Hamsterdam Wants Its Day In The Sun (Beast)

by RossWB on Oct 25, 2011 8:28 PM CDT

So West Virginia is heading to the Big XII? Sure, why not. Every move brings us one step closer to the creation of this beauty:

Anyway, here's your open thread for the evening. There's Sun ~~Beast~~ Belt football on ESPN2, World Series... of Poker on ESPN, hockey on somewhere, and a bunch of other regular Tuesday programming. Or whatever.

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Sun BEast might actually have a top 15 team in it.

Or not.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Oct 25, 2011 8:34 PM CDT reply actions

Also:

MAKE THIS HAPPEN

"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"

by RossWB on Oct 25, 2011 8:38 PM CDT reply actions

That might be the one thing to stop this Super Conference business.

Delaney and Slive must be laughing their asses off, trying to think of some way to keep from ever have their conference mentioned in the same sentence as those yokels.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Oct 25, 2011 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions

It would be good for them, though.

As Dr. Saturday notes:

There’s still a chance (possibly a distant one, but a real one) that a colossus consisting of the Mountain West, Conference USA and the Big East could sustain an automatic BCS bid. The tentative plan, according to the Boston Globe, is a 28 or 32-team league split into four divisions, the winners of which would meet over the last two weekends of the regular season in a mini-playoff for the bid, which frankly sounds like kind of a great idea for everyone involved: It opens access to more schools without adding another slice to the pay, and thereby also increases the competitiveness — i.e. undefeated Boise State (of Houston, or Hawaii, who whomever happens to be the hot upstart du jour) gets the automatic bid out of a huge pool of teams instead of unranked UConn out of a very small one, which would also free up a coveted at-large bid that would have gone to undefeated Boise State for the traditional power conferences. That’s not as good as a playoff (which the Mountain West still wants, for the record), but it is a proactive solution to a lot of problems.

Instead of Boise and UConn taking up two BCS spots, we’d only get one of them (probably Boise, since they were actually, y’know, good) in and free up another spot for the Big Ten/SEC.

"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"

by RossWB on Oct 25, 2011 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I was mulling over the faux play-in that would set up.

But not nearly as much as Dr. Saturday. After reading that I hope they do it. Seriously. I agree heartily, better for all involved. Nobody has to laugh at UConn anymore, if Boise is good they get a chance to prove it, but not until they beat the best lower division teams. For real, let’s do this.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Oct 25, 2011 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions

I think a 32-team league

would be a great cue for the remaining “Big 5” to ditch the NCAA altogether.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 25, 2011 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions

Why?

If it allows them to preserve the current status quo with minimum fuss, it’s a good thing for them. They don’t have much interest in upsetting the apple cart.

"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"

by RossWB on Oct 25, 2011 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions

I don't know if I buy it.

The real conferences don’t have to put up with the shit from the Big East or Boise. TCU is in the B12 now, and can see how 245 DL hold up over the course of a year. Looks like Delaney is a genius. He picked up Nebraska, the SEC got stuck with aTm, and everybody else lost their fricking wig and got rid of 50% of the bullshit teams in the BCS for him.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Oct 25, 2011 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions

If you had said to me

at the beginning off all of this that the SEC would end up with A&M and Mizzou, I would have laughed. Not at you, but at the SEC.

"'Contrariwise,' continued Tweedledee, 'If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic." - Lewis Caroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass

by chitownhawkeye on Oct 26, 2011 9:15 PM CDT up reply actions

I would love it if the MWC/C-USA told the Big East to go screw themselves

The Big East is trying to poach their members. But this is pretty much the Big East also trying to tag along since they know that if they can’t poach anyone, they’re fucked

by rupertj on Oct 25, 2011 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Good Evening.

I’m bored. No homework, no interview prep, no reading, no case studies, no studying, no work. WTF do I do?

by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 25, 2011 9:14 PM CDT reply actions

sounds like a great time for some substance abuse

by Loretta8 on Oct 25, 2011 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, I drive a forklift and have to drop fairly often and randomly.

So that brings me to booze. I’m polishing off the rest of this private stock, won’t be much more than buzzworthy and I am too lazy to go to the store tonight.

by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 25, 2011 9:26 PM CDT reply actions

reply fail.

by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 25, 2011 9:26 PM CDT up reply actions

You just need to stick with the water solubles.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Oct 25, 2011 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions

watching the wsop on espn is just depressing me

i want to play some tournaments online so badly. if and when online poker comes back, i’m probably going to spend a whole weekend doing nothing but playing and sleeping.

by Loretta8 on Oct 25, 2011 9:29 PM CDT reply actions

Sleeping?

