Rawls if he can hang onto it, I'd guesss
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| Date | Title | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 24 weeks 2 days ago | I humbly disagree |
"That's not how sports works. Champions aren't crowned like that. They're crowned by how you perform under a set of extreme pressure circumstances. Not by how you beat a bunch of bad teams in the regular season (which is basically what we have now). No sport - other than college football - creates a champion like that." I think the current system does just that, by making every game a performance under a set of extreme pressure circumstances. You lose just once, and you're out unless the gods conspire to let you back in. As for the first point, yes, I find it mildly moronic that the NFL crowns teams like Green Bay as champions. Three of the last four Super Bowl winners were 10-6 and couldn't even win their divisions (of course, the division argument could be used this year, too, but at least that team hasn't lost nearly 40% of its games). Did anyone really think last year's Packers team was the best football team on the planet? How about the 2007 Giants? They are your champs, they sit atop the pile of skulls, but they are also completely undeserving of being named champions on the entire body of evidence. |
| 24 weeks 2 days ago | Yeah, but they're still in contention |
Losing to ISU knocked OSU completely out of the race, which I think is AAB's point. If we turn the two-team race now into a six-team race (which will eventually become 8, then 12, then 16, eventually 68, because every playoff system ever invented has done just that), we're arguing the "bubble" and Okie State's loss really doesn't have that much effect. And if the loss doesn't have that much effect, that game is less fun to watch. A playoff will eventually turn college football into college basketball, and I'm pretty sure there's nobody who would say that the college basketball regular season is anywhere near as important as the college football regular season is. Brian's playoff system is as good as there is, but it still doesn't change that basic math. If your goal is entertainment (like the hoops tournament) I'm not sure you get there by diminshing the importance of the regular season. If your goal is to crown a deserving champion, I'm not sure you get there by allowing six teams the opportunity; this year, the mere hypothetical presence of five teams playing LSU would be five too many. |
| 24 weeks 2 days ago | No, MLB HAD the best system |
We had ALCS/NLCS/WS, and it was great, because every series had sufficient games to determine which team is actually superior and maintain drama. And then we got playoff creep. First it was wild cards and five-game series where having 2 good pitchers trumps actually having the best team. Now they're adding another wild card and a play-in game, as if the 162 games before it weren't enough. It's ridiculous. |
| 1 year 23 weeks ago | I think you got the blockquote wrong |
I never again want to hear about Michigan's vaunted academic standards. |
| 1 year 28 weeks ago | OOH OOH OOH CRIPPLE FIGHT |
YAY CRIPPLE FIGHT! |
| 1 year 29 weeks ago | Outsider Perspective |
(1) You're absolutely right on the offense, both as it currently stands and on how it would disintegrate under Harbaugh or basically anyone else. Michigan is far better off for the next 3 years on offense by keeping Rodriguez in place. (2) This situation, with so much youth and so little production on one side of the ball, is like a half-Zook circa 2009. Change the defensive coordinator (and forget how Rodriguez has shown about as much interest in defense as Coach Taylor on FNL), splash out some money on a staff that knows the sort of bland 4-3 that's so effective in the conference (because defense is reactive; I'm not a traditionalist on offense, despite my team's leanings, but when you play half your games against pro-style, run-between-the-tackles types, a new-wavey defensive scheme built to combat speed more than power isn't going to be effective regardless of its new-waveness), and profit. (3) Absolutely none of this is written in the hopes that you'll keep your own Bill Callahan for longer than you should. Nope, none at all. |
| 1 year 31 weeks ago | Wait, is that Freekbass? |
That man is so versatile! |
| 1 year 32 weeks ago | Although, can I say... |
that someone who "reads and enjoys [our] blog" would probably get the acronym right. |
| 1 year 32 weeks ago | GAH DIE MICHIGAN DIE |
YOU WILL NOT ATTACK OUR READERSHIP! YOU HEAR ME? YOU WILL NOT ATTACK OUR READERSHIP! (Actually, we just didn't really feel like writing today. Carry on.) |
| 1 year 37 weeks ago | It's Not Plagiarism If You Link To It |
We're cool. We're cool. |
