It will never be the same

For all of the talk last week of Big East Tournament ending as we know it. The grand daddy of them all, The ACC Tournament, is set to go through changes that will change it forever. With all of the talk of the possibly moving the ACC tournament to NYC, Greensboro and ACC are at a crossroads. As a fan of the ACC, the last place that I want to see the tournament its home is in Greensboro. Yes Greensboro.

Who said these college football stars are missing

Florida State's Greg Reid, LSU's Honey Badger, Georgia's Isaiah Crowell, Miami's Ray-Ray Armstrong and Tennessee Da'Rick Rogers.

All five of these players have something in common, all where kicked off their college footballs team and will not play this year. The other thing that they have in common is that all of them are in College Football 13 from EA Sports.

All five are amazing players in the game and playing the game will give you a true idea of who the best team in the land, including the players that are no longer there.

Live Blogging Wrestlemania 28

And here we go. After almost a year of talk the WM28 is here and we will take you through the night. A cast of weirdo's in my basement will give you our thoughts on the biggest wrestling night of the year.

Our Biggest loss, Our biggest gain

A week ago the Rutgers Football program had their biggest loss, when head coach Greg Schiano left for the Tampa Bay Bucs. Now they have their biggest gain as Don Bosco's 5-star defensive tackle Darius Hamilton commits to Rutgers earlier tonight.

The commitment has a chance to keep the class together and make this the best class in the history of the program.

OTWT Bowl Season Predictions

Its the most wonderful time of the year, Bowl Season. While there are some bad match ups there are other that are very interesting. Here are the OTWT Bowl Season predictions

• Dec. 18 2:00 pm New Mexico Bowl: BYU vs. UTEP: BYU
• Dec. 18 5:30 pm uDrove Humanitarian Bowl: Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State: Fresno State 
• Dec. 18 9:00 pm R & L Carriers New Orleans Bowl: Troy vs. Ohio: Ohio 
• Dec. 21 8:00 pm Beef 'O' Brady's St. Petersburg Bowl: Louisville vs. Southern Miss: Louisville
• Dec. 22 8:00 pm MAACO Bowl Las Vegas: Utah vs. Boise State: Boise State  
• Dec. 23 8:00 pm San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl: San Diego State vs. Navy: Navy
• Dec. 24 8:00 pm Sheraton Hawaii Bowl: Tulsa vs. Hawaii: Tulsa  
• Dec. 26 8:30 pm Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Toledo vs. Florida International: FIU 
• Dec. 27 5:00 pm AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Air Force: Georgia Tech
• Dec. 28 6:30 pm Champs Sports Bowl: North Carolina State vs. West Virginia: West Virginia
• Dec. 28 10:00 pm Insight Bowl: Iowa vs. Missouri: Mizzou 

The Coaching Wheel is about to get out of control

The Bowl Season is only a couple of days from starting and the coaching carousel is getting ready to really spin out of control. With openings at two of the biggest jobs in Florida, at Miami and Florida; Pittsburgh, and a possible opening at Michigan this could be one of the busiest carousel in sometime.

Miami has talked to Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini and if both parties agree that it could work out that would open up the Nebraska. The Husker job might be more attractive because they will be members of the Big Ten Conference next season.

The Florida job is one of the most high profile jobs in the country and could trigger a bunch of other openings. What happens if the Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops takes the job, the Oklahoma job would open up, which would set off another round of craziness.

In addition to all of the other high profile jobs out that there, one under rated job is available, the heading coaching positions at Pitt. While its not that greatest job in all of the world, its a job that a coach can really win at. Pitt offers a big recruiting base in its own city as well as the chance to go into New Jersey and get kids.

Once one of these jobs gets filled then the fun it going to start. I have this feeling that this years coaching carousel might be more interesting then the bowl season.

Monster Saturday = Monster Waist Line

The biggest day of the college football can mean one thing eating too much. Georgia/South Carolina, Ohio State/Miami, Florida State/Oklahoma and Alabama/Penn State are great games to watch and eat with.
With all of these games a lot of food is sure to follow. Doritos, cookies, pizza rolls, buffalo tenders and other assorted junk. All of them found the bottom of my tummy.
So the day is ending and boy is my stomach full. Thank god their is one day on the schedule like this, if there was another I would have to get a couple of pairs of bigger pants.
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Cover Story: College Football Previews

In less then  a week, the first games of the college football season will be over. In honor of that here are the various college football previews magazines from all over from Sports Illustrated to The Sporting News to Phil Steele

Randy Shannon to Michigan?

