I always look forward to the MGoCocktail. You need to get Brian and Seth to publish all of these as a bartender's book alongside HTTV. Or maybe it's a feature that's added into each team's preview going forward!
Great analysis as always. I'm curious (and I could check this myself, yes) what the difference is in SP+ scores. Rank depends on how good/bad everyone else is. But the score should only be opponent dependent. As you run out of ways to describe Iowa-based futility, maybe looking at the score in comparison to past teams might be a different spin.
I was thinking the same thing. At every point in your life, you are the best until you aren't. College is usually a time that everyone finds this out, when most kids go from being a big fish in a small pond to being dropped in the ocean with all the other big fish. You learn quickly how things work out. And the idea of transfers coming in should be no different than a 5 star following you in the door. Some kids thrive under pressure and some whine as they walk out the door. Harbaugh seems to have managed the expectations and has developed a winning culture, so I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt here
We’re right in the thick of it. Our first is 2 and we’re doing a weekend of potty training while trying to take care of the 10 week old. But everything Raj says about 2 is true. You’ll remember what you need to from the first and the second will be fine
I've kicked this idea around in the past and I think this is a good start, but here's my thoughts. 13 teams per division is too many (I get that this was to keep a 12 team regular season). 10 per quadrant seems like the sweet spot and it allows the other 3 games per year (if schools insist on keeping 12 game schedules) to be used to fill in historical rivalries or schedule buy games. You could even make this a preseason of sorts and only count divisional games.
There are 131 FBS teams and 130 FCS teams, so we have 261 total schools that sponsor football at the Division 1 level. Dividing it by 4 leaves us with 65 schools in each quadrant (66 in 1). This could allow for the creation of 10 team quadrants at the top division and 10-12 team quadrants below feeding up. Even if you simply keep this FBS only, you can make 3 divisions with 10 team quadrants. Top 3 teams in each quadrant can qualify and let the bowls figure out the cross quadrant games to end the year. But this make every game matter. As you said, relegation battles are some of the most exciting games. I'd love watching the horror as Staee fights for their life this weekend against Illinois to stay up. Great idea, just needs some revision to smooth things out.
I'll go ahead and plug a non-paywalled article that attempts to handle scheduling discrepancies (it was written before the 16-team conference was a thing, but it has SP+ numbers to back it up). You either need to protect rivalries (but who do you pair up with the 2 LA teams every year?) or just blow it all up and make fresh schedules each year. Personally, I'm in favor of the pods.
I think this is the argument that Michigan is making with its "Transformative, not Transactional" approach (however much we may disagree). They are trying to build relationships and a culture. I think Harbaugh is potentially worried about what it means when a new recruit get Quinn Ewers money and then doesn't win the job in year 1. You're spending loads of money on someone who isn't going to stay. Instead, they want guys who buy in to the culture and then set up deals once they are on campus to capitalize on what they actually value. All of this changes when NLIs become 5-year contracts, but this is the current reality
I've heard from a source that Smith plays cards regularly with Warde and several other people in that circle. Might have something to do with his quick rise through the ranks
The difference with most women's sports is there really isn't anywhere to go after school. If you blow up in football, there is a reasonable chance that you will get drafted or hook on a practice squad and make some money. Basketball has fewer slots in the US, but there is a viable route to go overseas and make money to keep playing. Softball and women's hockey are trying to build pro leagues, but there isn't a ton of money there. So you're more likely to see players transfer to try to win a title and maybe get some NIL money in the process.
Also, the transfer portal change wouldn't have stopped this transfer anyway. Storako got her degree so she can go anywhere for grad school. Just to throw another point out there.
I don't think a lot of the current crop of writers know the history, but they are also fighting with an audience that doesn't really care much for historical relevance. The traditional schools with traditional jersey elements are eschewed for the Oregon approach of "look at all the fun color combos". I didn't think I was old enough to be a "get off my lawn you darn kids" guy yet, but maybe impending fatherhood is really bringing it to the surface.
I really like everything you have proposed and it's always a neat thought experiment. I see some of the issues in the chat and have multiple points that may improve this:
The Super League is actually 40 teams divided into 4 quadrants of 10 teams (with each quadrant winner advancing to the playoff). If you really want money, make it an 8 team playoff! You could also then have direct promotion/relegation from each A League to each Super League quadrant, which means less reshuffling each year and more longterm rivalry formation. You could also have the first 2 weeks always involve the same Super League and A League pairings, so travel costs wouldn't balloon all the time. Expanding from 60 to 80 teams also means you get Group of 5 teams in the mix.
