From one kickoff to another (Soft Pretzel Logic)

From one kickoff to another

Okay, I realize my sporting tastes aren't the same as a lot of people's, but going straight from the Women's World Cup into College GameDay makes for one of the best mornings of ESPN programming I've ever seen.

Mike Jensen's College Football Report leads with Notre Dame-Michigan, which looks to be the sporting equivalent of 110,000 people driving by a car wreck all at once. I'll be flipping back and forth between that game and Tennessee-Florida, which figures to be yet another statement of intent on the Gators' part.

(By the way: if you got the print Inquirer today you'll note that in the Big Ten Network item in this story, the Temple kickoff is listed as 3:30 p.m. It's actually at noon, and the online version of the story has been corrected.)

Jeff McLane profiles Buffalo coach Turner Gill, a former Nebraska star who played in some very famous games and is now one of only six African-American head coaches in Division I. His Bulls go to Penn State today. It's a very good story. McLane also gives five keys to this afternoon's game.

On the local scene, here are previews for Temple-Connecticut, Norfolk State-Rutgers, Maine-Villanova and Lafayette-Penn. It's 'Nova's first home game and Penn's first game of the season.

And speaking of the Wildcats, there's big news out of the Pavilion: assistant coach Ed Pinckney is leaving to take a job with the Minnesota Timberwolves. It should be nice to see him reunited with Randy Foye... and I can't help thinking that it's where another Villanova star, Howard Porter, lived for so long. That doesn't mean anything, but I just find it an interesting coincidence.

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Posted by Jonathan Tannenwald on September 15, 2007 9:43 AM | Permalink

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Fred F.:

How can you really justify your opening comment?

The Women's World Cup is BARELY a blip on the radar scene, and College Gameday is not even a sporting event--its a fun, silly, rabble-rousing pre-game show.

But i challenge you to think about the CONTEXT of your comment.

ESPN doesnt do much in the mornings, as there is no real LIVE EVENT to show in this time frame..

So how does a rare live event make it "one of the best ever" ?????

Sounds to me, and I could be wrong, that you are implying "its a nice change of pace from the endless run of Sportscenter repeats".

But think about it? So what? Nothing really "happens" during this time anyway.

So you are really doing nothing than overstating the obvious.

I think you are trying to be too clever and cute for your own good. Again. Please, stick to your core!!! Its your "bread and butter".

Posted by Fred F. | September 15, 2007 1:04 PM

Posted on September 15, 2007 13:04

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