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14 years ago @ Midwest Sports Fans - 'Plus-One' Game Won't ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Very true. That is the point of the tournament to weed out the illegitimate teams. So even if teams luck their way into the tourney because of a weak schedule, they should be exposed in said tourney. One question, who do you think chooses the seeds in the top 20? Committee, automatic births, human polls, computer polls? Combination of all of the above?

14 years ago @ Midwest Sports Fans - 'Plus-One' Game Won't ... · 2 replies · +1 points

Great article. I agree with it all except for shortening the season.

Super conferences split into two divisions is the trend, so going back to an 11 game schedule would not give you the information to formulate even a top 20. There would be too many 10-1 teams that schedule pastsies in the 2 out of conference games. And with the larger conferences, the rotation would occasionally give these same teams weak conference schedules like Georgia already not playing LSU, Alabama and Arkansas for 2 straight years. Or a Purdue not having to play Ohio State Wisconsin and Penn State. That is a formula for teams to weaken their shorter schedules so they almost guarantee themselves a playoff spot and in some cases a playoff bye.

Even with 13 games, the calender to schedule a tournament would not be an issue with your proposed 20 bowl game limit. I like the potential for this format and with revenue sharing from the teams that do make the playoff back into their conference, it won't be such a big deal for 6-6 teams to get some crappy bowl game for exposure and $. Like you said no one outside of the program cares about a Pizza Bowl or Car Mechanic Bowl a day or two before or after X-mas.

14 years ago @ Midwest Sports Fans - AJ Pierzynski: "Someti... · 1 reply · +1 points

Pretty sure that's Ozzie Guillen Jr. in the background right of the first 2 pics. And is AJ proposing marriage in the last picture???

14 years ago @ Midwest Sports Fans - Hilarious Video: "Don'... · 0 replies · +1 points

Flightless Bird was probably the best. Close second, Stiffy and his horrible face and how he is so stiff he doesn't even wave to the girls.

14 years ago @ Midwest Sports Fans - An era ends in Chicago... · 0 replies · +1 points

Ozzie will truly be missed. There isn't another manager out there that genuinely instills excitement at the beginning of the season like he does. If it is his personality or just his amount of success on the South Side, there will be something obviously empty starting the 2012 year.

That said Ozzie didn't want to come back next year with the teams that Kenny Williams has been giving him so it was time to move on. I just wish Kenny would be let go as well so the whole organization can start fresh.

14 years ago @ Midwest Sports Fans - Poll: Rick Santorum as... · 1 reply · +1 points

Santorum won't get public sympathy because of his shameless bigotry. Google is using company policy, not politics, in their decision.

14 years ago @ Midwest Sports Fans - Video: "...there isn't... · 0 replies · +1 points

That was the best mustache themed video I've ever seen in my life. And first, but it was awesome.

14 years ago @ Midwest Sports Fans - This Week’s College ... · 1 reply · +2 points

Is Ohio State @ Miami ineligible for the marquee matchup section at the top?? Boy the NCAA is cruel

14 years ago @ Midwest Sports Fans - Remembering 9/11: NFL ... · 0 replies · +2 points

I don't believe any one person/entity should decide what all "Americans need to be doing this Sunday" (or not do) on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Americans need to take their personal freedom and have the responsibility for appropriate remembrance in their own way. And that is different for each individual, like it or not, that is their American right.

I believe 9/11 should be a federal holiday but like every holiday (if it is a anniversary year or not) some sports, business', life actions occur like any other day. I agree and like your stance against what you assume is the NFL's real priorities. But I will not get emotional right now about NFL statements, TV schedules and money (because I don't care about money like the Goodell Corporation does so much). All that said, my opinion could change after the fact when I witness how this Sunday is handled by the NFL but I'm not too worried about it right now.

Good job. Way better article than the previous baseball/football 9/11 piece.

14 years ago @ Midwest Sports Fans - Suspensions of Jim Tre... · 0 replies · +1 points

If you want to get into semantics, the Colts are in and are apart of the NFL. If someone is too lazy to read the whole article that is their problem. Don't expect an author/editor to change their title's to fit an emotional, lazy person's needs.

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