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Also predictable, as will be…

Also predictable, as will be the inevitable "I triggered you" response

Does anyone coach just to…

Does anyone coach just to coach the game?

Except I made no comparison…

Except I made no comparison or judgment about Patterson's abilities at all. You were the one touting his rankings on Michigan's all-time QB stats lists as proof of his deserving of a roster spot. I simply put those numbers in context to show that they really don't prove much of anything about Patterson, especially when you aren't talking about total numbers that truly aren't that impressive.

Patterson threw and ran for…

Patterson threw and ran for a combined 52 TDs in two years at Michigan. For comparison, Justin Fields was responsible for 51 TDs last year alone. His ranks in Michigan history speak far more to how Michigan has used QBs historically than proving how good Patterson is or is not.

It feels like people are…

It feels like people are having different arguments than Matt's point (and it must be said that Matt is a high school scout who watches for different things), and it's not like the people who are disagreeing with his assessment have offered any factual analysis to the contrary. The quality of the product is down, the game is slower, choppier, poorly officiated, less free-flowing, and overcoached. That being said, it is true that people who generally watch college basketball aren't necessarily here for the quality.

Brown and Curry would have…

Brown and Curry would have also likely been fairly dominant college players.

It amazes me to no end that…

It amazes me to no end that people still somehow believe that being a college student with limited practice time and a full-time course load is better for your basketball development than being able to practice full-time with no restrictions.

UCF finished first in one of…

UCF finished first in one of the computer rankings and the NCAA lists those as champions as well. Case in point, Notre Dame is listed as a champion for 2012 despite getting monkey stomped by Bama because it finished first in one of the computer rankings.

Except none of those 40…

Except none of those 40 years involved coaching pros. We've seen countless examples of this in both the NBA and NFL. Coaching in the pro ranks is a different beast and way more than just being a great X's and O's guy. Things also don't have to be binary. This was a bad Cavs team, but having seen them play several times this year, Beilein was also doing a pretty bad job of coaching them, especially in terms of rotations.

Still, there was ultimately no coming back from calling the players thugs, even though he had likely lost the team before then.

If there's a program that's…

If there's a program that's analogous to us, it's probably (and sadly) Texas...

Orgeron was 10-25 at Ole…

Orgeron was 10-25 at Ole Miss, which hasn't won a conference championship since segregation, and he's 42-11 since then. Also, Joe Burrow wasn't exactly being bandied around as the second coming in August. We can probably stop waiting on him to turn into Brady Hoke now.

LSU could always match up…

LSU could always match up player for player with any team in the country. Coaching was holding them back. Michigan isn't at that point.

There's no way Michigan…

There's no way Michigan wouldn't be in the top 10 (and likely top 5) with wins over North Carolina and Gonzaga in the same week. A competitive loss still probably puts the team in the top 15.

I'd guess 12, Oregon is…

I'd guess 12, Oregon is going to drop probably to behind Auburn. PSU will fall to below Florida but ahead of Wisconsin and Michigan.

A&M hasn't beaten a team…

A&M hasn't beaten a team with more than 4 wins all year. Early-season Michigan probably scuffs its way to a win over them at home (on the road would likely be a different matter). Still, A&M and UNC (at 45) are the only top 50 S&P teams on that schedule. Even with the early struggles, there just weren't many places to drop a game.

Getting EMU to relative…

Getting EMU to relative respectability is a major accomplishment, but you aren't selling any fanbase on a guy with exactly one winning conference record in the MAC in six years.

Honestly, getting drafted at…

Honestly, getting drafted at all would be a big accomplishment given his lack of athleticism and floor spacing, not to mention the ways in which he could he exploited defensively in the NBA that can't happen in college.

Michigan was ahead of…

Michigan was ahead of Wisconsin in the AP and coaches poll last week too

Nope, just a person living…

Nope, just a person living in Memphis who knows there's far better BBQ here

Rendezvous is an overrated…

Rendezvous is an overrated tourist trap

You still have up to 72…

You still have up to 72 hours to take Plan B

Except rugby has all sorts…

Except rugby has all sorts of issues with concussions and spinal injuries.

Serious question, what…

Serious question, what cheating?

Harbaugh didn't actually…

Harbaugh didn't actually clarify what "loopholes" meant (effectively making it meaningless), and the whole thing on keeping the sport "amateur" ignores that amateur means whatever the NCAA wants it to mean. Feels like a lot of words to say nothing much at all.

It's pretty revealing that…

It's pretty revealing that so many of the responses were to claim that it was fake or not a big deal. 

