. . . is alive and well. Georgetown’s dismantling of UConn is evidence enough that U of L has a mighty ways to go to become competitive in the Big East. The Hoyas take no prisoners. Thompson the Younger’s teams are as tough as Thompson the Senior’s were. Except for one thing. They do it [...]
Category Archives: Big East
Who Deserves To Be Kicked????
December 25, 2008 – 10:59 am
So riddle me this. The leading vote getter on the All-State football team is Bell County’s Monte Merrick. He punts. He place kicks. He’s the best at that in the state. One of the best in the country.
So, let’s say there’s a local school that really really really needs help at the kicker spot. Like, [...]
As Good As It Gets
December 20, 2008 – 6:31 pm
Okay, against Tubby’s Golden Gophers, the Cards played like the travel weary, leadership bereft, saavyless squad they are proving to be. And, in my Joey the Vig Bowl Pool, Fresno State laid down at the end against Colorado State.
But, it’s overtime now in Seattle. UConn and Gonzaga are playing a tournament worthy game. And Gus [...]
The Earl of Earl
December 18, 2008 – 11:35 pm
Yes, Cards fans love E5. His performance against Ole Miss explains why a grown man in town with a red Mini Cooper would name it for his favorite current Card, so designated with “Earl” displayed on front and back bumpers. Okay, guilty as charged. Blush.
The playah with a sixth grade voice and a manly man’s [...]
Dead Man Walking, Hoops Division
December 11, 2008 – 12:41 pm
Seton Hall’s Bobby Gonzalez — dubbed Psycho G by one national pundit — is already on Big East and school probation. He was suspended last spring for this season’s first conference game because of statements he made after a Rutgers game last year.
It is a known fact that he got in a fistfight with one [...]
An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse . . .
December 10, 2008 – 10:20 pm
. . . even had I wanted.
Joey the Vig is back from Hawaii. Where he and his bride enjoyed the tropical pleasures on my dime. You may recall Joey is the Nathan Detroit-type fellow who periodically sends his “associates” to visit me, with very convincing arguments why I must participate in one of any number [...]
Take Him Down
December 10, 2008 – 8:58 pm
My least favorite player in college hoops — it’s not even close — is Eric Devendorf. The punk plays for Syracuse again after sitting out most of last season with some sort of injury. Perhaps fractured ‘tude.
Anyway it seems as if he punched a Syracuse coed in the face. The Syracuse Judicial Board recommends that [...]
Marketing the Cardinals
December 8, 2008 – 10:21 am
The fellow sitting next to me at Freedom Hall for the last couple of U of L games is a nice, interested, inquisitive sort. Earnest. Asks a lot of questions which I, an authority on all matters in my own mind, am willing to answer whether I know the answer or not. Turns out he’s [...]
Bowling for Dollars
November 18, 2008 – 9:56 am
It’s that time of the year when pigskin pundits prognosticate which teams will participate in which bowl games. Thus can be deduced which four or five major conference schools will be left at home, without even a trip to Shreveport or Toronto to satisfy the fan base.
Most scribes are predicting a return trip to Music [...]
Bowling for Dollars
November 3, 2008 – 5:53 pm
Those thought provoking bowl projections are starting to trickle in.
Where do the know it alls have the Cats headed? To UK’s usual spot down Nashville way in the Music City Bowl. There are worse ways for Big Blue fans to spend a December’s Day.
Like all the days that month will be spent by U of [...]