By Paul M. Banks Founder/President of The Sports Bank.net, Michigan State entered this past season ranked #2 in the AP poll. They had their struggles in midseason, but played up to the hype when it counted in March. Without top player Kalin Lucas, the Spartans still finished just one HORRIBLE non-call away from playing in [...]

Paul M. Banks is Founder/President of The Sports Bank.net, Under the current and counter-intuitive BCS system, college football will never have a title game like the instant classic we watched Monday night. There will never be a mid-major taking on a BCS conference school, and battling them down to the final second, for all the [...]

By Paul M. Banks, President of The Sports Bank.net DePaul needs a splash hire to revive their dormant program; and ESPN’s Steve Lavin could be it. The Blue Demons need someone to come in and convince local talent to stay home and start something, and I’m not convinced SIU’s Chris Lowery or Jazz Assistant (and [...]

Louisville-Michigan State LiveBlog

All season long I have been singing the praises of Villanova and Scottie Reynolds in any conversation about the Big East and the NCAA in general.  Ask anyone who has watched a Nova game with me the last couple years.  I like the whole team, but Scottie Reynolds was my favorite from day one.  I [...]

Hey everyone, StevieY and I are going to try something new this weekend.  We will be liveblogging the Louisville-Michigan State game at 1:20 pm central time on Sunday.  It will be different than some liveblogs you’ve seen.  Unlike the type they do on Deadspin where you have to keep refreshing, we will be using a [...]

Earlier this week BetUS.com asked us to do a podcast about Illinois basketball, the road to March Madness, and college hoops in general. StevieY19 was brave enough to accept the challenge. We are very excited to present: Steve from Not Qualified to Comment talking college hoops on BetUS.com! Based on his college football picks, I [...]

The Cardinals are going to the Super Bowl! And apparently AJ over at Deadspin has to get a new tattoo. The Steelers will be joining them. That AFC Championship was hard-hitting, but boring. Agreed? Shut up mom! I want to play my XBox! I’m going to hit you and throw this taco at you if [...]