So I was playing NCAA 2011 and led Miami to a 14-0 record and a win over Alabama in the Orange Bowl. At the end of the season the computer asked if I would like to accept an extension or take the Michigan job. Randy Shannon to replace Rich Rod at Michigan, I've heard some weird things and that might be the weirdest thing that I have heard.
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Trouble from the Start

Arthur Brown (above) was supposed to be the next great linebacker at Miami, and his brother, Bryce was supposed to be the next great running back at Tennessee, but the brothers have proven that neither will happen.

Arthur Brown came to Miami in 2008 as the type of player that would help rebuild the program, but that did not happen. After struggling as a freshman, Brown moved from his normal weak side linebacker position to the inside and flourished. But that did not make Arthur happy as he returned home to Kansas transferring to Kansas State.

Bryce (right) was supposed to join Jamal Lewis and all of the great Tennessee running backs, but that did not happen as Bryce proved to have issues from the start. On February 22, 2008, Brown chose to follow his brother and orally committed to the University of Miami.However, Brown did not sign a letter of intent on National Signing Day 2009, but instead planned to announce his decision on March 16, naming five other "finalists" despite his oral commitment to Miami: LSU, Tennessee, Oregon, USC, and Kansas State, according to wikipedia

At the time ESPN.com′s Tom Luginbill said “If I was Randy Shannon and the Miami staff, I would tell the kid and Brian Butler to go jump in a lake. I got to imagine that deep down, Miami's coaches have to be thinking, ‘This is getting ridiculous,’” according to wikipedia. Prior to his announcement, Brown paid official visits to Oregon and Clemson, and finally took an impromptu visit to Tennessee on March 13Citing an anonymous source, the Associated Press reported the University of Miami would not reissue a national letter of intent to Brown to replace the one that expired Wednesday, February 18. Brown's advisor Brian Butler told AP he was unaware those scholarship offers have an expiration date, but reiterated that Brown would not sign until March 16.According to Palm Beach Post′s Jorge Milian UM coach Shannon called Brown on Tuesday, February 17, and allegedly told him the University of Miami was no longer interested in his services. However, Brown later told Wichita Eagle that Shannon still wanted him to be a Hurricane. Due to NCAA rules, Shannon was not allowed to comment. On March 16, 2009, Brown announced at a press conference at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in Wichita, Kansas, that he will attend the University of Tennessee, according to wikipedia.

After leaving Miami in the dark, Bryce has done the same thing to his current school. Bryce texted new Tennessee head coach Derek Dooley to let him know that they was not returning to for this season. Ok if you want to leave, its fine, just meet with the coach like a man and then tell him, but Bryce decided to skip a scheduled meeting and just send a text, which is totally bush league. Its a good bet that Brown will now be joining his brother at Kansas State.

Sure both of these kids have a ton of talent, but sometimes someone has to put their foot down and just say it. This is out of control.

The Storm Troopers are failing

Florida did it for the SEC Title Game, Miami did it for the Champs Sports Bowl, Arizona did it for the Holiday Bowl. What do this three teams have in common, during the before mentioned games the teams played in what is called the ""Storm Trooper Look'' and lost. Oregon started the trend a couple of years ago, when they came out against Washington and had white helmets, white jerseys, white pants and white shoes.
Sure the look was cool but now its getting out of control and bringing teams bad luck. Look at the results. Tempting the football gods is not good and for schools like Florida and Miami there is no reason to use this type of gimick and the results have shown that the football gods were not happy about their choice in uniforms.

Its all about the U

Its all about the U. From Randy Shannon as a player to Randal Hill to Lamar Thomas to the greatest linebacker trio in college football history in Armstead, Barron, and Smith. The opening to ESPN's 30 for 30 "Its all about the U'' is epic to say the least.

The Next One

On Saturday night, the college football world was treated to two things. The return of the U and the introduction of the next great Miami safety. Wearing number 26, the same numbers as former U great the late Sean Taylor, Ray Ray Armstrong let the world know that he is for real. During the game he ran all of the field making plans and showed the world who he was.

Here is a highlight video of the true freshman, when he was in high school last year.

At the end of his career Armstrong will be adding his name to the list of great Miami safeties that includes Ed Read, Taylor, and Kenny Phillips.

It's a home game this weekend

Wow with Rutgers at Maryland this weekend, that can mean only one thing a home game for OTWT. On Saturday, I will spending the day at the home office watching all of the games going on and twittering my thoughts starting tonight with Ole Miss trip to South Carolina. Follow OTWT on Twitter here.

The First 100 are always key

The first 100 of anything are always key, from the first 100 days of a presidency to the first 100 hits of a major league baseball career. The 100 of any thing is a mark to both savor and both grade out someones performance.

