Nov 27
Of all the coaches who stepped down from their posts over the past 72 hours or so, Houston Nutt commanded the biggest spotlight with his refusal to return to the Arkansas Razorbacks. It’s worth looking back on a 10-year career that will be discussed for some time to come.
It wasn’t, isn’t, and probably never will be easy to agree when assessing the quality of Houston Nutt’s decade in Fayetteville as the Boss Hog. The man who once quarterbacked for Frank Broyles–just before the legend stepped away from the sideline and joined Keith Jackson in the broadcast booth–fashioned a body of work that fragmented a fan base and perplexed every passionate Pig partisan at some point in time. Detractors and supporters alike were never too comfortable over the past ten years, because Houston–while not a tough Nutt to crack–was certainly a tough Nutt to get a handle on.
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Nov 27
No matter what happens, all I can say is THANK YOU OREGON for giving Moos the boot and promoting some prominent “yahoo” booster to be your A.D. With quotes like this, how can we not feel fortunate that Moos is acting as the headhunter in all this?? From Blanchette’s column today:
By Monday evening, Moos had been in contact with nearly a dozen potential candidates.
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Nov 27
What: Bucknell (1-4) at Binghamton (0-4)
Where: Events Center, Vestal, N.Y.
When: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, 7 p.m.
Radio: WVBU 90.5 FM and SportsJuice.com
Game Notes
With a Victory Over Binghamton, Bucknell Would…
► Defeat Binghamton for the second consecutive year
► Avoid its first 1-5 start since 2004-05
► Avoid its first 0-4 road start since 2004-05
► Snap a three-game losing streak in New York State
► End a six-game losing streak in games played away from Sojka Pavilion
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Nov 27
2010 Mascots
SURREY, B.C. – Organizers of the 2010 Winter Games have turned to British Columbia’s myths and legends for a trio of mascots.
Quatchi is a young sasquatch with a long brown beard and blue earmuffs, while Miga is a snowboarding sea-bear – part killer whale and part kermode bear.
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Nov 27
It was the kind of gaffe that makes the boredom of a Fifa weekend worthwhile. As Sepp Blatter unveiled the new poster design for the 2010 World Cup on Friday, the 71-year-old Fifa president went off-script in a way that made even the automaton Swiss bureaucrats who run his organisation exchange glances of complete horror.
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Nov 27
ST KILDA full-forward Fraser Gehrig says his passion for another season in the AFL is “very strong” and admits his decision to retire earlier this year was hasty.
Gehrig, 31, was drafted by the Saints last Saturday after he contacted the club last week from Switzerland to tell officials he had unfinished business and wanted another season.
The dual Coleman medallist announced his retirement less than three months ago after playing 140 of his 255 games with the Saints and topping their goal kicking for five seasons.
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Nov 27
By: kristine
Sports are supposed to be good for children, combining play and fun with exercise. But child athletes may not be having fun anymore. Some are being trained to excel at a particular sport, often to compete at Olympic level. Others are pushed to excel at sports to gain a scholarship, fame and fortune as a professional athlete. To constantly be ready to compete at a high level can raise stress levels in these young athletes, and the stress parents, coaches and peers put on them may be too much.
Stress is an inevitable consequence of everyday life. As children are subjected to increasing amounts of stress, they experience more and more of its effects on their bodies, making them aware of the great rate of wear and tear they subject themselves to. Originally coined by Hans Selye in 1936, the term stress was defined by him as “the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change.” This means that we are all subjected to stress, but its effects on our bodies differ greatly from person to person, largely dependent on the gravity of and how we handle the stressful situation. It manifests itself in any number of physical or psychological symptoms that are often ignored by the child, parent or coach until it seriously affects their health. Children are especially vulnerable to stress because they lack the words to express their feelings adequately.
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Nov 27
The Colorado basketball team (3-2) begins a 90-mile tour of the Front Range Tuesday. The Buffs will travel to Denver to play the University of Denver (2-2) Tuesday evening (7 p.m. tip), then head to Colorado Springs and take on host Air Force (5-2) Thursday (7 p.m.). Inside, notes in advance of the road trip.
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Nov 27
Duke’s biggest win this season was against a previously undefeated, ranked team from Wisconsin.
Now, the surging seventh-ranked Blue Devils (6-0) look to knock off a similar foe from the Badger state when No. 20 Wisconsin visits Cameron Indoor Stadium Tuesday in the first-ever meeting between the programs as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
After beating then-No.
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Nov 27
Mike Sherman? While he could turn out to be great for Texas A&M, did the program have to hire him so quickly? Breaking down the coaching vacancies, next year’s Heisman race, the two stars left out of the Doak Walker Award voting, and more in the latest Cavalcade of Whimsy.
Fiu’s Cavalcade of Whimsy
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