Above Image (courtesy of www.amishbabymachine.com) As I mentioned back in April, at OTBR we are going to chart through the year the performance of major sports in the world (mostly North American) to see who will win the 2015 brass whistle for poor officiating. After all, sometimes the REFS -DO MAKE YOUR TEAM LOSE. If you are not […]
Bay area sports are the Best
Why the Bay Area is the best place to be a fan right now Let me preface this article with a disclaimer: I’m a loyal fan of most of the teams in the Bay Area. My blood bleeds black and orange with the San Francisco Giants, I grew up watching Joe Montana and then Steve Young throw […]
POOR OFFICIATING SPORTS RANKINGS
Above Image (courtesy of www.amishbabymachine.com) Historically, there are a couple sports who are the one’s that consistently carry the reputation for rotten work by the referees and call into question the integrity of the outcome: Boxing and professional basketball’s NBA. They are the dynasties, the Yankees if you will. Here at OTBR we are going to chart through […]
College Basketball Wrap-up
Well we can turn the lights off on another exciting season of college basketball. Turns out I was wrong about Kentucky completing the 40-0 mission, but 38-1 with a 2015 Final Four run is still something for the Kentucky Wildcats to be proud of. Michigan State and Wisconsin I tip my cap to you as […]
BREAKING NEWS ON DICK VITALE
(Photo courtesy of Jamie Vaught) The evidence is clear for all to see. Dick Vitale has declared fan free agency and left the Dukies (Duke Blue Devils) behind in favor of his new all-time favorite college basketball program, the Kentucky Wildcats. The image at the top of this article is one of but numerous pictures of Dick Vitale […]
March Madness Follow-up
(Top photo courtesy of Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images) Where do I begin? You know there were some exciting games, especially the gutsy attempt by Notre Dame to nearly trip up Kentucky’s dream season. I knew Notre Dame was good, but I had no idea they there were that good. Unlike the Kentucky Coach, John Calipari (He feels […]
MARCH MADNESS SWEET SIXTEEN AND ELITE EIGHT
Obviously, the 2015 NCAA tournament has been riveting, well unless you are a fan of Iowa State, Baylor, Villanova, Virginia or a losing patience with Coach Crean, Indiana fan. You have my condolences. With 16 schools left still with a chance at glory, who has a real shot for a ‘shining moment’, other than the unbelievable, unbeatable, and utterly unstoppable Kentucky Wildcats? However, […]
Ready for the Kentucky Invitational?
Technically it is still the NCAA tournament, but since the day that John Calipari arrived in Lexington he re-tooled the Kentucky program into the giant blue juggernaut that it has become. Which is much like the greatness historically achieved under coaches Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall, Rick Pitino, and Tubby Smith. In 2010 an Elite Eight, in 2011 a […]
NCAA Bracket Slayers
Whether these schools I’ve listed make the NCAA tournament or the NIT tournament, they all have a chance to shred some other team’s goals like paper. If you are looking for some additional insight to boost your brackets for the office pool or score winning bets at the sports book I have a crafty list of […]
NCAA Coaches with Toasty Seats
Travis Ford – Oklahoma State (Big-12) With a program that has fine history and great squads under Coaches Henry Iba and later on Eddie Sutton and in a conference where Kansas seems to win the league every year, fans are not happy with the hardwood results. The Cowboys of Oklahoma State have dropped four straight. Coach Ford’s […]
Road to Indianapolis: Pac-12
The Pac-12 season started off with the potential to build upon last season where half of the teams made the NCAA tournament (all with a 10 seed or better), but this season hasn’t gone exactly to plan where it is conceivable, however unlikely, that they will only get 2 teams to the big dance. Let’s […]
Road to Indianapolis: SEC
On our first edition of Road to Indianapolis we took a long hard look at the Big 12 and their tournament bound teams. We looked at Kansas, Iowa State and a few others but eventually we concluded that even though are a couple of good teams in the conference, none of them has what it […]
Road to Indianapolis: Big 12
We are now a little more than a month away from the 2015 NCAA National Championship game on April 6th in Indianapolis so we thought it would be a good idea to break down some NCAA teams conference by conference to see who might have a shot at cutting down the nets this season. We […]
Muskies Crush the Bearcat’s Hearts Once More
The crosstown shootout is actually one of the better rivalries in college basketball that still remain because the two schools (University of Cincinnati Bearcats and the Xavier Musketeers) were never in the same conference and they are a meager 3.5 miles apart. While the University of Cincinnati holds the series lead at 49-33, counting Wednesday […]
The Lights Go Dim in Las Vegas
On the morning on February 11, 2015, Las Vegas, UNLV, college basketball, and the entire sports world lost one of its greatest personalities and coaches. After a series of health problems in recent years, Jerry Tarkanian passed away. The lights on the Las Vegas Strip will go dark tonight at 10:30pm after the UNLV Runnin’ […]