Big Ten Tournament Open Thread
by BSD on Mar 13, 2009 10:09 AM EDT
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Here's a thread for the early games. We'll throw up another thread just before tipoff of the PSU game at 9 PM tonight. Here is the schedule for the Big Ten Tournament games today.
12:00 PM - #8 Minnesota vs. #1 Michigan State (ESPN)
2:30 PM - #4 Wisconsin vs. #5 Ohio State (ESPN)
6:30 PM - #7 Michigan vs. #2 Illinois (BTN)
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Waste of money?
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
That shoe is so funny
It looks like something right out of a Monty Python skit.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Maybe we could get it to come down on Ed Hightower during one of his dance routines.
FECHE LA VACHE!
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
Any way to watch BTN games online live?
I don’t have the BTN…stupid cablevision does not offer it.
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Mar 13, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Life on the bubble has been good to us so far.
Anything else we should be looking for tonight?
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
A few
Miss State over South Carolina would be very nice. Also, I think if Auburn beats Florida, then loses to Tenn, they are both eliminated.
I would also not mind watching Kentucky and Temple lose so they do not have even come close to stealing a bid.
not to be greedy
but in addition to those already mentioned…we don’t want a team like Duquesne or USC going and winning their tourney. Plus we need a team in a one-bid league like Utah St to win its tourney.
by mundyscorner99 on Mar 13, 2009 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Add Texas over Baylor to that list
Baylor is a good team, and we don’t need them to start taking down more top BigXII teams and possibly stealing that autobid.
"I'm a man, and I can change, if I have to, I guess..."
Light Blue Fog
there’s a crap-load of UNC fans milling around the GWCC, haven’t seen any VT fans yet. it’s LOUD though. can hear people yelling school stuff with windows closed, on the 6th floor. (CNN Center) I haven’t ventured to the Atrium yet… Usually its the Blue Fog of Kentucky that invades us.
and i also saw somewhere
that San Diego St might have to beat BYU to get in.
by mundyscorner99 on Mar 13, 2009 11:03 AM EDT reply actions
Best Case Big Ten Scenario
Minnesota over MSU, OSU over Wisconsin, Michigan over Illinois, PSU spanking Purdue and getting such a big lead early that I wont be wasted by the end from drinking away my sorrows. (I’ll be wasted by the end from celebrating)
Not so sure
I want Michigan to win. They’ve looked impressive lately. We’ve already beaten Illinois twice, and now it looks like Frazier is done so they’re down their best defender.
I wouldn’t mind meeting up with Illinois in the next round. Sims really scares me.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
To clarify
I’m not so sure I want Michigan to win. I think we match up better with Illinois.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Agreed
Right now they are hot, especially Sims the last month. I also am in the school of thought that if we don’t win this tournament, we should pull for the Spartans. That road win would look better and better.
Pull for the Spartans
And Pull for Ga Tech winning the ACC Tourney!! We might actually have a credible non-conf. win.
At least Lunardi has us at a #11
…despite still being in that “last four in” category. We seem to be the most solid of that group in his mind.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Also encouraging...
We’re in the field according to 45 of 55 Bracket Project entries.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions
It would be nice if MSU were a first seed for the NCAA tounament
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
Why would we want Minny to win????
Some bracketologists have us ahead of Minny. I think we’re still battling Minny for a spot in the tourney so I don’t think we should be hopeful that they pad their resume???
Good point
We’re kind of conflicted in our interest here. On one hand it would be nice to win the B10 tournament and get an automatic bid. On the other hand, we have to remember we’re competing with teams like Michigan and Minnesota for seeding in the NCAA tournament.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
No conflict
We want Michigan St to win. Getting to the NCAA tournament is the key thing and MSU over Minn helps us out the most in doing that: (1) giving Minn a loss since they are our competition for an at large bid and (2) improving MSU’s record given that our away victory over them is a huge part of our resume.
Sure, it would be better for MSU to lose in terms of winning the BTT, but the odds of that are slim for PSU anyway, and if we can get by Purdue and Illinois/Michigan, I’d feel just as good facing Michigan St as I would any other team in the final (would playing Wisconsin or tOSU better?).
BUT THE BIG TEN SUX.
I just sent a lengthy rant to my old friends at Storming The Floor, here’s part of it.
