‘Sports’ Archive

College football playoff bracket December 12, 2009 No Comments

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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Re-imagining College Football September 29, 2009 No Comments

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 [...]

Minnesota Sports Idiocy July 24, 2009 No Comments

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 [...]