http://whalenkc.sportsblognet.com Thoughts and opinions on daily occurences in the sports world, from my perspective. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:42:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Big East Conference sent five of their eight teams to a bowl game last year. They had a national title contender in West Virginia, who shared a Big East title with a surprising Connecticut team. Pittsburgh struggled much of the year, until they showed heart against WVU in the ... http://whalenkc.sportsblognet.com/2008/08/15/ncaa-footbal-big-east-preview/ Big XII Preview- The Big XII Conference is the second best conference in all the land, behind the SEC. They have (like the SEC) 5 teams in the preseason top 25. It will be a very competitive conference, in both the North and South leagues. It seems like offense is ... http://whalenkc.sportsblognet.com/2008/08/08/big-xii-preview/ Western Conference- After taking a look in the east, we head out west to the ultra competitive Western Conference. The difference between the Eastern and Western conferences is mainly the teams from top to bottom. In the west it isn’t just an 8-team race, barring about two teams, everyone has ... http://whalenkc.sportsblognet.com/2008/08/07/nhl-west-preview/ August has come and we are anxiously awaiting the start of the NFL season. Preseason football is about the closest thing we have right now, so we will just have to wait a bit more for that competitive Sunday drive we crave so much. On the other hand, the NFL ... http://whalenkc.sportsblognet.com/2008/08/06/afc-preview/ We are in the tail end of the summer now, fall is approaching and Hockey will be here soon. Granted most people out there are Baseball fans right now, however, one thing I hold true above all other sports is that Hockey is the fastest sport that asks for more ... http://whalenkc.sportsblognet.com/2008/08/05/nhl-east-preview/