Sure the Big East is the best conference in the country this season but there is no reason that Notre Dame should be playing so many games nationally televised with so many other games that deserve to on instead.

The Irish are somehow still ranked with a 12-7 record and a 3-5 record in conference play. A loss is a loss no matter who they play and the networks should find better matchups to televise. (Read More)

Tom Verducci and Joe Torre co-wrote a book entitled ‘The Yankee Years’ is scheduled to be released on Feb. 3^rd. It chronicles Torre’s time in New York and explains the bitter situation with management and certain players Torre went through as manager.

Yankee fans and New Yorkers alike have become upset because they do not understand what it will be about. The papers have especially been critical of Torre for writing this book but he does not take shots at anybody, he simply explains the story. (Read More)

It’s unbelievable to think that somebody could sell-out their brother the way Jay McGwire did to Mark. Jay got him involved in steroids, watched him dominate baseball, then saw him fall into oblivion. Now a book proposal, which includes a lot of what we already knew. Any slim chance for the Hall of Fame has gone out the window. (Read More)

In obviously an unlikely possibility at the beginning of the season, the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers will be playing in Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa on February 1^st. We all could have seen the Steelers but Arizona? Not quite but that won’t diminish the quality of game that we should be expecting to see in just under two weeks. (Read More)

In a move that is unnecessary and not needed in college basketball, the NCAA changed the definition of a prospect from the ninth grade to 12^th grade, from seventh grade to 12^th grade. The reasoning behind the move was because coaches secretly hold camps for junior high kids. The NCAA can now regulate those camps.

With an exception of a select few superstars, there’s no way you know if a player will be that good when he’s in the seventh grade. College teams get too far ahead of themselves when they begin recruiting kids when they’re in junior high. (Read More)

If you’re a football coach, the dream to become a head coach in the NFL. Except not everyone dreams of becoming the head coach of the Detroit Lions

Former Titans defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz agreed to take the Lions job and faces the monumental task of turning around a team that completed the first 0-16 season in NFL history. (Read More)

USC quarterback Mark Sanchez declared for the 2009 NFL Draft today, going against advice given by coach Pete Carroll suggesting that he should return for a fifth season.

Sanchez has only started 16 collegiate games in his career and although he has played very well and posted a 14-2 record, his lack of experience will hurt him in the pros. With all of these questions marks around his decision, it will be interesting to see just how he does at the next level. (Read More)