Sometimes the media reads into a quote more than it should. Sometimes our appetite for conflict leads to overreaction. I’m wary of that.
But this Florida State-to-the-Big 12 chatter seems to be gaining steam. One day after the FSU athletic director pledged allegiance to the ACC, the board of trustees chairman ripped the ACC for its new TV deal.
This is about money, and the ACC doesn’t supply enough to make the Seminoles happy.
It’s possible Florida State is just scaring the ACC in a political move. But I would love to see the ’Noles (and Miami) jump — partly because conference realignment is my favorite daytime soap opera.
Yes, it would be weird having FSU travel to Ames for a conference game. But the …
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While still enjoying a solid basketball reputation and top-10 attendance, the Creighton men’s basketball team’s stature has slipped below the top echelon of non-BCS schools over the past decade. To find out what it takes to once again breath such rarefied air, The World-Herald explored this topic by reaching out to officials from Xavier, Gonzaga and Butler — three schools that have separated themselves — and writers across the country, to see what Creighton has to do to reach the next level.
>> Steven Pivovar’s story: How can CU hoops build to stay in high-rise district?
>> Dirk Chatelain’s column: Chatelain: Bite the bullet, add a one-and-done
We asked journalists from a local, Missouri Valley and national level to provide a short perspective on …
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The Creighton men’s basketball team ranked sixth nationally in attendance for the 2011-12, the highest ranking from a non-BCS conference team, with 16,665 fans per home game.
The Jays also had the country’s largest average home attendance increase, jumping up 3,157 fans per game, one of the top three increases nationwide in the past five seasons.
The 16,665 average set a CU and Missouri Valley Conference record, and included six of the 11 largest crowds in program history in 2011-12. This was the ninth straight season that Creighton led the MVC in average home attendance and seventh consecutive season that Creighton surpassed 200,000 fans. No other school in MVC history has ever reached 200,000 fans.
Creighton has the fan support of a top program and returns …
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Despite a report last night that Illinois State had promoted current assistant Rob Judson, the Redbirds announced on Monday evening that Dan Muller will be announced as the new head coach on Tuesday.
CBS Sports’ Jeff Goodman broke the news shortly before Illinois State made the announcement.
Muller is currently an assistant at Vanderbilt and is a former Redbird. He played for Illinois State from 1995-98.…
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The Pantagraph of Bloomington, Ill. is reporting that current Illinois State assistant coach Rob Judson will be selected to replace Tim Jankovich as the Redbirds head coach.
Judson has served as an assistant the past five years under Jankovich.
Illinois State is expected to compete for a Missouri Valley Conference title next season. The Redbirds return all of their key players from this past season.
Click here for the the full Pantagraph report.
Creighton closes its regular season with a noon doubleheader Saturday and a game Sunday against Missouri State.
The Bluejays will honor Kylie Hovinga, Christa Ruf and Emily Perry between Saturday’s games at the CU Sports Complex.
Creighton (26-22-1, 14-9) sits in fourth place in the Missouri Valley Conference. Missouri State (22-24, 10-13) is sixth.
Northern Iowa (37-14, 20-3) has clinched the Valley title and is the top seed for the league tournament that runs Thursday through May 12 in Carbondale, Ill.…
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The Creighton men’s soccer team announced twelve players in its 2012 recruiting class on Friday.
“Because we lost so many players from last year’s team, it was vital for our program’s success to recruit well, and I’m excited about the 12 coming in,” said coach Elmar Bolowich.
The Bluejays lost seven starters — including four MLS draft picks — from a team that finished 21-2-1 and reached the College Cup in 2011.
“We lost pretty much every player down the spine of our team, from goalkeeper to center forward. They are hard to replace, because it’s also a ton of experience. A lot of these guys have to step up. We are very happy that we have a balanced class of transfers and incoming freshmen.”
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The Creighton crew team is surprising everyone.
After being picked to finish fifth in the West Coast Conference’s preseason coaches poll, the Bluejays have had strong showings in all their spring events.
The spring started with a first-place finish in the Upper Midwest Collegiate Sprints. Couple that with a win over in-state rival Nebraska, and Creighton looks like it’s ready to surprise the WCC at the conference championship May 12.
“We have picked up a lot of speed in the last month and a half,” coach Daniel Chipps said. “Our team is strong and a lot of our rowers have set personal records in practice.”
While the early victories are nice, things change in conference play.
The WCC is filled with schools roughly the same …
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Missouri Valley Conference play proved to be the kryptonite for the Creighton women’s tennis team.
The Bluejays’ season ended Friday with a 4-0 loss to Illinois State in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. Creighton finished 11-9 overall, but 2-5 in the conference.
All season, the Bluejays struggled when facing other MVC teams.
“We had a really good year as a team,” senior Kelsey Schmidt said. “Every year we have a really strong conference, and you can see that in our record.”
The year was special for the team’s two seniors, Schmidt and Mary McMullan. The pair was honored as the All-MVC No. 2 doubles team.
“This season was very important to us,” McMullan said. “It was our last season and we wanted to play at …
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Let’s start with a little college football playoff talk. I did a little digging last night and found this article:
Arguments against a post-season college football playoff on grounds that it would hurt traditional bowl games and force athletes to miss too much school are not valid, according to a former Notre Dame coach (I’ll reveal his identity at the bottom).
Writing in TV Guide, the coach predicted a playoff capped by a college “Super Bowl” by the end of the decade.
The coach proposed a single, post-bowl title game between the top two teams as chosen by a consensus of polls, conferences and coaches. The playoff format could be gradually expanded to four, eight, and eventually 16 teams, with bowls used as elimination games. …
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