ESPN week 9 bowl projections





ISUhawk said:
That's exactly what you get when you let a woman try to talk sports...
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Nice...ISUHawk....keep it classy! (not a compliment)


Let's test your sports knowledge:

When playing against a 'Tampa 2' defensive formation, in general, what area(s) of the field tend to be more vulnerable to a passing attack?

In the Big10, what are the tie-break rules when determining which team goes to the RoseBowl? Please list in order.

In basketball, when defending against the pick and roll outside the three point line, what are the two primary ways the defensive players can defend against it?

In hockey, how many minutes does a player get in the penalty box for a major fighting penalty?

In baseball, please explain the infield fly rule?

Back to football, please explain in detail how the QB passing efficiency statistic is derived?

Good luck, sporty!
 


Wow... really?! Don't see the logic in her pics but whatever.

I'm sure Andrea Adelson is responsible for us playing on ESPN SD the last two weeks as well. Damn her!
 




Andrea Adelson does get a few things wrong with regards to college football (Big Ten Tie-Breaker Rules, Bowl Selection Rules, etc.), but when I called her on it in the online chat on Saturday during the game and had Rittenberg back me she apologized. I think she is new to exclusively covering college football so give her a break and if the pick bothers you just e-mail her and request her selection logic.
 


LutherHawk said:
Nice...ISUHawk....keep it classy! (not a compliment)


Let's test your sports knowledge:

When playing against a 'Tampa 2' defensive formation, in general, what area(s) of the field tend to be more vulnerable to a passing attack?

In the Big10, what are the tie-break rules when determining which team goes to the RoseBowl? Please list in order.

In basketball, when defending against the pick and roll outside the three point line, what are the two primary ways the defensive players can defend against it?

In hockey, how many minutes does a player get in the penalty box for a major fighting penalty?

In baseball, please explain the infield fly rule?

Back to football, please explain in detail how the QB passing efficiency statistic is derived?

Good luck, sporty!
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This might be the funniest post I have ever read. (not a compliment) :eek:
 


LutherHawk said:
Nice...ISUHawk....keep it classy! (not a compliment)


Let's test your sports knowledge:

When playing against a 'Tampa 2' defensive formation, in general, what area(s) of the field tend to be more vulnerable to a passing attack?

In the Big10, what are the tie-break rules when determining which team goes to the RoseBowl? Please list in order.

In basketball, when defending against the pick and roll outside the three point line, what are the two primary ways the defensive players can defend against it?

In hockey, how many minutes does a player get in the penalty box for a major fighting penalty?

In baseball, please explain the infield fly rule?

Back to football, please explain in detail how the QB passing efficiency statistic is derived?

Good luck, sporty!
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I'll take a crack at this, with this caveat. You answer these questions as well.

1. The are between the defensive line and the linebackers. We've seen NW do this for the last three years.

2. No idea. I don't think anyone does.

3. No idea.

4. 10 minutes.

5. If there is a runner on first with less than two outs, an infielder can not less an easy pop fly (determined by the umpire) to hit the ground. This would allow the defense to turn an easy double play; as soon as the umpire puts the rule into effect, the batter is out.

6. No idea.
 


LutherHawk said:
Nice...ISUHawk....keep it classy! (not a compliment)


Let's test your sports knowledge:

When playing against a 'Tampa 2' defensive formation, in general, what area(s) of the field tend to be more vulnerable to a passing attack?

In the Big10, what are the tie-break rules when determining which team goes to the RoseBowl? Please list in order.

In basketball, when defending against the pick and roll outside the three point line, what are the two primary ways the defensive players can defend against it?

In hockey, how many minutes does a player get in the penalty box for a major fighting penalty?

In baseball, please explain the infield fly rule?

Back to football, please explain in detail how the QB passing efficiency statistic is derived?

Good luck, sporty!
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1. Soft spots lie between the safeties deep downfield, and between the corners' zones in the flat/safeties' zones deep.

2. a. Head to head, b. overall record, c. BCS ranking

3. I admittedly know little about basketball, so I'm not even going to try on this one

4. 5 minutes, unless it concludes in a game misconduct (ejection), in which case the other team gets a 5-minute powerplay, regardless of if they score (so they can get multiple goals on the power-play)

5. With less than 2 outs and runners on base, a fly ball that is playable by an infielder that is either a. on the infield, or b. facing the infield results in the batter's automatically being called out, and runners advance at their own risk. This prevents the fielder from dropping the ball intentionally to get a possible double play.

