Still crazy after all these years

... Wooden was classy; Knight was not Bobby Knight would like to be known as one of the upper echelon of great college basketball coaches. He did win three national championships while at Indiana.  However, he also demonstrated that he does not have the temperament to be dealing with young people -- or people as a whole. His mercurial temper has gotten him in trouble over the years, and now he is even belittling one of the most revered and successful basketball coaches in history. In an interview with Joe Buck that ran on Direct TV last night, one that Mediaite described as "bonkers," Knight railed against Indiana University for having fired him for having assaulted a student at the Bloomington school. According to the transcript of the interview, Knight said this, "Some kid came up to me and said, 'Hey Knight, what's going on?' That kid made a dumb mistake. I went over to that kid and I did a lot more for the son of a bitch than his par...

... due to incestuous scheduling Last year after Clemson annihilated Ohio State, 31-0, in the national semifinals, I said two things: First, that Ohio State did not belong in the findl four and was not that good; and second, that the Big Ten is vastly overrated, and always has been. The losses today of Ohio State and Penn State mean that no Big Ten team will win the national title -- again.  The Buckeyes were crushed by Iowa, 55-24, dropping their overall record to 7-2, and Penn State absorbed its second straight defeat, a 27-24 loss to Michigan State. Both losses were on the road.  The Nittany Lions dropped to 7-2 after a 7-0 start, and the loss means that a dream of a national championship will elude Happy Valley for the 31st consecutive year.  Making things worse for the Nittany Lions is that junior running back Saquon Barkley had another poor day. He carried the ball just 14 times for 53 yards, a sub-100-yard game that is huring his chances.  Mayfield...

 ... will Barkley break a 44-year streak? The truth is that many Penn State football fans may not rank John Cappelletti in the top ten of best running backs for the Nittany Lions. They will name runners like Curt Warner, my number one pick, Blair Thomas, Lydell Mitchell, D.J. Dozier, Ki Jana Carter, or Lenny Moore, among others. Nevertheless, he the only Penn State player to win the Heisman Trophy, which is given to the top college football player in the country. That was in 1973, 44 years ago. The question now is whether the Nittany Lions will be able to break that streak in 2017. John Cappelletti John Cappelletti was a back for the Nittany Lions from 1971 until 1973. He played defensive back for Coach Joe Paterno in 1971 and running back the next two years. In his senior season, he rushed for 1,522 yards and 17 touchdowns, averaging 5.3 yards per carry, as the Lions went undefeated, 12-0. He was a first-team All-American and won the Maxwell Trophy in addition to t...