I don’t like it when colleges are fired or step down in the middle of a season, barring health problems or scandals that are really distracting the team. Even with the most horrible season, I think it’s jolting to a team for a school to fire someone, and if a coach steps down mid-season, it says to me “I’m not committed and don’t believe in this team.”
Early this season, Western Illinois’ Don Patterson stepped down. I can’t fault him for the decision, as he’s battled tonsillar cancer in the past and is still feeling the effects, despite being cancer-free as …read more

Derrick Rose quickly went from the NBA’s 2009 Rookie of the Year (and the Chicago Bulls’ savior) to the center of an NCAA investigation into allegations that he had someone take the SAT test for him so that he could play at Memphis.
According to the Chicago-Sun Times, his high school grades were even altered to help him stay academically eligible.
The investigation has once again brought attention to the NBA’s age regulation rule, in which players have to be at least 19 years old in order to play professional basketball.
Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports, asks: “Why the heck did he have to …read more

It looks like John Calipari is inheriting the perfect situation at Kentucky.
First, Patrick Patterson withdraws from the NBA draft and decides to return to school. Then John Wall, the nation’s number one recruit and lighting-quick point guard, decides to sign with Kentucky.
I’m guessing that Coach Cal is chomping at the bit to get the 2009-2010 basketball season underway.
Even though Kentucky already signed Eric Bledsoe, another talented point guard, Wall is excited to compete for the starting position.
“Being able to play against Eric (Bledsoe) is a big plus,” he said, according to Rivals.com.
Duke, Miami and Florida were also at the top …read more

All 1’s, 2’s, and 3’s are still alive.  Gus Johnson still has a magnificent voice.  And CBS still stinks at switching to and from games.
Most Exciting Game
I can’t quite remember right now, that cbssportsline feed is off the hook good. However, I do not know if this is weird or normal, but I might have burned myself out these last two days. All the competitive games are running together in my mind as the same.  I will have to go with Siena v. Ohio State just because I remember the two extra sessions pretty well.   They’re fresh in my mind. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania native Ronald …read more

I’d just like to take a moment to congratulate the Memphis football team for their win over Marshall. It was a tough week, I know, and this win must mean a lot to Taylor’s family. Thanks for reminding the country what good college football is all about.

The world mourns with you, Memphis.Tomorrow night, Memphis will play against Marshall, with a moment of silence for Taylor, who was murdered it was is believed to be a targeted attack. College classes were canceled on Monday, and students’ dorms were locked down to prevent any non-student wanderers from getting into the campus buildings, just in case this violence was not isolated.I applaud Memphis’ decision to play. We can mourn the dead for years and still not cry enough tears. I didn’t know Taylor, but he was a football player. He would have wanted them to play; I feel …read more