Arrival Of Bryce Young & Emergence Of Mac Jones Has Crimson Tide Fully Stoked At QB By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There was some sadness in Tuscaloosa and throughout the state (except for one particular spot) as Tua Tagovailoa announced his intention to enter the 2020 NFL Draft. After all, the quarterback from Hawaii did things … [Read more...]
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Things you love to see: An underdog for the Superbowl?
The 54th Superbowl takes place in early February 2020 at Florida’s Miami Gardens for the first time in a decade. Currently, the Baltimore Ravens and reigning champions New England Patriots appear favourites at 11/4 and 9/2 on Skybet and Betfred respectively, but there’s always a chance that an underdog comes through as the Philadelphia Eagles did against the Patriots in the … [Read more...]
LSU Scores Big With Booze; Reports $2.5 Million In Alcohol Sales
280,000 Beers & Wines Sold At Tiger Stadium In 2019 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger LSU fans were not only raising glasses to toast their successful football season, they were raising them in Tiger Stadium, too. The school's athletic department reported that it brought in $2.259 million in net revenue from the sale of alcoholic … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator Evaluates The College Football Bowl Games
Interesting Things To Watch For In the 2019 Bowl Season By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The spirits of September have given way to the drama of December and while four teams are still reaching for the stars, others are either disappointed to be shoved off to places like Orlando or are happy just to have another game to … [Read more...]
Why It’s Still Hard To Believe In LSU, Despite Winning The National Championship
Still Waiting For The Tigers To Play Like They Are Coached By Coach O By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger They have set all kinds of offensive records, their quarterback has gone from nobody to the Heisman Trophy winner (and deservedly so) and the defense showed some nasty ferocity in winning the National Championship. But I still don't … [Read more...]
College Football Rivalry Week Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Alabama-Auburn, Ohio State-Michigan Winners Plus Other Key Matchups -By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The rivals are ready and the fans are fired up, for it's the end of the season for some teams and the end of the chase for the playoff season for others. There are often debates about which schools have the greatest rivalry - … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator Ohio State-Penn State & USC-UCLA College Football Picks
A Buckeye Battle And A Southern California Cross-Town Rivalry By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Rise and shine folks, it's the early edition of college football as Saturday's lone big game takes place at bottomless mimosas time across the country, and there are no twilight teasers. A week before Rivalry Week, this is Sleepwalk … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Week 12 Picks & Predictions
LSU To Be Hit By A Hottie Toddie Hurricane By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There's an in-state rivalry, a cross-state rivalry and the state of several teams on the line as college football enters Week 12. The Pigskin Prognosticator makes picks and predictions from the Midwest to the plains of Utah to Plains of the South and … [Read more...]
What Bear Bryant Said About The College Football Playoffs
Legendary Alabama Football Coach Envisioned A CFB Decades Ago By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Alabama was winning National Championships long before there were the College Football Playoffs, but the man who brought six of them to the Capstone long ago envisioned the CFP being a part of the game. Paul "Bear" Bryant coached the Tide … [Read more...]
Alabama-LSU Game Predictor College Football Picks From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Another 'Game Of The Century' Takes Place Among Top SEC West Teams By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger It's another "Game of the Century," Tuscaloosa again serving as the focal point of college football in a titanic matchup that may (or may not) determine one (or quite possibly two) teams in the College Football … [Read more...]
The #1 Reason Why Alabama Will Defeat LSU
Nick Saban The Difference In Another 'Game Of The Century' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Which offense is better? Which defense will crack under the pressure? The media's endless gushing about Joe Burrow. Tua, will he or won't he? All the questions and story lines surrounding another "Game of the Century" ignores the basic element … [Read more...]
The Pigskin Prognosticator World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party Weekend Picks
Georgia-Florida About The Only Big Game In College Football's Week 10 By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The red solo cups are largely empty as the high fives of college football won't be playing this weekend, but the drinks will certainly be flowing at the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. There's more than a football … [Read more...]
The Definition Of What RMFT Means (Hint: It’s About Alabama Football)
Popular Bama Hashtag Expands On 'Roll Tide' By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger If you walk around Tuscaloosa and the University of Alabama on a football weekend, you're going to see a few people wearing hats and stickers on their shirts with four letters of RMFT. You may also see it on social media posts as a hashtag. But what is it and … [Read more...]
College Football Week 9 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Wisconsin-Ohio State & LSU-Auburn Top This Week's Picks By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The champagne popped in Champagne while the bubble burst in Madison, an ankle popped in Tuscaloosa and corks are ready to explode in the Red Baton, Columbus and Norman. As college football creeps into its ninth week on this creepy … [Read more...]
