As I wrote in my season preview, Denver coach Joe Scott set up a non-conference schedule that was bound to result in some early losses for the Pioneers. That was part of the plan: to learn from the early missteps, and get better in time for conference play. But there were supposed to be some wins mixed in with the… Read more »
Moments ago, DU basketball coach Joe Scott, speaking at the school’s weekly press conference, answered a question that I submitted through the Internet about the WAC situation. This was my question:
As I explained yesterday, I belatedly discovered (with considerable embarrassment) that the original name for my University of Denver men’s basketball blog, “The Pioneer Post,” was already taken by another, stats-based blog about DU hoops. The folks who run that site gave me permission to keep using the name, but upon consideration, I decided to change it anyway, to avoid… Read more »
Twitter: #DU joined a zombie conference. It’s over. #WACPANIC RT @murphsturph: N. Texas says it’s not interested in joining WAC: http://bit.ly/hnXrHN
A Democratic concession today in Texas’s 27th congressional district brought the GOP’s net gain in the House to a minimum of 62 seats — and thereby clinched victory for TheSplenda in the Living Room Times 2010 Midterm Election Prediction Contest. TheSplenda narrowly edges out Kevin Curran (kcatnd) and John Presper (Joe Mama) by a single point, presently 107 to 106… Read more »
Twitter: RT @DesNewsKraig: North Texas is the final grasp. If they turn it down, it’s going to be hard to find 8th fball school | If so, RIP WAC. #DU
Twitter: RT @KraigW: Benson “very confident” legislation will pass to waive continuity provisions | In other words, WAC survives w/o 6 core teams #DU
Twitter: RT @LATechPWalsh: WAC has reached out to North Texas and would welcome TCU’s other sports should TCU Football join the Big East | #DU
Football-wise, at least. Stewart Mandel explains: Please tell all those economic experts who chart stuff not to freak out if America’s spending is down this Black Friday. A whole lot of folks are going to be inside, glued to the tube. When the television schedules were set last summer, no one could have predicted that the nation’s top three teams… Read more »
As I tweeted, my plan to write up Thursday’s DU-CSU game this weekend was scuttled by computer issues. I still plan to post something prior to Wednesday’s Alcorn State game. But for now, a rather different issue, from the annals of EPIC FAIL…
