Distractions From Property Law: BCS Banter

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What to read while it feels like Friday
Published 11 days ago by Mike <info@cardchronicle.com> at Card Chronicle
... during ultra-tense overtime moments in big SEC football games --Richard Nixon taking things into his own hands and declaring Texas the national champion in 1969 (actually, that's sort of the same thing) --Preseason polls --Trying to get in Tiger Woods's head before a tournament --Rhythmic Gymnastics --Thinking you can beat me in NHL 2003 on Playstation 2 All more intelligent than rejecting a playoff and retaining the BCS. Stand tall boys. Gracias: Burnt Orange Nation The Cardinal Nine roared back from a 5-0 deficit to knock ...

Texas Tech Thursday Morning Football Notes - Great Satisfaction Edition
Published 11 days ago by Seth C <info@doubletnation.com> at Double-T Nation
... Ummm . . . genius. PB at BON asks some pretty interesting questions about the BCS.

Unverified Voracity Seeks Novelty
Published 11 days ago by Brian at mgoblog
... seen versions of these graphs for anything that has a draft -- there was an especially good one for the NHL that I, regretfully, cannot locate -- and they all look remarkably similar: a logarithmic dropoff from a super-high starting point. Hey... Buzz Bissinger! That was pretty crazy, huh? I've read a lot of stuff about it, but I'm really waiting for Rock M Nation's opinion. Etc.: 1934... eh... not so good. BON collects the records after ten years of the BCS; the Big Ten is 8-9. ...

ROLLERSKATAGATORPIG LIVES
Published 11 days ago by Orson Swindle at EDSBS
Thank you, Jim Delany. No one wanted a playoff anyway: We’re not convinced a pure playoff is the solution, but here’s what’s already happened with the BCS. First, we started off with a pig. Then, the pig was given rollerskates. Then, the rollerskate-pig received a transplant of an alligator’s snout. Once the pig’s head proved to be too heavy with the alligator’s snout, a counterweight was added at the tail in the form of sack of buckshot stapled to its tail. At this point, the plus one would be sewing another ...