The new College GameDay theme song is out and it is absolutely disgusting. ESPN divide Since Big and rich shortly before the start of the season, like the music of the popular college football production. The duo’s hit “Comin’ to Your City” was the anthem of College Game Day and millions of fans for 16 years. You couldn’t hear the song without thinking of a Saturday morning on the couch taking in as much college football action as possible. Well, after the dumping Big and rich without explanation, ESPN hired Darius Rucker, Lainey Wilson and The Cadillac Three to sing…
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For only the second time in program history, the Miami men’s basketball team reached the Elite Eight – an accomplishment that is as much the result of a tremendous offseason recruiting effort as it is the result of the Jim Larrañaga’s training.Two of the Hurricanes’ biggest contributors this season are Nijel Pack and Norchad Omier, transfers from Kansas State and Arkansas State, respectively. Pack is third on the team in scoring at 13.8 points per game, while Omier is averaging a double-double (13.3 points, 10.1 rebounds).Even Isaiah Wong, a holdover from the 2021-22 team that leads the Hurricanes with 16.1…
ESPN unveiled its all-new College Game Day intro music on Saturday before the big Week 1 slate, and it didn’t go so well. Replacing Big & Rich with Darius Rucker, Lainey Wilson and The Cadillac Three and essentially doing a remixed version of “Comin’ to Your City,” the new intro song for the flagship pre-college football show really didn’t garnered praise from fans. Even though the song was never high art, this new version really didn’t satisfy the fans of the original version released in the 2000s. Like, people really don’t like it. They talked about it very openly. Like,…
Jeff Borzello, ESPN editorJuly 14, 2023, 7:45 a.m. ETClose Basketball Recruiting Insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduated from the University of Delaware.While conference expansion has been the topic du jour in college sports all offseason, the NCAA announced Thursday that it discussed a different type of expansion this week.The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee acknowledged that its members had talked about expanding the NCAA tournament at its three-day meeting this week, but the organization also said expansion in this area was “not imminent.”“The committee needs to be good stewards of the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship,” said Dan Gavitt,…
The opening weekend of the college football season was marked by a new blast of music from Charleston’s Darius Rucker.The country star and lead singer of Hootie & The Blowfish has recorded a new version of the ESPN College GameDay theme “Comin’ To Your City,” a song first made famous by country duo Big & Rich.The song, also featuring Lainey Wilson and The Cadillac Three, debuted on the show Saturday.Rucker, who formed Hootie & the Blowfish at the University of South Carolina with friends Mark Bryan, Jim Sonefeld and Dean Felber, also served as GameDay’s celebrity picker on Saturday and…
LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey said she underwent a heart procedure over the summer after doctors “accidentally” discovered a blocked artery in her heart.Mulkey, 61, says doctors discovered a coronary artery was almost completely blocked. She initially said she had gone to seek medical help for an undisclosed ongoing problem.Mulkey ended up having two stents placed in a coronary artery in June.“I never felt bad” Mulkey said, via ESPN. “I’m still a little in shock that we discovered this by accident. My message in sharing this is: if you’re over 50, go get a stress test.”Some of my old…
ANN ARBOR, Michigan. – According to reports, University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh was not involved in the NCAA’s alleged sign-stealing scandal.On Monday, November 6, Yahoo Sports reported that the NCAA’s findings did not link Harbaugh to the in-person reconnaissance and recording of opponents allegedly carried out by former recruiting analyst Connor Stalions.The league plans to suspend Harbaugh for several games during the November season, but reports have indicated that the NCAA’s findings require more evidence, which could lead to a potential lawsuit from the university if a Severe discipline had to be imposed.Thanks to the league survey,…
Myron Medcalf, ESPN editorJune 29, 2023, 4:32 p.m. ETClose Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduated from Minnesota State University, MankatoORLANDO, Fla. — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo questions the merit of expanding the NCAA tournament – a decision that could be made in the coming months – beyond its current field of 68 teams.Izzo said the expansion could diminish the multibillion-dollar product that defines the sport. There have been discussions of a 96-team field in recent years.“I just think it’s going to be watered down,” Izzo told ESPN on Thursday during the NBPA Top 100 camp at the…
College football fans aren’t feeling the new version of “Comin’ To Your City.” The new theme for ESPN’s “College GameDay” debuted Saturday and sparked a largely negative reaction on social media. Darius Rucker, Lainey Wilson and The Cadillac Three have recorded the new version of “Comin’ To Your City”. Big & Rich’s version has been featured on College GameDay for the past 16 seasons. The country duo announced in August that they were passing the torch. A new season meets a new anthem? College GameDay is BACK and better than ever!@dariusrucker, @laineywilson And @thecadillac3 ? pic.twitter.com/jciIBGHFPK – College Game Day…
UNC Tar Heels, college basketball. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY SportsCollege basketball the season is still a few months away. In the meantime, talking about the biggest brands and most iconic uniforms in academia is a good way to pass the time.Uniforms in college sports are always a hot topic. And while uniform design and tradition may not be as important in college basketball as it is in college football, it remains an important aspect of a program’s image and brand recognition.This ranking of the best college hoops uniforms is based on three major factors: simplicity, recognizability and uniqueness. Creativity…