You overlooked something important here. While you did mention that the coaches' poll (ludicrously) affects the BCS rankings, you claimed that "In the preseason, the poll is useless except as a talking point". However, the preseason rankings have a great impact on the eventual rankings. Sure, if a preseason top 5 team…

One day, I'm gonna go to New Orleans and I'm gonna take photos of everything in that city that is wholly unremarkable. Some shitty gas station. A townhouse. Any bar that isn't outfitted like a fucking voodoo museum. A Gap. Then I'm gonna make a Tumblr site called "NEW ORLEANS: YOU FUCKERS AREN'T THAT SPECIAL."

This x 100. He's made completely contradictory explanations in many cases in order to support the refs. It's very rare he'll say a call is wrong (unless it's made by a replacement ref, of course).

What?? The entry fee is $10,000 - that's gambling with real money no matter how you slice it.

Yes. 10 vs. 3 in boxing, 14 vs. 4 in wrestling. The disparity is only one in weightlifting (8 vs. 7). But the gap has gotten smaller every Olympiad as women's events have been added. It probably won't be exactly equal by 2016, but with the addition of a few weight classes for women in boxing and wrestling, the number…

"Bucher: “… there was a time where, ‘ok, this is being talked about, but you know what, as constituted this doesn’t have a hope of happening, so you know what, let’s keep our powder try and not go forward with it until it makes sense.’ We’ve gone way past that. It’s the times we live in. I’ve probably been guilty of…

You mean the match I just watched live on NBC Sports Network?

Had he not eased up, he probably would have set the Olympic record, but not the world record.

Great point - I think Bolt's reaction time in the 100m final was ~0.16 seconds, meaning he actually covered the distance in under 9 and a half seconds. And CJ2K thinks he could beat him over 40 yards with his 4.2? Please.

You just answered the question though - the starting blocks hurt Bolt, or at least they don't help him any. He'd run a 4.1 40 at worst imo.

How long does it take to choreograph an Olympic routine? And how rigged is the judging, on a scale from 1-10 (1 being professional wrestling, and 10 being the NBA playoffs)?

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=320715127&teams=philadelphia-phillies-vs-colorado-rockies

Mustafina, a diva? Please - she can't hold a candle to Svetlana Khorkina in that department. And Jordyn Wieber and her coach were far bigger divas in these Olympics.

LOL, I noticed that last night too. It was a perfect juxtaposition, literally the second that comment was made they showed Aly and she looked everywhere but the scoreboard for the next 30 seconds. Her coach had to tell her when it was made official.

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Such as the technology to convince TV producers to put a late season game between two crappy teams from the Patriot League on ESPN2?

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Given that the NFL bends over backwards to enforce parity, it's pretty much axiomatic that a team that consistently sucks does so because of the owner.

Ha!

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