by Andrew | May 13, 2016 | Academics, Communication, Sports
Yesterday, I took my Communication and Sport class to Avaya Stadium, home of the San Jose Earthquakes where we were taken on a tour of the stadium courtesy of our excellent ticket rep, Melissa. The students loved it. Many of them were really impressed with the stadium...
by Andrew | Feb 19, 2016 | Academics, Sports
I teach one of the few sports-connected classes at Santa Clara University. This is what my inbox looks like right after the first day of class registration. And by the way, this is a not a humblebrag. If it is, it’s a pathetic one: “Oh hey students are...
by Andrew | Dec 29, 2014 | College Football Ratings, Sports
Look, I’m just being honest. A few thoughts on the upcoming College Football Playoffs: This is a huge step forward from the BCS model. Huge. As I’ve said before, if you have 129 teams and they each play about 13 games, you can’t possibly have...
by Andrew | Dec 4, 2014 | College Football Ratings, Sports
The weird thing about the conference championships this weekend is that only one team in each game has a strong opportunity to continue on to the real championship, which you get to by going through the College Football Playoffs. If #10 Missouri (all rankings my own)...
by Andrew | Nov 26, 2014 | College Football Ratings, Sports
Here are the teams that currently kind of control their path to the championship: Alabama Florida State Great list, right? No one else is included because every other team has the possibility of winning the rest of their games but not being included in the playoff. If...
by Andrew | Oct 21, 2014 | College Football Ratings, Sports
(Top image from The Big Lead) Yahoo! writer Dan Wetzel has been posting something like this tweet every Saturday: My weekly reminder that the playoff was supposed to ruin the regular season. — Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) October 19, 2014 Saturdays in the fall are as...