On Saturday, Greg Schiano coached his 100 game as the leader of the Scarlet Nation. At the start of his tenure, few thought that he would see this day but now that he has lets grade the leader on his performance of the last nine seasons.

A 100 games in charge, wow after his first four season, in which he won a grand total of 12 game, few people thought that he would make it. The first four years of his career at the State University of New Jersey featured some embarrassing moments including dropping games to Villanova and New Hampshire. But the administration decided to stick with him and good thing they did.

Schiano started to get his recruits in during his fifth season the when the Knights went 7-5 and went to the Insight Bowl and loss 45-40 to Arizona State. But things were starting to look up. The next three season, Knights returned to bowl games.

Aside from the success on the field, Schiano has been a success off the field. After flirting with various jobs around the country, Miami and Michigan, Schiano pushed the administration to add on to Rutgers Stadium.

In addition to the stadium, Schiano has also made Rutgers relevant on the recruiting trail. Take the recruiting of New York defensive end Dominique Easley. Sure Easley selected Penn State, but Rutgers was in it to the end with programs such as Florida and Georgia. Take a look at the top 50 high school players from the region and you will see that Rutgers has been involved with most of them till the end. Under Schiano, Rutgers has been able to make inroads in places that they have never been able to like South Carolina. In the 2010 class Rutgers signed Chas Dodd a quarterback at the famed Byrnes High School in South Carolina. Imagine back about five years, the thought of a player coming to Rutgers from South Carolina was out of the question, now it has become a reality.

While Schiano has a 48-52 record during his tenure and has been a pain to the media, he goes down as the great coach in the history of the school. As for a letter grade, OTWT would have to give him an A, if he would have taken Rutgers to BCS Bowl then he would have gotten the plus. To take a program from where he got to now deserves all of the credit in the world.

Is he worth it?

For the last eight months Miami fans have thought that their offense next season would feature uber recruit Bryce Brown, but that appears to all changing over the last couple of weeks. First Brown decides not to sign with the 'Canes on National Signing Day, fine some people don't like signing on NSD, but then the fun starts.

First his advisor, Brian Butler, says that Brown is going to visit a ton of schools and Miami remained quiet at that time, but now it appears that the Brown's are getting mad that Canes are not showing him the proper the love.

I know that our struggling offense could use a jump start and Brown would be the perfect person to that, but at what cost. Is Brown going to continue to drag this out so no one knows what their offense is going to look like next season. Today, the Browns said that they are not going to visit Miami instead head to LSU.

This situation has gotten so out of control that most Canes fans could really care less what happens to the supremely talented running back. Remember what they say if you play with fire you could get burn and if Oregon, LSU, and Tennessee are going to continue to recruit him, they might not like how the story ends.

Winners and Losers of the Bowl Season

Wow the Bowl Season has finally ended and what a season it has been. From the TCU vs. Boise State game early in the season to the Ohio State vs. Texas Fiesta Bowl, there have been a ton of ups and downs. Here are the winner and losers from the bowl season.

Winners

• Non-BCS Leagues: With Boise and TCU playing a high quality game early in the bowl season and Utah's win over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl teams from non-BCS leagues showed that hey can be a major part of the bowl season.
  
• The Pac-10: For years the league was looked at as being soft. A bad national TV deal leads many in the media to think that they are less of a conference, but during the course of the bowl season they showed that they are force from Oregon's win over Oklahoma State to USC bitch slapping of Penn State.
• Senior Big East QBs Pat White and Mike Teal: Two of the more successful players in the history of the Big East, both ended their careers with bowl win. White over North Carolina, Teal over North Carolina State. It was great to see White fathers singing after is son's bowl win, while Teal, who was the laughing stock of the conference at the start of the year, showed the class he had by bounding back and leading his team to another bowl win. As a season ticket holder at Rutgers, I can only say one thing to Mr. Teal, "Thank you."
• Tulsa: They are the little school that could. Every year they do a great job in developing a great offense and this year was no different. With Todd Graham, the Golden Hurricanes will continue to grow.
• Ole Miss and Vandy: Two of the lower SEC teams each won bowl game and the future looks bright for both teams.
  

Losers

• The Big 10: No shocker their. Every year they look slow and not at pace with other teams it was no different this year. Outclassed in the Fiesta and Rose bowls. They need to go back to drawing board.
  
• Miami: As a fan of the U, this was a hard bowl season from the loss to the California to the mess with QB Robert Marve and the firing of Offensive Coordinator Patrick Nix. It was not fun at all.
• The Sun Bowl: 3-0, no it was not a game from the Barclays Premier League, it was a bowl game. Oregon State and Pitt played one of the worst bowl games in years.
  