How Tua Tagovailoa’s Injury Can Actually Help Alabama Football
Crimson Tide Might Be Better Positioned For LSU Game & College Football Playoffs By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Concern, bordering on panic, made its way through Bryant-Denny Stadium during the Third Saturday of October. Reports came filtering into the stands to people who were not able to get updates from watching the game on TV. … [Read more...]
The Alabama-Tennessee Rivalry Still Means A Lot To Fans – And Here’s Proof
This article was updated in 2025 By Kevin Wilkerson, College Football Blogger With 16 wins in the last 17 gmes – including 15 in a row – many of the media covering college football and the SEC in particular, have been asking in articles and on TV interviews if the Alabama-Tennessee rivalry is still, well, a rivalry. To them, one team's dominance on the field relegates … [Read more...]
The Sporting Events You Need To Be At Between Now & The End Of The Year
Across the year there are always must-see sporting events, but it’s perhaps the end of the year when we see a real rush of events. Whether it’s the end of a season, tournament or just a festive feast of action, there’s always something major to enjoy, no matter what the sport. 2019 is no different. It’s a big time for betting, watching and playing, so no matter what your … [Read more...]
College Football Week 8 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Is Clemson Going Down At Louisville!? By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The Love Shack in Athens town has taken on the mood of the Deadbeat Club for Kirby Smart while in Stark Vegas Mississippi State is beginning to realize the reality that Joe Moorhead is no Dan Mullen. Meanwhile in the Red Baton Coach O says things nobody … [Read more...]
College Football Week 7 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Red River Rivalry, Notre Dame-USC & Florida-LSU By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Blogger There's plenty of toilet paper left unopened at Toomer's Corner, in Westwood the Baby Bears are officially in hibernation this week, the brightness of summer has turned into a bleak fall for the U-Dubers in Seattle and the Virginia Turkeys have … [Read more...]
College Football Week 6 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Analyzing Michigan State-Ohio State, Auburn-Florida & Other Key Games By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Blogger It's Deep Breath Saturday in college football, as there are several teams doing just that with patsy conference games or by having bye weeks. You know it's slow when the biggest game draws nothing but yawns from anywhere … [Read more...]
Fan Charged $724 For Two Beers At An NFL Game
Vendor Arrested For Credit Card Attempted Scam Americans know that concession prices at stadiums and concerts is ridiculously high, but when a fan was charged $724 for two beers at an NFL game, that resulted in a red flag being thrown similar to a coach's challenge. A vendor used a bogus credit card reader to make the charge, which should have been $20. The fan's … [Read more...]
College Football Week 5 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Winners & Losers For Late September Games By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Central Florida's season has hit the Pitts, Notre Dame now needs to wake up the playoff committee as well as some echoes, Utah has proven to be another Pac-12 blip on the radar and the Big Dawgs from Athens overcame their big-game nervous nature to … [Read more...]
Can Jim Harbaugh Save Michigan Football? (And Why Not?)
Big Blue Is Black And Blue By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The "Michigan Man" came back to restore the program to national prominence – and beat Ohio State – and so far, he has done neither. In fact, one might argue that Michigan football is as low as it was under Rich Rod and not be far off the mark. Certainly that appears to be the … [Read more...]
Pac-12 Referees Have Helped The League Win Two Out-Of-Conference Games
Officials Involved In Two Controversial Finishes In Two Weeks; League Defends Cal-Ole Miss Calls By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The Pac-12, home of a series of mid-tier teams but no elite ones, may have finally stumbled upon a formula to improve its national perception. That is to staff road out-of-conference games with its referees, … [Read more...]
College Football Week 4 Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Who Will Win And Why Between Georgia-Notre Dame, Texas A&M-Auburn And Other Key Games By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Blogger It's the Battles Of The Other Boys in Week 4 as Clemson and Alabama rest comfortably in the sweet arms of Charlotte and Southern Miss, respectively. Wisconsin and Utah try to put on "hey look at us" … [Read more...]
USC & UCLA Making For A Long College Football Season In Los Angeles
'Hot Seat Helton' And Chip Kelly Leads Waining Fan Interest In Trojans & Bruins By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger College football in Los Angeles is like the tide that rolls into the Santa Monica Pier. Interest in its flows in and out, depending on the status of its teams. And with USC and UCLA both out to sea, that interest is at a … [Read more...]
