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TGS SPECIAL REPORT: WHILE WE WEREN'T LOOKING...
 Here we go again.
Earlier this week, while the majority of sports fans were focusing on Major League Baseball, the NBA and Stanley Cup playoffs, and perhaps the Kentucky Derby, one of the biggest sports developments was likely buried on the back pages of sports sections across the country.
In short, the powers-that-be in college football once again decided that they weren’t going to make any alterations to the BCS.
Not that there weren’t some involved parties who were lobbying for something of a change. Indeed, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive was the latest driving force behind a proposal to add the “plus-one” component to the current BCS set-up. In other words, a mini-playoff featuring the top four rated BCS teams, with semifinal matchups rotated among the existing BCS bowls, with a title game to feature the winners of those two matchups Read more...
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TGS SPECIAL REPORT: 2008 COLLEGE HOOP SUPERLATIVES
 PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Michael Beasley, Kansas State...Granted, there’s an MVP case to be made for practically every member of our All-America team. Hansbrough’s credentials, in particular, are certainly solid, although we must note how his North Carolina squad wobbled noticeably when PG Ty Lawson was out with injury in the later part of the campaign. Both Rose and Douglas-Roberts were spectacular for John Calipari’s exciting Memphis team, while we doubt UCLA would have made a third straight trip to the Final Four without the contributions of Love. And Rush was the top player on the national championship team. But the best player we saw this season? It was Beasley, whose presence immediately made Kansas State a force to be reckoned with, and will likely become the top pick in the upcoming NBA Draft if he leaves early, as expected. There was no flaw in Beasley’s game, ranking 3rd nationally in scoring at 26.5 ppg and leading the country in rebounding at 12.5 pg. Although Read more...
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