by Wally As we head into the weekend, it's time to look at what Saturday's CFB menu offers. But first, a pretty good game was played last night at Virgina Tech where the Hokies came from behind against Georgia Tech. GT tied it up with about 2:30 to go, but left too much time as the Hokies won it with a last minute TD by a score of 28-21. VT is the ACC front-runner … [Read more...] about Casual Friday | 11/5/10
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College Sports and Balanced Excellence
by Wally What schools in the NCAA have displayed balanced excellence over the past 5 years? Well, it's actually pretty rare for Div 1 schools to be good in both "Glamor sports" (football and hoops) at the same time. In fact, it's extremely rare over the recent past. The actual question was "Which schools have finished in the AP Top 25 in both sports at least 3 times … [Read more...] about College Sports and Balanced Excellence
Casual Friday | 10/29/10
by Wally Happy Friday to members of The Pine. But before I go on, I just want to recognize the tragic loss of a young life which occurred at Notre Dame when a student, junior Declan Sullivan, was killed when the lift he was perched on while filming football practice was apparently blown over by strong winds. Accounts of the events leading up to the accident appear to … [Read more...] about Casual Friday | 10/29/10
We’re #1 !!!
by Wally Well, at least Notre Dame is getting the "college" part of college athletics right. (See article below.) Given Irish athletes' tendency to do very well in the classroom, the cynical part of me (admittedly, a large portion) suggests that ND should start The All-Academic Football Conference with the other members being Duke, Northwestern, Rice, Stanford, Wake … [Read more...] about We’re #1 !!!
Navy Torpedos Notre Lame
By Wally Just when you think Notre Dame football couldn't sink any lower, along comes Navy to put another hole in your submarine. No ... they actually blasted it into shreds. This is a new all-time low. It's one thing to lose a competitive game ... quite another to be humiliated in every aspect by a team full of players "not good enough" to be recruited by you. Sorry … [Read more...] about Navy Torpedos Notre Lame