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Mel Kiper thinks college overtime is for sissies
If you’re looking for hard nosed, old school analysis of the NFL, guys like Dr. Z and Len Pasquarelli have nothing on Mel Kiper. Kipes thinks those who want changes to the current NFL rules on things like overtime are metaphorical vaginas. According to an ESPN Insider piece:
When college football games go to overtime, what does Mel Kiper do?
"I turn games off when games go to overtime in college -- turn 'em off!"
He said college overtime rules are a "J-O-K-E," and yes, he did spell it out.
Kiper was happy that the NFL recently decided not to review its sudden-death overtime procedure. It is controversial because a coin toss decides who gets the ball first in the extra period.
But as long as there is overtime, Kiper said if your defense can't stop the other team to get the ball back for your offense, then you don't deserve to win the game. "You don't deserve to play the game at all."
Oh, and if you still think NFL overtime should be like college football's overtime, this is what Kiper has to say to you:
"If you think like a loser, you will be for the overtime being extended. If you think like a winner, you're satisfied with the system."
Imagine the irony – this man calling someone a loser.
Crap that actually came out of somebody's mouth
“That lineup is going to be very explosive. I like the addition of Raul Ibanez in that lineup. It’s going to make Ryan Howard even better” – Eric Young
Damn right it is. Finally he’s no longer hitting in front of that bum Pat Burrell and his 33 HR, .367 OBP, .507 SLG and instead will get to feast on those fastballs that come as a result of being in front of Ibanez and his 23 HR, .358 OBP and .479 SLG.
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So sweeping through the first two rounds proves that the Huskies, even without Jerome Dyson, are the favorite to win the title. – Andy Katz
Part of the fun of railing on the mainstream media is in reading comments like these. It’s not that Uconn isn’t worthy of the favorite tag, it’s that Andy Katz has decided that it’s definitive that Uconn – the fourth #1 seed – has now leapt above their fellow #1 seeds because of the way they beat…Chattanooga and Texas A&M. Pardon us, if we’ll hold off on the dramatic proclamations based on the first two rounds of the Tournament.
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No matter what you drive, Howie Long has a long list of reasons of why it makes you an inferior man who probably prances around in a bra and panties every Tuesday night. – MJD, Yahoo Sports
For Howie, anything less than a pinpoint buzzcut means you prance around in bra and panties, doesn't it?
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"If you think like a loser, you will be for the overtime being extended. If you think like a winner, you're satisfied with the system." - Mel Kiper
Sorry. We're just freaking amazed that Mel Kiper thinks teams that actively try to win the game never reach overtime. Winners will their way to win - LITERALLY!
Doesn't Jeter hold the all time record for that?
Purdue and Gonzaga probably should just go home
Media members are paid to give their opinions and thus can do so without fear for the reaction of the subjects. A writer need not be worried about overlooking a team since that writer is probably not going to be playing said team any time soon.
That doesn’t mean it doesn’t make us laugh a little when the “experts” are so darn confident about a team winning a Sweet 16 game that they pretty much just pencil them in while doing their analysis.
When asked to name the best matchups in each bracket, fellow SI.com writers Seth Davis and Luke Winn, made it clear whom they were penciling into their brackets…
Best Matchup: UConn vs. Memphis. Memphis came frighteningly close to not getting out of the first round, but if the Tigers can get past Missouri they will give UConn all they can handle. – Seth Davis
Best Matchup: No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 2 Oklahoma (in the Regional Final). This one may not happen, given that Syracuse is in the Sooners' way – Luke Winn, SI
You heard it here first – only Mizzou stands in the way of a Memphis-UConn battle, with Purdue’s game against the Huskies a formality. And on the other side of the bracket, North Carolina’s matchup against Gonzaga may just be flipped to an exhibition for UNC as a warmup for Syracuse or Oklahoma.
It's two weeks old, but we ask you to behold the majesty of Digger and Hubert ...
Dangerous, full of potential ... and dare we say it ... a sleeper?
otherwise known as Digger and Hubert's house ...
"(Missouri) is a very, very dangerous team, and I think this is the team that can come out of this bracket and get to the Final Four looking at the other teams they have to match up against." - Digger Phelps
"(Villanova) is a team that could go far in the NCAA tournament. (They) have enough talent to make a run." - Hubert Davis
"Another team to look at is Xavier. I think Xavier has a chance to come out of the East. Watch out for them." - Hubert Davis
"Look for Gonzaga to go far in the NCAA Tournament." - Hubert Davis
"(Marquette) is a team that could go far in the tournament." - Hubert Davis
"Tennessee is very dangerous." - Digger Phelps
"Michigan is a very dangerous team. They beat UCLA and Duke earlier this year" - Digger Phelps
"VCU, I'm telling you be careful, they beat Duke two years ago. They have a good team." - Digger Phelps
For those of you keeping score at home, Digger Phelps and Hubert Davis both think two of the 3 seeds and two of the 4 seeds can go really far in the tournament. Really going out on a limb, there, guys.
You also need to watch out for pretty much every other team in the East and West brackets.