In the last 10 years (going back to the 1999 tournament), the Big Ten has eight Final Four teams. That’s 20% of all Final Four participants. The others? The ACC has nine. The Big 12 has six. The Big East has four. SEC, four. C-USA, three. Nobody wants to acknowledge that. I can’t figure out why. But we suck.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 12:00 PM EDT reply actions
Yes but but but
Our games are slow. And boring. We play defense. And we don’t score a lot of points. We are single handedly destroying the game and must be punished for it.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
I'm not the "old man yelling at cloud" type, but...
Honestly, if the Big Ten has a bunch of teams that legitimately project as #8-12 seeds, is that our fault? There are opportunities across the nation for teams like Arizona, Miami, Providence, Rhode Island, Kansas State, UNLV, and Creighton to seize their opportunities, and they shit them away. Not our problem.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Exactly
I think the fairy tailists like to see the Cinderella stories more than anything. Without them, the first two rounds are pretty boring. Seeing a big state school from a BCS conference make a run just isn’t as exciting as a small private school from the metro D.C. area.
Plus it’s just trendy to hate on the Big Ten these days. We have our own network. We make tons of money. We’re hijacking a college football playoff. Our commissioner looks like he could play the villian in the next Batman movie. Now we’re ruining the NCAA tournament too.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Championships
Seems the biggest complaints I’ve heard use the “one one championship” line of argument against the Big Ten. I think that’s a big oversimplified and using your final four point is just as valid. One should look at a number of performance metrics to get a good idea to compare conferences if they wanted.
Actually, if someone were really inclined, probably the best measurements would be (1) overall winning percentage of conference teams in the tourney and (2) number of times conference teams have won games they are the lower seed versus games they lost as the higher seed. the former stat would take into account all the teams in the conference and not get schewed by one or two dominant teams in a conference (i.e. is Conf-USA a good conference just because Memphis is a top program?). The latter would establish whether teams were overrated/underrated
Following up.
The STF boys asked if they could run my early-morning rant, and did.
http://stormingthefloor.net/2009/03/fan-rant-dont-sleep-on-the-big-ten.html
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Since when is it bad to play defense
Since dimwitted writers who don’t understand basketball have to write about it.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
That's the problem.
He understands it, he’s just being a douchebag and playing the Mark May agitator role.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
You can read the bias in most articles
If a guy shoots 2-for-16 on the night the writer says he was off or struggled. What about the defender who shut him down? Maybe he had something to do with it?
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
I heard he and Eric Kusilias or however he decides to spell his name, on Mike and Mike this morning, groan and complain about the poor style and slow play…give me a break, these Big Ten teams have proven what the other bubble teams couldn’t do…and that is win, who cares how they do it? Oh wait…tWWL does
Since when
did you have to score 50 to win a game? ;)
May no act of ours bring shame
If you are the boss, no. If you aren't, yes.
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
the one good thing about my job...
…i can put the games on the tv here. yay for working for a cable company. LOL i got paid to watch the psu game yesterday.
I am also at work and just have my laptop, does anyone know of a live feed online?
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
lolMusburger says:
“Ed Hightower….restoring order.”
Now that’s gotta be a photoshop.
by ReadingRambler on Mar 13, 2009 12:37 PM EDT reply actions
Typical boring Big Ten game
Wahhhh, stop playing defense, wahhhh
by ReadingRambler on Mar 13, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
VaTech is leading UNC right now
That is a big NOOOOOOO!!! 26-24 in 1st half. Paging Mr. Hansborough!! It’s time for your schedule butt whoopin with VaTech!!!
The not-so-big secret about UNC
Ty Lawson is their most important player. If he plays well, they are unbeatable. Sadly, he is out probably this entire tournament.
I've read that a few times
I haven’t seen UNC play 1 second this year so I’ll have to take your word for it. At this point I don’t care if a walkon is their best player. We just need VaTech to start packing for the NIT tonight.
Has to do with revenue sharing
SEC gets the speedy/skilled football stars, the ACC gets the speedy/skilled basketball stars.
I believe this was the same agreement that forced the Big Eleven to be slow and lumbering, and USC sold ownership rights to the devil.
"I'm a man, and I can change, if I have to, I guess..."
Whatever
Who won the Civil War, bitches?
by ReadingRambler on Mar 13, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Kudos to you, sir
Never heard that comeback used so properly and so succinctly.
"I'm a man, and I can change, if I have to, I guess..."
Ooops
Posted too soon. Missed foul shot.
by ReadingRambler on Mar 13, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions
And two fouls to give.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
What happened?
