Warning!! Danger!! Annual Off-topic Baseball Thread '07!! Beware!!

Mark Dexter

mick wrote
Huh?
Sorry.
I'm too old.
Don't get it.

I don't think age has anything to do with it. They're both sports psychology terms.

BIRG = basking in reflected glory.
CORF = cutting off reflected failure.

Fans often show this when talking about their favorite teams. Last night, O's fans might have said "We won 9-8!" while Sox fans might have said "They lost 8-9."

rockyroad

Jurassic Referee wrote
Must be. That's where the White Sox' season went.🙂

And the Mariners seem to be following closely behind!:mad: 😠 😠

CoachP

mick wrote
We? WE?
Coach maybe you did, but I didn't play last year.
[...Fanboys. ]

😛
I dressed for Tom Izzo, too.

Jurassic Referee

rockyroad wrote
And the Mariners seem to be following closely behind!:mad: 😠 :mad:

Good Lord, Rocky, they're 1 game out of a playoff spot with a month to go. Anything can happen.

Repeat after me;

He's got high hopes
He's got high hopes
He's got high, apple pie in the sky hopes

Think of yourself as the little ant with the rubber tree plant.

Jurassic Referee

Mark Dexter wrote
I don't think age has anything to do with it. They're both sports psychology terms.

BIRG = basking in reflected glory.
CORF = cutting off reflected failure.

Here's another one.......FTBS

rockyroad

Jurassic Referee wrote
Here's another one.......FTBS

The entire team??:eek: 😮 😮
Not even Ron Jeremy could handle that!

mick

Mark Padgett wrote
And all of us White Sox fans are flush with pride. :o

<iiiii>

Jurassic Referee

rockyroad wrote
The entire team??:eek: 😮 😮
Not even Ron Jeremy could handle that!

😃

Jurassic Referee

mick wrote
<iiiii>

You could use that one for Michigan, MicK.

Appalachian St.?

Appalachian Freaking St.?:rolleyes:

mick

Jurassic Referee wrote
You could use that one for Michigan, MicK.

Appalachian St.?

Appalachian Freaking St.?:rolleyes:

Michigan still has funny helmets.

Note: [from usatoday.com]
Appalachian State is not eligible to receive votes in the AP Top 25 poll.

Nevadaref

mick wrote
Note: [from usatoday.com]
Appalachian State is not eligible to receive votes in the AP Top 25 poll.

[from the Detroit news]
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBC_T25_APPALACHIAN_ST_MICHIGAN?SITE=MIDTN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Appalachian State is not eligible to receive votes in the AP Top 25 poll because the school is not in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

This seems to be the same AP article, but there are a couple of small differences.

What a silly rule. If they are one of the top 25 teams in the country, then who cares what division they play in?

BTW, this must be a new rule as I know of several teams in years past that earned a top 25 ranking while playing at the 1-AA level.

Mark Padgett

Nevadaref wrote
If they are one of the top 25 teams in the country, then who cares what division they play in?

Years ago, Portland State (Div 1-AA at the time) had an incredible team. In fact, they won one game 103-6! Neil Lomax was the QB. I would have loved to have seen them in a major bowl that year.

Are we still in the baseball thread?

Adam

Nevadaref wrote
BTW, this must be a new rule as I know of several teams in years past that earned a top 25 ranking while playing at the 1-AA level.

Really? They stated on ESPN today that never before had a 1-AA team defeated a ranked 1-A team.

Mark Dexter

mick wrote
Michigan still has funny helmets.

Note: [from usatoday.com]
Appalachian State is not eligible to receive votes in the AP Top 25 poll.

Neither is Michigan after their performance today. 😛

Nevadaref

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nevadaref
BTW, this must be a new rule as I know of several teams in years past that earned a top 25 ranking while playing at the 1-AA level.

Snaqwells wrote
Really? They stated on ESPN today that never before had a 1-AA team defeated a ranked 1-A team.

What does the validity of that statement have to do with mine?

It happens quite frequently that one ranked team does not face any ranked opponents during a season just because of its schedule and conference affiliation.

Nevadaref

Mark Dexter wrote
Neither is Michigan after their performance today. :p

The sad fact is that they will still get votes. It would be surprising, but they might even retain a top 25 ranking. Name recognition and program history have too much to do with the NCAA rankings.

This game is a prime example of why I believe that no team should be eligible to receive top 25 votes until after it has completed its third game of the season.

Mark Dexter

Nevadaref wrote
The sad fact is that they will still get votes. It would be surprising, but they might even retain a top 25 ranking. Name recognition and program history have too much to do with the NCAA rankings.

This game is a prime example of why I believe that no team should be eligible to receive top 25 votes until after it has completed its third game of the season.

I agree, but good luck with getting that one passed.

Nevadaref

Yo, Chuck!
Buchholz pitches no-hitter

Boston's Clay Buchholz, who wasn't even in the major leagues two weeks ago, became the 20th rookie to throw a no-hitter in baseball history Saturday night when he beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-0 at Fenway Park.

rsox34

Buchholz was one calm and collected pitcher. The Red Sox needed him to step up and pitch and Clay did his best. Hopefully the Sox will use this game as a springboard to some consecutive wins.

Adam

Nevadaref wrote
What does the validity of that statement have to do with mine?

It happens quite frequently that one ranked team does not face any ranked opponents during a season just because of its schedule and conference affiliation.

I didn't mean to imply that the two were mutually exclusive. Intuitively, I would have expected a previous upset of a ranked team to be more likely than a 1-AA team finding itself being ranked (as opposed to merely garnering some votes for the top 25).

I'm curious to see who the previously ranked 1AA teams are. I'll have to do some research.

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