Michigan best in college sports according to CBS
CBS says "Michigan had the best overall athletic season in 2018-19"
*waves tiny flag*
Hey, that's my line!
*plays tiny violin*
Stanford finished 22nd. I think I prefer this ranking system over the Directors Cup.
No championships?! Fire Warde!
While we're at it...Fire Bakich! Fire Harbaugh! Fire Howard! Fire Hutch! Fire Pearson!
Am I doing mgoblog right?
I'm going to have to speak with your supervisor
Hold on. Alabama has sports clubs in addition to football? We need to hide our wives...
Hopefully they don't talk to my supervisor Haha.
I like that this ranking weights the sports that actually bring in revenue, viewers, etc. Fuck your golf, Stanford, we’re number 1!
this is my Magnum Opus.
FUCK STANFORD!
Also, we discussed ways to tweak the formula in a previous thread, and I'm not so sure this one is the way to go:
The National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has been ranking athletic programs for years by weighing every sport equally, meaning a football national title is worth the same number of points (100) as a women's water polo title. CBS Sports tweaked the formula in 2013, providing additional weight toward sports with more broad fan bases and media interest. We rate every FBS school in three sports -- football, men's basketball and women's basketball -- along with two "wild cards" among the school's most successful spectator sports: baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer, gymnastics, lacrosse, hockey and wrestling.
It seems like weighting championships based on the number of teams at the D-1 level competing at the sport makes more sense than fan appeal, but that's my own take.
Or weighted based on the number of scholarships
They even retroactively put the basketball team in the Elite 8 per the article! Time to celebrate!
Rutgers finished higher than USC! Wonder when the PAC 10 is going to kick those slackers out!
so they get their "s" back?
<military honorific> Rutger and I have given the same amount of $$$ to Rutgers... Inflation adjusted... fun fact..
not to brag.... or anything
We didn't come in second place in something?!?!
Muppets maybe?
just like old school NASCAR....enough 2nd place finishes would get you a Championship.
Staee at #11. Your local fertilizer salesman is posting this like a m-f'er.
except no titles. yay.
This would be a good place for the "yay" cheerleader.
Good to see. They're somewhat arbitrary weights, but it does make sense to weight the revenue sports somewhat more.
Who's got it better than us??
I was watering my garden last night with a hail to the Victor's shirt on. State neighbor told me I was "so concieted". (As if Spartan strong is any more accurate).
Might have to wear a different hail shirt tonight.
And watering a garden seems like such an unassuming act......
There are many arbitrary measuring sticks in life. That this is one that Michigan comes out on top in is not a reason not to applaud. My undergrad education, which included a physical education degree informs me that there is a significant lack of knowledge regarding the purposes of interscholastic sports among even the most ardent of fans-maybe even more so in this fanatic group. The fact is that here, in this larger picture, the Athletic Department at the University of Michigan is well ahead of the curve. Really, the quality of the athletic experience across the board at the U of M should be widely appreciated and celebrated.
Let’s upgrade the quality of the athletic experience in November and I assure you, the celebration and appreciation will be widespread.
But WhaT abOuT BadMiNton
Who's got it better than us?
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