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Hokies had the ball, looked like Hansbrough might have fouled VT dude, but they said he had “hand on the ball”, UNC ball. I don’t really understand basketball.
by ReadingRambler on Mar 13, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank the lord they held on.
I love college football, but boy this bubble is intense.
man, if they had a playoff in college football
it would just take the excitement out of the regular season…or something like that (and yes, I do realize that technically this is “post season” since it is conference tournaments, but you get what i mean)
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 13, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, there's certainly validity....
Who has the more exciting regular season? It’s clearly college football over college basketball. I’m not saying that it’s a good enough reasont o not have a playoff, but regular season football games are individually more intense and interesting than ones in college basketball.
but is that due to a lack of a playoff
or the fact that there are 1/3 as many games?
I bet every regular season basketball game would be just as intense if we only played 12 of them.
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 13, 2009 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I still see 3.5 seconds and a three point lead.
On Yahoo.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Looks like UNC is content to foul the rest of the way
"I'm a man, and I can change, if I have to, I guess..."
Boom.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Boom + anything = better than it was by itself
Rome’s a tool, but that Brett Myers clip is classic.
Kath?
WAHOOOO!!! GO UNC
Fun fact if anyone has HBO, great documentary on their OnDemand about the UNC/Duke rivalry.
They're borderline
Should be in, but in a very precarious position like us and Michigan. Minny was horrible down the stretch – could come back to bite them hard.
"I'm a man, and I can change, if I have to, I guess..."
And again
We’re competing with teams like Michigan and Minnesota for seeding.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
That Louisville win
Is probably the clincher. I have a hard time believing they will be left out when you compare them to the other bubble teams.
Michigan St
And furthermore, MSU is our top win — at their place no less — so the better they look, the more impressive our schedule/accomplishments are.
Okay, here's the next round of hatin!!
We should all now be LSU and GA Tech fans!
If Tech wins it’ll help our pitiful OOC image because we beat them on their home court and they’re mowing down the powers in the ACC.
If LSU wins, of course it takes down Kentucky which is a bubble pretender who’s trying to take our spot!
Geaux Wramblin’ Tigers!!
Sage advice.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Definitely Kelly
Beverly Hills 90210 and Showgirls decided that one. I’d rather have a nasty girl who I could bring home to mama than one I’d have to take to the clinic.
Hey, don’t forget about the sista. She’s gotta be in the discussion!!
Yeah, Lisa Turtle was highly underrated.
But Kelly’s the obvious choice.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Having said that...
nobody holds a candle to every mid-30’s childhood interest. Puberty just wouldn’t have been the same without:
AGREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll be 34 next week and Alyssa was the best!
What’s even better is that she has her own sports clothing line for women….
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
F!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t ever get a freakin’ picture to post…. Here is the lynk….check it out on your own. Go Lions….Beat Purdue!
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
Ok, let's be honest...
when was the last time anyone of us watched the other conference tourneys as much as we have been these past two days (and will continue over the weekend)?
"I'm a man, and I can change, if I have to, I guess..."
College football will always be #1 for me
but college football doesn’t have anything as intense as March college basketball!!
Basketball
I always watch college bball, but I’m definitely following it closer this year. That said, I think it’s interesting to note that being a bbuble team is the most exciting position in the sport. When you are a fan of a team that is surely in, then this time of year (and much of the regular season) can actually be a bit dull as you’re really just biding your time until the Big Dance.
The big guys
Seems like the teams that have been locked in for weeks are still interested in competing for a good seed.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Seeding
Well, sure, I’m not saying their games are meaningless or that they aren’t trying. Obviously, they’d want to get better seeds and/or win their conferences as well. But if you are a fan of (say) Duke, do you really worry much about each game or how other teams do? A win or loss in any particular game doesn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things.
Meanwhile, for us, any win or loss is huge. And wins and losses by other teams can be huge.
Agreed
I love football, but basketball is the sport I played through college, so it obviously is my number one. But after going to PSU and growing up in a PSU family, I obviously am more partial to football. But I have always followed CBB religiously hoping for Penn State to become consistent.
Hey Digger
F*ck you. How is MSU not deserving of a #1 seed? Seriously? I can’t think of a good reason to not give them a #1.
Kath?
I also agree
but that guy said he doesn’t see ANY way that MSU gets a #1 seed. Memphis certainly doesn’t deserve it because if you want to talk conferences, CUSA is at most a 3 bid league. Other teams have crapped the bed in their tournaments which should leave the door open for MSU.
