By Jordan Morey | @JordanAMorey Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — As the Heisman Trophy winner’s pass sailed down the left sideline, Georgia coach Kirby Smart experienced Déjà Vu. Smart wasn’t taken back to the bludgeoning the Bulldogs received in the Southeastern Conference Championship game against Alabama last month. Nor did he go back to …
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Four students from the Sports Capital Journalism Program at IUPUI are covering the College Football Playoff National Championship. Here are their predictions for the 2022 game: Coaching edge? Saban over Smart. Quarterback edge? Young over Bennett. Mental/Confidence edge? Alabama, for its win over Georgia last month in the SEC Championship game along with …
Read MoreBy Meghan Rominger | @MeghanRominger Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Footballs whizzing through the air, Bulldog and Crimson Tide branded Indy cars, and Dr. Pepper pong: there was no shortage of football-themed fun this weekend at the Playoff Fan Central event at the Indiana Convention Center. Georgia and Alabama fans, along with some neutral …
Read MoreBy Meghan Rominger | @MeghanRominger Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Growing up in Tuscaloosa, surrounded by the ever-present buzz of the University of Alabama’s football team and its status as an unassailable behemoth on the gridiron, all Brian Robinson Jr. wanted was to play for the Crimson Tide under those bright lights. “Just watching …
Read MoreBy Jordan Morey | @JordanAMorey Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Growing up in small-town southern Georgia, Stetson Bennett IV would often listen to old clips on YouTube of Hall-of-Fame broadcaster Larry Munson calling Bulldogs football games. Bennett wasn’t born until 18 years after the University of Georgia claimed its last national championship, but it …
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Writing for NCAA.com, Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate student Alex Burr covered the end of Gonzaga University’s hope to become the first undefeated NCAA men’s basketball champion in 45 years. https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2021-04-06/gonzaga-comes-short-quest-perfect-season-first-title
Read MoreBy Alex Burr | @alexburr4 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — All the pieces were there. The testing, the isolation, the sacrifice, all of it could lead to the type of perfection that had not taken place in a college basketball season in 45 years. The Gonzaga Bulldogs reached the national championship game, the first …
Read MoreBy Alex Burr | @alexburr4 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The confrontation between Gonzaga and Baylor has the potential to be one of the best NCAA championship games of all time. The Bulldogs come in at 31-0 with the hope of matching the 32-0 record of the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers, the last undefeated national …
Read MoreBy Alex Burr | @alexburr4 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The highly-anticipated matchup that didn’t happen is the one that will define college basketball history Monday night. The Gonzaga Bulldogs and Baylor Bears, whose scheduled meeting here on December 5 was canceled because of positive COVID-19 tests within the Gonzaga program on, will decide …
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Writing for the website NCAA.com, Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate assistant Alex Burr describes the game-winning shot by Gonzaga freshman Jalen Suggs that propelled the Bulldogs into the national championship game for the second time in four tournaments. Gonzaga defeated UCLA 93-90 in a game that was immediately ranked among the greatest in …
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