College Football Week 3 Games Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Alabama-South Carolina & Clemson-Syracuse Highlight A Weak Lineup, Tho Oklahoma To Put The Hurts On Hurting UCLA By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger If you need a Saturday to get out and mow the lawn, to finally agree to go shopping with your wife for those new drapes or, in the case of Tennessee and UCLA, to catch your breath … [Read more...]
Here’s What’s Wrong With UCLA Football: They Hired Chip Kelly
Bruins, Hoping For Oregon-Esque Success, Are Stuck With An Also-Ran Head Coach By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger With media and fans scratching their heads, the answer to "what's wrong with UCLA football" is simple. The Bruins hired Chip Kelly. I've always felt Kelly was overrated as a coach in the first place. He received credit for … [Read more...]
When – Of If – Will Phil Fulmer Admit His Mistake And Fire Jeremy Pruitt?
Tennessee Football Coach On The Super-Hot Seat After 1-3 Start By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger If there's one thing bigger than Phil Fulmer's substantial gut, it's his ego. The Big Pumpkin hired Jeremy Pruitt and now may face having to fire him a year and a half into the job. But can Fulmer – who muscled his way into being athletic … [Read more...]
Packers-Bears Show What’s Wrong With The NFL
Poorly Played Game Sets Pro Football Back 100 Years By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger On the 100th anniversary of the National Football League, the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears set pro football back a century. The offensive ineptitude from both teams produced just 467 combined yards. The Packers averaged a paltry 3.7 yards per play, the … [Read more...]
College Football Week 2 Games Picks & Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Clemson-Texas A&M, LSU-Texas & What's Happening At Tennessee And In The SEC By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Blogger There's smoke coming out of the top of 'ol Smokey and it's not another boat on fire in the Volunteer Navy. It's actually steam coming out of the ears of Tennessee football fans, who suddenly find themselves … [Read more...]
NFL Opening Weekend Has Become An American Party
Kickoff Game 2019 Features Packers-Bears Rather Than Defending Super Bowl Champion By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger Let the party begin. The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears kick off the 2019 season on Thursday, Sept. 5. It marks the start of a NFL opening weekend, which has become an American party. When the NFL started Thursday night games … [Read more...]
Jeremy Pruitt Passes Clay Helton In Top Spot Of Coaches On The Hot Seat
Tennessee's Upset Loss To Georgia State Does Not Sit Well With Frustrated UT Fans By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The fans sat in shock at Neyland Stadium. Frustration only begins to describe their mood. Now they are saying "here we go again, another coaching search." That's what will be happening now as second-year coach Jeremy … [Read more...]
College Football 2019 Week 1 Games Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Oregon-Auburn Opening Weekend's Marquee Matchup By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub's Expert College Football Analyst The 150th season of college football kicked off with a "zero" week, and that's what it looked like for fans of Florida, Miami and Arizona. Already now proven to be overrated is Florida, the Gators looking like minnow bait to the rest of the … [Read more...]
College Football Report: Florida Is Overrated And Dan Mullen Doesn’t Trust Felipe Franks
Gators Stink While Stumbling Past Miami By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger So much for visions of a SEC Championship game appearance, being a possible playoff contender, challenging Georgia in the East and, heck, even beating Missouri. Maybe even Tennessee. The Florida Gators 2019 football team opened its season against the Miami … [Read more...]
College Football 2019: The Rumors Of Alabama’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
Crimson Tide Will Continue To Roll With Nick Saban As Coach By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Expert & Blogger When a program has a dynasty, everyone outside of it hates that program. They root against the team, cheer when it experiences a rare loss and uses any negative or perceived negative to pronounce that this is the year things will start … [Read more...]
Pac-12 Games Starting At 9 AM Is A Dumb – And Desperate – Idea
Conference Tries To Get National Attention At The Expense Of Fans By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The season hasn't even started, yet Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott is already throwing up Hail Marys. First, he announced that the conference will move its football conference championship game to Las Vegas. But only for two years. That's … [Read more...]
Las Vegas To Host The 2020 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Raiders Stadium To Be Site Of Conference Title Tilt By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Looking to make a national splash at its media days to try and take some attention away from the SEC, ACC and Big 10, the Pac-12 conference announced that it will be moving its football championship game to Las Vegas. Specifically, the 2020 and 2021 … [Read more...]
