Thursday Links

Bryan has been wrapped up in other things so you are stuck with me today.

-Mailbags:
-Deadspin's Funbag
-NFP's Brandt

-For any budding football coaches out there, learn from the best: Nick Saban. [Smart Football]

-Speaking of coaching, this guy is no ordinary Joe. [SI.com]


-Interception of the day from Gallaudet University, a school for the hearing impaired:






The NFL and College picks are scheduled to be released over the next two days. Then, 11 Things I Know I Know on Monday, and an NBA post on Tuesday.

Tuesday Links

-Interesting question: should the Packers have let the Bears score a touchdown last night to give them a better shot to win the game? Hindsight, of course, and Brian Burke would say yes. [Advanced Football Stats]

 

-Another conundrum: should the Jets have gone for the two-point conversion to put them up by nine points? Hindsight and Brian Burke say no while I personally would have said yes. [Advanced Football Stats]

 

-Blast from the past: Kevin Jones signs with the UFL. I remember when Jones announced on national television that he would be playing his college ball at Virginia Tech. I was sure he was going to be a superstar. [Lost Lettermen]

 

-As teams start to clinch postseason berths, here is what organizations have to look forward to. [Biz of Baseball]

 

-Can you really blame Evan Longoria for calling out the fans in Tampa? I can't. We've said it before, the fans in Tampa do not deserve a team as great as the Rays.[ESPN]

 

-Does MLB payroll matter less than it used to? [Sabermetric Research]

 

-Revenue Sharing in baseball

  -Why it's broken [Biz of Baseball]

  -Why the Yankees are willing to give up so much [Sabermetric Research]

 

-Is hockey the next sport to realize a statistical revolution? [Ottawa Citizen]

 

 

 

BC 9/28/2010

Friday Links

-Weird is the day that I actually agree with Mike Francesa. Today is a weird day. [PFT]

-The Sports Banter sits comfortably in the top-10. We need the Angels to get hot to climb up as high as third. [Vegas Watch]

-Friday Blast from the Past: Chad Hutchinson [Lost Lettermen]

-Last week, Baseball America's Connor Glassey posted an interesting stat: Ichiro has more career intentional walks (155) than ARod, Chase Utley and Derek Jeter combined (149). We are all now wiser.

-Statistical proof that the 3-4 defense is better than the 4-3? You decide. [Advanced Football Stats]

-A study on how travel affects NBA teams. [Sabermetric Research]



BC 9/24/2010

Wednesday Links

-Mailbags:

 -Brandt [NFP]

 -Deadspin

 

-Buster Olney blog. [ESPN Insider; password required]

 

-Lombardi. [NFL.com]

 

 

Note: The daily links will transition to a three-times-a-week format in the near future.

 

 

 

BC 9/22/2010

 

Friday's "Finally Here" Links

-Buster Olney blog. [ESPN Insider; password required]

 

-Forget Prisoners. We have a Linebackers' Dilemma. [Advanced Football Stats]

 

-ESPN's Tom Habestroh names the five worst players in the history of each NBA team. My favorite part: Trenton Hassell comes in at #1 for two different teams. [Insider; password required]

 

-Real-life Jaws. [Fox]

 

 

 

 

BC 9/17/2010

 

 

Wednesday's "Halfway to Another Football Weekend" Links

-Tampa doesn't deserve the Rays. What a pathetic turnout.[Biz of Baseball]

 

-Solid day out of Deadspin yesterday:

   -Mailbag

   -Eric Bledsoe transcript fun (I especially like that he took Algebra 3 before Algebra 2)

 

-Buster Olney blog. [ESPN Insider; password required] 

 

 

BC 9/15/2010

Tuesday Links

-Peter King's MMQB. [SI.com]

-Florida Gators football = Jail Blazers * Bengals.

-Andrew Brandt breaks down the contracts of Charles Woodson and Tom Brady and then details the threat of NFLPA decertification. [NFP]

-JI Hassell wonders if the Darrelle Revis deal sets a poor precedent. [Inside the Cap]

-Pat White takes advice from the Banter and gives up football (at least for the time being). [Pro Football Talk]

-Really, you can't wait two seconds until celebrating? [Wiz of Odds]

-Buzzkill Central: On the heels of the university's most defining athletic moment, Northern Iowa could abolish their D1 sports. [Des Moines Register]

-Further to our point that Felix Hernandez should win this year's Cy Young [SB Nation by way of Rob Neyer]



-Dave Pinto still scheming about a massive tie scenario. [Baseball Musings]

-Mike passed this along because he claimed to have "called this" while it happened and before Elias confirmed it.

-One of the boldest marketing strategies I have ever seen. [ESPN]





BC 9/14/10