[NU Sports] Early lines, etc.

[wildelk2 at aol.com]

    Early lines are out; NU giving 3 to Vandy.  Other Big 10 lines: The surprises;  Purdue getting 11 from EE?  A new coach, replacing an All-American caliber QB, and EE is laying 11?  Hmmm..   Additionally, Minnesota getting 4 on the road; at Middle Tennessee.  Middle has handled Maryland in the past, but I'd think that the Gophs should be giving 4 points, not getting 4 points.
   OSU giving 29 against Marshall, Michigan giving 3 against UConn, and Wisky laying 19 and a half on the road against UNLV.
   Also of note: Boise St. giving 2 and a half in Landover, Md. on Labor Day vs. Va. Tech, and Kentucky only laying 3 at Louisville?  Me thinks Louisville needs more, a lot more than 3 points.
   In case any one missed it, single game tickets, as well as (3) packs are now on sale at nusports.com.  There was something at laketheposts.com indicating season ticket sales are up this year; attributed to the game at Wrigley Field.  I would hope that a small part of that increase has something to do with 2 good seasons in a row.
   My only question is if Steven can last 4 more weeks?!?     

GO CATS!!!        Eric

   


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>
To: NU Sports List <nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com>; Jonathan Hodges <jonathanwhodges at gmail.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 9:52 pm
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] SjT - this book is for you


:) - you had me at the title!



I'll probably wait for the movie ... but interesting to examine some of their 

points ...



• The flawed math and corruption that determine which teams participate in the 

national championship 



Hmm ... maybe Nebraska will being some of that math with them where you can not 

win your league but still play in the B(C)S title game?:) Or how you jump over 

teams that beat you if your last name is Bowden?



• How the system hurts competition by perpetuating "cupcake" schedules 



And here's one of my bigger problems with the system. We get cupcake city now. 

It's going to be real interesting to watch how they handle this new Big XII. The 

national championship game should, in most years, be the winner of the SEC title 

game vs. the Big Ten title game winner. Especially if those teams are unbeaten 

or have one loss and beat another top 10 team in the league title game. Texas 

and Oklahoma will have each other and nothing else on their schedules for a year 

and no title game. They better not get a kind computer bump.



• How a comprehensive sixteen-team playoff plan can solve the problem while 

enhancing profitability 



And that's why it will ultimately happen - the B(C)S is stubborn and evil, but 

everyone can see the writing on the wall. As each argument gets debunked year 

after year (student athletes first? Stop playing on Tuesday or Thursday night! 

... #1 vs. #2? What about when Texas beats OU and still loses out? Etc.), it 

gets closer and closer. A playoff would be bigger than March Madness and rival 

the Super Bowl for viewers (especially if they worked it out for the weekend 

prior to the NFL's big game).



It will happen and it will be fun to watch. I just wish that in the mean time we 

could enjoy a traditional bowl schedule instead of the B(C)S, which is the worst 

of both worlds.



GO CATS!!!

-SjT



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STEPHEN J. TRUOG

sjtruog at yahoo.com

GO CATS!!! GEAUX SAINTS!!!

Super Bowl XLIV Champions!

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