Oregon was #2 with the commission's ranking system, but given the old system and the fact the AP would have been voting differently if the system was as it was, FSU would have in all likelihood been #1 because they were undefeated.

+1

3 teams were basically tied for 4th, and it went to the conference champs. Not too difficult.

2008, my experience is that everyone just did $200 anyway to speed things up.

They're good if you have another set around the bend, but people land on them way too infrequently to rely on to win the game.

They're also much easier to snap up stealthily, especially in a group game. Also the bonus of being able to build on them really really quickly, which is huge if you play in a cash tight (no "Free Parking" jackpots) game.

Love how you just calmly throw a stupid conspiracy theory in there.

Kinja Cansplaining. Anytime I see a comment on Kinja, especially on Gawker, that starts with "In Canada [x]," 1/3 of the time it's 100% wrong, 1/3 of the time it's a horribly broad generalization based on a certain area of the country, and 1/3 of the time it's a completely irrelevant smug grab for superiority.

Tampa Bay's crew is top notch...Rick Peckham is smooth, and Bobby Taylor is just the right amount of biased.

For me, it's a) the yelling and b) that he's the play by play. I don't mind the play-by-play sneaking a comment in or something, but the blatant homerism should be with the colour guy as an aside.

A fan of both sports, the advantage with hockey is that even if it's a blowout, there's a clock at least, and that the sport is still very immersive even from the top row (which isn't the case with baseball, where seeing the little things is a big part of it).

Any time people describe themselves as "x fan", people assume the worse.

Upper level season tickets are more than 50% more expensive than Toronto, where they actually have a competitive payroll.

No one who cheers for any NY team can call a player from anywhere else "overrated."

Of course he'd let the game get tied, he loves kissing his sister.

Google "2015 Pan Am Games," "BC Place," "Edmonton Arena", or "Quebec City Amphitheater" before you start making fun of the Americans for public funds for little/non existent payback.

"This would be the second time in five years that this has happened, and it'll probably happen again, because there are too many divisions (do the Colts really deserve a "title" for being the only AFC South team with a quarterback?),"

Thank you. The NFL just seemed to freak out at all the ways 16, 4, and 8 can fit…

Darren Rovell probably has a whole whack of these under his bed.

U2 Saved My Life?

The Habs send subscribers the box-score for every game. Today's had "Attendence: 21,286"

Got a little dusty in here...