Boat Sinks During Transpacific Yacht Race, Transpac 2019
OEX Goes Down; Crew Okay And Rescued By Fellow Competitor Pyewacket One of the top-line boats taking part in the semi-annual Transpacific Yacht Race – a 2,200-mile journey from Long Beach to Honolulu – has sank. The crew was rescued and is safe. Here is a Facebook post from boat owner and skipper John Sangmesister, who also owns the Gladstone restaurant in Long … [Read more...]
Ryan Leaf Turns Over New Leaf As ESPN College Football Analyst
NFL Draft's Biggest Bust Makes Miraculous Comeback By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger In life's equivalent of a third and long facing a strong blitz, Ryan Leaf stood cool in the pocket and delivered a strike. The former "biggest bust in NFL draft history," drug addict and prison inmate has staged a comeback almost as miraculous as the … [Read more...]
How You Can Attend The ESPY Red Carpet Awards After Party At Avalon Hollywood
Athletes & Celebrities Gather For Post-Show Celebration It's one thing to see it on TV, yet quite another thing to be partying with everyone afterward, of course. The ESPY Red Carpet Awards After Party will take place on Wednesday, July 10, at Avalon nightclub in Hollywood, CA. And you can attend. Put on by Affinity Nightlife and S&R Relations Inc., … [Read more...]
Tua Tagovailoa Still Has To Prove Himself To Alabama Football – And The Nation
Saban, Alabama Also Have To Get Reloaded In 2019 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger He was the talk of the town, the toast of Tuscaloosa and the top Tide player. Tua Tagovailoa was a sensation all right in 2018 but, entering the 2019 season, he still has something to prove. He must prove it to Crimson Tide fans and to the college football … [Read more...]
So Much For Tiger Woods ‘Being ‘Back’ At The Majors Championships
Even After The Master, Pump The Breaks On Tigermania By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger He staggered around through the final round like a boxer taking his last punches who could hardly wait for the final bell to ring. He played not with swagger but timidly, almost as if he were afraid to hurt the golf course. Tiger Woods may have made memories … [Read more...]
US Open Pebble Beach 2019 Fans Guide 19th Hole Bars & Party Scene
A Fairway To Heaven For America's Biggest Golf Tournament By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger The biggest question among fans at the 2019 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach won't be about Tiger Woods, but about where to have cocktails during and after the tournament. Knowing this, PubClub.com presents this complete US Open Pebble Beach 2019 fans guide & … [Read more...]
SEC Loses Fear Of Selling Beer In Stadiums During Football Games
Alcohol Sales At Sporting Events Approved By Southeastern Conference By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The Southeastern Conference has joined other Power 5 conferences by saying "cheers" to fans drinking beers during football games, as well as other athletic events on campus. Effective with the start of the 2019 football season, SEC … [Read more...]
What Happens If The Indy 500 Is Ever Rained Out?
Rain Forecast For 103rd Running Of Indianapolis 500 By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger Rain is as common to Indiana in May as basketballs are falling through hoops in January. But basketball is played indoor and when it rains in May it's not good news for the state's signature event, the Indy 500. The forecast for the 103rd running of the Indianapolis … [Read more...]
UCLA Basketball, The Four Letters, Gets What It Can In Mick Cronin
Storied Program Settles For An Unspectacular Choice As Coach By Kevin Wilkerson PubClub.com Sports Blogger Solid. Tho not spectacular. That's UCLA's new basketball coach, Mick Cronin. With an opening since the first of the year, it took Athletic Director Dan Guerrero more than four months – 100 days, actually – to come up with Cronin. This brings more yawns … [Read more...]
The Sports Blogger: Alabama Hires Its Basketball Coach; What’s Going On At UCLA?
The 'Four Letters' Still Seeking Its Next Wizard In Westwood By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger Alabama fired Avery Johnson one week and the next, had already hired his replacement. And the Crimson Tide got a good one, Nate Oats, who took tiny Buffalo to three straight March Madness appearances, including into the second round the past two years. … [Read more...]
The Browns Are A Bad Super Bowl Bet
Despite Adding Odell Beckham, Cleveland Isn't A Lock The Cleveland Browns have become the NFL’s hottest commodity. Despite the fact that this franchise endured a winless season just two years ago, and despite not having posted a .500-or-better season since 2007, Cleveland is where it’s at right now. Under rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield last season, Cleveland … [Read more...]
Everything You Need To Know About March Madness 2019
Top Five Things That Are Sure To Happen In The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger March Madness is madness indeed – from the buzzer beaters to the madness or ripping up your once-promising but suddenly worthless bracket in a bar. But don't say I did not warn you, for here's everything you need to know about March … [Read more...]
