BallHyped Blog Network » Brian http://ballhyped.com Hyping up the best sports blogs and bloggers. Get posting. Get voting. Get Hyped! Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:45:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Joe Paterno I Remember http://ballhyped.com/2012/01/30/the-joe-paterno-i-remember/ http://ballhyped.com/2012/01/30/the-joe-paterno-i-remember/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:39:50 +0000 Brian http://ballhyped.com/2012/01/30/the-joe-paterno-i-remember/

TweetBob reminisces about his childhood experiences with the late Vince Lombardi and Joe Paterno, long before JoePa’s incredible legacy was squandered by what some believe was a profound lapse of judgement and courage. Chances are slimmer than slim you’ll recall the winner of the 1923 Kentucky Derby, an incredibly swift three-year-old named Zev. I know [...]

The Joe Paterno I Remember is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.

View and Vote

]]> http://ballhyped.com/2012/01/30/the-joe-paterno-i-remember/feed/ 0 Reading Tea-Leaves Made of Pigskin http://ballhyped.com/2011/09/05/reading-tea-leaves-made-of-pigskin/ http://ballhyped.com/2011/09/05/reading-tea-leaves-made-of-pigskin/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:08:25 +0000 Brian http://ballhyped.com/2011/09/05/reading-tea-leaves-made-of-pigskin/

TweetThere is no getting around it: Villanova football was embarrassed by Temple last week. Bernard Pierce broke some big runs and Mike Gerardi was barely challenged by a five-man secondary. The ‘Cats had flashes of brilliance on the field, but flashes don’t win games. When this matchup was played in 2003 or 2008, that 42-7 [...]

Reading Tea-Leaves Made of Pigskin is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.

View and Vote

]]> http://ballhyped.com/2011/09/05/reading-tea-leaves-made-of-pigskin/feed/ 0 The Cost of Pay-for-Play: Can they afford it? http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/24/the-cost-of-pay-for-play-can-they-afford-it/ http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/24/the-cost-of-pay-for-play-can-they-afford-it/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:10:15 +0000 Brian http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/24/the-cost-of-pay-for-play-can-they-afford-it/

TweetFor a number of athletics programs, the cost of an additional $2,500 to $3,500 per athlete seem small until you recognize that Title IX and other regulatory concerns would likely leave schools paying out that sum to every student attending on an athletic scholarship. That means that women’s water polo players would get the same [...]

The Cost of Pay-for-Play: Can they afford it? is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.

View and Vote

]]> http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/24/the-cost-of-pay-for-play-can-they-afford-it/feed/ 0 History: The Sinful Seven http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/22/history-the-sinful-seven/ http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/22/history-the-sinful-seven/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:33:08 +0000 Brian http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/22/history-the-sinful-seven/

TweetPrior to 1948, there were no real regulations to enforce the “amateurism” of college athletics. Schools and their boosters offered all sort of benefits to high school stars in order to convince them to enroll and play football. In those unregulated years, Time magazine reported that a halfback was paid $10,000 (almost $90,000 in today’s [...]

History: The Sinful Seven is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.

View and Vote

]]> http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/22/history-the-sinful-seven/feed/ 0 Expansion Apocalypse: SECession http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/13/expansion-apocalypse-secession/ http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/13/expansion-apocalypse-secession/#comments Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:45:45 +0000 Brian http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/13/expansion-apocalypse-secession/

TweetLast summer, when Big XII instability seemed ready to wreak havoc on that conference, the schools worked out their differences, realized their collective value, and moved on as a 10-school group, seemingly stronger than ever. During the period before last summer’s reconciliation, Texas A&M took part in some very preliminary discussions with officials from the [...]

Expansion Apocalypse: SECession is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.

View and Vote

]]> http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/13/expansion-apocalypse-secession/feed/ 0 “Addressing” Big East Expansion http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/02/addressing-big-east-expansion/ http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/02/addressing-big-east-expansion/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:48:36 +0000 Brian http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/02/addressing-big-east-expansion/

Tweett was announced this morning by the Big East flacks that commissioner Marinatto would take the podium and speak to the assembled reporters about a number of topics — expansion included. The remarks to that end, however, didn’t have much more substance than the announcement itself. The Big East will expand, but Marinatto can’t tell [...]

“Addressing” Big East Expansion is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.

