The totals have been tallied and we have a Week 9 winner!
Fan Rod makes a HUGE comeback this week, and only misses one pick (USC v. Oregon), picking 17 out of 18 correct, even correctly picking two upsets! Fan #1 picked two upsets, but missed the same game as Fan rod as well as two other upset picks, picking 15 out of 18 correctly. Fan Rod ends the weekend with a picking percentage of...
94% Correct Picks
Fan #1, losing this week, with a percentage of...
83%
After two weeks recording picks here are the combined numbers for Fan #1 and Fan Rod:
Fan #1 Fan Rod
33 of 40 29 of 40
83% 73%
If you would like to get your picks in for Week 10, just email your choices for all the Top 25 games (by BCS Standings) to fanfusionblog@gmail.com.
Showing posts with label NCAA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NCAA. Show all posts
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Reliably 'Rong Rankings!!!
Every season they release the Preseason Top 25 for college basketball, and every season I wonder WWWHHHHYYYYY! Kansas #1. MSU #2. Texas #3. How long do you think this will actually last?
I will make a prediction right now. Are you ready???By the end of the season, at least half, HALF, of the Top 25 will no longer be in the Top 25!
This is the biggest joke of a ranking around. At least with football they usually have a pretty good feel for the teams. Whether it is because they have played together, the coach, or the schedule I don't know. Maybe the coaches are just smarter. But what I do know is that they NEVER get it even close to right with basketball.
There are many things that bother me about these rankings, but a few that happen every year and every year I am annoyed by. Here are a few of my biggest grievances:
-Duke is ALWAYS ranked in the Top 10. No matter what the Blue Devils will get that preseason nod as one of the ten best teams for the year. Not sure if Dickie V has more votes than anyone, but they may as well just put their name in sharpie for the 2010-11 season now
-The coaches always "try" to pick a longshot or two and feel the need to rank them nationally. This year it is Dayton. They have done nothing to deserve a Top 25 ranking other than not losing in a blowout to Kansas last year in the tourney
-The East Coast bias. I understand not everyone can stay up late to watch games on the West coast. That's fine. But shit, what has to happen to get some recognition? I mean I know that UCLA was not stellar last season, but come on, how can you argue for Clemson and pass up the BruinsYou don't believe me about the rankings? Last year Villanova was ranked 25 in the rankings preseason! They barely even made the cut. How did they end up last year? Oh that's right, they made it to the National Championship!
It is hard to predict this stuff. There is no mistake about it. But it gets to the point where they just get soooo far off, it is more of an injustice than anything to even have them.
But here is to College Basketball season FINALLY starting! (below a little insight into who I will be cheering for)
From the good ol' days. BEAR DOWN!!!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Done With the One-and-Dones
It's that time of year, where sports fans have so much to be thankful for. We have great baseball as the MLB season winds down, and a World Series champion will be crowned in the coming weeks. Football season is rolling, and keeping us occupied on Sundays and Monday nights. The NBA gets underway in less than a week, and hockey (for you naysayers: don't be so closed-minded) is already in season. However my favorite part of this time of year has to be college basketball, I'm a Wildcat, I can't help it. So many changes in the coaching spectrum, from Los Angeles to Lexington, there are some new faces in some very big places.
As much as I love college basketball, it has its flaws, mostly concerning players being forced to be one year out of high school before going to the NBA. Now I understand that this rule is enforced by the NBA, but it must be changed. Look at the offseason issues in college basketball, and you will see that they are plagued with sleezy coaches. Rick Pitino's issue has nothing to do with this rule, but everything to do with his own sleezy ways. I'm sorry, but if you wanna take trashy girls to crush town inside of a restaurant after hours, you're digging your own grave. I will say he has handled the situation as well as he possibly could, but maybe he should just try not being a scumbag who cheats on his wife. As far as basketball-related drama is concerned, two coaches stand out: John Calipari, and Tim Floyd.
Now the difference between these two coaches is that one is a good cheater, and the other is Tim Floyd. Now Tim, if you want to pay O.J. Mayo to come to USC, fine, I'm sure you are not the first coach to make a monetary offer to the kid. However, you may want to have someone else hand him the money, maybe one of your pee-on assistants or managers. Or was that a part of the deal?
O.J. said, "yeah, I'll come play for your school, but you better hand me that money yourself, in Las Vegas, in front of other people, so I know you are willing to throw your career out the window to have me for a year."
Think, Tim, think. However I personally am happy that you did not think this through, because college basketball is better off without scumbags like yourself. Good riddance.
