Recent content by Marbles90

Stewart played like he had better places to be tonight. He seemed completely disinterested.

+1 on the battery powered equipment. I have a relatively small driveway and lawn and I went all in on the 80v battery powered stuff 11 years ago - lawn mower, snow blower, leaf blower - each of which cost around $300. I have had zero issues with these with zero maintenance besides changing the...

I was at the game and when I saw it live, I thought it was a carry. Watching the replay now, it appears to be a legal dribble. It looks weird but his hand does not go under the ball so it is not a carry (or double dribble).

Interesting: Nova started with an 8 point lead - their largest lead of the game. UConn finished with an 8 point lead - their largest lead of the game…

Fountain is going to Holy Cross Murphy (and a few other guys like Renwick) are out of eligibility but are waiting for a ruling on their JuCo seasons counting towards eligibility. ETA: Wow my timing is horrible - @Windham4th and @Duncan Idaho posted the exact same thing just ahead of me…

I don’t get it. If he gets pulled down and there is a penalty called, how can it also be embellishment?

It’s like you guys haven’t watched Big East basketball for the last 30+ years. How many games have been scratched out against lesser Big East opponents on the road over the years? It’s a long grueling season. Buckle up and head straight to March!!

I am watching the Toledo game and I’ve noticed that the announcers haven’t really talked about opt outs. They have said a bunch of guys have opted out but they are not saying who or their impact for either team. I wonder if ESPN is asking teams and commentators to downplay the opt outs in to not...

That was me of the knocks on Candle from the Toledo fans - teams were very undisciplined and lost games due to really dumb penalties. Definitely seeing that with Toledo today.

Do we have any idea of approximately when the guys who announced they are portal bound - or anyone else for that matter will confirm that they will be either playing or sitting out?

Exactly, but Notre Dame’s arrogance hasn’t changed.

But they also declined bowls more recently. In 1996, they were 8-3 and declined a bowl and then again in 2009 when they finished 6-6 (and lost to UConn)… And like you said, the bowl system still survived.

No. If JMU loses, we already know the winner of N Texas / Tulane is getting one of the 2 remaining auto bids - 5 auto bids go to the 5 highest ranked conference champions. But if Duke and Troy both win, who gets the last?? Duke is ranked pretty low but yeah, I gotta assume they get it.

Announcers made an interesting comment about what happens if both Troy and Duke win. Who gets the 5th auto bid? Does Duke get in? UNLV/Boise? I mean, not sure I saw any discussion on that scenario…

That is incorrect. The autobids go to the 5 highest ranked conference champions. Since there are 4 power conference, the implication is that there will be 4 P4 conference champions and 1 G6. But with Duke going to the ACC championship game, if they win and JMU wins the Sun Belt, there is a...