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A Jersey Guy: CFB Now a Year Round Sport
Time for some spring cleaning of our files in this COVID-laced athletic season. There was a time when college football could take a "time out'' in late spring, early summer when it would go into hibernation. Coaches would actually take vacations with their families. That quiet ...read more
Kentucky hires Liam Coen, 35, from the Rams to juice up the Wildcats offense. "You have to evolve."
Here is a good bar bet for all of you who think you know college football trivia: Who has coached the most seasons in Kentucky football history? If you said Paul “Bear” Bryant you would be wrong. Bryant coached for eight seasons in Lexington (1946-1953), winning an SEC ...read more
World Series Glory a Distant Memory for Fading Cubs
Cubs fans are very familiar with saying, ``Wait till next year.’’ The 108 years of solitude before the splendid 2016 season ended a world’s record World Series drought is testament to that. But this season seems destined to put an especially wrenching spin on that phrase. ...read more
A Jersey Guy: Free Agency On Its Way
Some things won't change or return to normal. Defending national champion Alabama will hold its annual spring game on Saturday and Coach Nick Saban will unveil another Top 5 championship contending team. The crowd at Bryant-Denny Stadium will only be at 50 percent of capacity ...read more
A Jersey Guy: UMass's Impossible Dream is Possible
For now, forget the names and concentrate on the story line. Semi nationally prominent college hockey program which has again skated its way into hockey's |Frozen Four national championship in round is devastated when COVID-19 testing knocked out four of the team's players, ...read more
Will Bo Nix improve under Mike Bobo? Can Emory Jones be an every-down quarterback?
What a difference a year makes. This time last year there was NO spring football practice because of COVID-19. Today, one SEC team (Missouri) has already completed Spring ball. Eight other schools will have their Spring games a week from this Saturday (April 17). Tennessee, ...read more
A Jersey Guy: Redemption for Baylor?
Comeback stories are always more fun to tell. The longer the journey, the more satisfaction garnered when you reach the top is the basic theme. So there it was for the entire world of college basketball to view on Monday night in Indianapolis. A pair of non blue-blood basketball ...read more
A Jersey Guy: A moment for the ages
They almost got it right. Stage the game 48 hours later, with the same drama, same type of ending and college basketball's one shining moment would have been perfect ending to an imperfect season. By now, anyone with a pulse regarding college basketball knows what happened at ...read more
A Jersey Guy: NCAA Still Living in Fantasy Land
Basic question. Should big-time college football and men's basketball be considered "amateur'' sports? It's not a new query and the line becomes less clear each year, especially with all the changes and havoc created by COVID-19 issues, with billion dollar revenue numbers being ...read more
Rankman: How Tommy Bonk Gave Us `Phi Slama Jama'
When UCLA made it to the Final Four on Tuesday with its tough win over Michigan, l couldn’t help but think of our TMG founder, Chris Dufresne, who was a huge Bruins fan. And then Chris’ son, Joey, reminded us on Twitter about a column Chris wrote about the man who coined the ...read more
UCLA Snuffs Michigan, Last Big Ten Chance
In like a lion and out like a lamb. That’s about the way March went for the Big Ten, too. With a Final Four berth on the line, the league’s last hope, Michigan, could not cope with UCLA’s Johnny Juzang (28 points on 11 of 19 shooting) or the Bruins’ defense. After Chaundee ...read more
A Jersey Guy: Who's Going to Beat Gonzaga?
Who's going to beat Gonzaga this season? I thought USC had a chance in Tuesday night's NCAA West Regional final in Indianapolis. I thought the Trojans tournament surge, their overall size, and defensive ability were logical reasons why an upset could take place. Silly me. Two ...read more
A Jersey Guy: Trojans are Ready for Epic Upset
The numbers suggest that this will be a historic college basketball season for factors beyond COVID-19 issues. With a maximum of three games remaining in what has thus far been a flawless (29-0) season, Gonzaga appears more than capable of becoming the first Division 1 men's ...read more
A Jersey Guy: Houston Bringing Back Memories of Phi Slama Jama
Having Houston as an Elite 8 and perhaps Final Four team, triggered memories of the last Houston team to make it to the Final Four, the 1983 version. It also rekindled thoughts of our buddy and TMG partner, the late, great Chris Dufresne who once again displayed his numerous ...read more
A Jersey Guy: Is Moser Ready To Move?
He is the "coach dejour'' in college basketball right now, the person with the right star power whose next move could make him the leader of the next group of super star college basketball coaches. A decade ago, the hottest "young'' coaches in college basketball were Brad ...read more
A Jersey Guy: And Then There Were (Final) Four
Will we have chaos and confusion or will the Final Four be a Chalk City, with a collection of high-seeded blue-bloods? That's what we will learn in Indianapolis in the next five days as the Sweet 16 shrinks to The Final Four. Let's take a look, region by region. West Regional No. ...read more