Michael Lewis Created a Monster
Mark Schlabach does his thing with Mike Leach for the Worldwide Leader, and it is, not surprisingly, pirates galore. Not that there's anything wrong with that (well, except the Margaritaville bit....
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Take FIU...Please
No one can accuse SMQ of piling on the underdog: I'm an avowed mid-major fan who last year devoted 1,500 words and a running weekly item to Florida International, which stands at 1-3 as a favorite...
The Nouveau Riche: Missouri
The Norm. To say Missouri was in a rut during Gary Pinkel's first six seasons would be an understatement. In fact, it goes back quite a bit farther than that: Missouri's last conference title was...
I Was Wondering...
Here's a meta, philosophical question out of the break: what are we refering to, exactly, when we say a player or a team is 'consistent'?This is basically asking, 'What makes a player good?' since,...
Back Soon (For Real This Time)
This week is bearing down like Planet X's unstoppable gravitational pull as it shifts the axis of the planet and turns sweet waters bitter. Back to rap at y'all Monday.
Drafting vs. Recruiting Stars (As If There's a Difference)
Another quick thing on the draft before I get back to what I'm supposed to be doing...One of the standing beliefs of SMQ is that, while far from perfect in the micro, recruiting rankings are very...
Drafting: Tell Me Why
The pro draft is an annual mystery to college fans. It's not that we really know the players better than the scouts - most Saints fans with any clue about the SEC probably groaned when the Saints...
Spring Break, Part Deux
Draft Tall Ben Folds to be your quarterback, you're asking for it. - - - was set to mock some of the annual oddities of draft opinion, from a college perspective, but since the definitive...
Your Guide to Draft Day Sleepers
By Dog the Bounty HunterTelevision Host, Bounty Hunter - - - Alright, listen up. I seen a lotta drafts in my day. A lotta bad decisions. A lotta regret. But I'm standing here to tell you: you can...
An Absurdly Premature Assessment of: Iowa State
A too-soon look at next fall, sans the inevitable injuries, suspensions and other pratfalls of the long offseason. - - - The least you should know about Iowa State... 2007 Record • Past Five...
This Probably Means Nothing
In last year's absurd Alabama preview, I suggested that 'Bama is really the same team every single year, in as much as four specific aspects - the mildly effective, fresh-faced, Bama-banged...
We Still Have a Problem Here
Three Minnesota players were charged with rape last April, with XXX details online courtesy the Minnesota Star-Tribune. Prosecutors had a woman flagging them down at Burger King at six in the...
An Absurdly Premature Assessment of: Miami
A too-soon look at next fall, sans the inevitable injuries, suspensions and other pratfalls of the long offseason. - - - The least you should know about Miami... 2007 Record • Past Five...
Benedict Meets With Notre Dame Abuse Victims
Tragedy here "of immense proportions," pope says.SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Pope Benedict XVI came face to face Thursday with a scandal that has left lasting wounds on the American church, holding an...
Soapbox: Recruiting Wounds, Reopened
Way on back when (like, February, ages in blog years), typically erudite Brian Cook put up a post under his AOL mugshot in which, drawing on Joe Tiller's jab at Rich Rodriguez, he called Nick Saban...
An Absurdly Premature Assessment of: Virginia
A too-soon look at next fall, sans the inevitable injuries, suspensions and other pratfalls of the long offseason. - - - The least you should know about Virginia... 2007 Record • Past Five Years ...
SMQ Homerism: I Knew This Kid Was Trouble the First Time I Laid Eyes On 'im!
This is not exactly news, but Antwain Easterling, celebrated statutory rapist/lewd and lascivious batterer turned Signing Day coup turned suspension-addled afterthought, has either taken the last...
The Nouveau Riche: Illinois
The Norm. Ron Zook's first two years looked a lot like Ron Turner's first two years. And Ron Turner's last two years. In producing a spike from a trough, neither is far from the long arc of...
Dear Diary: Tim Tebow, MD
4/14/08 - Injury Updates - - - Your "Tebow's Anatomy" theme. - - - On this job, there are good days. And there are bad days. Doesn't take long before a good day is any day that's not a bad day....
One Million Visitors
Things have been pretty slow around here this week for reasons almost entirely beyond editorial control. But earlier today, a mere nineteen-and-half months since its first post on SBN... I'm...
An Absurdly Premature Assessment of: Southern Cal
A too-soon look at next fall, sans the inevitable injuries, suspensions and other pratfalls of the long offseason. - - - The least you should know about Southern Cal... 2007 Record • Past Five...
An Absurdly Premature Assessment of: Kentucky
A too-soon look at next fall, sans the inevitable injuries, suspensions and other pratfalls of the long offseason. - - - The least you should know about Kentucky... 2007 Record • Past Five Years ...
A Brief Aside
Readers interested enough to brave the depths of message boards and certain blogs have probably noticed for a while now the habit of refering to a popular boss by full name as "Coach X," as in "C...
The Nouveau Riche: Kansas
Upstarts, Sleeping Giants and One-Hit Wonders. - - -The Norm. Going into last year, Kansas' winning percentage since the end of World War II was .455, worse than all but two teams (Iowa State and...
It's the Twenty-First Century
Compare and contrast, rippling young recruit: Pete Carroll, singling out defensive end/nightmare machine Everson Griffen in a meeting Tuesday, and Joe Paterno, running his 59th Spring practice, and...
