12 straight winning seasons. Nine straight years of 10 or more wins. Two National Championship appearances. One National Championship trophy. With all of those accolades, what the hell just happened in Austin, Texas? College football is full of parity, which makes the Longhorns run over the past 12 seasons something to marvel at. But almost as impressive is their dramatic fall from grace. 11 months ago Texas was in the National Championship game—today they are not ...

Well, here we are at the halfway point of this year's ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Originally a made-for-TV creation designed to gin up interest and ratings during college basketball's historically sleepy early season, the series has blossomed into a fairly high-profile chance for teams to boost RPI and pick up a non-conference scalp. Still, the series has traditionally been pretty lopsided, with the ACC holding a 67-41 advantage (or 10-1, if you go by years). But with the series currently at 3-2 with one game ...

As part of the ACC/Big Ten challenge this year, the Maryland Terrapins will head to University Park to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions. Both of these teams have a player who can put points up in bunches, but those scorers are not surrounded by as much talent. For the Terps that talented player is Jordan Williams. The 6'10", 260 lb big man is averaging a double-double so far this year at 17.4 ppg and ...

Jon Gruden won't deny it. ESPN has no comment on Gruden and the University of Miami. This much we do know: the "U" wants Gruden. But how mutual is that feeling? Jon Gruden was fired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after the 2008 season, following a second straight 9-7 finish. Gruden did win a Super Bowl in Tampa Bay, but many feel he did so using the talent assembled by Tony Dungy, who was the coaching ...

This time last season, Ralph Friedgen was living a nightmare. The Terps just finished the season 2-10, and the longtime support of the administration and fans was all but gone. His fate with the school was in doubt. Luckily he survived. Despite the results on the field in 2009, Friedgen deserved to keep his job. Better yet, he earned the right to rebuild the team.  The Terps were dreadful before his arrival, and in nine seasons, Friedgen ...

Ohio State did everything it could to help Florida State get a win tonight. The Buckeyes self-destructed in the second half and were dominated in the paint getting blocked left and right by the Seminoles. Thad Matta has gotten a courtside view of his team's biggest weaknesses this season: mental and physical toughness. Dallas Lauderdale has been the one lone big man who’s stayed around these past few seasons. His leadership and enforcer type of attitude was ...

Jon Gruden was said to be the next head coach of the Miami Hurricanes. This was the rumor that was hot and heavy for days after the university fired head coach Randy Shannon. However, SI.com's Peter King emphatically denied that this rumor was going to come to existence. In fact, Gruden himself released a statement denying it. Well, sort of. Now, the rumor seems to have caught fire again, as there is a report from Miami's Rivals.com site ...

We have finally reached the final week of College football's regular season.  For five conferences, that means division champions will be meeting to determine the undisputed conference champion.  While the SEC championship game has become a cash cow for the league, other conferences haven't been as lucky.  The Big XII has been hit and miss, while the ACC has struggled to even tickets for its championship game.  The MAC has a nice home at Detroit's ...

BCS Rankings Week 14 is up and I am a little put off by some of the teams in the BCS rankings. There are a few that are just a tad higher than they should be. I am hoping this evens out in the last week of regular season play. As teams get set to make their last argument before bowl season, I am hear to be a naysayer on ten teams that find themselves much ...

In sports, geography is often used to organize teams into conferences and divisions. So when TCU joined the Big East Conference this week, it raised a few eyebrows.   Geographically a team from Texas doesn’t belong in a conference that labels itself the Big East.  However the world of sports is filled with geographic misnomers, so what’s one more? Even before admitting TCU, the Big East was a geographic misnomer. It’s a bit of a stretch ...