Kath?
i think it's better for MSU to be a #2 seed
they would play closer to home. otherwise, #1 would be playing out west.
digger is a jack@ss
why is anyone surprised he’s dissing the big 10?
who’s got OSU/Whisky ? BTN?
Co-Champions? Are you kidding me? We beat ya ass head to head BOTH years..
schweet....i can't get btn @ work
Co-Champions? Are you kidding me? We beat ya ass head to head BOTH years..
i.. just.. can't root for anything OSU
Co-Champions? Are you kidding me? We beat ya ass head to head BOTH years..
It's fairly confirmed so they are both in.
So I hate the Badgers far less than OSU, so go Wisky!
That's great
I hate it when I have to cheer for a rival to win in order to better our case. Makes me feel dirty inside.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
i'm with stu....
Fuc*eye fans have made me hate the song “hang on sloopy” and miller lite is from WI
Co-Champions? Are you kidding me? We beat ya ass head to head BOTH years..
speaking of miller lite......heading for the fridge
Co-Champions? Are you kidding me? We beat ya ass head to head BOTH years..
Hmm. I really need to start drinking on the job.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Is that wrong?
I have to plead ignorance here. I gotta say, if anyone had said that kind of thing was frowned upon here…
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
it helps when you work for yourself and the only other 'staffer' here is my beagle
Co-Champions? Are you kidding me? We beat ya ass head to head BOTH years..
Root for Wisconsin
Multiple reasons….
1. We played Wisconsin 2 times and tOSU once, so we get a (very marginal) bunmp to the RPI with Wisconsin winning
2. While both are almost certainly win, tOSU is closer to being out. A win by Wisconsin might theoretically push tOSU down to the bubble range. Wisconsin is more secure in their bid
3. Who wants to root for Ohio State?
ESPN's simulator
Says we have a 41.2% chance of winning tonight. I’ll take those odds!
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
hope that the boliers don't play like they did last week vs OSU.. they looked strong
Co-Champions? Are you kidding me? We beat ya ass head to head BOTH years..
Anyone know the line?
Just out of curiousity.
Did it hurt?
when you fell from heaven.
Oh…not that line? Well I got nothing.
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 13, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Purdue (-7); O/U 122
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Start getting the resume ready, Billy
You’re shadiness and cocky attitude is not really appreciated in Kentucky apparently, so start applying.
loved the airball on the FT... he'd be what? about the 3rd best FTshooter on the nits?
Co-Champions? Are you kidding me? We beat ya ass head to head BOTH years..
i hate comcast
everyday at like 3 my internet takes a complete dump….. they’re explanation? a shrug and a idunno like you get from a toddler.. jack@sses
Co-Champions? Are you kidding me? We beat ya ass head to head BOTH years..
I hear ya
At my old house I used to call them out every other month. My internet would come and go for hours at a time. Every tech would come out and say I had the wrong kind of splitter and give me a new one or tell me I must have a bad wire running through my wall (This was a brand new house built in 2004). The next month I was calling them out again.
Finally I got one tech that was smart enough to check the signal coming in from the pole and realized the signal was below the standard strength. I said, “Ok, what are you going to do to fix it?”
Same thing as you. He shrugged and said there was nothing he could do.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
They should move selection Sunday to Selection Monday
It sucks missing these good games while busting my butt at work. They could then bump all the games back a day.
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
I'm already freaking about scheduling
And we’re not even in the tournament yet. I’m going to be in a meeting all day Friday and on a plane to New Orleans Friday night. Then I’m probably just to be drunk on 64 oz. beers for the next 36 hours.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
You?
I’m in Sacramento, CA on Thursday meeting with a client from 9-1 PST, then driving over to the airport to hang out. Then I get on a plane at 6pm.
Clearly I hope we’re in one of the regions that play on Friday, as my flight gets in at 6am Friday morning and I’m not going to work AT ALL that day.
by Tailgate Shogun on Mar 13, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Then I’m probably just to be drunk on 64 oz. beers for the next 36 hours
Count me in, all your baskets are belong to us.
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
Good set of games
Both the GT-FSU and tOSU-Wisc games are going down to the wire
"I'm a man, and I can change, if I have to, I guess..."
GT game is getting really interesting
GT ball down 1 to FSU with 1:12 minutes left!! Come on Tech!!!
25 seconds left and yes
Tech is now up 1. FSU will have the ball after a TO!!!!! Defense!!!! Defense!!!!
We don't really want GT to win.
No auto-bid stealing, folks!
