John Furgele
My love for sports began in 1976 at the age of 8. Back then, the newspaper was called The Buffalo Evening News and my dad and I would race to get it knowing that whoever got the sports section was going to be at least an hour with it. From there, the passion and the thirst for knowledge continued to grow. I was nicknamed, "The Almanac" by some friends in college and it's true that I can remember specific games from the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and today but often can't remember what to get at the grocery store.When I'm not writing about sports, I'm watching them and when I can't do that, I'm busy working in sales, hanging out with my kids and girlfirend, Jill, and doing other relaxing things.
September 9, 2016
They play at a 2,500-seat stadium called Cooper Field. They do not give any athletic scholarships in a league that allows teams to give out 45. They are known for basketball. They are the Georgetown Hoyas, proud members…
September 6, 2016
Every year, the debate rages: Should FBS and FCS teams play each other in college football? The arguments for and against are plentiful. For FCS schools, there is the money grab. Buffalo, a MAC school, gave Albany $275,000 to play…
July 21, 2016
Pioneer Football League Does It Their Way The Pioneer Football League is trying to do what no other conference in the FCS is doing; play at a high level without the aid of athletic scholarships. …
May 22, 2016
Idaho Football: Aberration or Pioneer? In March, both Idaho and New Mexico State were informed by the Sun Belt Conference that after 2017 their services would no longer be needed. In short, they were kicked out of the southeast-based…
April 20, 2016
Villanova has done it. Those words were coined by Brent Musburger after Villanova’s epic victory over Georgetown in the 1985 NCAA Championship Game. Let’s give the university credit; it took them 31 years to get back to another title…
April 3, 2016
Will Time Change the Ivy League? The Ivy League. The Ancient 8. If you’re a sports fan, a real sports fan, you probably don’t like the fact that the Ivy doesn’t send its champion to the FCS…
