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Armadillo: Monday's six-pack
Eight schools that might bolt if the Big X expands from 10 to 12 teams.........
-- Cincinnati-- By far the most logical choice to switch leagues.
-- Central Florida-- Remember, conference changes are most always football-related.
-- Houston-- Old SWC rivals with the Texas schools
-- BYU-- Mormons have seen the light; going independent was a mistake.
-- South Florida-- UCF is by far the better Florida (close to Disney) option.
-- Memphis-- If they switch, Tubby Smith will be familiar with new league.
-- UConn-- Storrs is 7.5 hours from Morgantown, which off the beaten path itself.
-- Boise State-- Out of the way in a different direction; highly doubtful.
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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend......
13) Lets see the analytics people quantify this with a number......
Packers' WR Randall Cobb graduated from Kentucky Sunday; one of the people who was there cheering him on was teammate Aaron Rodgers- how cool is that?
Rodgers did a Kentucky Derby/graduation weekend. One of the things the analytics people do not get is the value of friendship/camaraderie within a team. It just can't be quantified, but on Sundays in the fall, stuff like this matters.
12) Washington Nationals have a problem and if they don't fix it, Bryce Harper will walk 200 times this year.
Harper came to the plate seven times Sunday; he walked six times and got hit by a pitch the other time. The Cubs do not respect Ryan Zimmerman, so they won't pitch to Harper. Washington has to put Daniel Murphy or Anthony Rendon right behind Harper, which will encourage opponents to pitch to Harper.
11) You look at Bartolo Colon, thriving at age 42 with a body made for slow-pitch softball, and one thing becomes obvious: baseball players overtrain.
10) Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas is done for the Miami series with a sprained ankle, which is bad news for Toronto; they're +39 when he has been in the game, -37 when he has been off the floor.
9) Speaking of Miami-Toronto, why was Dwyane Wade taking jump shots during O, Canada before Game 3? Apparently he is a stickler for a shooting routine he has, and the timing of the anthems was going to interrupt that, only Wade kept shooting to maintain his routine. Thats his story and he's sticking to it.
8) Mets 4, Padres 3-- San Diego got hosed badly when pitcher Andrew Cashner was called out at the plate while trying to score the tying run in the sixth inning, then the replay people did not overturn the call, when Stevie Wonder could've seen the guy was safe. Even the Mets' TV guys said Cashner should've been called safe.
How San Diego had bases loaded and none out in 8th inning and couldn't score, so the carping about Cashner's play takes a back seat to that, but the play cast doubts on the replay system and if there are some umps who are reluctant to overturn calls.
7) Padres have now played in ten series and the lost the last game in all ten.
6) Golfer James Hahn won the Wells Fargo tournament yesterday; he had missed his previous eight cuts and last played on a Sunday on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb 7).
5) Chicago Cubs are first team since the '84 Tigers to start a season 24-6.
4) College basketball transfers:
-- Que Johnson goes from Washington State to Western Kentucky
-- Devin Watson goes from San Francisco to San Diego State.
3) Washington Huskies hired Michael Porter Sr as an assistant coach last week; it seemed a little odd, since Mr Porter was an assistant girls' coach in his last job, but to reinforce faith in life having no coincidences, we find out that Michael Porter Jr is the #3 ranked player in the class of 2017. Wonder where he will go to college?
2) Thunder 111, Spurs 97-- Series is tied 2-2. Now things get interesting.
1) Looks like Sacramento is going to hire the coach Memphis fired. Memphis wants to hire the coach Indiana fired; shouldn't Indiana hire the coach Sacramento fired?
Eight schools that might bolt if the Big X expands from 10 to 12 teams.........
-- Cincinnati-- By far the most logical choice to switch leagues.
-- Central Florida-- Remember, conference changes are most always football-related.
-- Houston-- Old SWC rivals with the Texas schools
-- BYU-- Mormons have seen the light; going independent was a mistake.
-- South Florida-- UCF is by far the better Florida (close to Disney) option.
-- Memphis-- If they switch, Tubby Smith will be familiar with new league.
-- UConn-- Storrs is 7.5 hours from Morgantown, which off the beaten path itself.
-- Boise State-- Out of the way in a different direction; highly doubtful.
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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Wrapping up a sports weekend......
13) Lets see the analytics people quantify this with a number......
Packers' WR Randall Cobb graduated from Kentucky Sunday; one of the people who was there cheering him on was teammate Aaron Rodgers- how cool is that?
Rodgers did a Kentucky Derby/graduation weekend. One of the things the analytics people do not get is the value of friendship/camaraderie within a team. It just can't be quantified, but on Sundays in the fall, stuff like this matters.
12) Washington Nationals have a problem and if they don't fix it, Bryce Harper will walk 200 times this year.
Harper came to the plate seven times Sunday; he walked six times and got hit by a pitch the other time. The Cubs do not respect Ryan Zimmerman, so they won't pitch to Harper. Washington has to put Daniel Murphy or Anthony Rendon right behind Harper, which will encourage opponents to pitch to Harper.
11) You look at Bartolo Colon, thriving at age 42 with a body made for slow-pitch softball, and one thing becomes obvious: baseball players overtrain.
10) Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas is done for the Miami series with a sprained ankle, which is bad news for Toronto; they're +39 when he has been in the game, -37 when he has been off the floor.
9) Speaking of Miami-Toronto, why was Dwyane Wade taking jump shots during O, Canada before Game 3? Apparently he is a stickler for a shooting routine he has, and the timing of the anthems was going to interrupt that, only Wade kept shooting to maintain his routine. Thats his story and he's sticking to it.
8) Mets 4, Padres 3-- San Diego got hosed badly when pitcher Andrew Cashner was called out at the plate while trying to score the tying run in the sixth inning, then the replay people did not overturn the call, when Stevie Wonder could've seen the guy was safe. Even the Mets' TV guys said Cashner should've been called safe.
How San Diego had bases loaded and none out in 8th inning and couldn't score, so the carping about Cashner's play takes a back seat to that, but the play cast doubts on the replay system and if there are some umps who are reluctant to overturn calls.
7) Padres have now played in ten series and the lost the last game in all ten.
6) Golfer James Hahn won the Wells Fargo tournament yesterday; he had missed his previous eight cuts and last played on a Sunday on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb 7).
5) Chicago Cubs are first team since the '84 Tigers to start a season 24-6.
4) College basketball transfers:
-- Que Johnson goes from Washington State to Western Kentucky
-- Devin Watson goes from San Francisco to San Diego State.
3) Washington Huskies hired Michael Porter Sr as an assistant coach last week; it seemed a little odd, since Mr Porter was an assistant girls' coach in his last job, but to reinforce faith in life having no coincidences, we find out that Michael Porter Jr is the #3 ranked player in the class of 2017. Wonder where he will go to college?
2) Thunder 111, Spurs 97-- Series is tied 2-2. Now things get interesting.
1) Looks like Sacramento is going to hire the coach Memphis fired. Memphis wants to hire the coach Indiana fired; shouldn't Indiana hire the coach Sacramento fired?
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