This is comical because the…

This is comical because the NBA has never had parity. 

I didn't find any of the…

I didn't find any of the captions to be particularly vicious, yet it still feels beneath the dignity of an "institution of higher learning." Leave it to the individual fans, they're better at it already.

There is no path for Rutgers…

There is no path for Rutgers to get to 7-8 wins with 9 Big 10 games a year. They had success when the Big East basically became Conference USA. Of course, that's ultimately their issue. They're a MAC/C-USA level football program that just happens to be near NYC. If Piscataway was 100 south, Rutgers would be in the MAC where it belongs.

I wonder how people would've…

I wonder how people would've responded to and interpreted these statements had they been said by, say, Dantonio or Meyer.

McDonald is getting his…

McDonald is getting his Steve DeBerg on

A watch list is pretty much…

A watch list is pretty much akin to being a preseason all-conference selection. Players get added and removed from the list as the season progresses. 

I'm not saying that's…

I'm not saying that's grounds for divorce, but I'm not saying that it's not grounds for divorce either.

It's fairly standard even…

It's fairly standard even for second-round picks to get at least two guaranteed years now.

It's amazing that this…

It's amazing that this particular complaint is only issued on this board about the NBA even though three teams have combined to win 8 of the last 11 Stanley Cups and the Patriots have played in 9 of the past 18 Super Bowls. Very curious indeed...

I remember that draft…

I remember that draft distinctly. People were legit shocked Leonard fell that far. He was a fairly consensus top 7-10 prospect that year.

The surge in TV money has…

The surge in TV money has made it to the point where even most second-round picks and undrafted guys are assured of getting at least two guaranteed years at over a million per year. If you hit, you can get to some fairly big money pretty quickly. For example, undrafted Fred Van Vleet had a higher salary this year than Ben Simmons, the top overall pick in the same draft. Even money overseas has grown at a pretty rapid pace. It's not nearly the risk it once was.

It's one lottery pick and…

It's one lottery pick and two picks likely to be later than 25. Across the board it's probably less than what they offered at the trade deadline.

Leaders and best and all…

Leaders and best and all that...

NBA teams have like 7…

NBA teams have like 7 assistant coaches. I don't think hiring one without NBA experience will be a make or break point.

It's pretty well established…

It's pretty well established that calf injuries greatly increase the risk for Achilles injuries.

Rasheed wishes he got a…

Rasheed wishes he got a tenth of the rope Draymond gets from officials.

15-20 minutes of a hobbled…

15-20 minutes of a hobbled KD is probably better than the Warriors' other options, but it's hard to see how much of an impact he can make with so much time off and not being completely healthy. If he can't guard, then it's really trouble, especially considering how poor the Warriors' defense has been this postseason.

People never really discuss…

People never really discuss it because of the names, but the 2014 Spurs were eerily similar to that Pistons team. A deep, elite defensive squad with no truly elite offensive weapon. If we're actually judging the players by who they were at the respective points in their career, Ben Wallace is the closest thing either team had to a top 5-10 player.

I'm always amazed by people…

I'm always amazed by people's ability to tell players to accept behavior and treatment they themselves wouldn't accept in their daily lives.

He'd still have three years…

He'd still have three years if he transferred down. I'm guessing that won't happen, but that third year hasn't technically been lost yet. Also, we've seen enough of the NCAA to know that some sort of sixth year waiver is always a possibility.

I'm sure I'll go back…

I'm sure I'll go back through it and read it a few more times to really get into the weeds of this, but the level of detail and depth that goes into these things is astounding.

You should think about it a…

You should think about it a little more. If an ejection carries an automatic 4-game suspension (which is super idiotic in and of itself), umpires should far more judicious about ejections. If you're going to take away four postseason games, it should be for far more than getting your feelings hurt over two words.

Yes, Kevin Durant is…

Yes, Kevin Durant is exceedingly efficient at getting his own shot. That's not the same as making the entire offense efficient, as exemplified by the Warriors' net ratings when he plays without Curry. Lineups with him as the only starter on the floor are actually net negative, which isn't the case for Curry or Thompson.

The game was fairly good…

The game was fairly good illustration of why the Warriors went out and got KD. While he makes them less efficient on the whole, it sure is helpful to have a second guy who can get his own shot.

As discussed on here before,…

As discussed on here before, Army was 84th on S&P last year, sandwiched between 7-6 USF and 5-7 Air Force. They're a top 25 team only in that pollsters care far more about records and a sort of fluky game against Oklahoma than actual metrics.