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      Purdue Keeps Pace

      February 28, 2008 /

      Last night I got to see the Purdue Boilermakers up close for the first time in over a month. Last time I broadcast one of their games was on the road at Iowa. Yesterday they looked even better. Coming off the Indiana loss and 8 days to prepare and re-energize, the Boilermakers came out and took away anything Minnesota tried to do.

      This is an average Minnesota team that Tubby Smith has led to the verge of an NCAA tourney bid. (They still need that marquee win. They have one shot left at Indiana.) However, Matt Painter’s crew showed the defensive tenacity that has them in the running for the Big Ten title. Starting the youngest line up in the country with four freshman doing most of the damage they have even exceeded his expectations.

      Three more wins and the Boilermakers will have their 22 Big Ten title. For my money, Matt Painter is the National Coach of the Year hands down. No other coach has taken this many freshman (and none are one and done guys) and molded them into a team that can beat any one, anywhere. Just ask Wisconsin!

      Moving down the road to South Bend, Luke Harangody has put up numbers for Notre Dame team that is threatening to win the Big East. He is averaging over 20 points and 10 rebounds a game. The only one who have better numbers are Hansbrough and Beasley. The former has a better supporting cast while the latter’s team is not doing as well. Don’t sleep on Harangody. If you do he may just knock the snot out of you.

      Two coaches moving out, Mark Slonaker and Dean Keener. Slonaker was fired this week only two months removed from a road upset at USC. Keener will resign at the end of the year after failing to get James Madison moving in the right direction.

      Speaking of firings, the Big Sky has suspended the three officials who worked the Idaho State-Montana game for one game. Are you kidding? After blowing the call they should be banned for the year. What do they lose? One game!! And they’ll just pick it up doing a game in another conference. Meanwhile, coaches lose jobs and careers. When are we going to start making officials accountable!!!

      College Basketball

      NFL Offseason Odds & Ends: 2/28

      February 28, 2008 /

      – The Eagles cut defensive end Javon “The Freak” Kearse.

      – The Titans have given cornerback Pacman Jones the permission to seek a trade. Just for the record, any team that trades for Pacman gets what they deserve in the end.

      – The Rams released quarterback Gus Frerotte and might pursue free agent Todd Collins.

      – The Colts released defensive tackle Anthony “Booger” McFarland and linebacker Rob Morris.

      – The Bucs released defensive linemen Kevin Carter and Greg Spires.

      – Jonathan Vilma visited the Lions and took a physical. There’s a small rumor that the Jets, Broncos and Lions could swing a three-team deal that would send Vilma to Detroit, but who knows if that has any legs.

      NFL

      Following NFL’s lead, MLB sticks it to fans

      February 28, 2008 /

      Much like the NFL did a year ago, Major League Baseball has decided to set its own restrictions for online usage of baseball video and photograph content.

      — News sites can’t post more than 120 seconds a day of audio or video from league facilities, with game highlights restricted only to rights holders that have a separate rights deal with MLB Advanced Media.

      — This 120 seconds can’t be a live feed, and the rule does not apply to the news outlet’s own analysis or reporting, commonly known as “talking head” material. Formal press conferences are exempted from the 120-second rule.

      — Sites can’t post more than seven photos from any game online.

      — Audio/video content created at MLB ballparks cannot stay up on a news site for more than 72 hours.

      — All applicants for a press credential must provide advance written notice of intent to transmit any non-text material.

      This might not seem like a big deal to fans, but it is. MLB only wants you to go to MLB sites to view video. Why? Because they want to be the only ones to profit off it. They want to funnel fans into MLB-licensed sites only, and essentially eliminate blogs and even local online newspapers from having decent video/picture content.

      Sure, we can still get video from sites like MLB.com, but would it be entertaining? Do you think MLB.com is going to show a manager blow up in a post-game interview? Hell no, it’s going to be all pre-manufactured propaganda that will make the league look good. They want to control what we view online.

      MLB

      28 hours later…

      February 27, 2008 /

      The Tennessee Volunteers held onto the #1 ranking for just over a day before having to play archrival Vanderbilt on Tuesday. They lost, 72-69.

      Memorial Gym has a reputation for being a very tough place to play. The court has tons of room on the sidelines (leading up to the stands) and the benches are placed on opposite baselines. It’s an odd setup and that can throw off the visiting team. Vandy is tough to beat there, no matter the opponent.

      Tennessee likes to create chaos, but the problem with that is in a tight game, they have trouble running enough offense to get a good shot. That was the case down the stretch on Tuesday, and it makes me wonder if they can execute against the best teams in the country next month.

      Shan Foster led all scorers with 32 points, while Chris Lofton led the Vols with 25. Both players are seniors. Foster is projected to be a second round pick in this summer’s draft while Lofton may not be drafted at all. I think Foster is the better prospect; he reminds me a little of Rashad McCants. Lofton has great range and is a good scorer, but he seems slow for a 6’2″ player and doesn’t have natural point guard skills. (He’s averaging a career-high 2.0 assists per game this season.)

      College Basketball, March Madness

      Congress to pursue Clemens for perjury

      February 27, 2008 /

      Congress wants to pursue Roger Clemens for perjury because they’re not so sure he told the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth to a committee two weeks ago.

      House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Henry Waxman and ranking Republican Tom Davis sent a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, urging more scrutiny of Clemens’ statements in a Feb. 5 sworn deposition and at a Feb. 13 public hearing where he said he “never used anabolic steroids or human growth hormone.”

      “That testimony is directly contradicted by the sworn testimony of Brian McNamee, who testified that he personally injected Mr. Clemens with anabolic steroids and human growth hormone,” the congressmen wrote.

      “Mr. Clemens’s testimony is also contradicted by the sworn deposition testimony and affidavit submitted to the committee by Andrew Pettitte, a former teammate of Mr. Clemens, whose testimony and affidavit reported that Mr. Clemens had admitted to him in 1999 or 2000 that he had taken human growth hormone,” the letter said.

      It’s nice to see that the congressional hearing they had two weeks ago wasn’t for nothing. It was pretty clear that Clemens was ducking questions in effort to clear his name and hopefully if he was lying, Congress will find out.

      MLB

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