You can add B Leagues below the A Leagues (would likely start with Group of 5) and C Leagues below that to link all the divisions (or simply rejoin the FCS and FBS into Division 1). This gives teams like NDSU and James Madison a chance to become national powerhouses naturally without having to forfeit seasons of bowl ineligibility to make the jump.
I know a lot of people hate the single year relegation/promotion as having too much variance (and allowing a Rich Rod year to derail decades of progress). There is precedent for this in the Mexican Soccer League (Liga MX) where they use win percentage (technically ratio of points to games played) over the past 3 years. This allows for stabilization and prevents newly promoted teams from getting immediately nuked by the powerhouses.
Really interested to hear others thoughts on this as well.
It was only time before the other shoe dropped. Something going on this long reaches every corner and it must be reckoned with. Now, the question is whether we need to take down the statues and remove his name from the building.
Quarantine started with just doing body weight exercises (push ups, burpees, situps, etc.), with a lot of focus on core/shoulder training (static handstand holds really do build muscle). Then I was lucky enough to get some weights from my gym during shutdown. I live in an apartment, so I would just lug everything to a parking space in the street and lift there, usually about 1-1.5 hours 3x/week. Cleans/front squats, ground press, deadlifts, push press, back squats, strict press, accessory work. Now that the gym is open again (as of Monday in MA), I hit my first session back at the gym - lifting with a mask on is quite a different experience.
Maybe teams have to declare if they are going for a KOFG, because the first line of blockers is still getting hit (player safety) without knowing if the ball is going to be anywhere near a touchback/KOFG
Punting is less risky than the standard kick (at least kickoff) mostly because the LOS is still standard block/rush from linemen. Greg Schiano (yes, I know he's problematic) proposed a change to kickoffs where the "kicking team" gets the ball on their 35 with a 4th and 15. From there, play scrimmage football. This reduces the high impact collisions we see on kickoffs that injured players like Eric LeGrand and Berkley Edwards. This would also add the variation people want to see and allow for some insane comebacks (either via Hail Marys or a team that gets a hot streak and starts converting a bunch of 4th and 15s to never go on defense).
If you do make it-take it, this could go on forever. You would also need some kind of progressive challenge where the point total decreases or you kickoff from further back. Make it 1 point and start at the 35. If you make it, move to the 30. Although this has gimmick potential and also could be game-breaking as far as clock management goes.
In total agreement here. I've wanted a single point for kickoff FGs for years. It makes penalties on scoring plays/XPs meaningful (a kick from the 50 vs. the 35 is no difference now). You could play with the point total based on expected points and potentially play with where kickoffs would be from. This makes having a KOS an advantage again (you would need someone with the leg to make the kick but also decent accuracy).
I think you would also have to put in an edge case rule for free kicks from safeties (if you make it 3 points) so you don't get a team trailing by 1 taking an intentional safety to blast a free kick for the tie.
I think you can like both. For the uninitiated, Memphis BBQ is pork-based so there's not a truly fair fight with Texas BBQ. There's a variety of dry rubs and sauce is a tomato and vinegar base
Nice work OP. Have fun in Memphis. Lived there for a bit and it's a great place!
FWIW, Beale Street could either be considered another Bourbon Street or a slightly more mature college mile. Lots of drunk people at all times, but can be fun in the right setting. For BBQ, I have 2 recommendations. For ribs, go to Corky's just east of the UMemphis campus. For pulled pork, there is no better choice than Central BBQ (and for a different take, try the BBQ nachos).
Bought a 4 pack of Two Hearted while we were out last night (in Boston) and planning on using that for the whole game. We have a couple Double Two Hearteds we can pull out or I can try to forget everything with a 120 Minute if need be
For those on the fence, the basics of the game are surprisingly easy to pick up (I did so in about half an hour of watching). Or you can ask here and I'm sure the good MGoBoard members will help
Great work and easy to follow with the screenshots. In real time, my eye isn't trained well enough to see the entire field (this is from years of casual ball-watching football fandom). This is extremely helpful. Keep up the good work!
