Oral communication certainly offers certain advantages over written communication and precisely three days into my blogging career, I am reminded that "publishing" one's thoughts can be a dangerous endeavor. Thankfully the LSU Tigers allowed me to retain some sense of credibility by routing Georgia by 29 points. As you can see below, LSU is one of the teams with whom I am "impressed." How did my other primary "impressive" team perform? North Carolina State got shellacked at home by a mediocre Seton Hall team. Impressive indeed!
Of course, those teams that were judged to be "not very good" and that "suck" apparently were motivated by my disrespect. "Not very good" Maryland went on the road and beat Georgia Tech, while "suck" UIC won a conference road game against Wright State, and "suck" Louisville routed Cincinnati. You know, some writers want their writing to send a message. The only message that my post yesterday sent is that I may not know quite as much about college basketball as I think. Either that or parity has completely take over. For the sake of my own sanity and self-esteem, I am choosing the latter.
Hey Sparty, I warned you!!! Go on the road in the Big Ten and deal with the consequences. Michigan State shot 50% from the field, Michigan shot 42%. MSU shot 43% from the arc, Michigan connected at a 31% clip. Rebounds, steals and turnovers were all close. So how did the Wolverines manage to pull off a huge tournament-resume building victory? Bring up the box score and look no further than the columns headed FT and PF. MSU was whistled for 26 fouls, Michigan only 13. The Spartans shot 10 free throws while the Maize and Blue started having their mail delivered to the charity stripe (34 attempts!!). The game, of course, was in....drum roll please...Ann Arbor!
Finally, (a much longer post will be coming tomorrow) a quick mention of something that has lingered in the back of my mind since the college football bowl season. I was incredibly impressed at the NCAA's handling of instant replay during the bowl season. Amazingly, most calls were reviewed and a final determination was made within 20 seconds. Why does it continue to take the NFL officials forever to review a play when college refs can complete the task so quickly? I am certainly not a big fan of college football, but the NFL could certainly learn something from its "minor league."
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Speaking of the college bowl season...Why do nearly 1/2 of all Div. 1-A teams get to play in a bowl game? Didn't these games once reward excellence instead of mediocrity? Who cares if the 4th place ACC team plays the 2nd place WAC team on the 2nd Tuesday in December in Shreveport?
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