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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 4 weeks 1 day ago | Northern Weather... |
About the only weather-related comment that I could see getting justified is that the B1G doesn't host night games after 1 November, and the BCS loves them some prime time. Now I don't buy that complaint at all. Otherwise the stadiums in Green Bay, Chicago, Buffalo, Boston, New York, Philiadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland would never host SNF/MNF games after November 1. (And to a lesser extent you could include Washington DC, Baltimore, and Tennessee.) This is a quarter (or more) of the league. And don't throw the baseball argument out there. Baseball doesn't adapt well to the elements, while Football (at least from the players perspective) DOES. Maybe the fans will suffer a little hardship (but don't tell it to these guys)
Or these crazy guys
/crazy_people |
| 12 weeks 19 hours ago | Cape cod is overrated |
At least in this context. We're talking about making a brand new B1G summer league (and even affiliating with minor leagues, etc.). There is already a national sports network (Big Ten network) that can televise these games (where can you find summer league baseball on TV/Cable) and these schools already have large followings. I think that lots of fans would travel to see Michigan in the Wood Bat College Baseball World Series. (And heck, they could even host it in Omaha because that stadium is empty the rest of the time...a glittering stadium by the way. I got to walk out of my hotel right in front of it every day when I was at a conference last summer in Omaha...an underrated town if you ask me...but I digress.) Depending on the field, the summer internship issue has merit. To me, this is the concern that could torpedo the whole idea. For this reason a plan would have to be made to address these concerns. I actually stayed on campus to do research during the summers (except for one summer right after my junior year, where I was at a national lab). But while working on campus, my schedule was fairly flexible. So I could have structured my week so that I played games on Fri-Sat-Sun and worked Mon-Thurs and taken some work with me on the bus. So I do think that there could be a workaround for that. And if the league becomes semi-pro, there may even be roles for the team members to work as a part of the team management structure (help the business structure of the team function efficiently on the road). It also occurs to me that some fields (engineering comes to mind) recommend that you get a co-op for part of your experience and take time off from classes to work in the field. I think a lot of it is in how you package it and plan it. |
| 12 weeks 1 day ago | This isn't quite right |
This snippet isn't quite right:
Wisconsin would actually NOT be the first common opponent if they end up tied with IU or PU. Take a look at the B1G tiebreak rules:
Because the teams are tied, the comparison would be with both tied teams. However, I'm not sure that this changes the analysis by Maize_in_Spartyland. |
| 12 weeks 6 days ago | Actually, both things matter (kind of) |
As far as the NCAA tournament is concerned, you win your conference tournament, then you are automatically in. As others have pointed out, there is some prestige to winning the regular season conference championship as well. (Or sharing it). However, there is one other important thing that goes along with winning the regular season conference championship. It means that you _will_ play in the post season. The NIT has guaranteed that all regular season conference champs not in the NCAA tournament will play in the NIT. Obviously this is a bigger deal to teams in one-bid leagues and not a huge factor in the B1G, but that reward is there also. |
| 13 weeks 2 days ago | I basically agree with this |
I'm over 21 (and also a father, though my son is only 2). I get what the father in the video is trying to do. He's trying to teach respect to his daughter. And if her actions warrant her loss of privilages, then that's fine. We even have a "toy jail" for my son. (When he throws toys, the TOYS go to jail.) The idea that actions have consequences is one that I'm sure nobody disagrees with. However, I'm not sure what the value is in posting this all over the youtubes. Since she no longer has computer privilages in her home, is she going to see this? And if she did, how does it teach her to respect her elders? To me, this seems childish and disrespectful on his part, and because of this I think that his intended lesson is lost. |
| 19 weeks 2 days ago | Hmmmm.... |
I wonder how much of that was having the game on cable and not broadcast TV. |
| 19 weeks 2 days ago | That's not a boycott... |
I cleaned the kitchen while my wife watched Antiques Roadshow.
That's how you boycott a BS game. |
| 19 weeks 5 days ago | Please... |
Tell me those are for Field Hockey |
| 24 weeks 2 days ago | Exactly... |
This is my larger point and almost exactly what I was trying to say in my OP. Thank you for putting it so well. |
| 24 weeks 3 days ago | Conference championship games |
I'm trying to balance head to head results with a resume at large. The BCS proponents keep saying things like "every game matters," but they forget to mention that "some games matter more". I guess I'm a resume guy. Comparing Georgia and LSU, there was no way that Georgia can win that game and for anyone to make the argument with a straight face that Georgia was better than LSU. This championship game was worthless. With LSU vs Alabama let's look at the resumes assuming Bama wins in January: (Rankings from last BCS standings)
LSU: 13-1
Alabama: 12-1 Who's resume is better? If I'm an AP voter, I'd vote LSU #1 unless Bama rolls LSU by ~3 touchdowns or more. I'm just saying that when the resumes are so different, a championship game doesn't bring any clarity. And just for fun let's add this resume to the mix (we will project a victory over Stanford):
OSU: 12-1 I really don't buy Alabama. I'd put them #3 behind OSU because I don't think that their body of work is stronger than OSU's season (including or excluding hypothetical bowl games). |
