MafiaMan

...except that Rick Reilly's father-in-law was either "mis-quoted" or had a change of heart about his comments after this article was published... http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/10/rick-reilly-bob-burns-father-in-law

I doubt it. Rebuilding takes some time. I'm not sure what the pollsters were thinking ranking Maine that high. Update on Tim Whitehead: http://bangordailynews.com/2013/06/20/sports/former-umaine-hockey-coach-whitehead-takes-position-at-new-hampshire-prep-school/

Alaska-Anchorage, Alabama-Huntsville, Alaska-Fairbanks...

Yea, what's the deal with Patterson anyways?

I crowned myself king earlier this morning and already decided that.

I'm hoping for a sweep, myself...

The one-game eye test can't beat the season-long smell test. And the Virginia Tech loss stinks. Bad.

In the interest of full disclosure here, Oxbow6's late great-uncle was a guy by the name of Wayne Hayes...

Isn't that the truth around here?

What's a better determination of a conference champion, playing each of the 9 possible opponents in your conference once, or playing 8 of 13 possible conference opponents and having a championship game decide based upon divisions?

East Carolina, Pitt, and Wake Forest...three schools who beat the team that beat Ohio State.

And if TCU won the Big 10 and Ohio State was the Big XII co-champ...nothing changes.

Was just gonna say...if the Big XII co-champions are Texas and Oklahoma, Urban and his boys are crying over their lunch right about now...

The only reason these stupid conference championship games came about was to make more $$$$$. Baylor was robbed!

So the solution would have been to have Rice and SMU as members of the Big XII and re-play a game that's already been played to determine a conference champion. Got it. Ley's try this: take Indiana and Purdue out of the Big 10 and don't play a Wisconsin vs Ohio State championship game. All of a sudden, the Buckeyes aren't worth of final four consideration?

Regardless of what happens, it's absolutely amazing how quickly TCU and Baylor have established themselves as Big XII powers. Oklahoma and Texas have run that conference for years (along with Nebraska, of course)...Gary Patterson and Art Briles are excellent coaches.

Heard that Boeser was in Madison last night. Hope he enjoyed the 4,000 fans who witnessed Bucky get swept by Penn State!

Yes, but opening up the doors to a 3-loss team certainly brings in a whole Christmas wish-list of additional candidates...

North Dakota State?

Wow! So now a team with THREE losses on its resumé including a 30-0 defeat at the hands of Arkansas is STILL good enough to be in an 8-team playoff?

Ohio State lost to Virginia Tech! At home! I don't care if gfhockey was QB'ing the Buckeyes that day - that loss absolutely destroys the rest of their body of work.

That's the problem, isn't it? Does Wisconsin deserve a bid after getting beat 59-0 in its conference title game? Arizona also got worked over by Oregon. And they beat Arizona State. Honestly, this season, I think the playoffs should include six teams - Alabama and Oregon get a bye in Round 1. FSU plays Baylor and Ohio State plays TCU. Problem solved.

Do you know proper English? Simple question. extend brianvf?

Interesting...one team who has lost to 2 of the other 7 playoff teams already and another one who has lost two of its last three games...

I pointed that out after the Bemidji series...Their defensive seems to be a little too offensive-minded. Wilcox is good, but getting outshot badly in an NCAA tournament going could spell doom for the Gophers.