Blogcritics Category: Sports: College

BC Sports Treehouse Fort Headlines For November 16

Matthew T. Sussman — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:42:36 EST

Oden returns to action ... Michigan loses eight games ... RIP FJM ... and Charlie Doherty's "What Were They Thinking?"
The following is a partial transcript of the November 16, 2008 episode of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort.The Portland Trail Blazers welcomed back center Greg Oden this week after a foot injury kept him out of action since the first game of the season. The Blazers have been impressed with his last two games, where he scored double digits, but are...

Treehouse Fort "What Were They Thinking?" Nominees For Week Of November 2

Charlie Doherty — Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:56:58 EST

This is a rare written edition of my weekly sports poll, "What Were They Thinking?" Enjoy!
Since there was no Treehouse Fort show this past weekend, the regulars (Matt Sussman and Tuffy) as well as yours truly lost a chance to discuss a great (or horrible, depending on your view) week of idiocy in the sports world. And I'm not about to let these sports figures off the hook, so here are this past week's nominees, with links below for you...

Treehouse Fort Headlines For October 19

Matthew T. Sussman — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:02:38 EDT

Phillies make it to World Series ... Boston rallies from down 7-0 ... Clemson dismisses Bowden ... Pacman fights own bodyguard.
The following is a partial transcript of the October 19, 2008 episode of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort.Suss: The top story in baseball, the Boston Red Sox have forced a Game 7 after beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 in Game 6. This after a Game 5 rally in which the Red Sox came back from a 7-0 deficit in the seventh inning to win 8-7. Bud Selig is...

Movie Review: The Express

Tall Writer — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:43:07 EDT

Rob Brown stars as football star running back Ernie Davis with Dennis Quaid playing his famous Syracuse coach Ben Schwartzwalder in this inspiring drama.
“What matters is what you play for.”Rob Brown stars as football star running back Ernie Davis with Dennis Quaid playing his famous Syracuse coach Ben Schwartzwalder in this inspiring drama. Audiences get great sports moments (even more satisfying for new generations who don’t know the circumstances and/or outcomes) as Brown gets...

DVD Review: Quantum Hoops

Dusty Somers — Fri, 3 Oct 2008 10:06:42 EDT

This basketball team is bad. Really bad.
The California Institute of Technology is routinely ranked as one of the ten best universities in the nation by just about any standard. The science and engineering school boasts one of the highest numbers of Nobel Prize winners among its alumni and is home to a NASA lab. Academically, there are few other colleges that measure up. But when it comes...

BC Sports Treehouse Fort Headlines For September 21

Matthew T. Sussman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:40:33 EDT

Recorded live from Blog World Expo in Las Vegas.
The following is a partial transcript of the September 21, 2008 episode of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort, recorded live from BlogWorld Expo 2008 in Las Vegas.Suss: Another big weekend in college football took place yesterday, despite ESPN not giving it an alliterative nickname like Selection Saturday, Showdown Saturday, or Separation Saturday. In...

BC Sports Treehouse Fort Headlines For September 14

Matthew T. Sussman — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:14:44 EDT

USC destroys OSU ... K-Rod breaks save record ... Phelps on SNL ... and Doherty's WWTT poll.
The following is a partial transcript of the Sunday, September 14, 2008 episode of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort.Last night Ohio State fell to top ranked USC 35-3 in the most anticipated game of the year so far. By the second half for the ticketholders it was the most anticipated stadium exit of the year.Notre Dame beat Michigan 35-17 in a game...

The Duke Lacrosse Rape Accuser Memoir That Nobody Asked For

Matthew T. Sussman — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:06:16 EDT

Crystal Mangum is writing a memoir about the time she cried "rape" even though it didn't happen.
So, remember that Duke University lacrosse rape case? Remember how they were cleared of all charges and the only reason it really got any traction was because a politically ambitious district attorney forced the issue? Yes, that case.No, Duke lacrosse players didn't forcibly tag team a stripper they hired. But the aforementioned stripper, who...

Great Danes! The Origin Of America's Greatest College Mascot Revealed

Brandon J. Mendelson — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:46:15 EDT

How the greatest college sports mascot came to be.
The University of Albany, SUNY may not have bears roaming campus like Baylor, but no other college in America has the Great Dane for a mascot. Do you know what a Great Dane is? A lumbering, slobbering, aggressive dog of war that towers over most short people. That's right, I said dog of war. Wake Forest's Demon Deacon was regarded as the...

Guiliani's Son Channels Kramer, Sues Duke University

Gary D. Benz — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:02:32 EDT

Andrew Giuliani's dream of the PGA Tour probably has less chance than Kramer's dream of playing the Senior Tour.
If you heard about Andrew Giuliani's lawsuit against Duke University after he was kicked off the golf team and immediately thought about Cosmo Kramer, you're hardly alone. If you take the time to actually read the lawsuit, you'll be even more convinced that, if anything, Kramer's lawsuit had more merit.As you may recall, in one episode of...