The Off-Season
Now is the summer of our discontent. Basketball season has long passed, as have spring drills. College kids are taking their finals, which means summer is basically upon us. Save a few spring sports that nobody really cares about.
On to about three months of dead air time before football practice starts back up in August. Some news comes out, most of it is pretty minor and stuff that wouldn’t even be on the radar during the season suddenly becomes a huge news item for media and fans starved for some nugget of news during the off-season.
The burning topic in Morgantown right now is Heathergate, concerning the awarding of Governor Joe Manchin’s daughter with a bogus MBA degree. I could weigh in heartily, but I hate to shed the sports-sighted aim of this site. I suggest perusing through the past few months of Fifth Column for in-depth analysis.
The off-season is also the time for bloggers and message board pundits to create crazy conference re-alignments and THE ULTIMATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SYSTEM. Luckily, you will see none of that here. There will be occasional posts, I will try to stick to news items, a smattering of videos, and leaning towards previews of the next college football season. So, rest assured that we will still be alive and kicking it next season, even if the off-season seems lean and I disappear without a post for weeks at a time.
Tags: college football, Heathergate, Joe Manchin, off-season, summer