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Aw, one more win couldn't hurt?
No way they run the table.
by Tailgate Shogun on Mar 13, 2009 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course we do (did)
A run by Georgia Tech — assuming they did not win the ACC tourney — would have been a very good thing for PSU. Our biggest defiency is our weak ass non-conference slate, so if we could point to “see, the Georgia Tech team we beat on the road wasn’t bad” by them having a good run, it would have helped our cause. A win today would have been nice — they would have lost to UNC easily next game anyway.
Nah, they were 2-14 in the ACC.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
They weren't going to win the whole thing
but it would have been nice if they took down another ranked team after being Clemson yesterday.
by RNF18 on Mar 13, 2009 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
YOU ARE WRONG AND I WILL NOT ARGUE FURTHER.
I see what you guys are saying — they still had a lot of work to do before making us nervous about stealing the auto-bid. Still, I just want all of these non-locks for the tournament just go home and not screw anything up for us. Weird stuff happens during this time of year, you know?
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Ohio St. 58, Wisconsin 55 -- 0:32.6 left.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 4:39 PM EDT reply actions
I don't like it
Wiscy has a worse record than us but they beat us twice head to head. I don’t like it. I think that sweep will be held over our head if it comes down to PSU and Wiscy for a bid.
Lunardi just said he believes we've done enough now!!!
He doesn’t think we need to beat Purdue tonight. Of course I hope we do but he thinks we’re in either way as of moments ago!! He just said that on ESPN Radio!!
I know he’s not on the committee but this guy was 100% correct on last year’s bracket and he’s usually in the 99% on his picks!!
Yes sir!!!
At the very least, we have a bit of a margin for error.
Considering the events transpiring elsewhere, we’re in a pretty good spot. Even with a healthy loss tonight, I think we’re 70/30 to make it.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 13, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions
That's not good enough!
Aaaagh, I hate the bubble so!
by ReadingRambler on Mar 13, 2009 5:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm loving this
This is the perfect argument for a college football playoff. Look at all the excitement watching all these different games. Listening to the pro-bowl system people this should be completely boring because the playoff makes the regular season irrelevant. But here we instead of three or four schools hoping for a chance to play for the national championship we have twenty schools watching every score hoping their team can sneak in.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
BCS?
Isn’t this pretty similar to all the talk that revolves around the BCS rankings and how different teams winning or losing helps other different teams? I remember being pretty interested in the results of a bunch of other games this past year with PSU in the running for a BCS championship spot.
True
But not like this. We were one of the lucky four or five teams scoreboard watching by the end of the season. In College Basketball, there’s a few dozen schools all watching scores of teams on the bubble.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
What's the concensus
Do we want South Carolina to win (keep Miss St. from getting an autobid)? Or have them lose, basically popping their bubble, and giving a different SEC team a chance to claim that third spot (see: Florida)?
"I'm a man, and I can change, if I have to, I guess..."
If you believe Lunardi
then we want MSU to win and then lose in the next round. It’s over so USC has lost so hopefully the MSU loses in the next round.
Sheesh
ESPN has us against Arizona St. in the first round.
CNNSI has us against UCLA.
Yikes! I thought we were safe yesterday with Xavier and LSU!
Actually
It was Washington yesterday, not LSU. LSU was a week ago.
by Mr. Rosewater on Mar 13, 2009 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Goodnight South Carolina
Hopefully I can say the same thing about Florida and Maryland tonight. Also thank you Memphis for not making anyone sweat today.
Quiet in here for a few minutes...
"Even though it was bouncing, I knew it was so soft that it was just going to stay in," Battle said. "Then I ran around like a lunatic."
since i dont have the BTN
is there a radio feed online?
Recap on currently playing? Sure, why not...
Illinois up big on Michigan – indifferent, but better good than. bad
Xavier up close on Temple – good, but I’d like a bigger lead.
Texas up on Baylor at the half – good, hopefully continues through the second half.
Maryland up on Wake – not good. Here’s to a good second half from Wake.
Tennessee up big on Bama – good, if only because it keeps a surprise autobid from being stolen.
"I'm a man, and I can change, if I have to, I guess..."
hey guys, kids in bed and beer in hand I vote for all games to start at 9 pm
I found this great beer called nugget nectar, mmmm.
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
well we're just going to have to beat Purdue now.
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
They should have the women who interview the players wear bikinis
I mean look at their audience, a bunch of guys. It’s a win-win, the women get to wear more comfortable clothes and we get to watch.
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
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