Posts by Matt Zemek
The Madness grows: The top 5 power-conference tournaments
The one-bid conference tournaments are well underway, and many more of them (with brackets now set) will run...
Championship Week: The top 10 one-bid conference tournaments
It’s that month again. It’s time to welcome some Madness into your life. Championship Week (which is really...
Is Danny Kanell worse than Mark May? It’s not an unreasonable question
ESPN commentator Danny Kanell is known for trolling SEC fans and the SEC at large. It’s a role...
10 unsung college sports Twitter stars to follow for 2016
In my work as managing editor of The Student Section, I normally man the TSS Twitter account on...
Army-Navy scores its highest overnight rating this century
This century isn’t exactly old, but it has featured 16 Army-Navy Game broadcasts. This past Saturday’s CBS telecast...
Much ado about little: College football’s Selection Sunday can learn from basketball
Selection Sunday used to be the sole province of college basketball, but last year, college football joined the...
2015-2016 College Football Bowl Watchability Rankings
It’s not 40 days and 40 nights, but this bowl season does feature 40 games. More slots means...
LSU-Alabama is a college football ratings magnet for CBS
There’s a reason CBS regularly puts the LSU-Alabama game in the 8 p.m. Eastern time slot: The game...
Florida State-Clemson hits the sweet spot for ABC
Saturday’s ABC telecast of the game between the Florida State Seminoles and Clemson Tigers delivered a big number,...
Strong early NBA ratings on TNT and ESPN flow from star power
Professional sports represent a bottom-line activity for the teams, players and coaches involved: You either win or you...
A new way to say “Clemsoning”
In the world of ACC and college football hashtags, three enjoy an elevated place in the pantheon: #goacc,...
March Madness won’t be overtaken by April Anxiety… but what if it was?
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament, more simply known as the NCAA tournament or — even more...
Gary Danielson: an independent individual, despite what you might think
Gary Danielson will join Verne Lundquist for the call of this Saturday’s SEC on CBS game between the...
Clemsoning, Dabo Swinney, and the reality of entrenched ideas
Is the term “#Clemsoning” fair to Clemson, or should another program bear the brunt of a label which...
College football games are getting increasingly longer… and few are outraged
Yes, every theater of human activity — even pleasurable activity — has its limits. People don’t really like...
Livin’ with Steve Lavin will liven up FOX’s college basketball coverage
One of the charming and endearing aspects of college basketball analysts — and of the industry which allows...
SEC Storied Review: Miracles On The Plains
SEC Storied: Miracles On The Plains Tuesday, 9 p.m. ET, SEC Network Directed by Rory Karpf Approximate run time:...
