Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds

[Wrestleknownothing]

Ralph Waldo knew that always doing things the same way was boring. No one wants to ride a flat roller coaster.

To that end I offer you the teams that like to keep it interesting (and, ok fine, the teams that do not).

• Those Jackrabbits like to move around a lot. From a low of 74th (2009) to a high of 12th (2018), they are all about that healthy dose of volatility.
• The Scottish Enlightenment has crossed the pond. Edinboro understands the benefit of changing things up a bit, going from 3rd (2015) to 65th (2019) in just 5 short years.
• And them eggheads at Princeton are on to something with 58 places between their high (13th, 2023) and low finishes (71st, 2011). Maybe they will finally have a coach join the list of 79 Nobel Laureates.

 

• For you hobgoblins obsessed with consistency I point to Virginia Military Institute, who have only ever finished last at the NCAA tournament (if ever is 15 years). Their only source of volatility is the number of teams in the tournament, having finished 76th, 73th, 71st, and 70th in their four appearances in the last 15 seasons.

Edited December 28, 2023 by Wrestleknownothing

[flyingcement]

Poor, sweet VMI

[11986]

Liberty?

[Wrestleknownothing]

4 minutes ago, 11986 said:

Liberty?

They are on there having participated in three of the tournies in the time frame.

Edited December 28, 2023 by Wrestleknownothing

[11986]

3 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

They are on there having participated in three of the tournies in the time frame.

Got it, thanks

[Lipdrag]

Iowa is certainly in a rut.

[manatree]

If you’re going to quote Emerson, at least quote him correctly. It is “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds……”

Not all consistencies are foolish. 

[Wrestleknownothing]

1 hour ago, manatree said:

If you’re going to quote Emerson, at least quote him correctly. It is “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds……”

Not all consistencies are foolish. 

So glad we have pedantic, humorless english teachers on the site.

Edited December 30, 2023 by Wrestleknownothing

[ionel]

51 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

So glad we have pedantic, humorless english teachers on the site.

@Englishknownothing wrote a thesis on this subject, might've been in a Nonwrestling thread. 

[Lipdrag]

What is a hobgoblin?  A special type of goblin?  A super goblin more goblin-y than regular goblins?  Or is it a biracial Hobbit/ Goblin love child?  Do they have hairy feet and eat 7 meals a day?

Is a wise consistency any particular mind's hobgoblin?

The intellectual questions addressed on this forum are substantive.

Edited December 30, 2023 by Lipdrag
A goblin made me do it.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

2 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

So glad we have pedantic, humorless english teachers on the site.

Ha. But you were thinking "school mum" ... yeeees, yes, you were.

[Wrestleknownothing]

16 minutes ago, GreatWhiteNorth said:

Ha. But you were thinking "school mum" ... yeeees, yes, you were.

You are daring me to be pedantic, aren't you? Well I won't do it. I won't take the bait. Uh uh. Not going to...dammit. Its schoolmarm not school mum.

[Paul158]

9 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

You are daring me to be pedantic, aren't you? Well I won't do it. I won't take the bait. Uh uh. Not going to...dammit. Its schoolmarm not school mum.

As easy as apple pie. You took the bait.

[ionel]

9 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

You are daring me to be pedantic, aren't you? Well I won't do it. I won't take the bait. Uh uh. Not going to...dammit. Its schoolmarm not school mum.

knownothing's great grandma, believe thats a data table /spreadsheet on the right side.  

 

[Lipdrag]

2 hours ago, ionel said:

knownothing's great grandma, believe thats a data table /spreadsheet on the right side.  

 

I see there word pinfall in the lower right corner of the data analysis.

[ionel]

say it ain't so 

[Wrestleknownothing]

3 hours ago, ionel said:

knownothing's great grandma, believe thats a data table /spreadsheet on the right side.  

 

What's the big idea, doxing me by posting my picture?

[ionel]

Just now, Wrestleknownothing said:

What's the big idea, doxing me by posting my picture?