Daily Archives: February 12, 2010

What is this expansion thing you speak of?

Let’s see… expansion of the BCS is a good thing for the Mountain West Conference. Expansion of the BCS conferences is a bad thing for the Mountain West Conference. … If the Mountain West lost one of its top two … Continue reading

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Filed under BCS/Playoffs, It's Not Easy Being A Mid-Major, Political Wankery

Paging Brian Cook… paging Brian Cook.

Oversigning’s not just an (the University of) Alabama thing, it’s an (state of) Alabama thing, at least according to the stats that Chip Towers has unearthed: Do you get the feeling there is a different set of NCAA rules in … Continue reading

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Filed under Recruiting

More why Georgia is doomed in 2010, or Chris Low, you ignorant slut.

Over at the excellent Team Speed Kills, Year2 offers an interesting rebuttal to Chris Low’s placement of Georgia in his pre-spring SEC power rankings.   It’s interesting because it attempts to analyze the upcoming season through the prism of 2006, the … Continue reading

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Filed under Georgia Football

Pretzel logic

Thanks to T. Kyle, I came across this entry from the usually useless Gregg Doyel, who in turn sent me to this bit of comedy gold from the WaPo’s Tracee Hamilton that I’m ashamed to admit I missed when it … Continue reading

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Filed under BCS/Playoffs, Media Punditry/Foibles

Note to Paul Finebaum

As you prepare to genuflect in the nude to the soon-to-be-erected statue of the most brilliant man to ever coach a down in college football, perhaps you consider that he’s the same genius who opted for Duante Culpepper over Drew … Continue reading

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Filed under Media Punditry/Foibles, Nick Saban Rules

Hey, you players – get off my lawn!

So, they’re really gonna do it.  The NCAA and something galactically stupid, that is. The NCAA Football Rules Committee endorsed a proposal Wednesday that penalizes unsportsmanlike conduct as a live-ball foul beginning in the 2011 season. The change would mean, … Continue reading

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Filed under The NCAA