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Smart Or Not? A Junior's Decision w/ Tiree Eure, TE, Minnesota
Tiree Eure and his siblings were raised by their Mother in Plainfield, New Jersey, where Tiree could only dream of one day playing in the NFL. Eure a 6’6, 265 pound Tight End was in tremendous shape and had done a tremendous job at marketing his name. After a good junior year, the sure handed...
Gameday - Open Thread
We'll put one up for the Texas Longhorns - Texas tech Red Raiders game too. Please feel free to toss up comments about games going on today. I'll start with Brandon Carter's twitter feed: @BCSLAM Chapter in our book of how the red raiders became champions. Don't count us out or take us lightly....
Ohio State Shows Guts; No Glory in Loss to Kansas
Early Saturday afternoon, Ohio State's worst fears were realized when the university confirmed shortly before tip that OSU star Jared Sullinger would not play against Kansas. While the game produced flashes the Buckeyes could win a brutal road test for the gipper, the Jayhawks had other plans. The...
Ohio State Leaves Duke Feeling Blue
COLUMBUS -- In victory, Duke left Maui feeling tired, bruised and bloodied. However, Tuesday evening, that was no match for the shape the Blue Devils were in after leaving Ohio. Ohio State (7-0) dominated Duke (7-1) from opening tip to final buzzer, 85-63, for a convincing win in the ACC-Big Ten...
Buckeyes Survive Early Gator Bite
For nearly 10 minutes Tuesday night, Florida looked like it was prepared to do unto others as it had done unto them last season. Ohio State, however, refused the taste of its own medicine. In the Global Sports Shootout, as part of ESPN's fourth-annual college hoops marathon, the Buckeyes overcame...
Broken But Not Broke: Corrupting College Sports
In 1952, though nearly a half-century old, the NCAA was just becoming a burgeoning organization. It wielded minimal power of enforcement and lacked a central headquarters of operation. The NCAA Tournament, in fact, was only then entering its adolescence. For the first 13 years of existence, it...
Bridgeport and Prospect Roundup 4/3
It was another good week for Bridgeport, at least in comparison to earlier in the season as they went 2-2 again this week. It also included great play by Mikko Koskinen who backstopped both wins this week while only letting in 7 goals on 97 shots across 3 games. Brian Day put up his second goal...
Redskins Show Interest in QB Jerrod Johnson at East West Shrine Game Practices
Alfie Crow, the lead editor for SB Nation's Jaguars website, Big Cat Country, has been attending all the practices for the East West Shrine game in Orlando, FL, this week. Crow sent an email to all the SBN bloggers listing all the teams and their interests, and I noticed the Redskins were not...
Good Hands Roadside Rivalry Road Trip: An Icy Trip To Boston College For The Cavaliers
The first Virginia road game I attended was against Michigan at the Big House in 1995. I'm not sure that counts, though. The "road trip" was a mile walk from my parents' house to the stadium, I could not believe that UM went down 17-0 to Virginia (who?), and we walked home with a feeling of relief,...
Boston College Gives Cavaliers Early Exit from ACC Tournament
The third-seeded Virginia women's soccer team was bounced in the first round of the ACC Championships, falling to Boston College in the tournament for the second consecutive year, 1-0. The Cavaliers, ranked fifth in the nation, fall to 13-4-2 and await their NCAA Tournament fate, as the field of 64...
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