Bo Carter

Game 4 of the Black College Baseball World Series presented by Tyson between No. 1 seed Talladega and Wiley has been delayed by rain until 10:45 a.m. (CDT). Times for the other two games Thursday will be TBD.

Here are some quick basketball facts and figures: The new Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament, the traditional WNIT, NIT, and College Basketball Insider tourney started this week. There are now 240 of 722 total men's and women's teams in 2023-24 playing postseason hoops.

Black College Baseball World is set for Montgomery, Ala., May 8-11. Gull derails here - https://t.co/DzJlRoj0jo

And don't forget about Vanderbilt punter Matt Hayball with a 46.7 average - pride of the Commodores...

Direct appeal to beloved Mississippi State QB Will Rogers: Hi, Will, remember your great pediatrician in Brandon - Dr. Craig Flowers - husband of Pat Hartley Flowers and son-in-law of the late MSU Hall of Fame member Bob Hartley and think of how much the Bulldog Nation likes you.

Don't look now, but three former Southwest Conference schools are competing in a pair of conference football championship games on Dec. 2 - Oklahoma State (long, long ago) meets Texas in he Dr Pepper Big 12 title match, and SMU travels to Tulane for the AAC crown.

Happy Thanksgiving Week and thinking about two dates important to our family history: Nov. 22, 1963 - 60 years ago Wednesday - the passing of Pres. John F. Kennedy; and the final Thanksgiving game in the storied Sheffield HS-Florence Coffee football series on Nov. 22, 1962.

Here is another strange juxtaposition in college football history: Gerry DiNardo is hired at LSU the day after Tennessee defeats Vanderbilt 64-0 to end the Commodores 1994 season. 29 years later, Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M defeat Mississippi State 51-10, and Fisher is fired.

As Vandy prepares to meet No.1 nationally Georgia Saturday on CBS, memories hearken back to VU's historic upset over Georgia 50 years ago Oct. 20, 1973, as kicker Hawkins Golden of Dallas (St. Mark's School) booted a school-record four field goals in an 18-14 win over Georgia.

Governor Abbott and Texas political leaders - Please, please help us end these electrical power emergencies - there has to be a better way...Thanks!

Tennessee (also known as Upper Alabama in some circles) started its 130th season of high school football on Friday, Aug. 18. with 167 games. Some of the key results were Freedom Prep Academy 36, Grace Christian Academy 6; No. 25 Greeneville 42, Morristown-Hamblen East 12.

Congrats to the Vanderbilt women's bowling team and NCAA Coach of the Year (former Ole Miss tight end) John Williamson for the NCAA Championship in Las Vegas Saturday night over a gritty Arkansas State team (seeking its first NCAA DI team championship), is to be congratulated...

Proud of my two alma matres - Vanderbilt and North Texas - for playing well in the NIT and congrats to the Mean Green (MJ, 2006) for winning their first0ever NIT crown. Can Conference USA win the Basketball Triple Crown after Charlotte won the CBI and Florida Atlantic is Final 4.

Interesting comparison: The current Big 12 membership (10 schools) has 209 NCAA team or national football titles...The old SWC members (ended in 1996) now have 159. If you add early SWC members Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, the SWC has a 253-209 advantage...

Battle of the brains in the first round of the NIT Tuesday: 20-14 Vanderbilt hosting 19-8 and Ivy League co-champ Yale at 8 p.m. (CDT) - Watch and learn...