According to my grand vision for restructuring college football, today would be the second round of the playoffs. But what would they look like this year?
It’s hard to say for sure since my conference realignment plan would affect regular-season scheduling, conference championships, and thus BCS (now P) rankings. But here’s how they might look, assuming:
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Well, week 8 of the NFL season is over and that means we’re roughly halfway through fantasy football. Seems like as good a time as any to review how things have unfolded given my early optimism.
As of now my team has a record of 5-3, putting me in a tie for third place (or second, [...]
I used to be a huge college football fan, but over the last 10 years or so my allegiance has shifted to the National Football League. Reasons are myriad and I won’t go into them here. Suffice to say that I think college football is very, very broken.
A recent ESPN.com piece on revamping the NHL [...]
Honoring football players by naming them to elite lists isn’t new. There are “teams” out there recognizing players for their talent, toughness, reputation, statistics, performance relative to expectations (both above and below), and more. But no list (as far as I know) honors players for their monikers.
Until now, that is. It’s my pleasure unveil the [...]
When I first learned this morning that the Patriots had traded veteran defensive end Richard Seymour to the Oakland Raiders for a first-round draft pick in 2011, I was shocked. Like many other fans, I’ve conditioned myself to not question Belichick’s roster moves, but this one seemed particularly surprising.
Richard Seymour was one of just three [...]
So yesterday we held the draft in the fantasy football league I’ve been running for several years now. While I’m quite certain almost no one on earth has interest in reading a writeup of my picks, I’m going to go over all 18 of them anyway.
Last night at dinner, I ran into the mother and brother of Minnesota Vikings OT Ryan Cook, which was kinda cool. Our brief chat inspired me to actually lay down some of my complaints about the way the Vikings and Timberwolves have been managing personnel.
The Vikings
While I’ve never been a huge Vikings fan, I’ve followed [...]
We’re currently in the “dark days” of the sports calendar. No football, no college basketball. It’s too early in the season to care about baseball much. I’m stuck with golf, tennis, NASCAR, cycling. Occasionally a soccer match of interest will come along (¡viva FC Barce!) but really I’m stuck pleading with the calendar for NFL [...]