Friday, December 30: NEW YEAR’S WEEKEND EDITION The weekend starts early, as college football has four bowl games going wall-to-wall on ESPN Friday. The Notebook previews all four. Also a part of our weekend series we have… *NFL Week 17 Previews *A look at six NBA contenders **An overview of the NHL’s Atlantic Division as […]
The Michigan-Virginia Tech matchup in the Sugar Bowl kicks off in a few minutes. The Notebook preview is right here. The live blog starts shortly. *As a footnote, if at any point this live blog goes still for an extended period of time, it means the Internet connection up in northern Wisconsin had problems. Michigan […]
The Sugar Bowl is on tap tonight and this one’s all about pressure. Michigan and Virginia Tech both need to justify their inclusion in the BCS over Kansas State and Boise State. Virginia Tech needs to win a major bowl game against someone besides a Big East opponent (they won the 2008 Orange Bowl over […]
Before we start talking the NFL playoffs, we’ve got some business to close out with the regular season and that means handing out some hardware for MVP and Coach of the Year. Today the Notebook starts with a look at an MVP vote that deserves to be a lot closer than it’s been portrayed. Aaron […]
The Rose Bowl is winding down right now. Live blog still going on there. The Fiesta Bowl blog opens up next. Pregame preview is right here. This game already has me annoyed and it hasn’t even started. How is Matt Millen still called in as a commentator after his horrid tenure as Detroit Lions GM? […]
Oregon and Wisconsin kickoff in a few minutes. Check back The Notebook throughout the game… The Notebook’s pregame preview is right here. The solider who won Dancing With The Stars last season flipped the coin. Inspiring, although was it necessary for the ref to explain that on the coin the “W” stood for Wisconsin, and […]
It’s the legal holiday for New Year’s Day on Monday and that means a feast of college football. I’m looking forward to the day like any college football fan, but there’s also no question that this day lacks the significance it once had. In my book The Last New Year’s, I chronicle the period 1976-1993, […]
Monday night’s Fiesta Bowl (8:30 PM ET, ESPN) is the best of the four BCS bowl matchups that lead up to the national championship game a week from tonight, as Oklahoma State meets up with Stanford. For Okie State, it’s a chance to send a message to voters who preferred giving Alabama a second chance […]
The BCS games start today in the late afternoon and it kicks off with Wisconsin-Oregon in the Rose Bowl (5 PM ET, ABC) as Brent Musberger and Kirk Herbstreit will be on hand to get us started on college football’s showcase games. Let’s look back on the path each team took to get here, and […]
There’s six bowl games set for January 2, and while the Rose and Fiesta will be the main showcases starting at 5 PM ET, there’s four games on the early undercard, all featuring Big Ten teams and three of them being Big Ten-SEC showdowns. Here’s the Notebook’s snapshot look at all four games… Penn State-Houston […]
Throughout the season, the Notebook has broken down its NFL Sunday previews by the TV coverage, figuring it made the most sense to give maximum space to the games most people were seeing. Right now though, I’m so beyond annoyed with the NFL that I’m going to junk that format for the final installment. How […]
There’s a good day of college basketball ahead for New Year’s Eve and it tips off with Kentucky-Louisville (Noon ET, CBS). Louisville’s loss to Georgetown this week took a little bit of steam out of this matchup, but it’s still not only for a lot of bragging rights in the Commonwealth State, it’s a good […]
