Comments on: CURIOUS INDEX, 1/7/08

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:32:50 +0000

I find the term “Man Jumper” to be unwieldy. How about Mumper?

By: General Disarray

General Disarray — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:07:33 +0000

I’m so disappointed in the journalistic integrity of the WWL, I read in the latest issue of the Mag that lil’ Wayne was all about Florida!

Guess I’m showing my age here, but really, who the hell is lil’ Wayne and why do we care who he thinks will win????

By: Anonymous IV

Anonymous IV — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:14:24 +0000

It is good that Percy Harvin is only 90% healthy. A 100% healthy Harvin would cause a rift in space that would allow the beast with a billion backs to enter our universe.

By: gosouthgohard

gosouthgohard — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:54:07 +0000

Also, a +1 would result in additional awesome college football without completely discarding the current system.

By: gosouthgohard

gosouthgohard — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:52:49 +0000

OhioDawg-

I disagree that an incremental improvement would be pointless. As I’ve said before, the current system crowns an undisputed national champion in one (1) case only: if there are two undefeated teams going into the national championship game, no more and no less. A +1 (or “four team playoff” if so inclined) at least has a sporting chance at resulting in consensus.

By: OhioDawg

OhioDawg — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:36:53 +0000

gosouth – That’s what I would’ve thought.

How would a playoff system handle what happened in the Big12 south this year with three teams with one loss, that everyone was raving about?

In retrospect, it’s easy to say Tech was overrated, but before the loss, I don’t think many people would have said that UC(incinnati) or VaTech were more deserving to get into a playoff, even though they won their conferences.

My point is not that a system with any flaw has to be rejected, but rather that the incremental “improvements” don’t achieve the goal of crowning an undisputed nat’l champ, and so are pointless distractions that benefit only the WWL.

By: dogtown gator

dogtown gator — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:28:28 +0000

Whoa! OU is focused and full of catch frases! we’re f’d!

from the Sooner Fox News:

“Different team, different year, different outcome,� Harris said.

He has a motto. WTLG. Win The Last Game.

“That�s why we�re going to go out and play, excuse my French, a hell of a game.�

(In other words, “Goodness! We’re hosed.”)

By: Terry Tate, Office Linebacker

Terry Tate, Office Linebacker — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:34:50 +0000

Dude- enjoy Miami. It rocks there. You should definitely hit up CroBar- it’s wednesday which means the place should be packed for $9 beer nite…

By: gosouthgohard

gosouthgohard — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:11:29 +0000

OhioDawg-

In a +1 situation, I see the two semi games as Florida vs Utah and Oklahoma vs. USC, with the winner meeting in the +1.

No matter what, Texas would have gotten screwed, but c’est la vie.

By: OhioDawg

OhioDawg — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:02:58 +0000

So who would play in a +1 game this year? Tomorrow night’s winner and Texas, USC or Utah?

By: Crabapple Buck

Crabapple Buck — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:35:11 +0000

ameed -

Maybe he went to Texas A & M and is including the spring game.

By: ameed

ameed — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:32:37 +0000

Jim Litke (from that last link) doesn’t know how to count, which is great since 2/3 of his argument hinges on his bad numbers.

He claims Texas and USC are both 13-1 (which would match the winner of the MNC game)…interesting seeing as how they both only played 13 games total (including the bowl).

By: okiedomer

okiedomer — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:15:25 +0000

more bad news for florida – lil’ wayne was on skip bayless’s show, and it appears that OU is getting the coveted lil’ wayne endorsement

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?categoryid=2564308&id=3814076

lil’ wayne did stop short of saying OU is flier than beetlejuice, beetlejuice, beetlejuice