Slices of Tuna: So long to performative nonsense
Kyle Whittingham is a pro. What's going on at BYU? And let's hear it for the return of 24 hours of college basketball.
So Christmas Day is gonna rock, isn’t it?
1. Whittingham is true to himself
If looks could kill, then I was dead right where I sat.
My introduction to the pure hatred that drove the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry came at Big Ten media days in 2009. I, a student reporter at Penn State, found myself face-to-face with Buckeyes safety Kurt Coleman.
Penn State was the defending Big Ten champion. Ohio State was the preseason favorite. The programs had split the last four conference titles, with the Nittany Lions winning in Columbus the previous season.
Michigan, meanwhile, was mired in the RichRod experiment.
So, not knowing any better, I, in so many words, asked Coleman if Penn State was Ohio State’s biggest rival for the upcoming season.
Seventeen years later, and I can remember the look he gave me like it was yesterday.