Non-contact injuries are always the scariest. On first glance, I thought he went over the first baseman. Then I got scared when I saw him pull up out of nowhere. Hopefully it's a pull/strain but I fear there's some sort of tear involved since he couldn't put any weight on it. Regardless, he won't be in tonight. Best of luck and get well soon to him, but next man up in the lineup
As much as I love seeing someone erased on a kickoff, there are major safety issues, even on touchbacks. I hate Greg Schiano, but his proposal keeps all of the fun of kick returns without any of the danger of 2 large men crashing into each other with a 30 yard head of steam. Basically, the proposal is this: no more kickoffs. Punts will be the new kickoff and will occur at the 35 because collisions are at much lower speeds and punt returns are more fun than kick returns anyways. "But what about onside kicks?" I hear you. Instead of the scrimmage kick being no down, teams are placed in a 4th and 15 situation. You want to trot your offense out there and go for it, be my guest. It would also make for some fun endgames with Hail Mary x6 in some instances. And it would remove the safety nightmare that is the onside kick. https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/03/05/ncaa-kickoff-touchback-rule-change-nfl-combine
NBA rosters are 15 men plus 2 in the G-league. Most often, that's 8-10 rotation players and some projects or "bust glass in case of emergency" types. There's not a lot of room to hold on to role players unless they are coming into a specific role to round out an almost finished team.
In comparison to other leagues...
NFL: 53 active roster players + 10 man practice squad. Draft is 7 rounds plus a bunch of guys get brought into camp for depth or as flyers
NHL: 18 skaters + 2 goalies dressed, 23 man roster total. Add to that 2 layers of minors (AHL and ECHL). 7 rounds of the draft for *rights* to players who can continue in minors (OHL/QMJHL/WHL), overseas, or college hockey. Very easy to draft guys and watch them grow into what you want
MLB: 25 man active roster (expanding to 26 next year) plus multiple layers of minor leagues (AAA, AA, high A, low A, short season, rookie, independent). Draft can last up to 40 rounds as long as teams want to continue to pick
I kept staring in disbelief at the TV as Michigan took good looks that would go half-down and pop out. Meanwhile, Tech is running streetball offense on the other end canning off balance other 2s and turnaround banked-in 3s. Some days, you just get beat. Nothing for this team to hang their heads about. Tough game shooting. Need to hit the gym in the offseason to work on the outside stroke and reload for next year.
When the season started, I had said second weekend of the NCAA tournament is the expectation and after that, anything is gravy. I have nothing to complain about. This is still a 30-win team with double digit victories over multiple teams in the field, including 2 teams still left. The program is in good shape
I kept staring in disbelief at the TV as Michigan took good looks that would go half-down and pop out. Meanwhile, Tech is running streetball offense on the other end canning off balance other 2s and turnaround banked-in 3s. Some days, you just get beat. Nothing for this team to hang their heads about. Tough game shooting. Need to hit the gym in the offseason to work on the outside stroke and reload for next year.
When the season started, I had said second weekend of the NCAA tournament is the expectation and after that, anything is gravy. I have nothing to complain about. This is still a 30-win team with double digit victories over multiple teams in the field, including 2 teams still left. The program is in good shape
I found one positive to take out of this and maybe it helps explain why Beilein consistently puts together teams that seem to overachieve. We all know how much of a stickler he is for fundamentals, but it seems he has a much more positive approach to his instruction than most coaches (if I'm wrong, I'm sorry). At around 14:48 of the video, they talk about how an improved mood broadens the perceptual field. Maybe all those squirt gun fights do more than just make us look good!
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I always look forward to the MGoCocktail. You need to get Brian and Seth to publish all of these as a bartender's book alongside HTTV. Or maybe it's a feature that's added into each team's preview going forward!
Great analysis as always. I'm curious (and I could check this myself, yes) what the difference is in SP+ scores. Rank depends on how good/bad everyone else is. But the score should only be opponent dependent. As you run out of ways to describe Iowa-based futility, maybe looking at the score in comparison to past teams might be a different spin.
I was thinking the same thing. At every point in your life, you are the best until you aren't. College is usually a time that everyone finds this out, when most kids go from being a big fish in a small pond to being dropped in the ocean with all the other big fish. You learn quickly how things work out. And the idea of transfers coming in should be no different than a 5 star following you in the door. Some kids thrive under pressure and some whine as they walk out the door. Harbaugh seems to have managed the expectations and has developed a winning culture, so I'm going to give the benefit of the doubt here
One Hansen leaves (to follow Don Brown, it appears), another joins. The TE circle of life
Except that’s half the reason. Ohio didn’t sell their ticket allotment last year against Utah and the Rose Bowl was also upset that guys sat out.
