Sunday---March 18th, 2012

I totally missed one wrinkle on the new NCAA kickoff rule. If the kicker booms the kick through the endzone, the ball is placed on the 25 yard line not the 20 like it was previously.

This article covers Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops covers the possibilities of the various trade-offs of the new rule.

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Now realignment hits college hockey. We've talked a couple of times here about the synergy of college football and college hockey. Now that the Big 10 Conference is up and running, it will, in my opinion, quickly become the 600 pound gorilla of college hockey because of the Big 10 Network. The national TV exposure should give the new Big 10 league the most financial resources of any hockey league.

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Congrats to UMass hoops. They're one game away from the NIT Final Four.

The Boston Herald says the Minutemen are the men of the hour.

The NY Times says UMass is surging.

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