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It’s the endless debate in college football: To playoff or not to playoff? And if to playoff, how to playoff? Still with me? Good, because another entity has thrown its opinion into the ring and that’s the Mountain West Conference. I’ll pardon your look of bewilderment, but yes there is a Mountain West Conference.
USA Today reports that the of...
In a thinly veiled attempt to appeal to the college demographic, Spike TV is producing a football-themed comedy series based on the wonders of NCAA football.
The show, entitled “Blue Mountain State,” follows three freshmen attending a college by the same name in the Midwest who must “quickly adapt to college life and juggle football, girls, cl...
UCLA Bruin basketball fans were steaming after a 55-52 loss to Michigan last night. The Bruins fully expected to win and play Duke tonight, but no such luck. It could be that we have so many young players, a lot of freshmen starting, and we've played a sloppy season thus far.
“You have to give Michigan all the credit,” said coach Ben Howland. “...
Projected Obama-style playoff based on predicted outcomes...
With president-elect Barack Obama jumping into the dialogue on college football, it certainly has led to a whirlwind of “what-if” scenarios at this point in this exciting season (if Michigan State is ranked in the BCS... it truly IS exciting!). We can lead off this conversation wit...
Bruins came out last night to appear on FSN’s “Lexus Gauntlet Live.” The taping took place in Bruin Plaza; the location of each week’s taping alternates between USC and UCLA.
And apparently, we have more spirit than our Trojan neighbors.
The Lexus Gauntlet is a sports competition sponsored by Lexus. It features a SoCal competition between U...
Athletes aren’t exactly known for their brains, but how exactly do some of these jocks make it into school at all? With string pulling, of course.
The only actual requirement for college athletes is that they meet the NCAA eligibility level. While the NCAA uses a sliding scale, eligibility for freshmen is based on GPA and standardized tests. T...
Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard has an impressive stockpile of celebrity, athlete, fan photos, and as always, check out their daily “Hot Clicks.”
Co-ed Magazine’s Hunter College blogger, Andrew, explained why The Smile Train’s ad campaign featuring children with cleft lips isn’t working.
Over at College Candy, University of Michigan blogg...
NCAA claims their hands are tied. Despite pressure to ban beer ads during NCAA games, the organization has decided to let their current policy stand.
The NCAA was feeling the heat after college presidents called the beer ads during this year’s basketball tournament “embarrassingly prominent.”
But unsurprisingly (we are talking about more mo...
Get ready to enter a land of make-believe, where heroes triumph and villains fall. I’m not talking about fairytales, but rather fantasy sports.
More than 25 million people play fantasy sports each year and now all of these fanatics will have a new object of obsession: Fantasy College Sports.
The WSJ.com reports that, although CBSSports.com la...
Yesterday, baseball fans around the country sat through, and struggled to stay awake during, the longest All-Star Game in Major League Baseball history. Fifteen innings later, the American League emerged victorious once again.
This feat of endurance and extreme lengthiness got us at OTR thinking about other utterly-too-long records. As a resul...
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