Football (North America: NFL, CFL, Arena Football, minor leagues)

[Roadgeekteen]

Great game from both FSU and LSU.

Has to be the craziest ending of any football game, college or NFL, that I have watched.

[thspfc]

Great game from both FSU and LSU.

Has to be the craziest ending of any football game, college or NFL, that I have watched.

I didn't watch it live, but I don't believe for a second that it was crazier than the Chargers/Raiders game.

[Roadgeekteen]

Great game from both FSU and LSU.

Has to be the craziest ending of any football game, college or NFL, that I have watched.

I didn't watch it live, but I don't believe for a second that it was crazier than the Chargers/Raiders game.

The Chargers Raiders game was also crazy, that game was probably a bit less crazy in a vaccum but the crazy implications made it all the better.

[brad2971]

What happened with FSU-LSU last nite...wasn't even the first time this happened with a Louisiana football team!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4ZBT3BWaj4

[US 89]

What an insane weekend of college football. If only Texas had managed to finish off the Bama upset...

[bing101]

https://www.insider.com/las-vegas-teen-collapses-and-dies-during-flag-football-game-2023-1




Damn this sounds too much like the incident like the incident in the NFL where a Buffalo Bills star had went through something like that. Only this time the High School football star in Las Vegas has died for a similar issue.


https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/the-real-love-of-her-life-ashari-hughes-remembered-for-her-love-of-flag-football-2707299/




https://www.fox5vegas.com/2023/01/06/student-las-vegas-school-dies-after-medical-emergency-during-sports-event/

[ET21]

Back to back natties for Georgia

[US 89]

Back to back natties for Georgia

Barf.

[Stephane Dumas]

The Montreal Alouettes got a new owner.
https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/entrepreneur-businessman-pierre-karl-peladeau-becomes-new-montreal-alouettes-owner-1.1929654

MONTREAL – Pierre Karl Peladeau is the new owner of the Montreal Alouettes.

The Montreal businessman was unveiled as the franchise owner by the CFL at a news conference at Olympic Stadium on Friday. Peladeau, the president/chief executive officer of Quebecor Inc., has a reported net worth of US$1.9 billion.

Peladeau, a former leader of the Parti Québécois, will represent the Alouettes as their lead governor on the CFL's board of governors.

"I'm proud to run a large company which has been involved in the Montreal business and the Montreal community. My father told me that when you receive so much, you need to give as much as possible," said Peladeau. "The Montreal Alouettes is not only a business, it's more than a business. It's about community investment. It's about being here, being strong and creating (something) Montrealers can be proud of."

The move comes just over a week after the CFL entered into an exclusive negotiation with Peladeau regarding ownership of the franchise.

"Our goal in this process was to put the Alouettes on a path to long-term success, ideally under strong, local ownership," said CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie.

"This is a special day for this incredible franchise, its fans across Quebec, and the city of Montreal. Pierre Karl and his passion for sports, entertainment and his community are remarkable. I know he will do a tremendous job in stewarding the Alouettes."

The CFL took over operation of the Alouettes last month, appointing former president Mario Cecchini as interim president. Cecchini and Park Lane, the CFL's investment banking partner, helped facilitate the search for a franchise owner.

But Cecchini won't remain with the Alouettes under Peladeau's ownership. Earlier this week, he was appointed commissioner of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Peladeau said hiring a new president will not be a quick process.

"I'm not saying we'll take three years but you'll need to give us a few days or a few weeks to take the necessary steps," he said Friday. "We've identified candidates and it's important to take the necessary time in order to fully understand the objective."

The CFL also assumed control of the Alouettes on May 31, 2019 from Robert and Andrew Wetenhall. The league sold the franchise to Ontario businessmen Sid Spiegel and Gary Stern, Spiegel's son-in-law, in January 2020.

[hotdogPi]

Idea for college football: Get rid of conferences entirely and have it strictly numerical. Your "adjusted win rate"  is 4/5 of your win percentage plus 1/5 of the average "adjusted win rate"  of opposing teams (effectively strength of schedule). It will take several iterations, but the numbers will converge. The top however many teams get in the playoffs.

[thspfc]

Idea for college football: Get rid of conferences entirely and have it strictly numerical. Your "adjusted win rate"  is 4/5 of your win percentage plus 1/5 of the average "adjusted win rate"  of opposing teams (effectively strength of schedule). It will take several iterations, but the numbers will converge. The top however many teams get in the playoffs.

