the NCAA's sanctions against USC to be excessive, unprecedented and unfair. I agree with the 2 year postseason ban, because Reggie Bush not only played in those games, but helped them reach them. (For USC fans to talk about what a great player that Reggie Bush was - better than Vince Young for instance - on one hand and then claim that they would have won all ...

Anyone familiar with the Wisconsin Badgers football program over the past few years knows that, barring last year's unexpected 10-3 season, the team has consistently failed to live up to expectations. After inheriting former head coach Barry Alvarez's recruits, current coach Bret Bielema had a wildly successful 2006 campaign in which the Badgers went 12-1 and finished No. 5 in the coaches poll. Perhaps that set the bar too high. In the next year, Bielema guided Wisconsin ...

The NFL is entering its "Final League Year" in which the current collective bargaining agreement ends in March 2011, and 2010 may very well be the last NFL season without a rookie salary scale. What does this mean for former Sooner QB Sam Bradford? He may very well go down as the highest paid rookie ever, forever, or at least an extremely long time.  There is little doubt the players' union wants to create a full rookie ...