Week 3 FCS Football Game Breakdowns

There are plenty more big games coming up in the FCS. Last week Georgia Southern fell at The Citadel, while Montana proved that they are focused on football after narrowly falling to Appalachian State. Jacksonville State emerged as the temporary OVC favorites after knocking off a very good Chattanooga squad. This week there are a few more conference games, but there are also some fun FBS matchups. Look out ...

Tough to be a Tech Basketball Fan

It is tough rooting for Virginia Tech basketball and probably not for the reason you’re thinking of.

Most people would hear that comment and respond with a “well duh” or “no kidding” because the Hokies have been pretty poor at basketball in recent memory. Having made the NCAA Tournament just once this century (2007) and having been on the ...

Week 1 FCS Football Game Breakdowns

The leaves are turning brown, the air conditioner finally turned off, the local high school band is jamming out and somebody in the College Sports Madness office made a pot of chili. It looks, feels, sounds, smells and tastes like football season.  Any hope we have left for summer will go away this weekend as college football kicks off. Fall and football are here and College Sports Madness has all of your ...

Florida State Basketball – Time to Reload

The Seminoles had their chance.

They staked their claim as the third best team in the Atlantic Coast Conference for a few seasons there. It was a fun time. They made some waves, advanced a bit in the postseason tournaments. But now the fun is over. ...

Albany, Stony Brook join CAA Football

RICHMOND, Va. (August 7, 2012) -- University at Albany and Stony Brook University have accepted offers of membership into CAA Football beginning July 2013, Commissioner Tom Yeager announced today.

"This is certainly a momentous day for CAA Football," Yeager said. "The addition of Albany and Stony Brook bring playoff-tested programs from the ...

George Mason, Left Behind in the CAA

The college basketball landscape is shifting. Outside of the Big East, no one has felt the brunt of this quite like the George Mason Patriots of the Colonial Athletic Association. Their resulting boon of the mass school swap is two-headed: one good, one bad.

On the plus side, nearly all of George Mason’s top competitors for the CAA crown have departed. VCU, the Big ...

SMU Football: a Storied Past, a Questionable Future

A death penalty in 1987, a coaching carousel ever since and good ole’ fashioned sustained mediocrity have left the once proud Southern Methodist Mustangs in a place hardly befitting of a university with such impressive graduates. Southern Methodist has fallen so hard that THE SMU is probably not even this SMU anymore. That distinction belongs to the Mustangs’ Conference USA rival, Southern Miss, who ...

College Sports New Year Celebration

For those of us who live and breathe college sports, we know the real New Year is six months after the one that everybody else celebrates. July 1st marks the end of the 2011-2012 collegiate season and the beginning of 2012-2013. Around these parts at midnight we blast the USC fight song instead of Auld Lang Syne. Instead of a hung over day of watching meaningless bowl games, we memorize new conference ...

St. John’s Red Storm: Overcoming Adversity

It was a disappointing lull for St. John’s basketball early this millennium. With the violations stemming from Mike Jarvis’ reign there was a terrifying lack of interest around the school. After all, the Red Storm hadn’t made the NCAA Tournament since 2002.

Then along came Steve Lavin, the former coach of UCLA. He was supposed to change all that and he did, ...

Interview with Tulsa Football Head Coach Bill Blankenship

The Head Coach of the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes was gracious enough to accept an interview request. Here is the transcript of our phone interview.

You have coached high school football for over 20 years. What is the biggest difference between being a high school head coach and a collegiate coach?

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