Expansion Apocalypse: Is Nine Enough?
TweetOn November 3, 2010, the Big East voted to expand the football side of the conference to 10 members. Internet chatter recently has focused on who a tenth member would be. People wondered, “if not...
View ArticleExpansion Apocalypse: Countdown to 2015
TweetThere are 14 days left until 2015, at least for Villanova football. According to an article by Mike Kern, if Villanova football’s status with the Big East conference is not resolved by June 1...
View ArticleTeam Final: Philly’s Most Eligible Recruits
TweetMost AAU basketball teams group kids into age groups. Older players can’t play in the younger brackets, but younger players are free to compete at older levels. For Philadelphia-based Team Final,...
View ArticleThe Father of Villanova Football
TweetAndy Talley has three children: a son, a daughter and a football program. He wasn’t the first football coach on the Main Line, but going into his 27th year and 26th season, he has held the longest...
View ArticleThe Pitino Proposal: Between the Lines
TweetRick Pitino was publicly displeased with the Big East schedule handed to his Cardinals a few weeks ago. Naturally, then, Pitino has concocted a solution to the perceived problem on his website....
View ArticleExpansion Apocalypse-Championship Subdivision
TweetThe winds of change are blowing throughout college sports and it isn’t just the BCS conferences that are caught up in the storm of realignment. In a football-driven universe, the FCS powerhouse...
View Article“Addressing” Big East Expansion
Tweett was announced this morning by the Big East flacks that commissioner Marinatto would take the podium and speak to the assembled reporters about a number of topics — expansion included. The...
View ArticleExpansion Apocalypse: SECession
TweetLast summer, when Big XII instability seemed ready to wreak havoc on that conference, the schools worked out their differences, realized their collective value, and moved on as a 10-school group,...
View ArticleHistory: The Sinful Seven
TweetPrior to 1948, there were no real regulations to enforce the “amateurism” of college athletics. Schools and their boosters offered all sort of benefits to high school stars in order to convince...
View ArticleThe Cost of Pay-for-Play: Can they afford it?
TweetFor a number of athletics programs, the cost of an additional $2,500 to $3,500 per athlete seem small until you recognize that Title IX and other regulatory concerns would likely leave schools...
View ArticleReading Tea-Leaves Made of Pigskin
TweetThere is no getting around it: Villanova football was embarrassed by Temple last week. Bernard Pierce broke some big runs and Mike Gerardi was barely challenged by a five-man secondary. The ‘Cats...
View ArticleThe Joe Paterno I Remember
TweetBob reminisces about his childhood experiences with the late Vince Lombardi and Joe Paterno, long before JoePa’s incredible legacy was squandered by what some believe was a profound lapse of...
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