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Kicked Off
Some of the news making the rounds this week is Greg Schiano's idea that kickoffs could be scrapped in the name of player safety. Rutgers player Eric LeGrand suffered a catastrophic injury last season and Schiano makes the point: "...17 to 18 percent of the catastrophic injuries in football happen...
Dr. Gross or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ACC
I'll preface this piece by saying that I'm a lifelong Big East fan. I grew up rooting for Notre Dame and UConn (due to family ties and state pride respectively), and the Big East had a huge impact on my college decision process; I had a top four of Notre Dame, Syracuse, Villanova and UConn, and...
The Princeton Review Makes Fun Of BC's Opponents So You Don't Have To
The Princeton Review has released the 2012 edition of its popular The Best Colleges rankings, surveying 122,000 students at 376 top colleges to rank everything from the best party schools to the top stone-cold sober schools. These rankings and more can be found in The Princeton Review's annual...
June 17th Jump Off
Remember to submit your choices for the Down the Drive Ring of Honor! You can submit up to 3 players who you think should join the Bearcats elite. You have until July 10th to submit your nominees. Also, if you want to receive Down the Drive updates through Facebook, don't forget to like...
Does Rutgers matter in South Jersey?
Here's Ben Doody (formerly of The Trentonian) on Friday: It's also no secret that Huskymania is a condition far more often experienced in the central and eastern parts of the state than it is in Stamford and Greenwich. Even within Fairfield County, folks dressed in national flag blue and white...
Rutgers Q&A With On The Raritan Banks
In preparation for the game against Rutgers, I was glad to get an invite for a Q&A from Shawn over at the Rutgers blog, On the Raritan Banks. Here are his answers to my questions and you can check out his site later for my answers to his Qs.1. Following a promising 9-2 start, Rutgers ran into the...
Going Out In Style
Pitt finished its regular season with dominance not seen in a while in a 29-point win over Rutgers. I've got to say I expected a little bit more of a contest, but it was never close other than the first few minutes of the game.Rutgers coach Fred Hill seemed to think Rutgers was walking into a...
Ancillary Stuff
Not a lot going on. Sure there was a football scrimmage Saturday, but I can only take so much Spring stuff until it feels as if sticking sharpened pencils directly into my retinas might be more entertaining.That said, though, there are quite a few minor things out there or things indirectly related...
One More Loss
Going back to my recent post about the Big East talent exodus of 2010, add one more name to the list - Rutgers star Mike Rosario, who has been granted a release in the midst of all the Fred Hill stuff.I've got to admit that when I saw the whole scuffle he had with Pitt's baseball coach, I didn't...
Another Ranked Program
Mention Pitt baseball and you're likely to start a discussion of Rutgers basketball coach Fred Hill's highly publicized outburst in the Pitt/Rutgers game. But the true story should be Pitt's play on the field.After a great start this year, has finally moved into the top 25 rankings. The team is...
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