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@huKSer I know it's funny when they want to average them or add them together.  They may not know how to get the right answer, but a little common sense would tell them those are wrong.

Deets = details

40 minutes if there's no beer and no college football on

Yeah this is kind of pathetic

Yu Bett Sho?

I deal with high school students a lot.  Depression is a big thing, as is bullying.  But, one of the biggest things I've noticed is many of them don't value life like many older people do.  Many of them don't have hopes or dreams or expectations.  They don't see a future where things could be better than what they have in high school.  I won't pretend to know the reasons why (I have theories, but I don't want to get into that here) but I do think it needs to be addressed - it's a cultural and generational thing - not just isolated cases.

Touché

Here is what Moos said today:

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"The stability of the program is really important. The last time that Tim had a real good year, we didn't follow it up with another one," Moos said. "It's tougher to stay there than it is to get there many times, and I'm fully aware of that. So I'm really interested in what (Miles) thinks about the stability of the program and what I can do to help him in that regard."

LJS

Of course not.  99% of this board is opinions and speculation.

I just think making the tournament 1 of 7 years is pretty pathetic and not what we should expect.

From ESPN:

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Mack, 48, played his college ball at Evansville and Xavier.

His wife, Christi, grew up and still has family in Louisville.

He was making $1.67 million at Xavier, going to get $4 million at Louisville, but on top of that his wife might be happier too.

McVeigh is gone for sure.  Palmer and Copeland both put their names in for the NBA draft but don't hire agents.  I don't really see either getting drafted, so if they both come back I think Miles has a chance next year.  If not...  Moos is working on the list in his top desk drawer

Maybe winning the NIT would do it, but the only other way I see the NIT being acceptable is if there are some injuries to key players and the team still makes it to the postseason.  Not transfers, injuries.  Transfers from key players this year speak to the culture and attitude of the team and Miles needs to leave.

You predicted the one upset as A&M over Michigan, so with the Michigan win and the other 3 upsets today, that's an 0-4 day. I don't think anyone came close to picking this half of the bracket

I'd say Other Sports - see mud wrestling; see jr. high girl fights; see cow-pie throwing competitions

Are you a traditionalist? - 22 wins, 11 losses - Looks good, give him an extention

Are you into analytics? - 1 Q1 win, few good advanced metrics - Do we put up with another year?

Are you big on final results? - no NCAA tourney, 1st round NIT loss - Moos, who's on your shortlist?

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Why are there fractions? Most  NCAA varsity programs are equivalency sports which means awards can be split into partial scholarships in any proportion up to the maximum allowed.  For example, an NCAA Division I school can allocate a number of partial athletic scholarships equivalent to 11.7 full scholarships in any proportion among,  say,  25 baseball players. 

 

Full scholarships are relatively rare in equivalency sports. An additional caveat is that there is a top limit of the number of athletes that can be awarded even a partial scholarship in an equivalency sport - this limit is referred to as the maximum number of counters. For NCAA I baseball teams the maximum number of counters allowed is 27. 

Scholarship Stats

My thinking:

You have 8 position players, a DH, 3 weekend starters, 3 bullpen pitchers = 15 players

That doesn't include starters for mid week games, extra relief pitchers, or any backup players.

I just think 11.7 is really low.  I understand equivalency scholarships, I just don't know how they get that number.  You're obviously having to rely a lot on walkons and a lot of guys aren't going to get more than half of their school paid for.  Maybe it's because all of the best players go the MLB route?

I also get that baseball maybe isn't a big revenue sport for most schools, but really most college sports outside of football and occasionally basketball (and at NE, volleyball) don't turn a profit and they still have plenty of scholarships.

I also understand Title IX and the reasoning, but I don't know if that is what is in play here.  The total NCAA scholarship allotment allowed for men's sports totals 296.9, for women's sports it totals 259.1 so it's not like it's exactly even anyway.

Football, Men's & Women's Basketball, Women's Volleyball, Women's Gymnastics, and Women's Tennis are all "head count" sports, which means any scholarship is a full scholarship.  All the other sports are scholarship equivalency sports, so partial scholarships are awarded.

I just don't understand the reasoning, I'm sure there is one, because it's the NCAA...

I put the NCAA tournament 2nd behind college football bowl season for non-Husker sporting events that I like to watch.  The Super Bowl is far behind both for me.  That said, I actually really like baseball season and having 5 or 6 games per week.  I don't get to watch that many, but I like following my teams.

I actually enjoy listening to baseball on the radio while I'm working.  My wife likes when I listen to baseball on the radio while we're driving because that's the only time she can fall asleep in a car. 

I use Twitter to get news quickly about my teams, but I don't tweet.

Facebook on the other hand has turned into a giant pile of garbage with people trying to sell crap using pyramid schemes and other people ranting about the downfall of humanity instead of actually doing anything about it.  They quickly get unfriended.  I only keep Facebook in order to get information out quickly to our players and other school groups.

Sounds familiar

Believe it or not, that might actually work out well for him/them.  I don't doubt that he knows a lot about football, but I think he is a pretty bad communicator with the athletes.  Maybe with a filter of other coaches, he'll be successful.  I hope not, but it wouldn't surprise me.

The morning isn't great, but I really like having more than 10 minutes of daylight when I get home from work at night.

Depends... how long has it been sitting out?

If a long time = spoon

If a moderate time = fork

If it just came out of the freezer = chainsaw, then fingers (make sure to turn the chainsaw off first)

It's possible that he hasn't qualified for either school, but ULL has an open scholarship right now and took a chance on him.

Nebraska didn't want to risk wasting a scholarship if he fails to qualify, as they would have had to tell one of the recent recruits that they didn't have room for them in order to take his LOI.

Oh yeah?