Archive for July, 2010
Uh, folks, can I have your attention? I am sure everyone here is aware that my name is Larry Scott, and I called this gathering of the conference ADs so we can begin the discussion about how we’re going to align the conference next year when Colorado and Utah join us for what I believe will ...
Jul 27th, 2010
There is consensus among college basketball coaches about how many other coaches are cheating: Everybody does it but me. Which, of course, translates to the conclusion that either 100 percent of coaches cheat or 0 percent cheat, with no plus or minus margin of error. OK, not all of them said everyone was cheating, but ...
Landry Fields was the most impressive. Jeremy Lin benefited the most. Omar Samhan turned some heads. Jerome Randle should look for work in Europe. Those interested in a concise report on how local players did in the NBA summer league may digest those sentences and get on with their day. Of course, anyone interested in how ...
The Chancellor’s Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics came up with some interesting numbers regarding the fiancial woes of the Cal athletics program when it released its report the other day. Normally we don’t care much for numbers. Colleges offer classes in “How to Lie With Statistics,” and you can prove and suggest virtually anything you want if you ...
Ranking the Pac-10 football coach is difficult, except when it comes to the No. 1 spot.
USC is sort of the Lindsay Lohan of college football. It just can’t stay out of the news, and usually it’s not the kind of publicity a marketing firm recommends. It’s easy to pile on the Trojans these days, and because we always follow the path of least resistance, we will jump on top. Besides, ...
With the stroke of a pen – or one click on a computer or one nod of the head or whatever was required to grant Josh Owens official clearance on Monday – Stanford suddenly has one of the deepest and most athletic frontcourts in the Pac-10. Now, before you start buying your Final Four tickets, ...
We are going to make a case for a guy being in the Pro Football Hall of Fame even though he has never started an NFL game, never scored a point, is on the field for only a handful of plays every game and is probably unknown to most of you. How can that be, you may ...