In Syracuse, college football fans are talking about Dino Babers

While in the rest of the United States of America, college football fans are most likely discussing which team they like to win the national championship this time around, talk is of a new coach here in Syracuse, N.Y. Exciting championship games this past weekend and the last meeting of the BCS committee came up…

How do you prep for a Sweet Sixteen?

There are many ways, I suppose, for a bunch of college-aged men to spend a few hours in a strange city before a very important evening. Add in the fact that they’re joined by the collective purpose of their university’s sports team, and it’s surely no surprise to discover them in a pack, dressed rather…

The Bracket World knocks on Syracuse’s door

There was a little warmup for in Syracuse for our quarter slice of the Sweet Sixteen pie. I took a walk up to the Syracuse University hill because the NCAA opened the Carrier Dome for free to watch the practices for the four squads who’d reached the East Regional portion of the Sweet Sixteen. By…