6. I can never remember the complete formula, but I know it involves completion percentage, yards, TD's, INT's, and yards per attempt. It's a quick Google search away, however.

That's my best stab, I don't know everything. Her picks have been out of whack for good portions of the year, but as was said, she's new. Hardly an indictment against women talking sports (I've thought that Heather Dinich does a solid job on the ACC blog at ESPN).
 


#3 Come on guys. The two ways to defend a pick and roll is to either switch or fight through the pick. You are welcome.:D
 


EddyP said:
#3 Come on guys. The two ways to defend a pick and roll is to either switch or fight through the pick. You are welcome.:D
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Those just seemed so obvious lol. And I couldn't stop picturing Shaq switching off a pick to defend Allen Iverson when they were both in the prime, causing me to cringe constantly, to the point that it appeared I was having a seizure. Therefore, I had to discard that as a viable option :D
 


infield fly- runners on first and second or bases loaded with less than two outs. it's an umpire's judgment call whether the fly is catchable by an infielder. i believe everything else is pretty accurate, minus the baseball jargon.
 


EddyP said:
#3 Come on guys. The two ways to defend a pick and roll is to either switch or fight through the pick. You are welcome.:D
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Maybe you could go underneath the pick if you are guarding a non-shooter, or around the pick trailing the defender if you are athletic enough to keep up. I would think that if you say there are only 2 ways to defend the pick and roll you would be wrong.
 


First of all I think she's wrong. With that said, according to their official website the Insight Bowl picks the #3 Big12 team and the #3 or #4 Big10 team. I thought they picked the #6 from both. Did this change with the realignment last year?

ESPN has them as the 4th / 5th bowl tie-in for the Big10. Assuming one team makes the BCS (non-Rose bowl) then the order should look like this:

BCS - Wisky, OSU, Iowa or MSU - in that order
Rose Bowl - OSU, Iowa or MSU - in that order
Cap1 - Iowa or MSU
Outback - MSU
Gator -
Insight
Texas
Dallas Football Classic



That's eight Big10 teams. Right now there are only five Big10 teams bowl eligible (> 6 wins) with Illinois, PSU & Michigan all needing one more win to become eligible.

Michigan will have to beat Illinois or Purdue because they aren't winning their final two vs. Wisky or OSU.

PSU will have to win against IU or NW to become eligible. They play OSU and MSU in their other two games.

Illinois has games against Michigan, Minny and NW. They should win one of those right?
 


theboat said:
Maybe you could go underneath the pick if you are guarding a non-shooter, or around the pick trailing the defender if you are athletic enough to keep up. I would think that if you say there are only 2 ways to defend the pick and roll you would be wrong.
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Either way you are choosing to fight through the pick instead of switching. How you choose to get through it is up to you but if you are gaurding me it is irrelevant because I either bury the 3 or take it to the rack(15 years ago of course).;)
 


If we're going to the insight bowl that means we've lost 3 of our last 4 games to go 7-5. I just can't see in any way someone would expect that we lose to Minnesota so she must think we're going to lose to Indiana, NW and Ohio State.

Possible ,I suppose, but I'm not seeing it. I think our worst case at this point is Outback.
 


LutherHawk said:
Nice...ISUHawk....keep it classy! (not a compliment)


Let's test your sports knowledge:

When playing against a 'Tampa 2' defensive formation, in general, what area(s) of the field tend to be more vulnerable to a passing attack?

In the Big10, what are the tie-break rules when determining which team goes to the RoseBowl? Please list in order.

In basketball, when defending against the pick and roll outside the three point line, what are the two primary ways the defensive players can defend against it?

In hockey, how many minutes does a player get in the penalty box for a major fighting penalty?

In baseball, please explain the infield fly rule?

Back to football, please explain in detail how the QB passing efficiency statistic is derived?

Good luck, sporty!
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Lol First off it was a joke. Second, since everyone has already answered the questions, I really don't feel the need to. BUT I do have a big question for you...why would you put a question about hockey in there? I thought you wanted to ask me questions about sports???
 


ISUhawk said:
Lol First off it was a joke. Second, since everyone has already answered the questions, I really don't feel the need to. BUT I do have a big question for you...why would you put a question about hockey in there? I thought you wanted to ask me questions about sports???
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Hockey is a sport, don't kid yourself. NASCAR, on the other hand.....
 






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