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Negative split. Now you are talking my language.

I know that this looks like trolling given my PSU fandom, but hear me out anyway. There is a thread on HR with two predictions for next year. The first just states finishes, not points. The second states points. They could not be more different. Assuming best case scenario for points the first prediction has Iowa at 55 plus bonus, or perhaps 61 - 62 with bonus. The second prediction is described as best case and comes to 103 points. That is a hell of a case given that they scored 82.5 last year. So where do you see them scoring this year given the goings on this off season in Iowa City (and there are a lot of goings on)?

Not the minnow, but definitely a minnow

When I knew this was parody.

My dad used to tell me if I wanted to do better I should swim faster. He left it to me to work out the details.

I remember the moment I read "it depends on what your definition of "is" is". I laughed my ass off thinking what a weasel this guy was. I find it equally hilarious that he is now portraying himself as a harmless senior citizen. "What? Me? I don't have the appetites anymore."

If there weren't so many witches, there wouldn't be so many witch hunts.

They said the same thing about Murin 10 years ago.

No, but there may be other jurisfictions that make the answer yes. No. The restriction is defined at the NCAA level, not the individual school level. If the NCAA sponsors a championship in the sport, NCAA athletes may not be on that sport.

Yes

At this point they are just wishing they could have made it to the medium run, never mind the long run.

She is from the Michael Scott school of extemporaneous thought

That will make it an even bigger coup.

"Correcting someone's grammar is the most effective form of birth control" - Demetri Martin

Would Dake make a good head coach? What with his solar calluses and getting younger every day? I was going to say that would not make a good head coach, but then there is Askren. He has some strange ideas about some things, but he obviously knows how to coach.

Iowa is green with envy?

I left out what is rumored to be the most critical way Iowa State is greener pastures than Iowa: fewer number of Ferraris.

Same number of NCAA champs in the last three years. Fewer number of injuries.

"I'm not superstitious. But I am a little stitious." "Nobody here is disgruntled. We are all very gruntled." Michael Gary Scott

strong reference

That is kinda my point. There is no data. There are a bunch of people quoting and re-quoting a bunch of numbers they heard someone made up one time. Perhaps we should change the thread title to wholly crap.

NCAA athletes are also banned from betting on any professional sport where the NCAA holds a championship.

I giggled when I read this.

1. Where does the money go? Presumably there is an initial offering and the athlete gets the proceeds. But what about future transactions? That is swapped between investors? And then the athlete has to go where they say? Surely you are not talking about buying and selling human beings. 2. Ignoring the legal implications of the above, why would I buy in the initial offering if I was not sure a majority of buyers were also voting to send the athlete to the same school as me? 3. What happens to my stock in 4/5 years? It will always trend to zero as eligibility winds down. When does that begin? After three years? Two? 4. Why would a stock be performance based? Combining boosterism with "fractional stock investing" insures it won't. If an athlete performs well it will be virtually impossible to get a majority to sell. Without a majority sale there would be no buyers, especially as the affects of the prior question kick in. 5. Other stuff I haven't thought of this early.