Yale and Harvard, much like Cal Berkeley and Stanford, have a long tradition of pranking each other before their yearly football game. This year, Yale got off a great one. Several Elis (is that a dumb nickname for a college of smart people, or what?) dressed up as members of “The Harvard Pep Squad” and…

I’m not really sure what to make of this, but a guy who runs a pretty decent blog apparently works at ESPN.com and is soliciting opinions about Insider. He wants to know why you don’t subscribe. For me, I don’t because I just don’t like the idea of paying for web content. Let me rephrase…

Virginia jumped into the AP poll this week at number 24, meaning the ACC has seven ranked teams. That ties a record set three times before, once by the ACC and twice by the Big Ten. On note about this is that expansion has nothing to do with this, as obviously neither Miami nor Virginia…

I’ve bagged on Skip Bayless a few times on this site. I think he’s an attention-starved blowhard. I mean, good lord, the man’s on Cold Pizza every day! So, I’ve taken my shots at him. And he’s deserved them. It’s only fair then to point out when Bayless gets it right. His espn.com article on…

The sixth annual ACC – Big Ten Challenge gets underway tonight when Purdue pays a visit to NC State. Honestly, I should have put the word Challenge in quotations, “Challenge.” Is it really considered a challenge when one side wins every time? In five previous “challenges,” the ACC has won five times. The margins were…

Virginia played their annual rivalry game with Virginia Tech this weekend. This year’s game had unusual importance, in that it was not only a conference game this time, but the ACC title and a possible BCS bid was at stake (in part). It was a tight game for most of the contest, but late in…

Carolina looked impressive for the second game in a row last night against Tennessee. They built a 20 point lead in the first half, further rinsing out the bad taste left from their loss to Santa Clara. It’s too bad that Iowa beat Texas in the other semifinal. I was looking forward to a Tar…

Ron Artest just kills me. Kills me. If the various interviews yesterday weren’t enough, with his constant pimping of his new album and record label, this quote just, well … I don’t even know what to say about this one. Read to the bottom. BTW, do you think Artest spelled his company that way on…

This is becoming a running theme here. The SportsProf writes a great article about Joe Paterno and I link to it. Hey, it’s been a successful pattern, so I’m keeping it up.

Yoni found a story about something I’d never really heard of. It’s pretty surprising that this is such a secret, because evidently every D1 school has a similar program. Apparently, athletic departments have deals set up with car dealerships to provide coaches and their wives with new, free cars. In return, the dealers get season…