Jasper Apollonia, John King, and Greg Fenton bring you analysis of the Sweet Sixteen and talk a little baseball before Opening Day. Sorry we were a little late, Jasper had a bit of a health scare, but he's going to be ok! Next week we'll be more punctual. Just click episode two! https://soundcloud.com/jasper-apollonia ...

Jasper Apollonia, John King, and Greg Fenton take a moment to preview match-ups, potential upsets, the Final Four, and make their Championship picks in their first ever edition of the official takingbadschotz.com podcast. https://soundcloud.com/jasper-apollonia ...

With less than a month until Selection Sunday, here is my attempt at projecting the current tournament field using a S-curve model, more commonly referred to as Bracketology (a practice made popular by ESPN’s Joe Lunardi).   -Ratner ...

With Selection Sunday less than month away, college basketball now comes to the forefront of the sports universe. As we enter the final month of the regular season, here are my top 9 most intriguing (regular season) conference races, and my prediction for who will capture their league’s regular season titles: 9. Ivy League The Favorite: Harvard The Challenger(s): Harvard The Outsider(s): No one Summary: The ...

Over the last several seasons in college basketball there has been at least been one team to stand out and rise above the others in the regular season. Over the last three years those teams have been Kansas (2009), Ohio State (2010), and Kentucky (2011). Those teams were not to be taken lightly with, and it caused the public to pick those teams to win it all in their brackets. Last year in ESPN’s Tournament ...

The SEC's Reign Will (Finally) End Considering how dominant the SEC and USC have been during the past decade (from 2003-2011 either USC or an SEC team was featured in college football's finale), it is incredible that they have never met to decide the national championship. The truth is, the recent absence of USC has aided the SEC in their rise to national dominance. USC is the one program in the country bui ...

[youtube]CQG-We148Uk[/youtube] The college football season is coming to an end and teams are battling for the BCS lives. Every game is critical as one just one loss in the remaining weeks can ruin an entire season of hard work and excellence. One loss is the difference between making a Bowl Game and hitting the weight room in preparation for next season. This week’s Video of the Week focuses on a team that ...