The Sports Blogger: Why Tennis Desperately Needs Another Anna Kournikova
A Babe Like This Can Make A Lot of 'Racquet' Off The Court By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger When is the last time you watched a tennis match? Knew the dates of the French Open or Wimbledon? Yeah, me too. What tennis needs to capture interest outside of the diehards is a doll of a player. A babe who is sassy, appears to date everyone but … [Read more...]
The Most Boring Part Of The Sports Year, The Winter Edition
In The Regular Season Grind Of The NBA, NHL And College Basketball By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger The Super Bowl is over (and wasn't this year's a snoozer), March Madness is several weeks away, the Masters isn't until April and it's not a Winter Olympics year. About the only exciting thing on the sports calendar in the winter is the Daytona … [Read more...]
What’s So Wrong With The Patriots Always Being In The Super Bowl?
America Should Embrace, Not Scorn, Winners By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger Half the talk leading into Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta was this: "Not the Patriots. Not again!" This was from people whose teams were eliminated in the regular season or the playoffs or from others who simply wanted to see a different team on TV between the … [Read more...]
Death Of A Dynasty: UCLA Still Chasing John Wooden & His Legacy
Bruins In Danger Of Losing College Basketball Blueblood Status By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger "Those four letters!" That's what a friend of mine said to me when I asked him why any highly-rated recruit would want to go to UCLA when they are not getting the coaching they need in order to improve and have no chance of winning National … [Read more...]
NFL’s Unfair OT Rules – And Tom Brady – Puts Patriots In Super Bowl LIII
This Is Thee League's Version of Deflategate By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger It's tough to beat Tom Brady. The guy is as tough as a crocodile, as resilient as cockroach. You just can't keep him down – he keeps coming back and back and back. And it's even tougher when the other team doesn't even get the ball. That's what happened as Brady … [Read more...]
USC’s Iconic Song Girls Sidelined By Athletic Director Lynn Swann
AD Removes Them From Trojans Basketball Games By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger One of the iconic symbols of USC athletics – along with Traveler the horse, Tommy Trojan and the famous band that played with Fleetwood Mac – has been sidelined by Athletic Director Lynn Swann. The USC Song Girls, who just celebrated their 50th anniversary, have been … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Alabama-Clemson IV Prediction From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Crimson Tide & Tigers Play For National Championship By The Pigskin Prognosticator, College Football Blogger The season-long storm of college football has arrived in Santa Clara – along with a real storm and what the heck were the decision-makers thinking when they put the championship game in a damp and cold location in the first place – with the two storm … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Levis Stadium A Bad Choice For CFP Championship Game
Alabama And Clemson To Play In Chilly San Francisco 49ers Home By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Why in the world is the College Football Playoff National Championship game being played in a suburb of San Jose, CA? In January, no less. Well, money, of course, but even all the dollars in the world should not have influenced this bad … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Don’t Expand CFP When There’s Only Two Worthy Teams
Alabama & Clemson Show 4 Teams Is Too Many For Playoff By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The impatient media clamored for years to get a playoff in college football. Now that there is one, they are now constantly calling to expand it to eight teams. Yet at the same time they criticize the boring games in the semifinals and moan about … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: CFP Playoff Predictions From The Pigskin Prognosticator
Alabama-Oklahoma & Clemson-Notre Dame Winners (And Why) By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The appetizers have been laid out on the table – the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, the Cheeze-It Bowl, even the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl among the offerings – but these are mere pre-party snacks while we all await the main … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Urban Meyer Retires – Told You So In September
Ryan Day To Become 25th Ohio State Buckeyes Coach Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Of course. Urban Meyer has announced his retirement from Ohio State and if this surprises anyone, then they don't know Meyer's history or what preseason turmoil can do do a program. I saw this coming more clearly than a pass to an uncovered receiver back in … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Conference Championship Games
Alabama To Roll Georgia In SEC Championship By The Pigskin Prognosticator, College Football Blogger It's teeth-chattering time in Ohio, Georgia and Oklahoma, and a little bit in Alabama, and that has nothing to do with cold winter weather. It's conference championship weekend and the chills will be rolling down the spines of fans whose teams are playing to get … [Read more...]
