This is one of the most surprising sentences you’ll ever read, “Vince Oghobaase, a 6-foot-6, 310-pound defensive tackle, committed to play football for the Blue Devils, choosing Duke over national powers Miami and Oklahoma.” In addition, “Scout.com ranks Oghobaase as the third-best player in the football-rich state of Texas.” I’m aghast. What happened? Maybe he…

This story just boils my blood. Students of Texas A&M (the one in College Station, not the basketball powerhouse in Corpus Christi) were camped out in line for tickets to the Cotton Bowl. Some students had been in line for days. In the middle of the night, while most in line were sleeping, a woman…

TheSabre.com has a very interesting interview up with former coach George Welsh. The article asks a series of questions about football strategy (about spread offenses, pulling guards and special play calls for a talent like Herman Moore) and the legendary coach gave some long, detailed answers. It’s good reading.

Chuck Amato’s football staff took yet another serious blow yesterday when associate head coach John “Doc” Holliday left to join Urban Meyer’s staff at Florida. It’s bad enough to lose a good coach, but the real damage could be in recruiting where Holliday was known as State’s chief Florida recruiting. As you know, the Wolfpack…

I always liked the way Dean Smith’s teams ran the secondary break. That may be because I had a coach once who was a big Dean fan and made that a big part of our offense. Somehow it didn’t work quite as well when we ran it… Anyway, over the years, as the Heels changed…

Each week “a panel of ESPN experts” picks their top 16 college basketball teams. This week, four of the five guys picked Illinois as their number one team, just like the regular polls did. The one dissenting voice? None other than Dick Vitale. But, at least he has some solid reasoning: The Jayhawks were impressive…

During Yoni’s vacation, a number of guest bloggers (including me) have been posting on his site. One recurring theme has been some egghead discussion of how to better evaluate player performance using non-standard statistics. There have been several posts on the topic, and they are pretty damn interesting (I never said I wasn’t a geek).…

The Sports Economist often posts interesting articles on the economic impact of sports stadiums on the surrounding communities. This is one of those topics that’s difficult to really follow closely because for one thing it’s kinda boring and another, it’s an emotional thing so it can be hard to get unbiased facts. This post shows…

The ACC is considering experimenting with instant replay for football next year. They aren’t yet sure what form the experiment would take. One obvious issue is that not all ACC games are televised. How would they ensure complete camera coverage in those games? Even if the ACC decides to go forward, they’d need to wait…

NC State running back TA McClendon has decided to leave school one year early and enter the NFL draft. It’s an interesting decision for TA. When he’s healthy, he’s as good as any back in the country (except maybe for Adrian Peterson or Reggie Bush). He’s a big, powerful runner who is hard to bring…