View and Vote

]]> http://ballhyped.com/2011/08/02/addressing-big-east-expansion/feed/ 0 Expansion Apocalypse-Championship Subdivision http://ballhyped.com/2011/07/29/expansion-apocalypse-championship-subdivision/ http://ballhyped.com/2011/07/29/expansion-apocalypse-championship-subdivision/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:37:37 +0000 Brian http://ballhyped.com/2011/07/29/expansion-apocalypse-championship-subdivision/

TweetThe winds of change are blowing throughout college sports and it isn’t just the BCS conferences that are caught up in the storm of realignment. In a football-driven universe, the FCS powerhouse CAA conference has seen its share of change recently and will need to brace itself for more. “Over the last ten years, six [...]

Expansion Apocalypse-Championship Subdivision is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.

View and Vote

]]> http://ballhyped.com/2011/07/29/expansion-apocalypse-championship-subdivision/feed/ 0 The Pitino Proposal: Between the Lines http://ballhyped.com/2011/07/15/the-pitino-proposal-between-the-lines/ http://ballhyped.com/2011/07/15/the-pitino-proposal-between-the-lines/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:02:30 +0000 Brian http://ballhyped.com/2011/07/15/the-pitino-proposal-between-the-lines/

TweetRick Pitino was publicly displeased with the Big East schedule handed to his Cardinals a few weeks ago. Naturally, then, Pitino has concocted a solution to the perceived problem on his website. Believing that the root of the issue is that the conference is just too-darned big, the natural solution is to form into divisions. [...]

The Pitino Proposal: Between the Lines is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.

View and Vote

]]> http://ballhyped.com/2011/07/15/the-pitino-proposal-between-the-lines/feed/ 0 The Father of Villanova Football http://ballhyped.com/2011/06/09/the-father-of-villanova-football/ http://ballhyped.com/2011/06/09/the-father-of-villanova-football/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:11:34 +0000 Brian http://ballhyped.com/2011/06/09/the-father-of-villanova-football/

TweetAndy Talley has three children: a son, a daughter and a football program. He wasn’t the first football coach on the Main Line, but going into his 27th year and 26th season, he has held the longest tenure. More importantly, Talley has been the only head coach of Wildcat football since the program re-booted in [...]

The Father of Villanova Football is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.

View and Vote

]]> http://ballhyped.com/2011/06/09/the-father-of-villanova-football/feed/ 0 Team Final: Philly’s Most Eligible Recruits http://ballhyped.com/2011/05/19/team-final-phillys-most-eligible-recruits/ http://ballhyped.com/2011/05/19/team-final-phillys-most-eligible-recruits/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 14:29:28 +0000 Brian http://ballhyped.com/2011/05/19/team-final-phillys-most-eligible-recruits/

TweetMost AAU basketball teams group kids into age groups. Older players can’t play in the younger brackets, but younger players are free to compete at older levels. For Philadelphia-based Team Final, their 16-year-olds are so talented, they don’t even have a 17-and-under (17U) team. Final’s class of 2013 is so stacked with precocious talent, they [...]

Team Final: Philly’s Most Eligible Recruits is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.

View and Vote

]]> http://ballhyped.com/2011/05/19/team-final-phillys-most-eligible-recruits/feed/ 0 Expansion Apocalypse: Countdown to 2015 http://ballhyped.com/2011/05/18/expansion-apocalypse-countdown-to-2015/ http://ballhyped.com/2011/05/18/expansion-apocalypse-countdown-to-2015/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 15:52:26 +0000 Brian http://ballhyped.com/2011/05/18/expansion-apocalypse-countdown-to-2015/

TweetThere are 14 days left until 2015, at least for Villanova football. According to an article by Mike Kern, if Villanova football’s status with the Big East conference is not resolved by June 1 (which appears more and more likely), the whole timeline would be moved back by a year . . . sources have [...]

Expansion Apocalypse: Countdown to 2015 is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.

View and Vote

]]> http://ballhyped.com/2011/05/18/expansion-apocalypse-countdown-to-2015/feed/ 0 Expansion Apocalypse: Is Nine Enough? http://ballhyped.com/2011/05/12/expansion-apocalypse-is-nine-enough/ http://ballhyped.com/2011/05/12/expansion-apocalypse-is-nine-enough/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 20:14:41 +0000 Brian http://ballhyped.com/2011/05/12/expansion-apocalypse-is-nine-enough/

TweetOn November 3, 2010, the Big East voted to expand the football side of the conference to 10 members. Internet chatter recently has focused on who a tenth member would be. People wondered, “if not Villanova, then who?” Not everyone was pondering that question, however. In fact, some were pondering a very different question: “Should [...]

Expansion Apocalypse: Is Nine Enough? is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com.

View and Vote

]]> http://ballhyped.com/2011/05/12/expansion-apocalypse-is-nine-enough/feed/ 0