Archive for November, 2008

College Fantasy Coach Live At Happy Valley TODAY

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Jonathan Bentz, who grew up in Penn State Country before going to college at The West Virginia University, is going to be live microblogging today via his Twitter account from the Penn State - Michigan State game.
It will be cold. It will be loud. It will be fun.
Follow all the events at Bentz’s Twitter account: [...]

College Cheerleading’s Final Four

Friday, November 21st, 2008

I’ve always thought you should leave things up to the experts.
And, when it comes to girls, who is more expert than Playboy?
Playboy’s December, 2008 issues lists its “Final Four of NCAA cheerleading hotness.”

University of Florida cheerleaders
USC cheerleaders
Arizona State cheerleaders
UCLA cheerleaders

The Gator girls are master pom-pom shakers, exhibiting extraordinary sublety and nuance.  The Trojan mamas can [...]

Onroo College Fantasy Basketball Draft

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Here are the results of my individual draft in a recent 10-team, Onroo.com college fantasy basketball draft.
The draft was done online via an Autodraft, auction style format. I did pre-rank my teams based on some personal, twisted logic.

Team

American University

Iowa

Memphis

New Mexico State

Notre Dame

Southern Illinois

Temple

UNLV

West Virginia

Western Michigan

Never Been Dancing

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

One of the things that distinguishes college basketball from college football (other than the obvious fact that there is no real champion in college football) is that you’re never out of it.
Take Coppin State for example.  Last year, the Eagles won the MEAC conference with a stunning upset of Morgan State in the finals.  Hence, Coppin State, at [...]

College Fantasy Basketball Review: WhatIfSports

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

WhatIfSports has fantasy sports in its truest form.
Unlike Yahoo!, CBSSports, ESPN, and those other sites that offer realtime, real life fantasy games, WhatIfSports hosts simulated contests between your favorite teams of this year… and yesteryear.

College Fantasy Basketball Review: Onroo

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

To be honest, I had never heard of Onroo.com until last week. At College Fantasy Coach, we aren’t HUGE fans of team-based fantasy games, but we had to give Onroo’s game a shot because its FREE, a price we love for fantasy games more than how the game is structured.
Should you choose to accept the [...]

Does Chris Fowler Love the Red Raiders?

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Da Wiz and Double T Nation has published some photos of ESPN’s Chris Fowler looking like he is cheering for the Texas Tech Red Raiders during Saturday night’s contest against Texas.
Here are two of those photos, published with the permission of ESPN, of course (kidding). The first is of the game-winning touchdown catch by Michael [...]

NCAA Appears Powerless to Stop College Fantasy Football

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

USA Today ran an article on October 28 that analyzed the situation regarding the Knight Commission
and its stand against the use of college football players’ names in its games.  The commission is specifically targeting the college fantasy football game marketed by CBS Sports.
Below are some excerpts from the USA Today article about college fantasy football.
The [...]