Triple Threat: Power Programs

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So here is something that could generate some fun discussion during this long 4 th of July weekend. The folks at Rivals.com have tried to put together a ranking of best schools based on the combination of successful football, basketball, and baseball program . Here is the formula they used : FOOTBALL Share of National Title = 10 points Runner-up = 7 points* Top 4 ranking = 5 points ... [link]

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Basketball is Holding Georgia Back
Published 7/5/2008 by T Kyle King at Dawg Sports: Front Page Posts
It was brought to my attention by Bruins Nation that Rivals.com recently ranked college athletics programs based upon their combined success at baseball, basketball and football. Rivals.com’s methodology was somewhat confusing---the formula, for instance, states contradictorily that a team gets five points for a third- or fourth-place finish in the College World Series but receives three points for the selfsame third- or fourth-place finish in the College World Series---but, assuming that we are all agreed that intercollegiate athletics are superior to ...

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