Now Tim, if you wanted to be a true sleezy recruiter, you should have consulted John Calipari, for he has mastered the art of being sleezy. If someone would like to respond to this question, anyone reading this, please do: how does an entire season of basketball (not to mention it was the most victorious season in NCAA history, minus winning the championship) get erased from the record books because of recruiting violations, and the head man of this program does not even get a slap on the wrist? Talk about a weasel. Not only did John Calipari avoid any sanctions against himself (like he cares about Josh Pastner and Memphis, and the recruiting shackles that he put on them) but he is now the highest paid college basketball coach in the nation, in a new program where he will prosper.
I am not the first to say this, but the NCAA and NBA must come to an agreement on when athletes can make themselves eligible for the draft. This one-and-done thing has been tested, and it is clearly bad for college basketball. When kids could go from high school to the pros, when did we hear about these kinds of violations? You can go back to the Fab 5 from Michigan, or Tarks' term at UNLV, but they were few and far between. Now that they have to come to college for a single year, the bidding for these high profile recruits is on. We would be naive to believe that Tim Floyd was the only coach to offer O.J. Mayo money to put on his school's uniform, or that this was the first kid Tim Floyd has paid to play for USC. We would be naive to believe that Derrick Rose is the first high schooler to have someone else take his SATs for him, and that he is the first recruit that John Calipari has assisted in getting into his program.
If college basketball fans want to put a stop to this, or atleast hinder its frequency, the NBA must either allow high schoolers to turn pro, or require that they attend college for a minimum of 2 years. The O.J. Mayos, the Derrick Roses, the Greg Odens - they ruin the college game. College basketball is all about building a program, and it is impossible to do when players come and go in a year. Why not give them the option to go pro? If they feel they are not ready, then have them commit for 2 years.
As much as I love college basketball, it has its flaws, mostly concerning players being forced to be one year out of high school before going to the NBA. Now I understand that this rule is enforced by the NBA, but it must be changed. Look at the offseason issues in college basketball, and you will see that they are plagued with sleezy coaches. Rick Pitino's issue has nothing to do with this rule, but everything to do with his own sleezy ways. I'm sorry, but if you wanna take trashy girls to crush town inside of a restaurant after hours, you're digging your own grave. I will say he has handled the situation as well as he possibly could, but maybe he should just try not being a scumbag who cheats on his wife. As far as basketball-related drama is concerned, two coaches stand out: John Calipari, and Tim Floyd.
Now the difference between these two coaches is that one is a good cheater, and the other is Tim Floyd. Now Tim, if you want to pay O.J. Mayo to come to USC, fine, I'm sure you are not the first coach to make a monetary offer to the kid. However, you may want to have someone else hand him the money, maybe one of your pee-on assistants or managers. Or was that a part of the deal?
O.J. said, "yeah, I'll come play for your school, but you better hand me that money yourself, in Las Vegas, in front of other people, so I know you are willing to throw your career out the window to have me for a year."
Think, Tim, think. However I personally am happy that you did not think this through, because college basketball is better off without scumbags like yourself. Good riddance.
Now Tim, if you wanted to be a true sleezy recruiter, you should have consulted John Calipari, for he has mastered the art of being sleezy. If someone would like to respond to this question, anyone reading this, please do: how does an entire season of basketball (not to mention it was the most victorious season in NCAA history, minus winning the championship) get erased from the record books because of recruiting violations, and the head man of this program does not even get a slap on the wrist? Talk about a weasel. Not only did John Calipari avoid any sanctions against himself (like he cares about Josh Pastner and Memphis, and the recruiting shackles that he put on them) but he is now the highest paid college basketball coach in the nation, in a new program where he will prosper.
I am not the first to say this, but the NCAA and NBA must come to an agreement on when athletes can make themselves eligible for the draft. This one-and-done thing has been tested, and it is clearly bad for college basketball. When kids could go from high school to the pros, when did we hear about these kinds of violations? You can go back to the Fab 5 from Michigan, or Tarks' term at UNLV, but they were few and far between. Now that they have to come to college for a single year, the bidding for these high profile recruits is on. We would be naive to believe that Tim Floyd was the only coach to offer O.J. Mayo money to put on his school's uniform, or that this was the first kid Tim Floyd has paid to play for USC. We would be naive to believe that Derrick Rose is the first high schooler to have someone else take his SATs for him, and that he is the first recruit that John Calipari has assisted in getting into his program.
If college basketball fans want to put a stop to this, or atleast hinder its frequency, the NBA must either allow high schoolers to turn pro, or require that they attend college for a minimum of 2 years. The O.J. Mayos, the Derrick Roses, the Greg Odens - they ruin the college game. College basketball is all about building a program, and it is impossible to do when players come and go in a year. Why not give them the option to go pro? If they feel they are not ready, then have them commit for 2 years.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Daily Tailgate Challenge - Win $100,000!
PICK THE TOP 15 TEAMS IN THE FINAL BCS RANKING IN ORDER, AND THE CASH IS YOURS!
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