Heroes of Hockeytown

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  1. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    I guess it comes down to what you value more: the "can't lose" mentality of the college football as a whole, or finding a way to declare a true national champion. I know where my allegiance falls, but I can see the appeal of the other side.
  2. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    Yeah, but the strength of schedule the BCS used to weigh the rankings was so ass-backward and convoluted, it made no sense at all. You get points for the team you beats record, plus the opponents of your opponents record? What the hell? What I'm talking about actually makes some sense. You can look at a spreadsheet and say, "Oh, right there. That's where they got beat." Should the Colts loss to the Titans force them out of the playoff picture? I love upsets as much as anyone, but I believe in the overall record. Of course, two losses might have them lose home field advantage or something, and maybe it is a good part of the system that will go away, but you take the good with the bad. Oh, trust me, I know what the BCS is all about. I don't know if the athletic part of it will ever grow strong enough to overthrow the corporate part of it; but that doesn't mean the BCS is better than a playoff for the fans.
  3. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    Pretty much what I feel. Path of least resistance and all that.
  4. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    That's kinda harsh. He probably should've just voted for Florida and been done with it.
  5. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    Coin toss is obviously the Final Solution, I've never known it to actually find use as the last tiebreaker for the NFL playoffs. Because the best teams in the country should still play one another. Stats get you in, wins do the rest. Just put in conference PF/PA first. Problem solved. It might, but tiebreakers would probably move NCAA football farther from controversy regardless. Teams may still get jobbed, but instead of by the subjective thoughts of our feeble human minds, we get the cold hard machine of objectivity cranking out brackets. Even if you really, really, really, hate playoffs, a lot of this wrangling and hair-pulling could still be dispensed with, as well as the perceived need for a playoff system, if instead of the dual-polls a points system for each win/loss was instituted. A scale to determine the value for either defeating a high-ranked team or losing to a lower-ranked one for the allocation or subtraction of quality-points can easily be formulated, and initial rankings for each season can be based on the finishing rankings for the previous one. You'll still wind up with controversies but at least one source for it â€â€the highly subjective and biased coaches and sportswriters polls would be eliminated and rankings would be put on a far more logical mathematical basis.
  6. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    Tiebreakers? Wins, conference wins, head to head wins, points for/against, coin toss, etc. Take the human element right on outta there.
  7. Heroes of Hockeytown

    Detroit Lions, NFL 2006 Season Thread

    That would break football. Seriously, don't even think about it.
  8. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    No kidding. Nothing says "I'm the best" quite like actually beating the teams you're 'better' than.
  9. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    Sorry, Florida.
  10. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    Well, my brain says, "MICHIGAN BLEW IT, DON'T TRY AND CHEAT THE SYSTEM DUDES" but my heart says, "WAHOOOOOO REMATCH." So, I'll just wait until the BCS decides tomorrow.
  11. Heroes of Hockeytown

    Ryan Smyth is unhappy in Edmonton right now

    The same thing all those fans of Brett "he's not a lazy-ass, honest!" Hull did: disappear, and for the better.
  12. Heroes of Hockeytown

    Post Everytime You Look

    WORD
  13. Heroes of Hockeytown

    Detroit Lions, NFL 2006 Season Thread

    Dear Peyton, Been missin' you. Regards, Mike Vanderjagt
  14. Heroes of Hockeytown

    Pens shopping Fleury?

    "Pens willing to trade Fleury for right deal." Huh. Let me take a stab at this: "[Every team in the League] willing to trade [any player in the League] for right deal." I have just created seven hundred trade rumors.
  15. Heroes of Hockeytown

    Post Everytime You Look

    I just saw a commercial for wrestling in which a man piledrived Santa Claus. Is that normal? Is that what they do on wrestling? Beat up on benevolent holiday icons? I'm seriously WTFing right now.
  16. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    That's how I felt about Vince Young, and that was before he opened up a can of whoop ass on Michigan. It was so obnoxious how he was able to scamper out of any jam, no matter how certain it looked that he was going to eat turf.
  17. Heroes of Hockeytown

    Detroit Lions, NFL 2006 Season Thread

    The difference is that when the NFL was making their schedule, the Steelers had "World Champions" underlined under their names, while the Lions were stuck with the same old "Perennial Losers." But no, tradition is not something that should be f***ed with. Lions get Thanksgiving, end of story.
  18. Heroes of Hockeytown

    Detroit Lions, NFL 2006 Season Thread

    "If they want to chant 'Fire Millen,' they should be chanting to fire the whole damn team," -Boss Bailey Can't we do both? Pretty pretty please?
  19. Heroes of Hockeytown

    FORSBERG TO BE TRADED (WITHIN THE NEXT 24HRS)

    Incidentally, it has been over 24 hours, and Forsberg hasn't gone anywhere.
  20. Heroes of Hockeytown

    Detroit Lions, NFL 2006 Season Thread

    Does anyone look nice being helped up off the turf after being blindsided by a defensive lineman?
  21. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    And their effeminate play caller. I swear that guy's wearing mascara.
  22. Heroes of Hockeytown

    Ryan Smyth is unhappy in Edmonton right now

    I'd hardly say he was 'PISSED,' but if there isn't a deal and he bolts for free agency... he always has a home in Detroit.
  23. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    I was talking about Robiske's catch with five minutes to go in the fourth quarter. They were able to put together a good drive and score, but by then there just wasn't enough time left.
  24. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    True. But given Michigan's success at stopping Ohio from doing anything up to that point... the deal was pretty much sealed; the Wolverines didn't really threaten after Robiske's touchdown catch.
  25. Heroes of Hockeytown

    College Football

    The last TD drive was just window dressing--no way does Michigan recover the onside kick. You still have to try, but probability that you get the ball back ranges somewhere from 'never' to 'not happening.'