SEC Championship Game Alabama Fans Official Tailgate Party Information
Pre-Game Roll Tides To Be Heard At Hudson Grill Downtown Atlanta The official tailgate for the University of Alabama's SEC Championship game will be held on Saturday, Dec. 1, by Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The site is Hudson Grill, 120 Marietta Street. This is the downtown location and be sure you show up at the correct one, as there are eight locations throughout … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Why A 2-Loss Georgia Should Be In The Playoff
Tide, Clemson, Irish And, Yes, The Dawgs Should Be In CFP By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger With the regular season now complete, the top four teams are evident and here's my top 4 teams that should make the College Football Playoff, regardless of what happens in the conference championship games. The only thing that can change is the … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Rivalry Week Picks
Alabama-Auburn, Michigan-Ohio State & Other Key Matchups By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger We have reached college football's climatic finale to the regular season, a time when records are thrown out the window (for the bad teams, anyway, at least until they fire the coach), other teams are trying to elbow their way into the College … [Read more...]
Manny Pacquiao Vs Adrien Broner Announce Showtime PPV January Fight
Las Vegas MGM Grand Site For WBA Welterweight Title By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner will be fighting for the secondary World Boxing Assn. welterweight title, to be held Saturday, Jan. 19, at the MGM in Las Vegas. The fight was announced in a pair of press conferences, held Nov. 19 and 20 in New York and Los … [Read more...]
What It Was Like At The Manny Pacquiao Vs Adrien Broner Press Conference Los Angeles
PPV Showtime Fight Announced For MGM Grand In Las Vegas By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger Boxing promoters held a pair of press conferences – one in New York and another one here in L.A. – to announce the Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner fight, taking place Jan. 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas that will be Pay Per View on Showtime. I've been to … [Read more...]
Manny Pacquiao And Adrien Broner Holding Press Conferences For Big U.S. Fight
Fighters To Promote January Event At MGM Grand In Las Vegas By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger The biggest event in boxing to start 2019 is being promoted near the end of 2018. Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner have agreed to fight Jan. 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. And on Nov. 19 and 20, they will be holding press conferences in New York and … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger The Pigskin Prognosticator: Is A Notre Dame Or UCF Upset Lurking?
Not All Pre-Thanksgiving Games Are Turkeys By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Thanksgiving is the following weekend but there's a lot of turkey being served up this week with a lineup of games that will stuff the pockets of several small athletic departments in exchange for getting slaughtered. Served up on the platter for … [Read more...]
How Alabama’s Dominance Is Saving College Football
Nick Saban's Crimson Tide Creating Much Needed Fan & Media Interest In A Down Year By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Forget what Paul Finebaum said – Alabama is not sucking the life out of college football. Instead, it's quite the opposite. The dominance of Alabama is saving college football. While some people are tired of seeing … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskins Prognosticator Picks Week 11’s Top Games
Alabama, Georgia, Clemson, Notre Dame, Michigan & Oklahoma All Fight To Say In CFB Playoff By The Pigskins Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There is happiness in Ann Arbor, despair in Baton Rouge, a lot of clapping in Clemson, satisfaction in South Bend, kickoff confusion in Lincoln, bedlam coming to Boomertown, and Tua in … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The First Shoes Drops On USC Firing Clay Helton
Hot Seat Gets Even Hotter For Embattled Trojans Head Coach By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The first shoe has dropped in the process of USC firing Head Coach Clay Helton, and it hit Offensive Line Coach Neil Callaway squarely on the head. Callaway has been let go, and Offensive Coordinator Tee Martin has been demoted – not in title, … [Read more...]
Boston Red Sox Fans Were More Fun When They Had ‘The Curse’
Four Recent World Series Softens The Soul Of Boston Baseball Fans By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger Congratulations Red Sox fans. You have won your fourth World Series in the last 15 years. It's a tremendous achievement. This is after not having won one for 86 years. But let's face it. You were more fun when you were not winning titles. You were … [Read more...]
College Football Picks: The Pigskin Prognosticator Breaks Down Alabama-LSU
The Tide Will Not Lose In Baton Rouge By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com's College Football Blogger In the familiar circles of the Southeastern Conference, there are things that are common sights on Saturdays, such as fans arriving to games in motor homes and teams walking through the college campuses. There are also games as traditional as deep … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Why Are There Not More Good Teams?
