September 2007 - Posts
“Setback Saturday” brought sadness to Norman, Gainesville, Austin, Eugene and Providence. Yeah, that’s right, Providence … or more specifically, an office on Richmond Street in Rhode Island’s capital that the Big East Conference calls home.
Leagues don’t root for any of its members over another, but Louisville’s early-season collapse, which included a shocking loss to Syracuse and South Florida’s 21-13 victory over West Virginia on Friday didn’t work in favor of the Big East. And, as if that weren’t enough, on Saturday, ACC also-ran Maryland went to Piscataway and left with a 34-24 victory over Rutgers.
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If he played back in the old days, Rutgers’ Ray Rice would have a kick-ass nationally-known nickname. So would West Virginia’s duo of Slaton & White, and Cal’s dangerous DeSean Jackson. Even the LSU defense would have received a wicked moniker.
But the old days have been replaced by the digital age, in which colorful nicknames aren’t needed for players televised on every given Saturday and discussed 24 hours a day on the Internet.
There’s no need for Grantland Rice to paint the picture of “The Four Horsemen” leading the way for Notre Dame. Or for Warren Brown to vividly describe “The Galloping Ghost” to those who were not fortunate enough to see Red Grange play in person for Illinois.
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While still trying to figure out why Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy got so riled up by Jenni Carlson’s column on Bobby Reid, I’m here to pose this week’s 20 questions:
Why is ranking the conferences such a necessary thing these days? I mean, seriously, isn’t coming out with new “one-through-six” each week nothing more than senseless regional chest banging? Everyone with half a brain knows that what Les Miles said before the season was off base, so can’t we all just move along and get back to discussing Notre Dame’s woes?
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College students typically reach for a greasy brunch to ward off the effects of a hangover. There are no clinical studies to prove that it works, but if nothing else you think it does and that’s often good enough.
Hangovers caused by tough losses are an entirely different animal and college football coaches have been desperately seeking the remedy for decades to no avail.
Surely the top minds at the University of Louisville are working overtime to cure what ails their football team. But it’s already too late.
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