NCAA Basketball Championship Game: UCONN, Butler and Emotions Collide

The NCAA Basketball Championship Game is tonight. Usually, when giving out championship predictions, I have no fear about what we’re projecting. I try to use the numbers and our perception of the game to come to a decision, and we let the chips fall where they may. However, this game is different. This game is [...]

Reggie Bush loses Heisman…is that enough?

First, let me be as transparent as possible. I am a huge fan of the Texas Longhorns, and I thought Vince Young deserved the Heisman in 2005, and I think he proved that during the season before the voting, and after the voting in the National Championship game. But that’s neither here nor there. The [...]

College Football: #10 Virginia Tech vs. #3 Boise State

The 2010 College Football season is here, and each and every week we will preview the biggest game of the week. In the opening week of the season, the biggest game takes place in Landover, MD, where the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Boise State Broncos will face off in a battle that keeps the [...]

So the Big 12 Isn’t Dead?

Forget the NBA summit that is alleged to be on the docket for the slew of NBA Free Agents set to hit the market this summer, it was the Big 12 that brokered a true summit of some of sports and television’s most influential minds. ESPN.com is reporting that a who’s who of sports, media [...]

Where Texas Goes, So Goes the Super Conference

Is all of this college football conference manipulation making your head go crazy? Well, it should be, because it’s driving us insane. Then again, we saw this coming a long time ago. The second the Big Ten started inquiring about the acquisition of another team or two to its conference was the very second everybody [...]

TSW Podcast: Big Ten Expansion, Dwight Howard & Andre Johnson

In today’s episode of TheSportsWatchers Podcast: A while ago, I read an article pointing out how “the money” would eventually lead to Texas joining the Big Ten as a part of the Big Ten expansion efforts. The article made all kinds of sense, it just never seemed practical. I also read another piece, last fall, [...]