• The National Media: So an impressive win over Hawaii has made Notre Dame a national program again. Be careful what you wish for.

Only Time Will Tell Bowl Predictions

After an ok regular season, soon bowl season will here. Here is Only Time Will Tell officials predictions for the bowl season.

BCS Bowl Games

Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi: Penn State vs. USC: USC
FedEx Orange: Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech:Cincy
Allstate Sugar: Utah vs. Alabama: Alabama
Tostitos Fiesta: Ohio State vs. Texas: Texas
FedEx BCS National Championship Game: Florida vs. Oklahoma: Florida

Other Bowl Games

EagleBank: Wake Forest vs. Navy:Navy
New Mexico: Colorado State vs. Fresno State: Fresno State
magicJack St. Petersburg: Memphis vs. South Florida: South Florida
Pioneer Las Vegas: BYU vs. Arizona: BYU
R+L Carriers New Orleans: Southern Miss vs. Troy: Troy
San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia: Boise State vs. TCU: Boise State
Sheraton Hawaii: Hawaii vs. Notre Dame: Notre Dame
Motor City:Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan: Central Michigan
Meineke Car Care:West Virginia vs. North Carolina: North Carolina
Champs Sports: Wisconsin vs. Florida State: Wisconsin
Emerald: Miami (Fla.) vs. California: Miami
Independence: Northern Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech: Louisiana Tech
Papajohns.com:NC State vs. Rutgers: Rutgers
Valero Alamo: Missouri vs. Northwestern: Missouri
Roady's Humanitarian:Maryland vs. Nevada: Nevada
Texas:Rice vs. Western Michigan: Rice
Pacific Life Holiday: Oklahoma State vs. Oregon: Okie State
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces: Houston vs. Air Force: Houston
Brut Sun: Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh: Pitt
Gaylord Hotels Music City: Boston College vs. Vanderbilt: Vandy
Insight: Kansas vs. Minnesota: Kansas
Chick-fil-A: LSU vs. Georgia Tech: LSU
Outback: South Carolina vs. Iowa: South Carolina
Capital One: Georgia vs. Michigan State: Georgia
Konica Minolta Gator: Clemson vs. Nebraska: Clemson
AT&T Cotton: Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech: Texas Tech
AutoZone Liberty: Kentucky vs. East Carolina: East Carolina
International: Buffalo vs. Connecticut: Buffalo
GMAC: Tulsa vs. Ball State: Ball State

Best non-BCS game: Holiday Bowl, look out scoreboard.
World non-BCS game: Liberty Bowl
Player to use bowl game to start next season Heisman Trophy campaign: Zac Robinson, QB, Okie State.

Ties and Tattoos

Wow a couple of weeks ago, wifey and I decided to take the plunge, no not get married cause we already did that, but instead move into the 21st century of TV. So we decided to step up and purchase a High Def TV and boy has my sports life been different since then.

Gone are the days are watching regular TV, now its about all about sports in HD. My life has been changed for ever both in a positive and a negative way.

Since the HD has come into my life I have stopped communicating with the outside work, hey there is too much HD sports on to even think about talking to people. Earlier today, my friend over at Sox and Phils sent me a message asking me if I have given up on Only Time Will Tell, my answer was easy ""No, I've not had that much time because of the amount of HD sports that I have been watching.''

But with all of the positives of the HD, there are a couple of negatives: ties and tattoos. On regular TV both ties and tattoos look blurry and really not that interesting, but in HD it's a different story. Now ties look brighter and more detailed, which is not always a good things. Some on air personalities need to have their heads examined when they pick out their ties.
With College Basketball season starting, there are all kinds of tattoos on HD and sometimes you wonder why a person would put that on their body. With HD every tattoo looks detailed, which makes you question some of these players choices.
So its back to the HD for the rest of the night the 'Canes are on .

The Candy Canes

Could a 21 point loss be the best thing that could have happened to the U.

A couple of weeks the U went down to Florida Field and gave the Gators all they could handle for three and a half quarters. During the game Randy Shannon's gang showed the nation that the Baby Canes are going to be OK.

Fast forward a couple of weeks and Miami went to College Station and beat the Aggies soundly, with Robert Marve (above) playing like a future star.

So could the Baby Canes be the best team in the ACC. Just look around the league Wake Forest is a good team but the rest of the teams are nothing to be scared of.

Could the Canes be in Jacksonville in early December battling for a BCS, don't laugh it really could happen.