The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...allowed these leagues -- we're looking at you, NFL, NHL, MLB, NBA and yes, even you the NCAA -- to play business at a third grade level long enough. If an adult ran a government granted...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 19, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...Seriously…one thousand dollars? Ha! That has to be going through the minds of hundreds of college coaches everywhere today when they read reports that Tim Floyd could be in some water -- any water...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 13, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...nearly a whole class of players. But Wulff pointed out that the jump from high school to college ball is far more challenging physically for players than the jump from college to pro and he...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 28, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...For him, even Urlacher was a safety.) Needless to say, a single position group at a single college is going to have what amounts to four of the guys deemed to be in the top...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 10, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...can't win the lottery every year. Competition is real. But this man wins the lottery in college, and that's why he's here. Calipari gets players. He did it masterfully at UMass (with...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 31, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...that dream situation? Ranked 23rd going in, his 9th-seeded team is long gone. And while the NCAA Tournament might sound inclusive, it's built for the powers. This year, all the 1, 2 and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 24, 2009Poll Position
Chris SprowPre-season polls as a tourney indicator? Hey, it adds up.
Story | Conversation | March 18, 2009They Are Who We Thought They Were: Value of Pre-season Polls
Chris SprowIn 2002, Gonzaga recorded their best regular season in school history: the team was 29-3, ranked No. 4 in the AP poll. Yet, when the tourney seeds cam...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 18, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...is to maintain a diverse portfolio in these times of struggle. When you're filling out your NCAA Tournament brackets, he has a point, but a very limited one. Buffet explained yesterday what he sees...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 10, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris SprowNo matter what your level of cynicism is toward college basketball—if you insist on pointing to the corruption, coaching salaries, or belabor the fact that...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 26, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris SprowIf this country falls to the most brilliantly diabolical attack the Nepalese government has ever concieved—when they create a mechanism that spe...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 25, 2009Condensing the NFL Combine
Chris Sprow...how it all comes back to the man, his goals and his in-game performance at the college level—they then proceed through the glass doors from the press room and into the Lucas...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009The NEXT: NFL Yeoman
Chris Sprow...on Rice's track team. With his physical talent and skill set (plus only two years of college football wear and tear), what team doesn't need him? Many are saying he could even go...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 20, 2009ESPNTheMag.Com at the NFL Combine, Day II: Junior QBs Throw Us Under The Bus
Chris Sprow...or at least that he is somehow inferior because of one less year of time on a college campus. "I'm going to do everything I can to be as ready as possible to play...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 20, 2009College Football Recruiting: Making Sense of the Rankings
Chris Sprow...because there are so many people projecting, and so much of it is based on raw athleticism. College players are far easier to project than the pros, but there's always some mystery. So we...
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