Recent content by grue

Easy Rob. Don't make me tweet your wife. Most of the people who post here worked hard for their armchairs. Now they are taking their chance to play quarterback. Give their opinions, all of the weight they are due. I'd offer you some more salt, but I know you'd just get in trouble for that...

It may be Jordan instead of Jones. Jordan's defense, as a senior, is likely to be much better than Jones' as a freshman. The extra year of experience with the offense, and the addition of another playmaker may open up enough space for Jordan to be a contributor on offense as well.

If Whitney is going to accept the UK offer, I hope he has the courtesy to take an unofficial to UIUC to tell BU. We are too short on officials, to use one up on a courtesy decline.

DelaRosa was 325lbs as a Freshman. He playing weight last year at Kent State was 265. Dropping 60 pounds should make him a bit more mobile and ease the ACL recovery.

What was the average height of a basketball player back then vs. today? It feels like they average 2" taller now. 6'10" used to be a big center. Jens at 7' was a rarity. There is a big difference between guarding someone 3" taller and someone 5" taller. I expect that we are going to...

Okoro may have chosen Oregon based on the coaching style. Some people do better with the immediate loud correction. Others do not.

I agree that the Big East will never get as lucrative a TV package as football conferences in terms of dollars per school per year. I don't follow the connection from no football to 'no real business model' and 'obscurity.' I believe that splitting away from the football schools was a very...

Private schools can choose to admit anyone.

There are plenty of minutes for three good guards. The question is are there enough minutes for four good guards? Ayo, Frazier, Ramey, Williams. The practices, with two of those on each squad should help all of them improve.

The Big10 went to "guaranteed four year scholarships" for all student athletes in 2014. I believe this removed the "renewal" clause. If it did not, can you please provide a link to the current big ten bylaws? I failed to find one.

What is the rational for this? Hypothetical: The ten best teams in the country are in the same conference. They won 100% of their non-conference games, in blowouts. Half the teams went 10-8, and the other half 8-10. Should the bottom half be excluded from the tournament? Would the...

Nebraska's 13-5 conference record is largely due to the luck of the schedule. They played each of MSU, PU, and OSU once. They lost all of those games. If their schedule had each of those teams twice, that 13-5 would likely be 10-8. There are easily another half dozen teams I'd take in the...

There are wins, and then there are quality wins. We saw the committee bias toward the latter. ASU: Four quality wins (UCLA, USC, Kansas, Xavier) UCLA: Four quality wins (AZ, KY, USC x 2) Syracuse: Four quality wins (Clemson, Buff, Lou, Mia FL) St Bonaventure: Three quality wins (RI...

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2018 Hall of Fame Members (sorted by sport) Charles Carney, Football/Men's Basketball Dave Downey, Men's Basketball Kendall Gill, Men's Basketball John "Red" Kerr, Men's Basketball Lou Henson, Men's Basketball Coach Alex Agase, Football/Wrestling Charles Carney, Football/Men's Basketball...