Josh Benner

Tag: football

  • Challenges of the Thai soccer team’s rescue

    It’s an incredible story. A group of 12 boys in Thailand, accompanied by their soccer coach are trapped in a cave. The boys ages range between 11-16. They had gone into a cave as part of a team initiation ritual. Then the waters came. The group was forced further into the cave. But the waters…

  • The thrill of victory, the excuses of defeat

    I’ve seen articles from several of the leading sports websites talking about last night’s college football national championship game. The argument goes that Alabama benefited from poor officiating.

  • Harbaugh, practice film: what sportsmanship is and isn’t

    Fairness. Last weekend, the college football season began as Hawaii and Cal played a game in Sydney, Australia. This week, Cal is off while Hawaii plays in Ann Arbor, MI against the Wolverines. For the Wolverines, they’ve had a chance to see Hawaii play a game. Hawaii enters this game with no such luxury and…

  • 2015 National championship preview

    I was pretty confident that Ohio State was going to beat Alabama. To me, Oregon is much more of a toss up. But I look at the Bucks and I can’t count them out. This team is special. They have great chemistry. Guys have stepped up when they’ve needed to.

  • Sugar Bowl preview

    12 years ago this week, Ohio State played the national championship game against a Miami team that everyone thought would win. The Hurricanes looked invincible, coming into the game on a 34 game winning streak. The Buckeyes were 13 point underdogs but managed to be competitive where they pulled it off in overtime. When a…