We’re right in the thick of it. Our first is 2 and we’re doing a weekend of potty training while trying to take care of the 10 week old. But everything Raj says about 2 is true. You’ll remember what you need to from the first and the second will be fine
I've kicked this idea around in the past and I think this is a good start, but here's my thoughts. 13 teams per division is too many (I get that this was to keep a 12 team regular season). 10 per quadrant seems like the sweet spot and it allows the other 3 games per year (if schools insist on keeping 12 game schedules) to be used to fill in historical rivalries or schedule buy games. You could even make this a preseason of sorts and only count divisional games.
There are 131 FBS teams and 130 FCS teams, so we have 261 total schools that sponsor football at the Division 1 level. Dividing it by 4 leaves us with 65 schools in each quadrant (66 in 1). This could allow for the creation of 10 team quadrants at the top division and 10-12 team quadrants below feeding up. Even if you simply keep this FBS only, you can make 3 divisions with 10 team quadrants. Top 3 teams in each quadrant can qualify and let the bowls figure out the cross quadrant games to end the year. But this make every game matter. As you said, relegation battles are some of the most exciting games. I'd love watching the horror as Staee fights for their life this weekend against Illinois to stay up. Great idea, just needs some revision to smooth things out.
Definitely DO NOT listen to the ad read ;)
I'll go ahead and plug a non-paywalled article that attempts to handle scheduling discrepancies (it was written before the 16-team conference was a thing, but it has SP+ numbers to back it up). You either need to protect rivalries (but who do you pair up with the 2 LA teams every year?) or just blow it all up and make fresh schedules each year. Personally, I'm in favor of the pods.
https://www.bannersociety.com/2019/8/15/20734585/college-football-divisions-pod-system
I think this is the argument that Michigan is making with its "Transformative, not Transactional" approach (however much we may disagree). They are trying to build relationships and a culture. I think Harbaugh is potentially worried about what it means when a new recruit get Quinn Ewers money and then doesn't win the job in year 1. You're spending loads of money on someone who isn't going to stay. Instead, they want guys who buy in to the culture and then set up deals once they are on campus to capitalize on what they actually value. All of this changes when NLIs become 5-year contracts, but this is the current reality
That explains why he wanted to go coach Maryland. He's gotta be close to his kids
Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Jake Vieux
as disgraced F1 driver Nikita Mazepin
Really enjoying these war analogies (as any good Michigan man would). Thanks for writing them!
I've heard from a source that Smith plays cards regularly with Warde and several other people in that circle. Might have something to do with his quick rise through the ranks
The difference with most women's sports is there really isn't anywhere to go after school. If you blow up in football, there is a reasonable chance that you will get drafted or hook on a practice squad and make some money. Basketball has fewer slots in the US, but there is a viable route to go overseas and make money to keep playing. Softball and women's hockey are trying to build pro leagues, but there isn't a ton of money there. So you're more likely to see players transfer to try to win a title and maybe get some NIL money in the process.
Also, the transfer portal change wouldn't have stopped this transfer anyway. Storako got her degree so she can go anywhere for grad school. Just to throw another point out there.
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Seth, I have to know what question you got right that the professor got wrong.
The 2 point loss makes me return to the 3 shot rip through on Juzang...
I don't think a lot of the current crop of writers know the history, but they are also fighting with an audience that doesn't really care much for historical relevance. The traditional schools with traditional jersey elements are eschewed for the Oregon approach of "look at all the fun color combos". I didn't think I was old enough to be a "get off my lawn you darn kids" guy yet, but maybe impending fatherhood is really bringing it to the surface.
I really like everything you have proposed and it's always a neat thought experiment. I see some of the issues in the chat and have multiple points that may improve this:
The Super League is actually 40 teams divided into 4 quadrants of 10 teams (with each quadrant winner advancing to the playoff). If you really want money, make it an 8 team playoff! You could also then have direct promotion/relegation from each A League to each Super League quadrant, which means less reshuffling each year and more longterm rivalry formation. You could also have the first 2 weeks always involve the same Super League and A League pairings, so travel costs wouldn't balloon all the time. Expanding from 60 to 80 teams also means you get Group of 5 teams in the mix.