Alabama And Clemson Are In A Different League By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Whenever I look at which four teams should be in the College Football Playoff, I easily identify the first two. Alabama and Clemson. But then, I shake my head. As I go down the Top 10, the quality teams drop off like a bowling ball falling off a table. … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party Weekend
Georgia-Florida And Other Scary Games On Halloween Weekend By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Several years ago, an old-timer sports writer took a detour to the press box before the Georgia-Florida game. Tens of thousands of people – twice as many as the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville held, he noted – were tailgating and partying in … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: One Thing Alabama Fans Don’t Like About Watching Tua Tagovailoa
The Tide Is On A Roll With It's Amazing Quarterback By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Alabama fans are taking great pleasure in watching Tua Tagovailoa play for their Crimson Tide. He is leading the team to unprecedented offensive heights to the point it's reached ridiculous levels. Tagovailoa has Tiders slapping their thighs when he … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Will USC’s Clay Helton Be First Coach Fired In 2018?
Trojan Fans Need To Be Re-Energized – And Fast By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Here's how bad things are at USC in relation to its football program. Apathy has set in among the fans and alumni. Ten years of too many mediocre coaches to want to count and unrealized expectations can wear down even the most loyal and vocal of fans. And … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Ohio State’s Loss To Purdue Eliminates It From Playoff Contention
Why The Buckeyes Are Out Of The National Championship Picture By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger It was this year's Iowa. Ohio State was knocked out of the 2018 season College Football Playoffs on the road against a middle-of-the-road Big 10 team. And make no mistake about it, the Buckeyes' hopes of winning a National Championship are … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 8 Picks & Predictions
The Third Saturday Of October Means The Alabama-Tennessee Game By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Paul "Bear" Bryant was taking slow, long strides off the Neyland Stadium field when one of the few UT fans left in the stands yelled down at the legendary coach. Bryant's Alabama team had just scored two touchdowns in the final … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Alabama-Tennessee Rivalry Still Special To Many Fans
A Perspective of The Third Saturday in October From Both Sides of the Ball By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger I'm from Knoxville. And went to college in Tuscaloosa. I'm surprised they let me back in the Volunteer State when I go home to visit the family. That security doesn't stop me when I arrive at McGhee Tyson Airport with a list of … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 7 Picks & Predictions
Georgia Looks To Put Coach O Into The Dawg House By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger They are toasting the team in Texas, feeling pretty sold in South Bend and cracking up in Columbus (hey, we kept our coach and look at our team!) but also starting to feel bad in Baton Rouge while its near anguish in Auburn. College football has … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Texas Is NOT Back And Notre Dame Is Not THAT Good
Longhorns & Irish Making Noise But It's Falling Deaf On These Ears By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The Horns have hooked OU. The Red River Rivalry turned burnt orange when Cameron Dicker's 40-yard field goal soared through the goal post to give the Longhorns a 48-45 victory over Oklahoma. It was the team's fifth consecutive victory … [Read more...]
Yankees-Red Sox MLB Playoffs Spark New York Vs. Massachusetts Clam Chowder Challenge
Loser To 'Clam Up' After MLB Playoff Series While the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox battle it out in the MLB Division Series, a challenge has been placed between New York and Massachusetts politicians, with the bet being clam chowder. Town of Hempstead Councilman Anthony D'Esposito has agreed to a wager a bowl of chowder with Massachusetts State … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 6 Picks & Predictions
Will LSU Get Swamped In The Swamp? By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger They are sighing relief in Columbus and Clemson, trying to put on happy faces in Happy Valley, feeling solid in South Bend, starting to believe in Baton Rouge and starting to make room for another trophy in Tuscaloosa. As college football heads into October, a … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 5 Picks & Predictions
Ohio State-Penn State & Stanford-Notre Dame Picks & Predictions By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger There's a whiteout happening in Happy Valley, a blacked-out in Blacksburg, a Frost-out in Lincoln land, a bit of a thawing out in Austin and a crimson hot Hawaiian volcano exploding in Tuscaloosa. As college football heads … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Alabama So Good Nick Saban Wants Negative Media Coverage
Tide Coach Asks Reporters To Write About Bad Things After Latest Rout By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Nick Saban continues to be creative in the ways he uses the media to send messages to his team. There was the "they ran through us like sh** through a tin horn" rant after the Georgia Southern game in 2015. There was last year's "rat … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 4 Picks & Predictions
Stanford-Oregon No Longer A Marquee Matchup By The Pigskin Prognosticator, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Three weeks into the season and we've seen a tidal wave rolling over the opposition, a suspended coach who keeps tripping all over himself while his team pours it on others and other coaches – two in just their first year – needing a fire hose to try and … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: 5 Coaches Already On The 2018 Hot Seat
USC's Clay Helton Leads Pack With Arkansas' Chad Morris Rising Fast By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Why some teams are on a roll – Alabama, quite literally – others can't get out of gear. And because of that, their leaders are sitting on the hot seat of college football coaches. Here's the Top 5 coaches currently on the hottest seats … [Read more...]
