Blogcritics Category: Sports: College

Institutions Must Show More Patience and Faith With Their Football Coaches

Jay Skipworth — Fri, 9 Jan 2009 10:34:52 EST

Institutions must show more faith and patience if they expect coaches to be more loyal to contracts.
Boston College followed through on a promise and fired Head Coach Jeff Jagodzinski if he interviewed with the NY Jets of the NFL. This instance, along with last year’s lawsuit of Rich Rodriguez by West Virginia, is some big steps by institutions to take back some control. Now, the institutions need to step up in the way they deal with...

Boston College Serves Notice To Jagodzinski, Coaching World

Jay Skipworth — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 11:33:09 EST

In the world of coach-in-waiting and contracts not worth the paper they are printed on, BC puts their foot down - hard.
It is about time that a major college football program put its proverbial foot down on the madness that is the coaching search. Really, this whole coaching carousal has been out of control for years. For those of you who missed it, Boston College told Head Coach Jeff Jagodzinski he will be fired if he interviews for the head coaching vacancy with...

Treehouse Fort Headlines For January 4: "Two Thousand? Oh, Wait"

Matthew T. Sussman — Sun, 4 Jan 2009 18:49:10 EST

The month-by-month retelling of 2008, coupled with Charlie Doherty's 2008 "What Were They Thinking" Grand Prize.
The following is a partial transcript of the January 4, 2009 episode of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort, which recapped the year in sports for 2008.Charlie Doherty's "What Were They Thinking" Award For The Year poll by twiigs.com Suss and Tuffy's Year In ReviewTuffy: In January, LSU beat Ohio State to become the first two-time BCS National...

Let's Use the AP to Fix the BCS Mess

Jay Skipworth — Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:43:28 EST

Maybe a permanent split between the BCS and AP is just what we need to fix college football.
While working through the College Football Bowl Season, I have heard a commentator (or five) mention that the Associated Press does not have to vote for the winner of the BCS game if the AP members are more impressed with say, Southern California or Texas. Then the college football season ended the first week of December and all of these bowls are...

Treehouse Fort Headlines For December 28 - "Receipt's In The Bag"

Matthew T. Sussman — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:01:00 EST

Teixeira to Yankees ... Boise State's no longer perfect ... "Brady Bundch" engaged ... and Charlie Doherty's "What Were They Thinking?"
The following is a partial transcript of the December 28, 2008 episode of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort.Tuffy: Mark Teixeira signed with the New York Yankees this week for eight years at a total of $180 million. The Yankees now own everything but righteous indignation about the Yankees. However, agent Scott Boras has scheduled meetings with the...

Staying Connected is Important to the Modern Era Fan

Jay Skipworth — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 07:34:27 EST

Part of a series on the modern era college football fan.
Connected. That is the best word to describe a number of modern college football fans. Much the same way political polling seems to provide a voice to the masses, message boards and blog sites give fans a chance to voice a ready-made opinion about a team, a player, a game, or a series of downs each time a game is played. Even when there is no game...

Treehouse Fort "What Were They Thinking?" Nominees For Week Of December 14

Charlie Doherty — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:53:57 EST

There was no Treehouse Fort show yesterday, but idiots ruled the sports world this past week nonetheless. Read/vote on the biggest ones.
On that rare occasion that the Treehouse Fort sports radio show takes a Sunday off, I refuse to let a week's worth of idiocracy in the sports world go without comment. Thus, enjoy another stellar list of nominees for my "What Were They Thinking" segment and poll. This week's list is mostly football-based but covers other areas,...

Bowl Games Worth Your Time

Jay Skipworth — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:33:05 EST

A preview of five bowl games worth watching.
It is time to clear off the space a late-night copy of Eddie & the Cruisers 2: Eddie Lives! is occupying on your DVR and get ready to capture a few of the better bowl games coming in the next few weeks (trust me, record these as the Arena Football League may or may not be around to satisfy your college-football junkie needs in the spring as it...

BC Sports Treehouse Fort Headlines For December 7 - "Green Christmas"

Matthew T. Sussman — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:35:23 EST

Bradford wins Heisman ... CC and AJ to NYY ... Web producer becomes NHL goalie ... and Charlie Doherty's "What Were They Thinking?"
The following is a partial transcript of the December 14, 2008 episode of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort.History was made at the Nokia Theater in Times Square as Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the second straight sophomore to win the prestigious award. He is living proof that all it takes to be successful is gifted...

Fixing the BCS (Without Using The P-Word)

Matthew T. Sussman — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:50:57 EST

Redistribute bowl payouts. Eliminate preseason polls. No more 6-6 bowl teams. And maybe a "Division I Bowl."
Last week I looked at the arguments against the BCS and attempted to tear each one up like a Facebook message from someone I don't know. That was not meant to conclude that the BCS is awesome. But it's too original of a brainchild to throw out the baby with the bathwater, and it doesn't make much sense to say "Boise State got...