http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/ The all college sports slog (sports blog) of CSTV: College Sports Television. en-us 2003-10-31T11:37:03-05:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/how_the_mighty_.html Watching BYU get spanked by Boise State (Boise State???) last night had me thinking about the group of once-proud, nationally prominent football programs currently suffering through embarrassingly sub par seasons. Take the Cougars, who surrendered not one, but TWO safeties... Football Eric Handler 2003-10-31T11:37:03-05:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/rutgers_to_the_.html Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to the future of Big East Football. According to published reports, this Tuesday the conference will formally announce its new additions. That means this is a list of the eight conference schools that will compete in... Football Chris Nagle 2003-10-30T17:10:09-05:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/a_hot_night_in_.html In one of the bigger upsets of the college football year, West Virginia laid a whuppin’ on Virginia Tech last week. There was a lot of outcry about events that occurred after the game, when the fans did the usual... Football Dan Moffitt 2003-10-29T18:02:57-05:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/notre_dame_nati.html How about a little Fighting Irish action that hasn’t lost its bite? Despite the disappearance of the WUSA and an earlier-than-expected semifinal loss for the U.S. national team at the Women’s World Cup, women’s soccer still has an unlikely set... Liz Paw 2003-10-28T13:06:25-05:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/what_a_shame_ru.html Well, Northern Illinois’ season is over. At least the Huskies got eight games into it before the rest of the schedule became meaningless. They certainly can count themselves as luckier then all of those programs that lost in week one,... Football Andy Elrick 2003-10-27T11:49:45-05:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/uncovering_diam.html Although practically everyone else in metro New York has been glued to the tube the past few weeks for the Yankees’ annual postseason run, my attention has been elsewhere, watching a different type of athletic drama unfold amidst the hustle... Football Eric Handler 2003-10-24T13:46:35-04:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/will_anybody_mi.html After hearing Mississippi State football coach Jackie Sherrill announce his retirement from football following this season, I started to take a look back at his career and the impact he has had on college football. The Texas A&M Code of... Football Chris Nagle 2003-10-23T14:34:13-04:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/random_rants_as.html The BCS rankings - college football’s version of the Earned Run Average – debuted for the season this week. Does anyone in his or her right mind know what goes into computing that number you see scroll across every poll... Football Dan Moffitt 2003-10-22T13:55:22-04:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/you_cant_spell_.html The first BCS standings came out Monday, which means five of the top seven teams in the country found out where they stand in the great race to play in absolutely meaningless bowl games. Meaningless? That may pass for blasphemy... Football David Seigerman 2003-10-21T11:05:39-04:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/ouch_the_coachi.html Another coach with two first names bites the dust. First Todd Berry at Army and now, after a 42-13 loss to Wake Forest, Carl Franks has been fired by Duke in a move that has been a long time coming.... Football Andy Elrick 2003-10-20T12:16:14-04:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/hardwood_heats_.html There is perhaps no better time of the year for college basketball coaches than right now. After erasing memories of "what could have been" last season, traipsing across the country hitting AAU tourneys, and re-jiggering rosters on paper, October arrives... Eric Handler 2003-10-17T11:46:34-04:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/could_mount_uni.html Sports are all about dynasties. From the New York Yankees to Notre Dame, from the Montreal Canadiens to Duke basketball and from the Boston Celtics to the Kenyon swimming program, leagues have always had their leaders. But sometimes, that dominance... Football Dan Kaufman 2003-10-16T15:56:24-04:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/the_dinosaur_co.html I happened to have caught quite a bit of the Notre Dame- Pitt game from this past Saturday night. The announcers spent a lot of time talking about how Ty Willingham used an open week to go back to simplistic... Football Dan Moffitt 2003-10-15T15:09:38-04:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/norman_baited.html Think Oklahoma can’t be beaten? Think again. The best Sooners team in history is about to lose for the third time. I’m not talking about the 2003 Sooners, who appear to be helmet-and-shoulder pads above their peers. I’m talking about... Football David Seigerman 2003-10-14T18:58:21-04:00 http://slog.blogs.com/cstv/2003/10/boston_college_.html Fans of the Big East have had a rough couple of months, but it looks like it might finally be over. On Sunday, just four months after voting not to include the Eagles in their expansion plans, members of the... Andy Elrick 2003-10-13T15:30:35-04:00