Recent content by Bad Gopher

This is where I'm at.

3M would be a great deal classier than Grand Casino or whatever. Coyle inkling that knocking down the Barn or even a major overhaul is not an option, at least in the near to mid term. Selective gutting here and there, though, would be welcome. We just spent some time in Europe, and they know...

It seems like this is what fans want, so why not give Joe Lunchpail his tartar?

What even is college basketball? Furthermore, why do the bulls run in Pamplona? Who writes the songs that make the whole world sing?

This is inherently recency biased because of the expansion of the field 40 years ago, but it's a good measuring stick nonetheless. UCLA's number is so impressive.

Yes, but what will be determined to be legal, or what are the limits of legality when it comes to college sports?

I feel him. I'm glad he spoke up. It reminds me of the old saying about U.S. democracy: it's the worst system that's ever been invented...except for all of the other ones. The old NCAA system is turning out to look pretty good in retrospect. It held together for a very long time. Only money is...

Reminds me of when our older daughter was at Mounds View. The baseball team won the state championship...and they fired the coach in the off season. It seemed to be some political thing and possibly had to do with playing time, yada, yada. Both that coach and the then-activities director live in...

...because he's elite.

My proposal had always been to pay players a standard stipend from revenue shared among all Division 1 schools. I think that would have worked, but now the dang genie is out of the dang bottle.

Because the Genie is out of the bottle, this will be like trying to convince the Dodgers and the Yankees and the union to accept a salary cap.

Nothing good has come out of mega conferences.

This'll work itself out. One thing I've been impressed by with Medved: he's flexible and adaptable with his lineup. If you've earned playing time, you're going to get it. That hasn't been the case with past regimes. I'll say this about Durkin: his improvement on defense made him starter...

These days, when a pro team crows about making the playoffs, I'm like, dude, EVERYONE who can walk and chew gum at the same time makes the playoffs. Call me when you're in actual contention. In the days of the field of 64, if you made the field, you were a really good team. Even the expansion...

This is an excellent point. Have they articulated exactly why they're doing this? Made a business case or a problem statement of why 68 (or 64) was so bad it needed to be changed or why 76 is the obvious right number we've been needing to go to all along? In a market economy, the paying...