MafiaMan

COULDN'T CARE LESS! The expression is COULDN'T CARE LESS! if you COULD CARE less, it means that you actually care, even if it's only a little.

Sigh...I'm speechless.

Roger that. I know there were other teams looking at Hunter but the Twins appear to have out-bid only themselves for his services.

Sorry, Ray77, but no way do Seattle, Baltimore, Toronto, Kansas City, or San Francisco throw $10 million at Torii Hunter.

Funny that Jeff Long wants to toss out the Texas Tech game as a negative for Baylor yet conveniently overlooks the Bears' 60-14 win over Kansas, a team that went toe-to-toe with TCU just a few weeks ago before losing 34-30. Don't forget, stud QB Bryce Petty sat on the bench for most of the 2nd half against the Red Raiders.

How about some rhetoric from a more-recent president for a change?

If UND makes another six Frozen Fours and winds up a semi-final loser five times and a championship game loser once...egads...I think I might have to gouge my eyes out.

Great post, SJHovey. I agree with everything you wrote but would substitute Boston College for Minnesota. Had Notre Dame, Wisconsin, and Ferris State won national titles in 2008, 2010, and 2012 (respectively) instead of the Eagles, we likely wouldn't even be having this conversation. The Gopher titles were a burr in the saddle of Sioux fans for sure, but 2002 and 2003 have gotten stale in a hurry for Gopher fans too. Some puck luck in 2001, a win over BC instead of a crushing defeat, and back-to-back titles would also have made the past 10 years or so a bit easier to bear.

Florida State was skewered for narrowly beating Boston College, right? The same Boston College who beat USC...and USC beat Arizona IN Tucson...the same Arizona who beat Oregon IN Eugene. And Boston College also beat Virginia Tech in Blacksburg...the Hokies beat Ohio State in Columbus. But, that happened months ago, so who remembers it anyways?

Correct, however, flash back to the 1991-1992 thru 1993-1994 seasons and you'll be reminded how quickly fans forgot about 1980, 1982, and 1987 thanks to 17, 12, and 11 win seasons, respectively.

No, I wasn't trying to use you as an example of "that" fan. If Minnesota wins a 6th national title this season, no doubt some Sioux fan somewhere will immediately come up with "7 is STILL > 6" and think it's witty, while the rest of us cry ourselves to sleep at night jealous as hell over a 3rd Gopher title since North Dakota's last one. I have the same disdain for Green Bay fans who love to spout off about "Titletown," despite the Packers having won only 2 of their 13 titles since the 1960's. And, no, it's not because I'm a jealous Viking fan.

TCU and Baylor would obviously both be in. The argument against Florida State would be that they lost their conference championship game. But since they all of a sudden are 1 of only 3 teams left with one loss (excluding Marshall), they'd have to be in. Arizona would be the "best" two-loss team then? I wonder what the effect might be on conference "championship games" if somebody is left out of the top four thanks to a loss in such a game and two Big XII schools (in a conference without a championship game) make the top four?

Who were they bidding against for his services? Good grief, maybe they can get Ichiro for $9 million and talk Alfonso Soriano out of retirement for $8 million and REALLY solidify the outfield, LOL.

$10.5 million? WTF?

My wish list: Arizona beats Oregon (for the 2nd time this season) in Pac-12 title game... Missouri beats Alabama in SEC championship game... Wisconsin beats Ohio State in B10 title game... Georgia Tech beats Florida State in ACC championship... TCU and Baylor both win... Then what does the committee do?

Yes, Osborne did. And the first was in year TWENTY ONE of his coaching career. Had you been AD, you would have no doubt canned him long before 1994. I got it now, though. Hakstol is a mediocre coach, but if in years 21, 22, and 24 of his coaching career he wins national titles, that makes his first 21 years a success too.

I don't know any Michigan fans, nor have I ever had any conversations with Michigan fans who ramble on and on about how many titles the Wolverines have won. Probably because they've only won two of them since 1996. And, sorry, any Sioux fan who simply repeats the company line of 7>5 is just a tool. Anyone with any common sense would know that Minnesota and North Dakota are two of the top college programs in the country.

Clemson worked over South Carolina and Georgia Tech beat Georgia. FSU's win over Florida gave the ACC a 3-0 record against the SEC last weekend. Also, last time I checked, Georgia gave Auburn a 34-7 beatdown, so how good are the War Eagles, er, Tigers, at 8-4? And they gave Alabama all they could handle in Tuscaloosa. And why isn't Alabama "punished" for a 14-13 win over Arkansas? Apparently we're once again stuck with a system that forgets all about early season losses (Oregon and Alabama), shows total disregard for head to head games (TCU ahead of Baylor despite a loss to the Bears), and will eliminate a one-loss team from contention altogether should it lose its season finale (if FSU loses to a very good Georgia Tech team).

Says the guy who left the Tom Osborne conversation over in the FBS thread...let me refresh your memory: You suggest that Osborne's legacy is secure because of his 3 national championships...the first of which took him 21 seasons to obtain.

I liked Rich Rod and still do. In fact, I'm happy he's had success with Arizona. Disappointed at how his tenure in Michigan went. Had high hopes for Brady Hoke too, especially after his first season there. He's a good person, from everything I have read and heard about him.

Obviously, the wish list includes John Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh, and Les Miles. Florida, Nebraska, and Michigan all looking for coaches. Wow.

Lloyd Carr: 122 wins, 40 losses Rodriguez/Hoke: 46 wins, 42 losses

No surprise that Hoke is out at Michigan.

BC will be much better at the end of the year? What are you basing that on?

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=741544 Congratulations to former CC and Wisconsin head coach Jeff Sauer, who will be inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame on Thursday.