To be honest, a straight single elimination tournament like that would actually be a decent idea. Better than the monstrosities being suggested.
You could have a 5-6 game "season" that is used just to set up seeding. This would enable teams to play local opponents/rivals or whatever they want...
Exactly. Far too many teams in the basketball tournament too. But that ship sailed a long time ago. College football can still be saved from becoming so much worse, though the decline seems inevitable.
No, it's makes the regular season far more boring. The more teams that have a chance means that losing a few games is ultimately meaningless. It's makes each game far less important because the downside to losing is so much less impactful.
Ask youself how many people pay attention to the...
Yes, it is clearly the "other" category which needs to be examined in terms of addressing waste and to try to get things under control.
Is the Beaver Stadium changes expensed under "other" (since it is a facility) or "football" (since it is for that sport). I'm assuming it has to be in Other...
Oh absolutely. I constantly see it in our larger social circle where kids are diagnosed with ADHD or anxiety or "on the spectrum" who are pretty much normal kids with some foibles. I really don't want to disparage those who truly have special needs - because they do exist and have been...
My impression is that it is undeniable that well informed families are using disabilities/accommodations to "game the system" and making things easier to succeed in classes. In addition to studies like this about Stanford and Ivy League type schools having having higher than average numbers of...
The thing is that this is not a PSU unique thing, it's a "schools that have tons of applicants and are in demand" thing. Pretty much all the Big Ten schools*, for example, are notoriously stingy with merit aid. And generally all cost about the same for out of state students.
*A few that are...
I remember the joke at the time when Pitt demolished their stadium was basically "what program intentionally tries to become Temple?" I don't know what land is realistic to use, but Pitt would benefit from having their own stadium on or near campus.
We don't know the context of exactly what happened but the details around it sounded like Delaware wanted out because part of the agreement in cancelling was they were working with PSU to find a replacement (even willing to put some of the money). I think UDel was not happy with how much they...
That’s earlier than the school prefers. I feel like it is very likely to be Purdue. I know it’s Halloween which makes it less ideal because that’s a business weekend anyway but the timeframe and strength of opponent fits.
We can blame Sandy for the absolutely idiotic series against Temple though. A home and home with a worthless program like Temple is insane and literally costs PSU - and the State College community which thrives on home games - millions of dollars for no reason. And is the cause of the 2025 and...
regular season college basketball games have become relatively meaningless. I mean, obviously you need to win games to make the tournament but any individual game has a miniscule amount of impact on anything. And TV viewership corresponds to that. Why would lots of people watch a game that...
That’s obvious but it doesn’t make much sense because the amount being contractual owed to UDel should be pretty much the same (and low). My guess is there must have been some sort of escalation clause in the original contract with UDel that indicated PSU would pay them a higher amount if they...