Covering NCAA football and basketball with insight and irreverence. Unlike some blowhard columnists and/or sports talk hosts, I'll give you ideas to consider and form your own opinions about rather than tell you how to think. This blog also features "Good News In College Sports," the stories that don't get the headlines but should. I belong to the FWAA (Football Writers Association of America) and the USBWA (United States Basketball Writers Association).
The first of my weekly college basketball columns for The Sports Network is up on their site. The series will be called "Holding Court" and is scheduled to be updated every Monday. I'll be ruling on issues in college basketball accross the nation throughout the season. I'm happy to be part of The Sports Network team.
posted by Jim Johnson, The CourtMaster @ 9:48 PM
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In my latest Southern Pigskin.com column, I look at how the races for division titles in the ACC are shaping up, list my seven most important decisions/issues ACC football coaches are dealing with, and make my fearless (and hopefully more accurate than last week) predictions for this week's slate of games.
posted by Jim Johnson, The CourtMaster @ 12:07 PM
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After three weeks of ACC football, there have been a few surprises this season. I tell you what I have learned, pick the seven best passing combinations in the conference, and pick next week's game on my latest Southern Pigskin column.
posted by Jim Johnson, The CourtMaster @ 8:44 PM
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In my latest SouthernPigskin.com column, I tell you what I like and dislike from the first two weeks of ACC football. I also share some interesting (at least to me) trivia I culled from schools' press releases and make my daring(?) picks for week 3. I'm 12-3 so far picking ACC games, let's see if it holds up.
posted by Jim Johnson, The CourtMaster @ 10:06 AM
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In my latest SouthernPigskin.com column, I share my thoughts on the first week of football action in the ACC
posted by Jim Johnson, The CourtMaster @ 9:12 AM
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I am a lifelong sports fan, and as a University of Maryland alum one of the highlights of my life was watching the Terps winning the 2002 NCAA basketball championship and being able to share it with my late wife and best friend. I've been writing about sports since 1998. In that time, I've learned how to step back and take a "big picture" look at the games and the people who play them. There are a nearly infinite number of stories to tell, both on and off the field, and I will try to tell them with an awareness of how important these teams, players, and coaches are to a lot of people while still having fun in the process.
