By Paul Gotham Setting: It's a Big East battle at the Wachovia Center as Mike Brey brings his Notre Dame Fightin' Irish (15-5/ 4-3) to the City of Brotherly Love for a conference showdown with Jay Wright's No. 3 Villanova Wildcats (18-1/ 7-0). Plot: Notre Dame sits tied for sixth place in the Big East three games behind Villanova. With a loss, the Irish could fall to 10th … [Read more...] about Notre Dame-Villanova: Tale Of The Tape
Archives for January 2010
NFL Splinters | Championship Sunday, 2010
By Paul Gotham Redemption Song Twenty-nine days ago, Jim Caldwell, Peyton Manning and the rest of the Indianapolis Colts endured a flock of boo birds amongst their fans at Lucas Oil Stadium. With home field advantage through the playoffs safely in hand, the Colts opted to rest their starters for the second half of their game against the New York Jets. Thus the Colts … [Read more...] about NFL Splinters | Championship Sunday, 2010
Duke Outlasts Clemson
By Paul Gotham Kyle Singler committed five turnovers. Jon Scheyer had three. The Clemson Tigers had almost as many turnovers as field goals. Just in case anyone forgot, the Blue Devils and Tigers reminded everyone that style points do not win a basketball game. Nolan Smith led the way as Duke outscored Clemson, 37-24 in the second stanza. The Blue Devils improved to 16-3 … [Read more...] about Duke Outlasts Clemson
The REAL National Championship ranking
By Wally Actually, there's apparently three ways to count college football national titles ... and whenever a team like Alabama wins a title and claims it's their 13th national title, you hear whispers in the crowd ... like "How is that possible?" "Really ... that many?" and "I thought this was only their 8th". And of course the Michigan Skunkbears ... er, uh, … [Read more...] about The REAL National Championship ranking
Rhode Island-Xavier: Tale Of The Tape
By Paul Gotham Setting: Atlantic 10 contenders crash at the Cintas Center when Jim Baron's Rhode Island Rams (15-2/3-1) tangle with Chris Mack's Xavier Musketeers (12-6/ 4-1). Plot: Both schools trail Temple (4-0) for the conference lead. Saturday evening's game is the only regular season meeting between the rivals. Sub-plot: Rhode Island and Xavier rank 15th and 16th … [Read more...] about Rhode Island-Xavier: Tale Of The Tape