How Jake Fromm & Steve Sarkisian Helped Get Tua Tagovailoa To Alabama
Tide Gets Rolling Thanks To This Giant Hawaiian Wave By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Before the start of the 2018 season, Tua Tagovailoa joked that, "I'm not sure how a guy from Hawaii got to Alabama." But much in the way Tagovailoa spins away from oncoming rushers, the answer has some unlikely twists and turns. And the result is that … [Read more...]
Floyd Mayweather Vs. Manny Pacquiao Fight To Be In Las Vegas
T-Mobile Arena, MGM Likely Top Venues By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Blogger The much anticipated Floyd Mayweather Vs. Manny Pacquiao fight will take place in Las Vegas, PubClub.com has learned. It will take place either Saturday, Dec. 1 or Saturday, Dec. 8. Possible locations are the T-Mobile Center and the MGM Grand. The Las Vegas Knights, which … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Alabama Could Be Best Team Of All Time
With Tua Tagovailoa Alabama Is Not Just Unstoppable But Unbeatable By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger If you're in the way of Alabama's team in 2018, the best thing you can do is take cover. Because the Crimson Tide is on a roll and there's no stopping this overwhelming force of college football. The Red Elephants are quite simply … [Read more...]
Floyd Mayweather Vs. Manny Pacquiao Fight Announced In This Interview
'I’m Coming Back In December,' Mayweather Says In This Video Provided To PubClub.com By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Sports Blogger The fight is on; Floyd Mayweather has announced he will be fighting Manny Pacquiao later this year. "I'm coming back in December," he said in this video provided to PubClub.com. He was speaking to a representative of the Pacquiao … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 3 Picks & Predictions
Ohio State To Fall To TCU; LSU In Key Matchup On The Plains By Kevin Wilkerson, The College Football Pigskin Prognosticator While some teams are trying to reason with the hurricane season, others are trying to ride out a stormy first two weeks. Arizona is learning that Kevin Sumlin can't coach without Johnny Manziel, USC is realizing that Clay Helton can't … [Read more...]
New Orleans Saints Tailgate Party Guide & NFC Championship Game Concerts
From The Tailgate Party Scene To Inside The Mercedes Benz Superdome By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Who dat!? Where dat!? Is dat another touchdown!? I said those three things a lot during my New Orleans Saints game-day experience at the start of the 2018 NFL season. From the tailgating to the Mercedes Benz Superdome and onto Bourbon Street … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 2 Picks & Predictions
Texas A&M To Upset Clemson By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger The Pigskin Prognosticator was a bit rusty in Week 1. I made the mistake of listening to the college football "experts" touting Miami as a National Championship contender when I knew they are coached by Mark Richt and of course he's too soft to ever win a title. Oh, he'll … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Week 1 Analysis – A Very Weak Pac-12 Conference
Alabama On Top, And Watch Out For Notre Dame By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Three facts emerged from the opening weekend of the 2018 college football season. 1.) Alabama is the dominant, team to beat this year. 2.) The Pac-12 Conference is – by far – the weakest of the Power 5 conferences. 3.) Notre Dame just might be a team to … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: With Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama Is The Team To Beat
Crimson Tide Could Be The Best Of The Nick Saban Era By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Penn State nearly lost, Ohio State's feature remains unknown, Clemson, Georgia and Oklahoma look explosive but who can really tell against those opponents and neither Auburn nor Washington looked worthy of even a Top 20 ranking. And Alabama rolled. In … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: Urban Meyer Suspension Will Eventually Cost Ohio State
Buckeyes Will Suffer The Pain Of Ongoing Controversy By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com College Football Blogger Ohio State wimped out – did the "PR thing" and fumbled it at that – kept Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes are a national title contender in 2018. Meyer gets to keep his job, Ohio State could very well win a National Championship and all that "mess" in … [Read more...]
College Football Blogger: The Pigskin Prognosticator Week 1 Game Picks
Breaking Down Michigan-Notre Dame, Washington-Auburn, Alabama-Louisville By Kevin Wilkerson, The Pigskin Prognosticator College Football Blogger Here are this week's key games. All times Pacific Time because The Prognosticator lives on the West Coast. Saturday, Sept. 1 • Oregon State at Ohio State (9 .m., ABC) The Meyer Mess makes this matchup something … [Read more...]