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J.C. Hagan Archives, Page 1 of 3

  1. Responsibility: It's Not Just for Iowa Fans and Bathroom Stalls

    A story rumbling around the message boards concerns two Iowa fans who were caught having adult relations in a Metrodome handicapped stall last Saturday, an event that has probably garnered more reaction than the lackluster 55-0 game itself...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 6 days ago 1 comments

  2. Overachievers, Underachievers: Recruiting and Performance in 2008

    Every February, we make a big deal about recruiting rankings as the next college football class signs with their prospective schools. But rarely do we look back in time to see who did the best with the recruits they got...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 11 days ago 9 comments

  3. Illinois Football 2008: The Big Orange Waste

    For the second time in my life, Illinois, fresh off a BCS Bowl, has pushed itself right back into the mediocrity pit. In 2002, the Illini posted a 5-7 record after going to the Sugar Bowl the prior year...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 12 days ago 0 comments

  4. If Minorities Can Be President, Why Not Head Coach?

    Three nights after Barack Obama became the first minority President-elect of the United States, I'm left wondering about one of the most tried-and-true topics in college football: the scarcity of black head coaches...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 27 days ago 69 comments

  5. John Amaechi: The Big Gay Barrier Got Bigger

    Quick: What's the difference between John Amaechi and the wide receiver formally known as Chad Johnson? John Amaechi has a little bit more brains; Ocho Cinco has a ton more talent and relevance...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about about 1 month ago 7 comments

  6. Joe Dumars and the College Degree Fallacy

    Joe Dumars went back to school recently and earned his diploma from McNeese State. After years of putting off those lingering last few credits in favor of winning NBA basketball games and running ...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about about 1 month ago 0 comments

  7. High School Football and The Wonderful Part Of a 91-Point Win

    "A high-school teacher...is a person deputized by the rest of us to explain to the young what sort of world they are living in, and to defend, if possible, the part their elders are playing in it...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about about 1 month ago 1 comments

  8. Illini A Mystery No More, Belong In Top 25

    Until this past weekend, the Illinois football team had befuddled even its most ardent fans. Despite giving Missouri and Penn State competitive games on the road, Illinois had squeezed by Louisiana-Lafayette ...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about about 1 month ago 1 comments

  9. Intervention For a Cub Fan

    I expected a bachelor party. Ain't nothing like an Old Style too many and a parade of strippers to forget what just happened. Instead, there sat my family and some hippie chick with a psychiatry degree...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 2 months ago 1 comments

  10. Yankees And Cashman: Why Do Sports Teams Strain To Keep Mediocre Leaders?

    Six days ago, the Lions finally relieved Matt Millen of his duties as General Manager and Team President after seven very long and anguishing years for the Detroit faithful...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 2 months ago 0 comments

  11. The Inevitable Bowl Crisis: Four Undefeated No-Names and The Bowl System

    Currently, some board room hotshots are sweating bullets over bad contracts, and I'm not talking about Wall Street. Boise State is 3-0 and ranked 19th in the AP Poll...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 2 months ago 2 comments

  12. One Nation Under Me: The NBA's Crisis Of Viewpoint

    It goes so much deeper than Josh Howard. While I'll never begrudge a man for what is, at root, expressing a political opinion, the content of Howard's flippant remark is, sadly, the tip of an ...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 2 months ago 1 comments

  13. The Bright Future of Big Ten Football: 2008 as a Conference Nadir

    There's a lot of gloom-and-doom floating around after yesterday's dismal performances from the Big Ten's top two programs. It's population shifts. The talents all in the south and west these days...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 2 months ago 9 comments

  14. Football's Crazy Uncle Strikes Again: Al Davis Close To Firing Kiffin

    They're the crazy grandpas and uncles that most American families are quite blessed to have. There they sit, at the Thanksgiving tables and in the beat-up recliners, telling ridiculously exaggerated ...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 2 months ago 4 comments

  15. Ron Zook Cheated? A Retrospective on Illinois' 2007 Class

    "I've never seen anything like it in 28 years." - Notre Dame/hyperbole fan Tom Lemming after signing day in 2007, concerning Illinois' class. "Where there's smoke, there's probably fire." - John L...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 2 months ago 7 comments

  16. Steve Young Still Playing; Associated Press Looking for Editors

    I first heard about it at 12 PM today. Steve Young is back in the NFL, he's apparently playing for the Titans, and he spent Tuesday safely at a friend's house eating chicken wings...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 2 months ago 3 comments

  17. Why an Irish Skeptic Cheers for Notre Dame

    When I flipped over to NBC on Saturday and saw that San Diego State had just scored to take a 7-0 lead on the Fighting Irish at the latter's home field, I felt a very perplexing emotion run through my body: disappointment...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 2 months ago 10 comments

  18. Why Former Sportscaster Sarah Palin Should Not Be Vice President

    Author's note: Before proceeding, please note that the following article is on a SPORTS site and serves as a parody of the way many in the media kept digging up new reasons to not vote for someone to office in an impressively-short time span...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 2 months ago 132 comments

  19. A Rivalry That Will Matter: BYU-Utah and The 2008 "Holy War"

    On Nov. 22, college football fans might see an intense rivalry game that will double as a playoff into the BCS. Players and fans will make the stadium buzz with a fierce intensity and, briefly, ...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 3 months ago 2 comments

  20. The Pedophilic Hypocrisy Of NBC and Its Sponsors

    Over the last few days, a certain Ortega taco commercial has been proliferating throughout the Internet. Showcasing the Hamm brothers and Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson, the commercial ...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 3 months ago 6 comments

  21. Progressive Losing: Illinois Football After the Loss to Missouri

    Last night, the University of Illinois football team lost by 10 points—17 if we're being honest with ourselves—yet still proved decisively that Illinois has a better football program than they did one year ago today...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 3 months ago 2 comments

  22. Goodbye Chicago Princess: An Open Letter to Jay Mariotti

    Dearest Jay: Since your caustic and abrupt departure from The Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday, many of your former colleagues have willingly turned you into a punching bag...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about 3 months ago 5 comments

  23. Human Error: Why I Hate the College Football Polls

    As I look over the newly-released AP Top 25, I can't help but wonder which college football season a majority of the pollsters have been following...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about about 1 year ago 34 comments

  24. Illinois and Notre Dame: A Tale of Two Programs

    At the start of the college football season, Pat Forde of ESPN.com called Illinois football coach Ron Zook one of the "two worst coaching hires of 2005." Zook has consistently faced derision and skepticism concerning his coaching ability...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about about 1 year ago 25 comments

  25. Illinois BB: Can You Fire a Coach with an .800 Winning Percentage?

    Having an elite basketball program—or a semi-elite basketball program, if you prefer—is relatively new territory for the University of Illinois...

    Written by J.C. Hagan about about 1 year ago 27 comments