Coaching changes and an ineligible player were the happenings this week as the college football season nears its mid-point. Steve Spurrier and Steve Sarkisian are now former head coaches. Spurrier abruptly resigned at South Carolina, while Sarkisian was let go at Southern Cal. “I’m resigning not retiring,” the 70-year old Spurrier said during a press […]
Being undefeated usually leads to a post-season game. But for the San Francisco Dons back in 1951, it meant standing on a principle. The 9-0 Dons could have appeared in the Orange Bowl that season, but they did not accept the bid to the contest despite being ranked No. 14 in the final Associated Press […]
Although there are a lot of quarterbacks on this week’s highlight list, the running game was also important during several of the performances from around the nation. Trevone Boykin led TCU (6-0, 3-0) to a come-from-behind 52-45 victory over Kansas State (3-2, 0-2). The second-ranked Horned Frogs trailed 35-17 at halftime. Boykin threw a 55-yard […]
October 9 is a pretty important day in the baseball career of Dave McNally. After not making it out of the third inning of as the game one starter for the Baltimore Orioles in the 1966 World Series, McNally responded in his next effort. McNally was the winning pitcher in the clinching contest as the […]
A match-up between two unbeaten Top 25 teams and a Big 10 affair with ranked squads are the featured games this week. No. 5 Utah (4-0, 1-0) entertains No. 23 California (5-0, 2-0) in a PAC-12 contest. The Utes were idle last week after winning 62-20 at conference rival Oregon, which was ranked No. 13 […]
Sibling rivalries are as old as … well … siblings. In baseball history the ultimate prize is the World Series and while they may not be the most famous set of siblings, Doc Johnston and Jimmy Johnston became the first brothers to square off in a World Series game against each other in 1920. In […]
Through the first five weeks of the college football season Press Room Pass has selected the top three contenders for the Heisman Trophy. As of now, quarterback Trevone Boykin of TCU is the leading candidate. The Horned Frogs are 5-0 after beating 50-7 beating of Texas (1-4). Boykin threw for 332 yards and five touchdowns […]
The top performance in Major League Baseball this week was by Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals. Scherzer tossed his second no-hitter of the season on Saturday, Oct. 3. The victim this time was the New York Mets. The right-hander threw 109 pitches and fanned a career-high 17 batters as he allowed only one base […]
Each week during the season Press Room Pass highlights some of the top individual performances in college football from around the country. Here are some of the top efforts from the week five of the fall. Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott ran for 274 yards in 23 attempts as the Buckeyes held off Indiana […]
One and done. With the current post-season set up for Major League Baseball, the one-game playoffs have become a regular occurrence. However, through out most of baseball history it was very rare and didn’t happen for the first time until the 1940s. The first tie between two teams after the regular season ended was in […]