A little change in format today, as I realized that some of the Blue Ribbon leads are more informative and others more entertaining. So we’ll stick to the numbers from here on out.
And Drexel’s number is seventh.
Blue Ribbon Open
LAST SEASON:   15-14 (.517)
CONFERENCE RECORD:   10-8 (6th)
STARTERS RETURNING:   4
HOMECOURT:   Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,300)
COACH:   Bruiser Flint (St. Joseph’s [...]

I’m blind drawing for the order in which to do these, and the Monarchs came out of the hat first. Coincidentally (or not), that’s where they will also show up in this year’s Blue Ribbon. Funny how that happened.
Anyway, here’s what you need to know:
Blue Ribbon Lead: Old Dominion head coach Blaine Taylor is boring. [...]

It was Sunday afternoon at 2:45pm when I decided the NFL had used up its last opportunity to keep me as a fan. It became clear through its inability to take the 30 free minutes in my day and get me into trouble by extending the half-hour to one hour, the way it used to [...]

If only I had eligibility remaining. And had talent. And were 20 years younger. Five inches taller. Could play defense. I will, however, challenge the winner to a game of H-O-R-S-E.
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We’ll pick up with the season previews next week, both overall for the conference and for each team. Stay tuned, and enjoy the football weekend.
Unsure [...]

“I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions.” Emerson
There are too many questions without answers, that is a truth. This is how it goes with long term strategic planning and why it is exponentially more difficult to accomplish with astounding success than people believe.
This [...]

We’ve gone the route of Eastwood and Shakespeare, Coltrane and Emerson, Drebin and Noonan in our attempts to put a theme behind preseason outlooks and game predictions. It’s been silly fun, and part of the midafternoon run in the coming days is to figure out our theme for this year.
That means two things:

Offer your suggestions.
Preseason [...]

First, a note about the CAAs top recruit, Rashanti Harris. Plenty of chatter, (and a Blue Ribbon deadline), so I asked the question. The official Georgia State response: “Rashanti Harris is not enrolled this semester. We expect him to enroll in January.”
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Note the new page (or tab) at the top…we’ve added a composite schedule for [...]

So much to get to this fine morning. There really is nothing like September and October.
Keep reading for a note about Memphis and some random stats that won’t be random in a few weeks.
The executive decision has also been made that Monday we will release the final four schedules: Delaware, Georgia State, ODU, and William [...]

Thanks to Drexel, we’re now down to four schedules that need releasing. Here’s the view on the Dragons four-in-seven and key stretch:
Drexel
Two roadies at Delaware and at Georgia State open the slate, then home games with VCU and W&M. That’s probably as fair a draw as you could muster.
The Dragons also have what I believe [...]

I got into an email exchange yesterday afternoon, and it was one of those exchanges that I could not turn away from. It was the kind of email exchange that keeps your focus on the minutiae of the email, not real work. You end up working until 7:00pm because of the time lost, devoted to [...]