One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
--Albert Einstein
The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice.
--Richard Dawkins
Be kind to all, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.
--Philo
LaVell Edwards, Hall of Fame football coach, leaves a remarkable legacy
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...at-age-86.html
If you can get past the recruiting violation, it's pretty cute.
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I decided this would be easier to manipulate in Google Sheets.
I'm open to suggestions or comments to add to the list.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
I pulled the data from this site:
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/
Shots fired
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As I was perusing headlines tonight, I saw where BYU beat Pacific by 15 on the road. That has to feel pretty good, after losing to the San Diego Toreros on the road last week. Seems like that Lone Peak pipeline is finally starting to pay off for them.
Contrast that with Utah sweeping the Washington St/Washington road trip with a combined MOV of 62 points. And going into this season, many felt unsure about how well Larry had done recruiting this year's team, with all the turnover from last year. BYU fans were sure that Larry bought out the BYU game this year because he was afraid to lose to them with their incoming class of all Americans.
I hate to pick at old scabs, but it is sometimes nice to reflect back to the angst around BYU/Utah last year, to appreciate where we are now.
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
It looks like BYU broke the Poinsettia Bowl.
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Good time to be a BYU fan. They have 8 scheduled wins. If they go 2-3 vs the only decent teams they play next year, they are a 10 win team. Toss in when Utah only gets 7 wins next year (and one over BYU), they can pound their chests and talk about how great they are.
Heck, even if they go 0-5 or 1-4 vs the only 5 decent teams they play, they can still talk about how great they are. Great scheduling by Holmoe.
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One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have.
--Albert Einstein
The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice.
--Richard Dawkins
Be kind to all, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.
--Philo
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
I'm nervous if I'm Gonzaga. The top 5 is undergoing its annual January shuffling. BYU and Colorado are probably the two biggest disappointments in the West in college hoops, but remind what Colorado did in its last game?
Outside of Wichita State (who largely went undefeated in the Missouri Valley a few years back because Creighton left for the Big East the year prior), games like tonight are the roadblocks that every team in a mid-major league has that keep it from going undefeated. This is that game for Gonzaga.
I think UW and SDSU could argue for a spot ahead of BYU on that list. There wasn't much buzz for BYU entering the season, but there was for the Huskies.
One thing the football committee has figured out that basketball still struggles with is the idea that undefeated teams don't have to get a top seed. Gonzaga will probably get a 1-seed if they finish unbeaten, but very few people will actually believe they are one of the top 4 teams in the nation.
"Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum
"And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla
There were a lot of great posts on CB yesterday with NLI and the inevitable comparisons, but this was my favorite by a landslide.
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