Category Archives: Sports

How to save the BCS & the bowls, and appease the critics

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In an op-ed for USA Today, BCS Head Bill Hancock lays out his defenseof the BCS, arguing that the system worked. He’s dead wrong, and either doesn’t get it or doesn’t care. The system didn’t work because teams like Boise State, if they had finished undefeated, or TCU, who DID finish undefeated, don’t get a shot at the national championship…. Read more »

BREAKING: Urban Meyer resigning, again

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One year after retiring and then un-retiring, Florida’s coach is stepping down, again. Retiring into obscurity, for real this time? Positioning himself to be the next head coach of Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos? Trying to secure the coveted title “The Brett Favre of Coaches” by un-resigning (again) next week? Joining the WAC as its eighth football member? Simply… Read more »

Lisa Velte wins LRT Pick ’em Contest

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Lisa Velte, a.k.a. “The Major’s Girl,” won the second annual Living Room Times College Football Pick ’em Contest, besting Brad Warbiany (a.k.a. “Old Gold & Black”) on a tiebreaker. Velte, whose identity as “The Major’s Girl” had remained a mystery until this afternoon, and Warbiany both finished with 252 points out of a maximum possible 340. The tie was broken… Read more »

Computer glitch puts LSU, Boise State in wrong order in final BCS standings

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This is pretty incredible: The final BCS ratings show LSU ranked 10th and Boise State 11th. But I discovered a mistake that would switch the order of those teams. The Broncos should be BCS No. 10. Wes Colley’s final rankings, as submitted to the BCS, were incorrect. The Appalachian State-Western Illinois FCS playoff game was missing from his data set…. Read more »

Liveblog: Championship Saturday, USC-UCLA and Denver-Cal State Northridge

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Since my tweets aren’t updating the right-hand column right now, due to server issues, I’m going to set up an all-day live-tweeting window here. It’s going to be a busy day of college basketball and football: Utah State-Georgetown is at 10:00 AM MDT; the Butler-Duke rematch is at 1:15 PM MDT; Oregon-Oregon State and Auburn-South Carolina start at 1:30 and… Read more »

It’s Warbiany vs. The Major’s Girl in LRT College Football Pick ’em

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The second annual Living Room Times College Football Pick ‘em Contest is going to overtime. “Old Gold & Black,” a.k.a. Brad Warbiany, and “The Major’s Girl” are tied for first place with 235 points, and are guaranteed to finish tied for first place with 252 points because of the contest’s rule dropping each contestant’s lowest weekly point total. (The lowest,… Read more »