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The original post gets to a lot of my frustration with how college football (and more and more now basketball) handles selection. I hate the focus on predictive models. The point of sports is to earn it by actually winning games, not to produce stats that make a spreadsheet think you will win...

Home field advantage in the first round is a feature, not a bug.

Everybody getting a trophy is Scott Frost's UCF team claiming a national championship (and i can't actually blame them, they never lost, and in any rational sports structure, to not be a champion, you gave to get beat by someone). In the new system, instead of a trophy, UCF would have gotten a...

How much did Florida States full regular season (plus conference championship) matter last year?

I don't think the 2011 Giants feel like less than true champions even though they made the playoffs by going 9-7 against a weak division and then running the table in the playoffs. If you take advantage of the regular season schedule you have , then win your way to the title in the CFP, in my...

Is his main talking point at the opening press conference going to be where Indiana was at when he took over?

Wing span!

With you on the latter. Additionally, I cheer for the Zags.

Coyle should have to answer hard questions about why he hired Ben Johnson. And why he brought him back after two historically bad seasons. And why we brought him back for a fourth season with a career 25% winning percentage.

I would understand the focus on "local ties" a lot more at the emotional level if we were talking about someone who was a part of some glory years that we had. For example, I thought it was a risky pick to take Whalen who had no head coaching experience, and I wouldn't have done that (despite...

Of the many things that are signs of the problems with the quality of our program, I don't think discounted Timberwolves tickets for students are one of them. When I was in college, they had a weekly student night deal, and at that time we didn't have a watchable NBA team and did have a college...

I recognize it's not a formal penalty. I just don't understand the point of the distinction between valid and invalid fair catch signal. If a valid fair catch signal is made and the ball is caught, the ref is supposed to blow the play dead and spot the ball where he caught it. If there is an...

I always thought anthracite was just a word for ugly gray practice jerseys. Same thing I've said about football and basketball uniforms that diverge from the school colors: I care enough to spend 30 seconds whining about it on a message board, but not enough that it will have more than a...

I agree the collective body language suggests a leadership background. Also important to remember that a lot of real leadership happens behind the scenes and through setting an example on the court. I think a lot of stars think that being the best player and talking first in the huddle or...

New lows for energy and enthusiasm? Have we slipped in the high five and butt slaps metrics?

If Coyle texting his wife and telling her that he wishes we were in the tournament isn't enough accountability for coach, I don't know what is.

Sounds like a good opportunity for Alabama to try and prove it's one of the 12 best teams next year. They weren't this year. They also weren't one of the four best last year, but that didn't matter to the committee.

Does it seem weird that the penalty for an invalid fair catch signal is that they treat it like a valid fair catch signal?

+1 Last year is what a down year for a good but not great coach would look like here. It certainly is not good if it is the best year (by a long shot) in a 3+ year tenure.

We got exposed last night, north dakota got exposed tonight.