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  1. 3 hours ago, BBTV said:


    What if he makes the catch but the gorilla rips him in half and carries his upper body (which still has the ball) forward into the end zone? TD for the kicking team? 
     

    But remember, gorillas can only be deployed once a game (though I have to re-check the rules on this), so I’m not sure if kickoffs are the best place. 

    No. Stopping of forward progress still applies.

  2. 20 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

     

    We gotta get the gorilla involved in this somehow.

    The returners can only move once they catch the ball or the gorilla is within 5 yards of them, in which case they must run towards the gorilla, to make the catch. This will be known as a "Kamikaze Kick-Off". If they make the catch AND survive, they get the ball from the 50 yard line. If they only make the catch, the surviving team members get the ball from the 40. If the returner survives, but fails to make the catch, from the 30. If they fail to survive or make the catch, the ball is given to the kicking team, barring a touchback.

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  3. 2 hours ago, The_Admiral said:

    He probably should, though, because that looks like well-laundered betting on baseball.

    Everybody involved, even the bookie, have said Shohei had no involvement. Saying he's the victim of massive theft.

  4. I think the white Texans jersey NEEDS tv numbers on the shoulders. There's too much empty space. I don't think a logo would look good there, especially the primary, which would look very redundant against the logo on the helmet and the sleeve horns. They may not be necessary anymore, from a practical standpoint, but, in this case, tv numbers are necessary as the best option to fill overly-vacant jersey real estate.

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  5. 24 minutes ago, TruColor said:

    Don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but does has anyone else noticed that ESPN is still using the Black/Red/Sand Diamondbacks graphics?

    I can't remember seeing it or not last season, but they were still using the Cardinals' old STL well after the update. I guess the person who kept the logos up to date was a part of the one of the mass layoffs over the last few years.

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  6. 2 hours ago, BottomlessPitt said:

    Steelers are either a Wild Card team or not in the playoffs. That's about it. 

    I mean, that's 2 of only 3 possibilities, so... not exactly a bold prediction.

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  7. 2 minutes ago, burgundy said:

     

    I think we can all agree that calling 187C "maroon" is absolutely ridiculous.

     

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    187 & 201 are the more common "Crimson" pantones. 505, 209 and 7421 are usually the "Maroons". 202 and 195 usually float in the "Maroon-Burgundy-Cardinal" catergories. 194, too, but it's closer to a crimson.

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  8. 14 minutes ago, Seadragon76 said:

     

    That's why I said it was a crazy thought experiment.

     

    If they wanted 64 teams, then go with the approach that the NAIA does: The regular season champion gets an automatic bid and the tournament champion gets an automatic bid. If the regular season champion and tournament champion are the same team, then the regular season runner up gets the second bid.

    If you do that for every conference, then you still only have 10-12 power conference schools out of 64. Still going to have low ratings and interest. It's a reality. A tournament dominated, participantwise, by low- and mid-major schools is not going to garner the amount of interest that's going to keep it on par with the tournament as we know it.

  9. 8 hours ago, Seadragon76 said:

    Crazy thought experiment time...

     

    In my perfect world, the NCAA Tournament would only have 32 teams in it, and all would be conference champions.

     

    In this example, this is how the tournament would work:

     

    South Region

    (8) Norfolk State (MEAC) vs. (1) Houston (Big XII)

    (5) High Point (Big South) vs. (4) Grand Canyon (WAC)

    (6) Oakland (Horizon League) vs. (3) Samford (Southern)

    (7) Eastern Kentucky (ASUN) vs. (2) Richmond (Atlantic 10)

     

    East Region

    (8) Merrimack (NEC) vs. (1) Purdue (Big Ten)

    (5) College of Charleston (CAA) vs. (4) Vermont (America East)

    (6) Quinnipiac (MAAC) vs. (3) Princeton (Ivy League)

    (7) Morehead State (Ohio Valley) vs. (2) Connecticut (Big East)

     

    North Region

    (8) Colgate (Patriot League) vs. (1) Tennessee (SEC)

    (5) Sam Houston State (Conference USA) vs. (4) St. Mary's (WCC)

    (6) Toledo (Mid-American) vs. (3) Indiana State (Missouri Valley)

    (7) McNeese State (Southland) vs. (2) North Carolina (ACC)

     

    West Region

    (8) Grambling (SWAC) vs. (1) Utah State (Mountain West)

    (5) Appalachian State (Sun Belt) vs. (4) UC Irvine (Big West)

    (6) Eastern Washington (Big Sky) vs. (3) South Florida (American)

    (7) South Dakota State (Summit) vs. (2) Arizona (Pac-12)

     

    TV wise, the four network system will still be in use. Now, each network gets their own region - meaning that they get seven games over a weekend to broadcast. CBS and TBS still has rotating Final Four duties.

     

    The NIT is also 32 teams, but it is only open to schools in Top 16 in terms of conference RPI. For this season, the following conferences are allowed to send two teams to the NIT:

     

    Big XII, SEC, Big Ten, Mountain West, ACC, Big East, Pac-12, Atlantic 10, Missouri Valley, American, Ivy League, Southern, West Coast, WAC, America East and Big West.

     

    The remaining 16 conferences are then allowed to send teams to the CBI and CIT, with the second placed teams going to the CBI and third placed teams going to the CIT.

    That would be the lowest rated tournament ever. You have only 5 or 6 "power conference" teams, a few mid-majors and the rest smaller conference schools. You automatically lose more than half your viewership just by cutting the number from 68. Then taking out all but 6 bigger conference schools. CBS couldn't get out of this deal fast enough.

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  10. 3 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

    well it looks like Denver is having a garage sale now. A 5 and 6 for Jeudy? If he gets 800 yards and helps the Browns advance in the playoffs he's an absolute steal

     

    Just like his cousin, Doug.

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  11. 2 hours ago, HOOVER said:


    This uniform builder is for the sublimated uniforms only, which are actually manufactured/fulfilled by Alleson Athletics.

     

    UA’s cut & sew has less available colors.  Sadly, no Plum or equivalent, which explains the change.  In textile manufacturing, there are limitations on color availability, which I never quite understood, but is frustrating.  Plum could be made, but to do so, a certain amount of fabric has to be dyed and used, and if it’s not all going to be used, they won’t make it.   This is where sublimation came in handy, at the expense of quality.

     

    There is simply no forgiving them for :censored:ing up the pant stripe, though.

    Michigan's "Plum" is pantone 505, a very common shade of maroon used by many colleges. You'd think, given how many schools use maroon in general, Under Armour would be able to create some maroon uniform that would be available for general usage.

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  12. 24 minutes ago, TBGKon said:

    Ah yeah, thats right.  Yankees and Detroit have navy jerseys this spring that wont be worn in the regular season, so I guess I'm surprised the Phils didnt keep the red around for that reason.

    They're getting City Connect uniforms which puts them at 4+1. They had to drop one, so red was chosen.

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