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jones Top Ten 2011 Season in Review
Welcome to the first annual Jones Top Ten season in review. What follows replaces the annual bowl preview, largely because the bowl season sucks. Outside of a handful of games, any given Saturday during the conference season is more compelling than the almost endless exhibition of 7-5 versus 6-6...
Duke Should Have Listened to Bobby Knight
Washington Post columnist John Feinstein makes the case for Maryland hiring Mark Turgeon as their new basketball coach in today's column, but it is his lead that will create a case of Post Traumatic Syndrome for Longhorn basketball fans with a long memory. According to Feinstein, Knight wanted Duke...
Jeremiah Masoli is a Nutt
Looks like Jeremiah (which is Hebrew or Mexican for Yahweh exalts, which I'm pretty sure is a U2 song) is ready to ball for the Right Reverend Shotcallah and his Grove-going disciples. He was last seen being booted out of Oregon when he was... ...charged for his role in stealing a pair of laptop...
2009 Big Ten Coaching Grades - BB, Fitz, Dantonio
Here's part two of my coaching grades, still going in order. The big question here - Should coaches be given tons of credit for formulating cohesive passing games...or was a batch of improved quarterbacks the main reason? You want to talk about improving a passing game? Joe Tiller will teach you...
2009 Big Ten Coaching Grades - Tres, KF, JoePa
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2009 Memorable Milestones - November
Earlier this week we looked back at the moments that mattered in September and October. We chronicled a Top 10 upset that sprang new hope in West Lafayette, an overtime victory for the Spartans, and a last-second touchdown snare that gave Iowa its first 8-0 start in the program's 120 year...
Greg Jones staying at MSU for senior year: Not a smart move
"I'm excited to announce that I'm returning to Michigan State for my senior season," Jones said. "After the bowl game, I was leaning toward returning, but it was important for me to step back and do my homework in regards to the NFL Draft. The bottom line is that I greatly value the relationships...
Big Ten 2009: A trinity of sexy defenses as never seen before
The holy trinity of Big Ten defenses in 2009 (OSU, Iowa, PSU) were not exposed as frauds during bowl season, meaning their tremendous regular season success was even more impressive. Each squad was statistically exceptional (see below), allowing an amazingly low amount of yards. Three teams were in...
Two for the Road: Fry vs. Ferentz
In the course of six months in 1998 and 1999, then-athletic director Bob Bowlsby completely reshaped the Iowa sports landscape. Hayden Fry retired at the end of the 1998 season after the best 20 year period in Iowa football history. Dr. Tom Davis was forced out as head coach of the men's...
2009 Memorable Milestones - October
Yesterday, we started our post-season review by celebrating the sometimes magical, often merciless month of September in the Big Ten Conference. We remembered a heartbreaking Ohio State loss to USC, a season that was over almost before it began for Illinois, Tate Forcier's early promise, and the...
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