The Back Drop: Head coach Brian Kelly certainly had “Irish eyes smiling” in 2012, as Notre Dame capped off their first undefeated regular season since 1988.  Back at the onset of the season, very few prognosticators (including yours truly) gave the Fighting Irish a chance to appear in a BCS Bowl game, let alone run [...]

The Good Noteworthy Performance: Butler Defeats #1 ranked Indiana Hoosiers (88-86) Mark off yet another marquee non-conference victory for head coach Brad Stevens and the Butler Bulldogs.  Weeks after stunning North Carolina at the Maui Invitational, the Bulldogs picked up a monumental win over the top ranked Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday.  Butler received strong performances [...]

The Good Noteworthy Performance: Defeated #11 Creighton Bluejays (83-70) Head coach Leon Rice and the Broncos appear ready to make great strides in 2012-13.  A year removed from a 13-17 season (3-11 in Mountain West), the Broncos have jumped out of the gates early this season with an impressive showing versus Michigan State (4 point [...]

The Good Noteworthy Performance: Won the Puerto Rico Tip Off Tournament What a start to the season for head coach Travis Ford and the Cowboys.  Okie State dismantled the likes of Akron, Tennessee, and the 6th ranked Wolfpack of NC State in route to their tournament win in Puerto Rico.  Strong defense was the theme [...]

Quick Hits (The Unbeatens) #1 Kansas State (10-0, 7-0 Big 12) vs. Baylor (4-5, 1-5 Big 12) +13, 74 O/U In their 36-35 home win last season, the Wildcats defense limited the Bears to just 429 yards of total offense.  That was 158 yards below their season average.  No offense to Baylor senior quarterback Nick [...]

With the presidential election upon us, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to roll out our college basketball preview.  I know what you’re thinking, what in the heck does the presidential race have to do with college basketball.  Well, nothing really, so you got me there.  But for the sake of argument, I [...]

1st Down Storylines: The high octane Aggies invade Davis Wade Stadium to do battle with a much improved Bulldogs squad.  Aside from close losses to Florida and LSU, A&M looks like one of the stronger teams within the SEC in 2012.  Freshman Johnny Manziel leads an offense that scored at will last week versus Auburn, [...]