Redbull, Redbull, and more Redbull.

by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 25, 2011 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions

fair point

by Loretta8 on Oct 25, 2011 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions

What was your site of choice?

by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 25, 2011 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions

i played mostly on stars

and some on full tilt as well

by Loretta8 on Oct 25, 2011 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions

everytime i get a good hand in poker in the real world, i always smile big

so yeah……….online poker FTW

"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts

by justsomehawkeyefan on Oct 25, 2011 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions

i dont like live poker

at least when im taking it seriously. its fun to goof around with friends or play drunk 1/2 cash at casinos, but online is so much better for trying to make money. can play lots of tables at once, hands are dealt faster, don’t have to go anywhere, etc.

as someone who learned online, everything about live thats standard for people who learned in casinos is foreign to me. you have to spend time stacking chips, figuring out peoples chip stacks, figure out how much is in the pot, what your position is in the tournament, making sure to protect your cards, not giving off any tells. when i play live i find myself so focused on so much other shit besides reading people. plus its just so goddamn slow.

by Loretta8 on Oct 25, 2011 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions

The wait for College basketball and wrestling is to the point where it is getting physically painful

"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts

by justsomehawkeyefan on Oct 25, 2011 9:29 PM CDT reply actions

I'm really excited about basketball.

I’m shooting for .500 but I can’t wait to be 2-3 teams we should get stomped by.

by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 25, 2011 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions

yeah it needs to be basketball season

football season has been more than a bit depressing

by Loretta8 on Oct 25, 2011 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions

That has to be a first as a Northwestern fan.

Is this going to really truly finally be the year they make the NCAA tourney?

"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"

by RossWB on Oct 25, 2011 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Take a wild guess.

But, I mean, yeah. We hope so.

by MNWildcat on Oct 25, 2011 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions

It all depends on Shurna's ability to stay healthy for a full season, no?

by PackerHawk on Oct 26, 2011 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions

the whole team needs to stay healthy

there is a solid core but very little depth. NU has at most 8 legitimate scholarship players, and thats assuming both freshman point guards can contribute right away. they really can’t afford any injuries at all.

by Loretta8 on Oct 26, 2011 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions

That sounds familiar.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 26, 2011 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions

I think PG is the only spot where Iowa is REALLY thin this year.

We can’t afford to have anything happen to Cartwright, obviously.

I guess center is kind of weak, too, but at least we can go to a smaller, quicker line-up if we get bad fortune there.

"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"

by RossWB on Oct 26, 2011 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions

I was thinking more in terms of last year's Iowa roster.

Twitter

by The Mexican't on Oct 26, 2011 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions

Ah.

Yeah, they were very very thin. This year looks a little bit better on that front.

"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"

by RossWB on Oct 26, 2011 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions

I know

I spent lunch break today browsing last year’s wrestling brackets.

jtothetweet

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2011 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Yay hockey!

Chicago Blackhawks FTW!

#TeamPipebomb

by DBorwig316 on Oct 25, 2011 9:43 PM CDT reply actions

Are they playing college football on every night of the week except Monday now?

When did that happen? I let Thursday night go without much of a fuss but this Tuesday night business is just plan silly.

by Carfino'sWay on Oct 25, 2011 10:08 PM CDT reply actions

Some people are willing to do whatever it takes to get on ESPN, apparently.

by One Night Stanzi on Oct 25, 2011 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions

That was a Sun Beast Regional Semifinal preview.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 25, 2011 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Shut up and enjoy it.

I personally loved it when it started happening about 5 years ago. But I’m the person who stays up until 1 or 2 to watch the last PAC12 and WAC games on saturdays. I don’t care what conference or day of the week it is, more college football is a good thing!

by PackerHawk on Oct 26, 2011 9:32 AM CDT up reply actions

Yep.

It won’t be long and we’ll be crying in our beer about no football.

by Norm Parker's Amputated Toes on Oct 26, 2011 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions

It confuses me and I forget what day it is.

by Carfino'sWay on Oct 27, 2011 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions

It's football day

and it is good

by PackerHawk on Oct 27, 2011 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions

The only plus-side of having the NBA season derailed

is the NBA network is showing the 1993 Playoffs. Just watched Jordan drop 50+ on a John Starks-led Knicks team and now I’m watching the KJ/Majerle/Barkley Suns face the Rain Man and The Glove. Good memories.

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 25, 2011 10:32 PM CDT reply actions

So this is kinda where everyone is

I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
Twitter: gregory_forbes and my radio show at 2ndShort907

by Pain in the Sash on Oct 25, 2011 10:46 PM CDT reply actions

Hey, waddiddja do to that bitch who ate your donut?

jtothetweet

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2011 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions

No one...ate...my...donut?

I got 99 donuts cuz a bitch ate one.
Twitter: gregory_forbes and my radio show at 2ndShort907

by Pain in the Sash on Oct 25, 2011 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh, ok

Poor assumption from your sig that you once had 100 donuts, but only now have 99.

jtothetweet

by jtothep on Oct 26, 2011 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions

WHO WANTS TO LAUGH FOR A MINUTE

and then have nightmares for the rest of their lives?!? Enjoy…

Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.

by Kyle McCann't on Oct 25, 2011 10:48 PM CDT reply actions

I'm not entirely sure what I just watched.... ... was.

by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 25, 2011 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Scrabble fun

I just won a game of Scrabble with my wife and her parents. I ran away with it on my very first turn when I played PEDERAST across a triple word score. Her father challenged it and I had to explain what the word meant before they looked it up. Awkward times.

I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.

by therealCatnuts on Oct 25, 2011 11:14 PM CDT via mobile reply actions