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Citrus Bowl IV: Those Were The Days

Yes, it's after 11:00 pm EST and I'm just now remembering to publish Those Were The Days. Hey, it gives you two things to read in the morning. You can read the SOC and you can read what Detlef thought about the 1994 Liberty Bowl.

Momentum

This one…was never in doubt. Chicago State is quite simply one of the worst teams in college basketball. This is evident by record - they are one of only three winless teams in D-1 college hoops (Jackson State, Canisius, and Alcorn State are the others), and this is evident

Citrus Bowl III - Craig Has The Scout, South Carolina

Coming Up Who: South Carolina Gamecocks When: 2:00 pm – December 31st, 2024 Where: Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL How: ABC Opponent Primer: Head Coach: Shane Beamer. Shane Beamer took over South Carolina in the same cycle that brought Bielema to Illinois. Beamer got his start as player for his

Citrus Bowl II - Tampa & Orlando

First off, let me just get this out of the way. I had heard before that the Orlando airport was the worst pickup/dropoff airport in the country. And with one pickup trip, I can assure you that this is the case. Some airports are bad because of the layout

Citrus Bowl I - Light The 'I'

I'm driving to Orlando right now. I mean, I'm not driving – it's my wife's turn – but I'm en route to Orlando right now. There's a pillow on my lap and my laptop on the pillow and my fingers

Worth It

You know my history with this game. And if you don't know my history with this game... you don't really want to know my history with this game. I'll give you an overview (believe it or not, there are 400 new subscribers in 2024

The Fourth Quarter

See, I threw you off, didn't I? You saw the post title and you saw the photo and you were like "hey Robert why did you attach a basketball photo to what is clearly going to be a football post talking about the fourth quarter of football

Where Do We Stand? December 17th

From one set of NERDstats directly into another. Posts beginning with "So..." are so November 2024. It's December, so it's time to evaluate Where We Stand every week. First, your reminder of why I use the term "NERDstats." It comes from the

The Focus

Maybe this is the moment. Perhaps this is my big "college sports are just professional sports now" realization. I've received the exact same scolding so many times – "Robert, when are you going to realize that your 'these are kids playing for their school'

The SEC And The B-One-G

This will be a short article (I promise!). I just finished sending out a newsletter, I have about another hour here in this hotel room (I joined my wife on a quick trip and we return in the morning in plenty of time for the Tennessee game because nothing ever

Maturity

It's been this staple of how I watch college basketball games for decades. Or perhaps I should say "how I watch college basketball seasons." Especially during conference play. The more games a player has under his belt the more of a calming influence that player will

Pulling Our Weight

It's very important to me that everyone understands the significance of all of this. Many of you (most of you) are college basketball fans first and you might need a football-fan-first guy like myself to explain the significance. Maybe you haven't followed all of the changes

House of Horrors

Not gonna lie - my immediate post game mood was pretty dark. Three consecutive losses here at Welsh-Ryan Arena - including the last two in overtime - will get you there pretty quick. I was ready to attack my keyboard with all manner of rage and fury as I contemplated

Reflections

I was at the Smith Center yesterday for the Signing Day press conference. And something about being there – something about walking the halls – took my brain out of "during the season" mode and put me in "reflect back on the season" mode. I watched some game