Indiana did not deserve the vitriol it received during and after its first-round CFP loss to Notre Dame.
It’s quite possible that the Hoosiers’ only losses this season came to the two best teams in college football.
The sleeper game of the night in college hoops is in Starkville as Mississippi State hosts Pitt in the ACC/SEC Challenge.
Rematch of the 2023 First Four in Dayton.
Two NCAA Tournament caliber teams.
In the last 3 men’s NCAA Tournaments, the Big Ten has had 23 total bids, the most of any conference.
The league has only four (4) Sweet 16 berths:
• Michigan (2022)
• Purdue (2022, ‘24)
• Michigan St (2023)
• Illinois (2024)
That’s less than good.
COLUMN: Greg Sankey questioned the competitiveness of small-conference AQ’s. Then the SEC flopped and lost to AQ’s Oakland and Yale.
Because that’s March Madness.
Expansion talk is about greed and nothing more. theathletic.com/5362729/2024/0…theathletic.com/5362729/2024/0…
Filed from @mspears96: Ravens free-agent LB Patrick Queen told @mspears96 that he plans to sign a three-year, $41 million contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
We spoke with 20+ current and former Pirates people about the state of the franchise, and how it got here:
Years of draft misses
Old-/new-school discord
Distrust in player development
And a front office handcuffed by a frugal owner
With @Ken_Rosenthal: theathletic.com/5286289/2024/0…