You can add B Leagues below the A Leagues (would likely start with Group of 5) and C Leagues below that to link all the divisions (or simply rejoin the FCS and FBS into Division 1). This gives teams like NDSU and James Madison a chance to become national powerhouses naturally without having to forfeit seasons of bowl ineligibility to make the jump.
I know a lot of people hate the single year relegation/promotion as having too much variance (and allowing a Rich Rod year to derail decades of progress). There is precedent for this in the Mexican Soccer League (Liga MX) where they use win percentage (technically ratio of points to games played) over the past 3 years. This allows for stabilization and prevents newly promoted teams from getting immediately nuked by the powerhouses.
Really interested to hear others thoughts on this as well.
It was only time before the other shoe dropped. Something going on this long reaches every corner and it must be reckoned with. Now, the question is whether we need to take down the statues and remove his name from the building.
So tell me again why the NBA doesn't just allow high school kids to go straight to the draft anymore?
Quarantine started with just doing body weight exercises (push ups, burpees, situps, etc.), with a lot of focus on core/shoulder training (static handstand holds really do build muscle). Then I was lucky enough to get some weights from my gym during shutdown. I live in an apartment, so I would just lug everything to a parking space in the street and lift there, usually about 1-1.5 hours 3x/week. Cleans/front squats, ground press, deadlifts, push press, back squats, strict press, accessory work. Now that the gym is open again (as of Monday in MA), I hit my first session back at the gym - lifting with a mask on is quite a different experience.
Maybe teams have to declare if they are going for a KOFG, because the first line of blockers is still getting hit (player safety) without knowing if the ball is going to be anywhere near a touchback/KOFG
Punting is less risky than the standard kick (at least kickoff) mostly because the LOS is still standard block/rush from linemen. Greg Schiano (yes, I know he's problematic) proposed a change to kickoffs where the "kicking team" gets the ball on their 35 with a 4th and 15. From there, play scrimmage football. This reduces the high impact collisions we see on kickoffs that injured players like Eric LeGrand and Berkley Edwards. This would also add the variation people want to see and allow for some insane comebacks (either via Hail Marys or a team that gets a hot streak and starts converting a bunch of 4th and 15s to never go on defense).
https://newyork.sbnation.com/rutgers-scarlet-knights/2011/6/10/2218221/greg-schiano-eliminate-kickoffs-proposal-ncaa-football-rules-nfl-lockout
If you do make it-take it, this could go on forever. You would also need some kind of progressive challenge where the point total decreases or you kickoff from further back. Make it 1 point and start at the 35. If you make it, move to the 30. Although this has gimmick potential and also could be game-breaking as far as clock management goes.
In total agreement here. I've wanted a single point for kickoff FGs for years. It makes penalties on scoring plays/XPs meaningful (a kick from the 50 vs. the 35 is no difference now). You could play with the point total based on expected points and potentially play with where kickoffs would be from. This makes having a KOS an advantage again (you would need someone with the leg to make the kick but also decent accuracy).
I think you would also have to put in an edge case rule for free kicks from safeties (if you make it 3 points) so you don't get a team trailing by 1 taking an intentional safety to blast a free kick for the tie.
This is the kid at the party that no one knows (and no one knows who invited him) who starts inviting his friends to show up. GTFO, all of you!
Just an update on this. If you enjoy their stuff, they are collaborating on a Sci-Fi/Western mythology book https://gumroad.com/l/xwUYa
I think you can like both. For the uninitiated, Memphis BBQ is pork-based so there's not a truly fair fight with Texas BBQ. There's a variety of dry rubs and sauce is a tomato and vinegar base
Nice work OP. Have fun in Memphis. Lived there for a bit and it's a great place!
FWIW, Beale Street could either be considered another Bourbon Street or a slightly more mature college mile. Lots of drunk people at all times, but can be fun in the right setting. For BBQ, I have 2 recommendations. For ribs, go to Corky's just east of the UMemphis campus. For pulled pork, there is no better choice than Central BBQ (and for a different take, try the BBQ nachos).
Bought a 4 pack of Two Hearted while we were out last night (in Boston) and planning on using that for the whole game. We have a couple Double Two Hearteds we can pull out or I can try to forget everything with a 120 Minute if need be
On the bright side, the NCAA total makes this a 10x rushing Rutger!!!
