North Carolina Tarheels covers -21 against Pennsylvania

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 13-4-1

College Football: 9-8

NFL 8-4-1

NBA 1-1

You just became the winningest head coach in NCAA mens basketball history. Knight and Texas Tech outlasted the New Mexico Lobos yesterday 70-68 for Knight’s 880th win. 880 wins is remarkable and Knight deserves the respect that comes with this feat.

Texas Tech defeated Bucknell yesterday to give Bobby Knight his 879th victory. The win tied him with Dean Smith for first in wins all-time. Knight has a chance to make history December 28th against UNLV. It’s hard sometimes to really understand how phenomenal a coach Knight is with some of his off court actions over the years.

Arkansas covers +8.5 at Texas

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 12-4-1

College Football: 7-7

NFL 8-3-1

NBA 1-1

TCU covers -12 against Northern Illinois in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 12-4-1

College Football: 6-7

NFL 8-3-1

NBA 1-1

This morning it really felt like the sun was shining a little brighter and it seemed as if I had a little extra skip in my step. It took me until around lunch time to figure out why this was the case. Then I realized at lunch that today starts the college bowl season and everyday from here until early January is jam packed with college football. The first game of the bowl season is the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl hosting TCU vs. Northern Illinois.(what a mouthful) Northern Illinois has a running back named Garrett Wolfe who is the nation’s leading rusher at 158 yards per game. The problem is the Horned Frogs haven’t allowed a 100-yard rusher in their last 19 games and bolster the #4 rushing defense in the nation. The question will be whether Northern Illinois can initiate a passing game that could then hopefully allow for the running game to open up. If this doesn’t happen then you can forget Northern Illinois having a chance to win. Stay tuned to SportsUnderground in the coming days and weeks for more summaries of the bowl games.

Texas Tech covers +6 against Arkansas

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 11-4-1

College Football: 6-7

NFL 6-3-1

NBA 1-1

We normally hear of how the NCAA and the rules they have in place basically screw players for minor violations. Please don’t get me wrong because they overall do a great job, but we all know there have been times we didn’t agree with their decisions or thought they had no heart. Well, this story will really warm your heart and definitely shows a very positive side to the NCAA. In a nutshell, Jermareo Davidson who is a talented 6-10 forward for Alabama has endured his brother being placed on a ventilator and his girlfriend being killed in a car accident all this semester. To make things worse Jermareo was in the car with his girlfriend when the accident occurred.  Needless to say because of these tragedies his studies were falling very far behind. It appeared he was going to also have to endure missing the second half of his senior season due to poor grades. Then a director of academic services for Alabama University made coach Gottried aware of a NCAA and SEC rule that allows players to withdraw from classes and wipe the slate clean for next semester. It’s not often you hear the NCAA sparing someone from rules and regulations, but this time the rules made things just a bit better for Jamareo Davidson who is handling so much at such a young age. I tip my hat to you today NCAA.

Story: Jermareo Davidson

The slate is full of great college basketball games so here are our picks.

Duke covers -14 at home against George Mason

Wisconsin covers +4 at Marquette

Indiana covers +5 against Kentucky

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 9-4

College Football: 6-7

NFL 5-3-1

Oklahoma Sooners cover -2 at home against Villanova

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 9-3

College Football: 6-7

NFL 5-3-1