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Battleship

Amazon.com Widgets We rented this movie yesterday. It kept the boy occupied for probably and hour and a half or so. For that, it was worth it’s money. But, this is an awful, awful, movie. One spoiler and that is all. During a critical moment in the movie, they have revived the mothballed USS Missouri. They are using it to… (more…)

NCAA hearts a couple of teams

The brackets are out for the 2011 NCAA Tournament.  Struck me as odd a couple of teams locations since the NCAA supposedly does not like giving teams a home court advantage.  Well, they did to a large degree.  How far would you drive on a whim to watch your team play in the tournament?  A couple of hours is no… (more…)

The problem with RPI

In football, I have moaned for years at the stupidity of the BCS ( Bowl Championship Series ).  It’s nuts.  It is completely at the discretion of whoever they want to be the “champion” with no logical playoff to actually decide on the field who is the best team. In college basketball, things are a little more logical with a… (more…)

Fixing the Bowl Championship Series

Barack Obama promised to fix all things that appeared wrong in the world during his campaign.  During said campaign, he had this to offer: During a Nov. 16 “60 Minutes” interview, Obama elaborated on his plans: “Eight teams. That would be three rounds to determine a national champion. I don’t know any serious fan of college football who has disagreed… (more…)

2007 version of why the BCS is screwed

OK, so the college football season is basically over.  Yesterday the BCS committee got together and decided at random who will play for the championship.  Their decision was Ohio State and LSU.  Two very good teams.  However, the math to get them in there must have been unnerving.  Here’s the meat.  Ohio State is 11-1.  They beat a few pretty… (more…)

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