For those on the fence, the basics of the game are surprisingly easy to pick up (I did so in about half an hour of watching). Or you can ask here and I'm sure the good MGoBoard members will help
Hate to break it to you, but Michigan and Wisconsin are both on byes this weekend
Great work and easy to follow with the screenshots. In real time, my eye isn't trained well enough to see the entire field (this is from years of casual ball-watching football fandom). This is extremely helpful. Keep up the good work!
Sounds like he's due to get roughed up!
Non-contact injuries are always the scariest. On first glance, I thought he went over the first baseman. Then I got scared when I saw him pull up out of nowhere. Hopefully it's a pull/strain but I fear there's some sort of tear involved since he couldn't put any weight on it. Regardless, he won't be in tonight. Best of luck and get well soon to him, but next man up in the lineup
10 overall, 9 by the women. The 10th is the Men's Gymnastics regular season title share. Every other title was won by the women!
I mean graphically, kickoffs are the most boring play in football and I have video evidence to back it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_SsIKgwvz4
As much as I love seeing someone erased on a kickoff, there are major safety issues, even on touchbacks. I hate Greg Schiano, but his proposal keeps all of the fun of kick returns without any of the danger of 2 large men crashing into each other with a 30 yard head of steam. Basically, the proposal is this: no more kickoffs. Punts will be the new kickoff and will occur at the 35 because collisions are at much lower speeds and punt returns are more fun than kick returns anyways. "But what about onside kicks?" I hear you. Instead of the scrimmage kick being no down, teams are placed in a 4th and 15 situation. You want to trot your offense out there and go for it, be my guest. It would also make for some fun endgames with Hail Mary x6 in some instances. And it would remove the safety nightmare that is the onside kick. https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/03/05/ncaa-kickoff-touchback-rule-change-nfl-combine
NBA rosters are 15 men plus 2 in the G-league. Most often, that's 8-10 rotation players and some projects or "bust glass in case of emergency" types. There's not a lot of room to hold on to role players unless they are coming into a specific role to round out an almost finished team.
In comparison to other leagues...
NFL: 53 active roster players + 10 man practice squad. Draft is 7 rounds plus a bunch of guys get brought into camp for depth or as flyers
NHL: 18 skaters + 2 goalies dressed, 23 man roster total. Add to that 2 layers of minors (AHL and ECHL). 7 rounds of the draft for *rights* to players who can continue in minors (OHL/QMJHL/WHL), overseas, or college hockey. Very easy to draft guys and watch them grow into what you want
MLB: 25 man active roster (expanding to 26 next year) plus multiple layers of minor leagues (AAA, AA, high A, low A, short season, rookie, independent). Draft can last up to 40 rounds as long as teams want to continue to pick
I kept staring in disbelief at the TV as Michigan took good looks that would go half-down and pop out. Meanwhile, Tech is running streetball offense on the other end canning off balance other 2s and turnaround banked-in 3s. Some days, you just get beat. Nothing for this team to hang their heads about. Tough game shooting. Need to hit the gym in the offseason to work on the outside stroke and reload for next year.
When the season started, I had said second weekend of the NCAA tournament is the expectation and after that, anything is gravy. I have nothing to complain about. This is still a 30-win team with double digit victories over multiple teams in the field, including 2 teams still left. The program is in good shape
I kept staring in disbelief at the TV as Michigan took good looks that would go half-down and pop out. Meanwhile, Tech is running streetball offense on the other end canning off balance other 2s and turnaround banked-in 3s. Some days, you just get beat. Nothing for this team to hang their heads about. Tough game shooting. Need to hit the gym in the offseason to work on the outside stroke and reload for next year.
When the season started, I had said second weekend of the NCAA tournament is the expectation and after that, anything is gravy. I have nothing to complain about. This is still a 30-win team with double digit victories over multiple teams in the field, including 2 teams still left. The program is in good shape
Did we decide what we're calling it when TO>=FGM? Because it happened here
So we just aren't punting?
Hack-a-Tacko
I found one positive to take out of this and maybe it helps explain why Beilein consistently puts together teams that seem to overachieve. We all know how much of a stickler he is for fundamentals, but it seems he has a much more positive approach to his instruction than most coaches (if I'm wrong, I'm sorry). At around 14:48 of the video, they talk about how an improved mood broadens the perceptual field. Maybe all those squirt gun fights do more than just make us look good!