Court Report: North Carolina-Asheville
December 30, 2008
No. 15/13 Ohio State (8-0) vs. North Carolina-Asheville (4-7)
Date: Monday, December 22
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Place: Value City Arena - capacity 19,049
TV: Big Ten Network with Tom Hamilton and former Buckeye Tony White.
Radio: WBNS-AM 1460 and WBNS-FM 97.1 in Columbus and 58 more stations across Buckeyeland on the Ohio State Buckeyes Radio Network with Paul [...]
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Breaking News - Chase Daniel’s parents are eating lunch
December 30, 2008
First of all, I need to acknowledge my own mistake in underestimating Northwestern. The Wildcats led Missouri most of the game before falling in overtime last night, 30-23. NW shocked a lot of people with that, especially me.
I had predicted a blowout (I think I said 61-21) by Missouri’s potent offense, and I apologize to [...]
Big Ten lunch links: McCoy calls out Penn State
December 30, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
The Big Ten is 0-2 in bowl games, but these links are all winners.
Pat Fitzgerald might be Northwestern’s version of Joe Paterno, and the university should keep the 34-year-old coach for as long as possible, Rick Morrissey writes in the Chicago Tribune.
“The school will resume talks with him on a contract [...]
Bowman grows up fast at Linebacker U
December 30, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
Navorro Bowman admits he became a bit wide-eyed when the college football awards were distributed, hoping to someday get his hands on the hardware.
He saw his roommate and Penn State teammate, defensive end Aaron Maybin, travel to Orlando, Fla., as a finalist for the Bednarik Award. Another teammate, Nittany Lions center [...]
Big Ten prediction: Seventh
December 30, 2008
In case you missed it in today’s paper, I took a very brief look at the Big Ten teams heading into the conference schedule, which begins tonight with Illinois at Purdue, and predicted the final standings.
I downgraded the Buckeyes after Saturday’s showing against West Virginia — and that was before I knew they were losing [...]
Iowa’s Outback Bowl Hopes Hang on Shonn Greene, Defense
December 30, 2008
From the 200-yard, four-touchdown day against Wisconsin, to the stellar performance to beat Penn State, to the hit and run for a touchdown on Purdue safety Frank Duong, to the run that smashed Tavian Banks’ single-season rushing record against Minnesota, it’s been a memorable 2008 season for Shonn Greene.
Greene, who enjoyed his first year back [...]
Maybin seizes opportunity for Penn State
December 30, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
A year ago, Penn State’s defensive line meeting room was packed with players, and Aaron Maybin could hang out in the back.
Maybin had a role, but not a key one. He contributed four sacks as a redshirt freshman and had carved a niche as a rush end who could provide a [...]
Women’s college basketball
December 30, 2008
Women’s basketball
AP Top 25
TEAMRECORDPTSPVS1.Connecticut (45)11-01,12512.North Carolina13-01,07823.Texas A&M10-01,00234.Texas11-097645.Oklahoma9-294756.Duke10-186467.Baylor11-182378.Tennessee9-277989.Auburn12-0741910.Louisville11-17291011.Stanford9-37011112.Notre Dame10-16071213.California8-25991314.Maryland9-25431415.Rutgers7-25381516.Virginia10-24271617.Ohio State10-24011718.Florida11-13491819.Pittsburgh9-23001920.Vanderbilt11-22362021.Oklahoma State9-22122122.Kansas State11-02002223.Georgia Tech10-21592324.South Dakota State12-11462525.New Mexico11-131–
Yesterday’s results
Big Ten
Indiana 62, Michigan St. 48
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2009 Rose Bowl Preview: USC v Penn State
December 30, 2008
The Rose Bowl, unlike other bowls, finally got a great match-up.
For the past two years, The Tournament of Roses officials have had to take the second place Big Ten team as the representative in the Rose Bowl because the champion was in the BCS Championship Game.
This year, they get the Big Ten champs and the [...]
Northwestern’s upset attempt falls just short
December 30, 2008
Posted by ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg
Northwestern outplayed Missouri for most of the Valero Alamo Bowl.
The Wildcats had a tremendous game plan, made big plays on both sides of the ball and kept Chase Daniel, Jeremy Maclin and Chase Coffman from lighting up the Alamodome scoreboard, which seemed like a guarantee entering tonight’s contest. As the biggest [...]