College football’s Week 8 ranked slate sends Indiana to a defense-first test at Michigan, brings surging Ole Miss to struggling Texas and closes with Conner Weigman leading Houston into unbeaten Utah for a major Big 12 showdown. Continue reading Week 8 Ranked Matchups: Indiana–Michigan Joins Two Prime-Time Showdowns
College football’s Week 7 ranked slate features Ohio State’s championship-game rematch at Indiana, Alabama’s rivalry trip to Tennessee and unbeaten Notre Dame visiting BYU, plus three more conference showdowns with playoff leverage. Here are the rankings, lines, injuries and matchup keys. Continue reading Week 7 Ranked Matchups: Ohio State–Indiana and Notre Dame–BYU Lead a Six-Game Slate
Yesterday, I got invited to play Sultan’s Run in Jasper, Indiana, with a group of friends. It is a beautiful course. It is also a difficult course. And for me, yesterday, it was a very expensive crime scene. I have … Continue reading Why Do I Play This Stupid Game?
Here are this week’s composite college football power ratings, using six different rating systems. Sources: Steve Makinen, KFord, SP+, FPI, Brad Powers, Collin Wilson. Some of these are behind a paywall, so I don’t share the full table. These ratings … Continue reading 2025 College Football Power Ratings, Week 13
The Oklahoma City Thunder are just four wins away from forcing the basketball world to rethink what modern greatness looks like. Their 68–14 regular season is already the fifth-best record in NBA history. This wasn’t supposed to be their time yet. They’re young, homegrown, and built through the draft. No splashy superstar signings. No shortcuts. And yet, here they are, four wins from the top of the mountain. So now the question is worth asking: if the Thunder win the NBA title, where would they rank among the greatest teams of all time? Let’s look at the usual suspects. 1995-96 … Continue reading Where Would This Thunder Team Rank If They Win It All?
Here are this week’s composite college football power ratings, using six different rating systems. Sources: Steve Makinen, Adam Burke, SP+, FPI, Brad Powers, Collin Wilson. Some of these are behind a paywall, so I don’t share the full table. These … Continue reading 2024 College Football Power Ratings, Week 7
Here are this week’s composite college football power ratings, using six different rating systems. Sources: Steve Makinen, Adam Burke, SP+, FPI, Brad Powers, Collin Wilson. Some of these are behind a paywall, so I don’t share the full table. These … Continue reading 2024 College Football Power Ratings, Week 6
Here are this week’s composite college football power ratings, using six different rating systems. Sources: Steve Makinen, Adam Burke, SP+, FPI, Brad Powers, Collin Wilson. These ratings are spread related, not an AP-style ranking. To figure a spread, subtract one … Continue reading College Football Power Ratings, Week 5
Rickey Henderson, Ronnie Lott and Marcus Allen. For as long as I can remember, these have been my three favorite athletes of all time. There is zero debate on my top three. The order maybe, but not the top three. These posters and jersey are hanging up in my new office. The Rickey poster is new, but there is plenty of Rickey memorabilia under it with 30-40 years of age on it. I’ve had that Ronnie poster since high school, what was, ahem, 30 years ago. And the Marcus jersey was a gift I received a year or two after … Continue reading Mt. Rushmore Of Favorite Athletes
With football nearly in the rearview, my focus has turned to basketball, and for me that is mostly college basketball. Yes, the NBA is a better product, but for some reason I always gravitate to watching college more. I can’t explain it. The eye is always toward the March Madness tournament. And who can win it. I’m a fan of KenPom, TeamRankings, Torvik, all of it. One of the things I look at heading in is teams who meet the minimum required rankings of past national champions. Basically, “no team ranked lower than <this> has ever won the title. Criteria … Continue reading KenPom’s Minimum Qualifying Standards
