Tulane Green Wave

What's in a name? For the schools of the Catholic 7 — Georgetown, St. John's, Villanova, Seton Hall, Providence, Marquette and DePaul — it's everything. With no maiden name to fall back on, the Catholic 7 members were forced to do the next...

All we ever hear is cynicism and criticism about the precarious state of UCF's new conference. We hear about how it is disintegrating right before our very eyes. We hear about all the defections and desertions. We hear how the new Big East UCF is...

If conference realignment has taught us anything, it's this. Believe nothing you hear, half of what you read and even after the news conference, hold your breath. More change is coming. So when Big East commissioner Mike Aresco, the featured speaker...

The mystique of Johnny Manziel has grown to the legendary status of Bigfoot or the chupacabra. He's the Paul Bunyan of college football, reaching almost an iconic status. His moniker — Johnny Football — even invokes an almost hero-like...

Now, it's just foolish dreaming. Wishful thinking. False hope. The time has come for the UCF Knights to vacate their state of denial and stop acting like everything is just fine with the Big East. They must accept reality, stop the membership...

SATURDAY'S COLLEGE FOOTBALL TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS ++++++++++++++++++++ || Whiparound Coverage || ESPNU11 a.m. || || Michigan@Ohio State || 2, 7Noon || || Ala.-Birmingham@Central Florida || 20, FCSNoon || || Kentucky@Tennessee || 50Noon || || Illinois@...

The exact timing of the Big East's imminent implosion is not particularly important. One outlet reported the news would hit Thursday. Another outlet reported it would not. The "big" news did not break, as it turned out, but it is breaking. College...

If the Big East football schools had shown a modicum of foresight over the years, if they had demonstrated any sense of committed leadership and the backbone to follow their own collective dream, we wouldn't be writing this in December 2012. But we are,...

An odd item happened this week in our state. No, I don't mean Dr. Phillips getting an invitation to join Conference USA and, besides, word on the street is that the Panthers turned them down. We are talking about a golf club in Miami Beach asking...

Running off at the typewriter … Hey, let's go Christmas caroling with the Lakers! Sung to the tune of "White Christmas": "I'm dreaming of a Dwight Christmas, Just like the ones L.A. now knows, Where the players conspired, To get the coach...

The Big East Conference hoped by adding Tulane and East Carolina, it would kick one through the uprights. However, just like poor ol' Charlie Brown, the Big East missed and fell flat on its back. How else can you describe the league adding Tulane and...

Old Dominion, through no fault of its own, is in a jam, and don't let anyone con you otherwise. The Monarchs can remain in a conference many believe is on life-support, or join a league of scattered wannabes that requires a premature upgrade to the...