CURIOUS INDEX, 6/23/09
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Blatant propagandizing……ENGAGE: Rust Belt Tebow Lives! Dan Lefevour of Central Michigan nabs a spot in the USA Today College Football Preview as a regional cover for “The Greater Northern MIdwestern Concavity Where Stuff Used To Be.” Lefevour is the second player in college football history to pass for 3,000 yards and run for 1,000 in a season, and likes to think of himself as the Vince Young of the greater Mt. Pleasant area. Thanks for setting the bar higher. Brian Kelly’s exit fee just got higher thanks to a new contract, and now Cincy fans freak out, and remember that the last time this happened, you got Brian Kelly eventually, and that’s how an optimist ignores the sound of the wolves at the door. Well, sure. Once you remember that we’re doing things long term, this all makes half-sense. He got into numbers. From Andy Staples’ Twitter feed: “The nine #SEC states have produced 3,061 #BCS conference signees since 2004. That’s 33.8 percent, despite 19.1 percent of U.S. population.” |
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ALGator says:
The video was fantastic.. but I had to mute that miserable music. GO GATA!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:55 am
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Crabapple Buck says:
Putting tOSU #1 all-time won’t sell more subscriptions to the Tuscaloosa News. But I like the way they are thinking. They also only give Bama 6 AP championships. That should generate some emails to the editorial staff…providing there are computers in Alabama.
June 23rd, 2009 at 8:56 am
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Johnny says:
That Brian Kelly raise situation doesn’t remind me of DickRod. Not at all. What Big Ten school will he be secretly meeting with in Toledo this December?
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:14 am
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swampchomp says:
“The Greater Northern MIdwestern Concavity Where Stuff Used To Be.” = Infinite Jest reference? I bought and read that book just because Orson raved about it.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:36 am
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jd4au says:
“Half of the 10 categories were from the past year, the rest all-time, but slightly weighted to emphasize the last 80 years (i.e. the modern era).”
The “modern era’ of college football goes back to the 1920s in Tuscaloosa (a) because football in 1929 so resembles football since about, say, 1967 or (b) 1925 happens to be when UAT won its first Rose Bowl.
Bless their little hearts.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:58 am
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Terry Tate, Ofice Linebacker says:
This article is about as fair and balanced as Fox News.
That points system is also bullshit- my points system has the conference rankings as such:
SEC: infinity minus one
All remaining Conferences (except the ACC): 1
ACC: 0
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:22 am
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Seabass says:
The twitter numbers aren’t all that amazing or exciting. When looking at BCS conference signees, realize that while 33.8% may be from SEC country, SEC states have 27.7% of all BCS schools(18). Going a little further, 56.9% of BCS schools are in or border an SEC state.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:31 am
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JimHalpert says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNBs6uCego
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I862YOdMclI
Couldn’t find the highlights of 2003, but you know they’re out there somewhere.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:43 am
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John C. Calhoun says:
I think it’s interesting that the Opelika-Auburn News rated college football’s best teams last year. They weighted the previous 6 years and 1957 at 80 percent. Auburn still finished 7th best in the SEC.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:44 am
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Reality is Overrated says:
“The rankings, in their fourth year, are comprised through an extensive formula featuring 10 categories”
1. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa? + 1000 points
2. Ever Coached by Bear Bryant? + 500 points
3. Cheated and/or On Probation Entire Modern Era minus Curry Years? +450 points
4. Every QB Recruit is The Next Joe Willie(tm)? +400 points
5. 2.4 Million Fans Had Goal Line Seats to ‘79 Sugah Bole? +350 points
6. 1 pt/sq yd of Checkerboard in/on Fan Homes- +99,999,9999,9999 points
7. Fan base of No College over Cow College (99% or more) +300 points
8. The Bahr, SaBahr, and some other peepul +250 points
9. Are we better’nyou? +200 points
10. “Class” defined as talking when you win? +1 point
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:45 am
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TAFKastOSUB says:
I didn’t read every detail in the Tuscaloosa News article, but they need to throw out the all time bowl appearances. From roughly 1920 – 1949 the Big Ten did not allow teams to go to bowl games (Michigan didn’t participate in a bowl from 1902 – 1948. In addition, once the Big Ten allowed teams to go to bowl games, the same team was not allowed to go to the Rose bowl 2 years in a row. Alabama on the other hand was eligible to go to bowl games every year it wasn’t on probation – hence the only reason they have the all-time bowl appearances record…I always chuckle when I see that stat. There also needs to be a penalty factor in their equation for NCAA infractions.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:50 am
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MalibuJuice says:
That’s a genius twitter stat. There are only 4 Pac-10 states (that would be 8% for you, Andy). I guess if the Pac signs 16% of BCS players then the Pac-10 is better than the SEC. No room for argument. Numbers prove it. Pac-10 should win the next 4 MNC since it has signed twice the number of states in its conference.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:52 am
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burt osborne says:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TAFKastOSUB
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:52 am
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AUbe Lilcon says:
#9 – That isn’t nearly as interesting as an Alabama fan would also be a fan of or more likely named after John C. Calhoun.
He married his cousin and advocated slavery.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:53 am
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AUbe Lincoln says:
Dang these newfangled typewriters. Why’d we ever leave chalk and slate?
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:54 am
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Cincyfan says:
Just the fact the UC gets the mention now in articles like this is great. Bearcats are on the map (at least for now)
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:47 am
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zzgator says:
That video warranted a NSFW on the music…unless you work in a hip hop strip club.
It still kicked ass though.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:48 am
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Bobby Briggs says:
At #13
Heh.
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:51 am