This would only work if there's a central governing body that has full control over scheduling, to ensure that everyone's schedule is mostly balanced. Because, for example, if a bunch of former SEC teams schedule each other and a bunch of former Conference USA teams schedule each other (which would probably happen), there will be Conference USA teams with inflated records and SEC teams with deflated records as a result of the teams they play, which affects the adjusted win rate of all the teams they play.

[NWI_Irish96]

Idea for college football: Get rid of conferences entirely and have it strictly numerical. Your "adjusted win rate"  is 4/5 of your win percentage plus 1/5 of the average "adjusted win rate"  of opposing teams (effectively strength of schedule). It will take several iterations, but the numbers will converge. The top however many teams get in the playoffs.

This would only work if there's a central governing body that has full control over scheduling, to ensure that everyone's schedule is mostly balanced. Because, for example, if a bunch of former SEC teams schedule each other and a bunch of former Conference USA teams schedule each other (which would probably happen), there will be Conference USA teams with inflated records and SEC teams with deflated records as a result of the teams they play, which affects the adjusted win rate of all the teams they play.

The SEC and BIG, which far outearn all other conferences in TV money, are never going to agree to this.

We do have the strength of record metric, which measures how difficult it is to achieve your record against your schedule, and that is used by the playoff committee. It's a decent way to compare an undefeated team with a weak schedule against 1 and 2 loss teams with more difficult schedules.

[hotdogPi]

We do have the strength of record metric, which measures how difficult it is to achieve your record against your schedule, and that is used by the playoff committee. It's a decent way to compare an undefeated team with a weak schedule against 1 and 2 loss teams with more difficult schedules.

Not being that familiar with college football, is this a purely objective measure based solely on statistics?

[NWI_Irish96]

We do have the strength of record metric, which measures how difficult it is to achieve your record against your schedule, and that is used by the playoff committee. It's a decent way to compare an undefeated team with a weak schedule against 1 and 2 loss teams with more difficult schedules.

Not being that familiar with college football, is this a purely objective measure based solely on statistics?

Yes. The committee does not always go strictly by it, but they generally stick pretty close.

[SP Cook]

The problem with all ideas about college playoffs is that college playoffs were an answer to a question that no one asked.  College football's bowl system worked, and worked well, for decades.  ESPN, the focus of evil in the sports world, has finally engineered, a single crushing exhaustive long playoff deal, where, BTW, there are maybe being as liberal as possible, 15 teams that will EVER have a shot, and everyone else is a POS.  Leading to its "little super bowl". 

Which doesn't get all that great of a TV rating, and which had to more or less give away tickets when they tried to play it out of the natural college football area. 

[Big John]

Northwestern fires head coach Pat Fitzgerald after a hazing suspension led to an investigation led to more serious infractions.

[hobsini2]

Northwestern fires head coach Pat Fitzgerald after a hazing suspension led to an investigation led to more serious infractions.

Not surprised. After reading a few comments from former players, he is lucky that it is just a firing. He is a modern era Joe Paterno in that he allowed the sexual hazing to happen and he knew about it. Meaning he was at the very least complacent.

[1995hoo]

Four local radio stations are sponsoring this event near Nats Park next Thursday. This is funny.

[davewiecking]

Four local radio stations are sponsoring this event near Nats Park next Thursday. This is funny.

Excellent! I truly hope the sale goes through, despite the last minute snag related to leaked emails that led to the firing of Jon Gruden.

[Roadgeekteen]

DeAndre Hopkins signs with Titans. Dammit I wanted him.

[Henry]

The NFL preseason starts on 8/9.

[Roadgeekteen]

The NFL preseason starts on 8/9.

Wow time flies.

[mgk920]

NFL training camps open next week, too, I believe.

Mike

[Ted$8roadFan]

Lots of controversy this week about the sagging value in the market for running backs.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiGiKGV7J2AAxWQEFkFHVvSD3QQxfQBKAB6BAgMEAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrobible.com%2Fsports%2Farticle%2Fnfl-running-backs-organize-group-text%2F&usg=AOvVaw2eKiJ6yyzssCVME4Zj_7Vd&opi=89978449

[Big John]

Washington Commanders sale approved today any to boot, Snyder fined $60 million for misconduct.