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Recent Posts by tieguy
November 16, 2007
Duke Super Bowl: In-depth analysis of tomorrow's clash of 1-9 college football titans. Mostly sophomoric, but humor us Duke fans on our one chance for football glory...
posted by tieguy to football at 10:04 AM - 16 comments
February 22, 2007
"The worst thing that's happened to college basketball since I've been coaching": The linked blog agrees with Bobby that it is basically cheating- but "if you're not cheating, you're not trying." Interesting read on something we're sure to hear more about as OSU (Greg Oden) and Texas (Kevin Durant) advance through the Madness.
posted by tieguy to basketball at 04:45 PM - 52 comments
January 15, 2007
Why Beckham is not Pele.: A really excellent post on why MLS and NASL are in very different situations when they signed their aging superstars. (Related: why LA isn't getting an NFL team any time soon.)
posted by tieguy to soccer at 09:48 AM - 49 comments
January 13, 2007
Roller-coaster ride for men's: and women's #1 teams. College basketball season is here in earnest, and I couldn't be happier.
posted by tieguy to basketball at 05:15 PM - 4 comments
December 16, 2006
Everything you ever wanted to know about the ugliest helmet in the history of organized football is inside this link.: Click it. You know you want to. (Pantheon: I think we need a new 'ugly' category, just for this post. Trust me.)
posted by tieguy to football at 05:02 PM - 13 comments
October 28, 2006
830!: .406, 61* (or 73, I suppose), 56, 100, 2,632... 830 joins the pantheon of great sports numbers.
posted by tieguy to other at 08:34 AM - 14 comments
June 08, 2006
Mavs win! Mavs win!: Or at least, that's DaveSez's ironclad prediction, based on... the number of ACC alums on each team. Fun little analysis, if perhaps a little skewed by a certain UNC guy.
posted by tieguy to basketball at 07:25 AM - 19 comments
April 01, 2005
Dean Smith unretires: Forget the Tubby Smith rumors, it's Dean to UVa. Dean: "I'm really looking forward to competing against [K] again. He's a good coach and I wonder if he still feels challenged. He has so much confidence now that he's able to spend lots of time away from his job filming commercials. Have you seen his commercials yet?
posted by tieguy to basketball at 09:20 AM - 6 comments
March 16, 2005
There is this thing.: That happens in March. You may have heard of it. You probably break the law for it. You almost definitely work less because of it. Now we have our very own thread to talk about it.
posted by tieguy to basketball at 01:58 PM - 9 comments
March 13, 2005
Bracket?: Will we have a bracket again this year? [And who will be energetic enough to actually do a front page post about the tourney? NOT IT. (touches finger to nose.)]
posted by tieguy to fantasy at 10:16 PM - 71 comments
February 04, 2005
The Oakland A's of college football.: I have previously said here at spofi that recruiting at a championship level at Notre Dame is impossible, but Charlie Weis may make me eat my words. He doesn't want to recruit better, he wants to recruit smarter- Moneyball for college football, though he doesn't say it.
posted by tieguy to football at 01:25 PM - 9 comments
December 03, 2004
ND really, really screwed?: If this (a former ND assistant from the midwest with catholic roots has chosen UF over ND) is true, ND has really, really shot itself in the foot. Serves them right.
posted by tieguy to football at 01:15 PM - 28 comments
August 11, 2004
Happy belated birthday to the shot clock: Apparently yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the first basketball game with a shot clock. It only took Dean Smith another 30 years to bring it to college ball...
posted by tieguy to basketball at 04:27 PM - 9 comments
July 19, 2004
The best part of the year is creeping closer.: Andy Katz lists his 50 best teams for the upcoming college basketball season. Could be a banner year for the (new, watered down) ACC, with 3 of the top 4, 4 of the top 10, and 5 in the top 15.
posted by tieguy to basketball at 02:00 PM - 15 comments
May 16, 2004
Good to see the Modern Olympic Spirit is alive and kicking.
posted by tieguy to other at 02:16 PM - 14 comments
October 30, 2003
College conference re-shuffling, explained.
posted by tieguy to general at 09:08 PM - 3 comments
March 14, 2003
I don't know anything about cricket, but this is the greatest game report ever in any sport. Ahem. [Shamelessly plundered from mefi.]
posted by tieguy to other at 08:27 AM - 15 comments
March 13, 2003
Steve Lavin just won't die.: And now the (male) March Madness really starts.
posted by tieguy to basketball at 05:48 PM - 8 comments
March 12, 2003
Under-17 team helped out by addition of... 13 year old?: I can't find the first piece I saw this in, but... is this kid for real? The other article said he was offered six figures by one of the european clubs when he was 11. That's nuts. C'mon... I know there are soccer nuts here. Give me the scoop :)
posted by tieguy to soccer at 09:21 PM - 34 comments
February 26, 2003
Don't give me this MTV generation crap. Give me a real Extreme Sport.
posted by tieguy to extreme at 02:13 PM - 9 comments
January 09, 2003
Alana Beard goes 16-30,: rest of the team goes 3-29, but Duke still wins. UConn (or is it Diana Taurasi?) wins a second tight one. Should be an exciting showdown on Feb. 1st for those of us who follow the women's game.
posted by tieguy to basketball at 10:09 PM - 0 comments
December 20, 2002
posted by tieguy to soccer at 01:28 PM - 8 comments
November 10, 2002
So that Bonds guy is going to win the NL MVP award.: But what about the AL? I suppose this could be an annual debate here, but do you give it to the best player or to an inferior player with a better pitching staff? I suppose my framing of the question sort of predicts my answer, but I'm curious as to what others have to say.
posted by tieguy to baseball at 11:29 PM - 10 comments
October 20, 2002
Intentionally walking Barry Bonds is Dumb.: As great as Barry is, he makes an out nearly 50% of his plate appearances. He was just intentionally walked in an inning where the Giants scored two runs with two outs; it's a great example of what this article is talking about.
posted by tieguy to baseball at 09:32 PM - 6 comments
March 25, 2002
Now you too can own the jersey of your dreams.: Just a followup on the earlier post about the Fighting Whites; you can now buy Official Fighting Whites Gear.
posted by tieguy to culture at 12:02 PM - 0 comments