BOONE, NC – The college football season is winding down and almost all of the talk is concerning the College Football Playoffs and the four available spots that accompany it. Will it be defending national champion Clemson, LSU, Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia or somebody else? Just as important to the group of five conferences is […]
[ED. NOTE: This morning, Wayne Otto, one of our College Sports Journal contributors, passed away this morning after a short battle with cancer. This piece was one of many great pieces Wayne provided for us here at CSJ, and thought this was a fitting tribute to him. Rest in peace, Wayne.] For years all along […]
BOONE, N.C. — On North Carolina’s “Tobacco Road”, the start of college football always meant that college basketball is only two and a half months away. Duke, North Carolina, NC State, UNC-Charlotte, North Carolina A&T, Winston-Salem State, Guilford, among others, have always carried the athletic torch for the state’s colleges and universities by winning conference […]
By Wayne Otto College Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal PORTSMOUTH, VA – The epicenter of world wide basketball the second week of April annually is: A) New York, B) Barcelona, Spain, C) Rome, Italy, D) Portsmouth, VA? If you guessed “D”, you would be correct and know your basketball. The 63rd edition of the Portsmouth […]
By Wayne Otto College Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal PORTSMOUTH, VA – The Summit League commissioner Tom Douple could barely hold back the smiles of relief and joy with the smug look he was trying to hold after the first women’s basketball tournament session of the 2015 Summit League basketball tournament. Douple was getting a […]
Draft Express By Wayne Otto College Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal PORTSMOUTH, VA – In most areas of the country spring is getting ready bloom, the NCAA basketball tournament is in the books, the NBA Playoffs are upon us and Portsmouth is the epicenter of the basketball universe for the week. That means the 62nd […]
Southland Conference By Wayne Otto College Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal KATY, TX – In 1836, former soldier Sam Houston defeated original Texas colonizer Stephen F. Austin to become the first president of the Republic of Texas by a substantial margin. Austin was considered the father of Texas and Sam Houston was considered the top […]
Flickr By Wayne Otto College Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal SIOUX FALLS, SD – Thundar, the North Dakota State University bison mascot, has had a busy year. First, the Bison complete a perfect 15-0 football season capped off by its third straight NCAA FCS national championship game title in Frisco, Texas in January. The championship […]
By Wayne Otto College Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Summit League championship tournament semi-finals got off with a bang on Monday with 5,871 rabid fans filling the Sioux Falls Arena for a noon tipoff with women’s number one seed and defending champion South Dakota State Jackrabbits and the fourth seeded […]
By Wayne Otto College Basketball Columnist College Sports Journal SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The calendar says it is March and that can mean only one thing to basketball fans: NCAA March Madness, the annual rite of passage for every college basketball player, coach, and fan. March Madness produces a stage for new stars to emerge […]
By Wayne Otto FBS Columnist College Sports Journal DURHAM, N.C. — As the North Carolina collegiate football landscape continues to evolve, the Duke Blue Devils have positioned themselves as the top team in the state after nine weeks of the season. Coach David Cutcliffe, in his sixth year at the helm of the Blue Devils, […]
By Wayne Otto FBS Columnist College Sports Journal DURHAM, N.C. — The times they are a’changin, is an old Bob Dylan tune which is now being played at Duke University these autumn days. The Blue Devils football season came to a crescendo on Saturday night at historic Wallace Wade Stadium on the Duke campus as the […]
Adam Prendergast/Troy Athletics By Wayne Otto FBS Columnist College Sports Journal TROY, AL. — There is only one constant in collegiate athletics, and that is change. In the 1960’s and 1970’s there was a mass exodus from the NAIA to the up and comer association, the NCAA. Sure, the NCAA already had the “big boys’ of […]
