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    Interesting comment....

    It's possible that Fitz was smooth enough to parley the interest from other schools into a raise without creating all the speculation and hand-wringing in other cases (e.g. Brohm). If so, good for him.
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    Fitz post-game

    I recall the 1996 and 2000 Michigan games as the best games I've ever attended (but I don't attend that many games and none nowadays). The 1996 one was the one with the formation with the tackles lining up next to the wide receivers on a couple plays, right? When I started rooting for this...
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    RPI Phased Out

    It's not a statistic, though. It's a useful but flawed metric - and is probably as good as one can do by adding two averages, which is a stupid thing to do from a mathematical standpoint. Anyone who knows their advanced metrics will tell you that OPS badly undervalues the O part of it.
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    RPI Phased Out

    It would have been possible to come up with a new tool which completely ignored margin of victory and other non-victory related statistics that was much better than the RPI. People who didn't understand statistics thought the problem with the RPI was that it didn't take these advanced metrics...
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    Attempt at a deeper dive into recruiting

    Why wouldn't Collins get the same long leash that Carmody had? And why couldn't he do just as much as it, as Carmody did with his best recruiting class being his ninth?
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    John Oliver is pretty insightful...

    Hey Lefty, how about let's let the players' salaries be market driven as well? Then what would happen? I call BS on anyone who uses free market arguments to support the current state of college athletics. The honest free-market typesI know argue that players should get paid. Your statement is...
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    Thinking of making it out to Hoffman Estates this evening...

    Re: Doc, I love you but... I think this critique is fair (and I think DocCatsFan would say so as well). Others around here just want to grind their axe with Doc whenever they can and do so through personal attacks.
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    NU Wrestling

    Way to go, guys!!