Trip Reviews
-
UNC Basketball: Live Action
My Intro to Marketing professor at the University of Florida once noted that the greatest brands can be recognized with only a color (or pair of colors) and a simple image. He referenced Coca-Cola as the primary example. All it takes is the color red and the silhouette of a glass bottle for people to…
-
South Carolina Baseball: Cocky & Proud
At 6’6″, 247 lbs. and flashing a 100+ mph fastball that carries into late innings, Paul Skenes is undoubtedly the biggest thing in college baseball right now. On this night in Columbia, South Carolina, he was taking the mound against the Gamecocks, a team that has surprised its SEC foes and appears to be a…
-
OU Basketball: Sooners Squeak By
After Loyola-Chicago’s first March Madness upset, she was a story. After the second, she was a sensation. By the time Loyola-Chicago’s Cinderella run to the 2018 Final Four ended, the 98-year-old hoops-lovin’ nun was a certified icon. Sister Jean became so popular during March Madness that someone created a cheesy song about her set to…
-
Baylor Basketball: Rebuild After the Reign
Baylor basketball was on its deathbed. Rocked by a multi-layer scandal involving murder and illicit payments, one player was dead, a former player was in prison for his murder, their coach was forced to resign, and the program was hammered with the stiffest sanctions short of the “death penalty” by the NCAA.
-
UVA Basketball: The Best Is Yet To Come?
On March 16, 2018, the college basketball world was rocked when the unthinkable happened: a 16-seed defeated a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament. After 135 victories and 0 losses by the 1-seed in 1 vs. 16 matchups, Virginia became the first top-seeded team to lose in the first round of March Madness. It was embarrassing.…
-
Philadelphia 76ers: Trust the Process
“Bryan Colangelo’s collars” is not a phrase I had ever considered until it became my favorite thing on the internet. Last year, speculation among fans grew that Colangelo, the much maligned Philadelphia 76ers’ President of Basketball Operations, was operating a series of anonymous Twitter accounts for the purpose of defending his own actions from online…
-
Ohio St. Basketball: Hot Schott
I arrived at the Schottenstein Center — home of Ohio State basketball — about a half-hour before tip-off and parked in the Lane Avenue Garage, which happened to have a malfunctioning card reader and ended up being free. I walked across the Olentangy (via bridge, not miracle) and entered through the southeast entrance of the…
CFB Travel Guy 