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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 6 days 21 hours ago | A Long Con? |
NCAA Football schools are not much for seismic change, and presumably the Big Ten ADs fall into that camp. This makes me wonder whether there is a bit of a long con at play. Big Ten abandons an home-field proposal that faces major objection from some of the game's power brokers (SEC, Bowls, perhaps TV), pushes for a conference champion rule instead. With a 4-team playoff achieved, and the Rose Bowl "preserved," the stage is set for four years in which playoff teams are subjected to (up to) three road games, costs to the University are high and attendance is poor. Simultaneously, the mounting dissatisfaction among schools about the logistical/cost challenges of the system dovetails with a movement to expand the playoffs to 8 teams (because of the monies) Citing costs, logistics and atmosphere, home sites are advocated and well received for the round of 8 AND the round of 4, leading to a National Championship Game, as well as 3rd place, 5th place and 7th place games in the traditional bowls. All teams are now given the opportunity to travel, TV gets more marquee matchups and the schools roll around in their piles of money. The long con? |
| 24 weeks 2 days ago | No he wasn't |
He likely will be, but wasn't yet. Results of the writer's ballot voting come out Jan 9th. |
| 46 weeks 6 days ago | Starter in the minors |
Furbush was a starter in the minors and had performed very well down there. Oliver has struggled in his chances, so this was a good chance to see what Charlier can do without having to make a roster move. For the love of god keep Turner in the minors for as long as reasonably possible. Let's not destroy the kid. |
| 49 weeks 20 hours ago | Outdoor Hockey in Cleveland |
If you think the sightlines are iffy in a football stadium, they are even worse in a baseball stadium. Progressive Field is the home of the Indians. |
| 49 weeks 5 days ago | To be dismissed |
2 Years probation for the DUI, Suspended license charge to be dismissed pending successful completion of a "strict sobriety court program." |
| 1 year 36 min ago | Michigan Stadium would be a mistake |
Even the Lacrosse championships, which take up NFL venues and can draw 30k have a horrible atmosphere because the venue is just too big for the game. As a very temporary solution, Lacrosse at Michigan Stadium would be fine--better than not being a D-I program--but they would be much better off at the soccer stadium, even if it requires some turf replacement every year. I didn't realize that a new track & field complex was a possibility. If that's for real, then a artificial turf lacrosse venue inside the track would be an ideal solution. They could really size that stadium perfectly for a sport instead of being forced to play in a cavernous, empty football stadium. Maryland is a great example of where this goes wrong. Come to think of it, why not retrofit the existing track & field venue and play the games there? Parking is already on-site, it's in the middle of other sports venues, and some additional/upgraded bleachers can simply be installed where the old ones are right now. They wouldn't need more than a capacity of a few thousand. This could be a really good temporary solution if damaging the soccer field is a real and legitimate concern. As for a dedicated facility, I don't think that Michigan even needs one to compete. Very few schools have a dedicated lacrosse stadium, including most of the national powers. A shared facility with soccer makes the most sense, but ultimately Lax will need an artificial turf surface, which real soccer folk are not big fans of. A bigger recruiting tool would be a dedicated team facility for practice and training. If Lax can get that (via Oosterban upgrades, perhaps?) they should be able to build the program up nicely. |
| 1 year 16 hours ago | Thrilled |
This is fantastic news, even if it was teased out last month. I can't wait to see them at Loyola's kick-ass new stadium (and any other visits to the Baltimore area they may make). As for venue: using the new Soccer stadium is the obvious (and correct choice), at least for now. The stadium is built, very nice and appropriately sized. Michigan would be silly to build an entirely new Lacrosse-only stadium, at least before the sport really develops and they need it. The Elbel Field location is a good one in theory, but the original plan was deeply flawed. Building an actual NCAA-caliber stadium on that site is likely unteneble. The soccer stadium is by far the best choice for now (much better than Michigan Stadium), and even though its location leaves much to be desired, adding a second burgeoning sport to the venue should actually help make the location more palatable to the student body and improve the draw for both sports (as they would grow accustomed to going there for both Soccer and LAX).
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| 1 year 7 weeks ago | Average Game Time |
Average length of a baseball game is no more than the average length of a football game. Condensed length of the games are also not much different. Speeding up the game won't do anything--especially when it comes to participation which is what this whole article is about. It is the nature of the game that some people don't care for, (only 3 players are involved in most plays, 4-5 in most others) and they will either learn to understand the nuances of the sport that make it interesting (in the same way that someone will care about formations and strategy in football) or they will not be baseball fans long-term. The sport doesn't need to fundamentally change--it does pretty damn well for itself. Just remember--participating in the sport is not the same as watching the sport. If it were, then Soccer would be the most watched sport in the country among people under 30. |
| 1 year 7 weeks ago | Total popularity |
Football blows everybody out of the water in viewership and the like, but there are only 16 games plus playoffs. Baseball has 162 games plus playoffs. Sponsorship value is based on total impressions, and there is no sport that comes remotely close to baseball in that category. |
| 1 year 13 weeks ago | Clearly, 2009 was just a manifestation of a greater problem |
Clearly, what happened at the end of 2009 wasn't an isolated incident, and wasn't as easy to brush away as it appeared when he seemed "reformed" in 2010. Dan Lebatard tweeted that he showed up so drunk to an ESPN magazine shoot at age 20(!) that it scared everybody there. This is a major problem for Cabrera and the Tigers. I don't see how they can do anything but give him the full Josh Hamilton treatment, complete with handler. This is clearly not something he can handle doing on his own. |
