The poll results are nip and tuck, with the “why not talk some football?” crowd slightly ahead. So we’ll give it a go. As Mark pointed out, there’s probably not going to be a lot to talk about in the hoops realm until mid-October when practice starts. And I note that other hoops bloggers are [...]
Archive for August, 2008
MSU-Cal Discussion Thread
Posted in football discussion, tagged cal, football on August 29, 2008 | 17 Comments »
Nonbinding survey of the Spartans Weblog masses
Posted in poll, tagged football on August 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Back to basketball . . . next week
Posted in links, tagged football on August 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For now, check out Ground Zero East Lansing’s preview of the Cal game and nontraditional MSU season preview. A sample from the preview: Six: Describe your team with a Jimmy Buffett song. No, we’re serious–do it. Come Monday. Dad had Jimmy Buffett’s Greatest Hits, and that’s about as far as my experiences with Buffett go. [...]
Coffee Talk: Special, Limited-Time Football Edition
Posted in coffee talk, tagged football on August 27, 2008 | 10 Comments »
This might make me sound like a bit of a fair weather fan, but I have a confession to make: A couple years ago, I basically decoupled myself emotionally from the Michigan State football team. I still followed the team (although with nowhere near the obsessiveness I follow the basketball team), but I managed to [...]
Monday Night Links: Delvon on the Mend
Posted in links, tagged delvon roe, tom izzo on August 25, 2008 | Comments Off
Delvon Roe could be cleared to start playing basketball in the next couple weeks according to FoxSports.com’s Jeff Goodman. If his knees are ready to go, you certainly have to like what he’ll bring to the table: In the last nine months, Roe has focused on improving the three areas he and others considered weaknesses. [...]
Thursday Quick Hits: Around the Big Ten
Posted in links, tagged big ten, garrick sherman on August 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
CBS Sportsline has a well-crafted round-up of offseason basketball events around the conference. A particularly apt analogy regarding the Hoosiers: Remember when the original Cleveland Browns skulked out of town to become the Baltimore Ravens, then a few years later the NFL granted Cleveland a brand-new franchise that retained the Browns’ name, colors and history? [...]
Scoring from the charity stripe during the Izzo era
Posted in stats analysis, tagged free throws, msu basketball history on August 20, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Back in March, when Witless Chum and Hubert suggested I spend some of the offseason looking at MSU’s historical tempo-free statistical trends, it seemed like a great idea. Since then, though, I’ve realized: (1) It’s a lot of work compared to other kids of blog posts. and (2) It doesn’t seem to generate a lot [...]
The Big Ten Network has landed
Posted in news, tagged big ten network on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
AKA “More news reported in an untimely fashion due to your blogger’s long weekend at the beach” As of last Friday, The Big Ten Network is now available to be viewed by us loyal lazy Comcast subscribers. I finally got around to surfing up my selection of channels to watch some BTN programming last night. [...]
Michigan State-North Carolina tickets on sale to public next week
Posted in news, tagged ford field, tickets on August 19, 2008 | Comments Off
Tickets for the MSU-UNC game at Ford Field will go on sale to the public next Tuesday (August 26) at 10:00 a.m. The game is scheduled for 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 3, as part of the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. There’s currently a presale for Detroit Lions season ticket holders and “MSU Alumni” (I assume [...]
Here's to sports blogging
Posted in commentary, links, tagged blogging on August 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
One of the Big Ten Wonk’s four dullest topics for a college hoops blog is/was “The historically unprecedented and epochal influence of bloggers.” Heeding the Wonk’s advice, I have thus far managed to avoid wading into the bloggers-vs.-media debate (which I generally think both sides tend to overplay). (OK, now I can’t resist. Short version: [...]
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