Tag: ncaa

  • March Madness: one champion, but many winners

    March Madness: one champion, but many winners

    It’s the start of one of the most beloved traditions in the American sports calendar: March Madness. We’re a little bit past the midpoint of the first day. There have already been some upsets. Many people already probably have a team (or two) who they thought would go deep into the tournament already headed home.…

  • What great coaches can teach us about life

    Relentless effort (not talent or intelligence) is the key to achieving great things in your life. Struggle is part of the process. It is hard and often painful. But it’s also necessary, because it’s in the struggle that great things are achieved. -Urban Meyer, in Above the Line Tonight, one of the greatest college football coaches…

  • Urban Meyer keeps job, but is it worth the cost?

    I’ve gone back and forth on the Urban Meyer story. When I initially heard about it, I thought it was blown out of proportion but studied it in greater detail and thought it would result in Meyer’s termination. But I continued to dig and more information came out and I started to think that Meyer…

  • 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.