FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[finsleft]

Or, might I suggest the Easy Bake Meth Lab?

[BDB]

Or, might I suggest the Easy Bake Meth Lab?

fins, I'm guessing this particular unit would require more than the 100 watt light bulb that the girls of the 60's used to bake with. 

[DutchFan2004]

A Christmas gift idea:

Is this on your wish list this year?

[Purple Heys]

I like cheese.

I believe I am already on record.   

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

On a baseball side note, the long awaited Mitchell report is out. No surpise that Bonds was named 100+ times, citing various sources on his use of various performance enhancement drugs, including steriods.

No surpirse (to me at least) that the 2nd most "named" player, with 92 mentions, was the Rocket, Roger "Clemensteroid". Since he is as dirty as Bonds, do we want to strike his records and keep him from the Hall, too?

Also dirty--- Tejada (no shock), Pettite (mild shock-- he hangs out too much with Clemens to stay clean)


No current Twins on the list, but several ex-Twins-- Rondell White, Chuckie "Knob-head," Denny Naegle and Chad Allen

http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10526271

[Knightstalker]

Seeing as the report relied almost exclusively on the testimony of a couple of people including one who was the Strength coach for Toronto and the Yankees it is not surprising that so many former Yankee players are named, although Clemens started with the Jays.  This is also the time frame where Clemens started working out with Nolan Ryan in the offseason.  I wonder if Ryan was playing with the juice. 

[repete]

Chewey...you are right on...I have been saying this for years, that the West is the DEEPEST, STRONGEST AND HARDEST REGION TO MAKE IT OUT OF.  In way MUC and UWW proved my point, they were not tested this year in the playoffs, in any game until UWW was in the semi's and I am surprised by that...

I think if year in year out MUC had to come out of the West they would not have as many titles as they do...Yes they are a great program but they are not tested week in week out...

Mount 45 UWW 17...Beaver...18 carries 64 yards TD

Chewey, VOJ -- The West depth and balance are fairly quantifiable, too, about the West. Here are some chunks from a Daily Dose give-and-take that I had with d3football great Ralph Turner:

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RT,
Good post. I think the bracketing job is looking like a success. BTW, here's a little number crunching I did earlier this fall that illustrates the depth of the West region teams. It's based on the d3.com final polls, which I think is the most accurate ranking of talent. I'm not a stats guy and maybe someone will shoot holes in it, but even if it's not telling, it's at least somewhat interesting ...

Look at where the top four teams from each region end up.

The West, for example:
2006 — four in top nine
2005 — four in top eight
2004 — four in top 13
2003– four in top eight
Total — 38

East:
4-14
4-22
4-21
4-13
Total 70

North
4-19
4-15
4-12
4-26
Total 72

South
4-18
4-17
4-14
4-19
Total 68

From Ralph Turner:
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Repete, I took your concept of the top four teams from each region and applied "Cross-country scoring" to the top four teams in each region (as voted in the Top 25).

2003
West 1,3,4,8 = 16pts
North 2,6,9,26 = 43 pts
East 5,10,13,17 = 45 pts
South 7,11,14,15 = 47 pts

2004
South 2,4,8,14 = 28 points
West 1,7,9,13 = 30 points
North 3,5,10,12 = 30 points
East 6,15,20,21 = 62 points

2005
West 2,3,7,8 = 20 pts
North 1,5,13,15 = 34 pts
East 4,6,14,22 = 46 pts
South 10,11,12, 17 = 50 pts

2006
West 2,4,8,9 = 23 pts
North 1,5,10,14 = 30 pts
South 6,8,11,13 = 38 pts
East 3,10,12,19 = 44 pts

2003-2006
West — 16 + 30 + 20 + 23 = 89
North — 43 + 30 + 34 + 30 = 133
South — 47 + 28 + 50 + 38 = 163
East — 45 + 62 + 46 + 44 = 197

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Repete, I want to look at the depth of the various regions. Your comment on the finish in the Top 25 was interesting.

Let's eliminate the Top team from each region in the final Top 25 (the Mount Union effect) and add the 5th team from the Top 25 poll to the last four years of data.

2003
West — 3,4,8,12 = 27
South — 11,14,15,19 = 59
East — 10,13,17,20 = 65
North — 6,9,26,28 = 69

2004
South — 4,8,14,16 = 42
North — 5,10,12,19 = 46
West — 7,9,13,21 = 50
East — 15,20,21,27 = 83

2005
West — 3,7,8,9 = 27
North — 5,13,15,16 = 49
South — 11,12,17,19 = 59
East — 6,14,22,24 = 66

2006
West — 5,6,9,11 = 31
South — 7,8,13,18 = 46
East — 10,12,14,20 = 56
North — 3,16,19,26 = 64

2003-2006 Regions minus the Mount Union effect (using "cross country scoring" minus the highest rated team from each region, i.e., #2 - #5 from each region in the Top 25)

West — 27 + 50 + 27 + 31 = 135
South — 59 + 42 + 59 + 46 = 226
North — 69 + 46 + 49 + 64 = 228
East — 65 + 83 + 66 + 56 = 270

We see that the West has the most depth and seems to be the most competitive region. The South edges out the North for second place.

[Redtooth]

A Christmas gift idea:

Is this on your wish list this year?

On his wish list.........$hit he was the beta tester, manufacturer and distributor

[Klopenhiemer]

Gooooooooooooood daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Johnnies.  How is the Hamms today.  Itching for a GrainBelt.  Hope all is well in MN today we are preparing the Lutafisk for the upcoming Christmas weekend. 

[BeaverOfYore]

Gooooooooooooood daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Johnnies.  How is the Hamms today.  Itching for a GrainBelt.  Hope all is well in MN today we are preparing the Lutafisk for the upcoming Christmas weekend. 

Mmmmm, Grain Belt.  Just picturing an ice cold 12-pack in the fridge brightens my day.

[Klopenhiemer]

Gooooooooooooood daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Johnnies.  How is the Hamms today.  Itching for a GrainBelt.  Hope all is well in MN today we are preparing the Lutafisk for the upcoming Christmas weekend. 

Mmmmm, Grain Belt.  Just picturing an ice cold 12-pack in the fridge brightens my day.

Amen to that.  +k

[DutchFan2004]

What about the lefse? The spelling might be wrong but I think it is correct.

[Klopenhiemer]

What about the lefse? The spelling might be wrong but I think it is correct.

Oh that will be there to. 

[Rugman]

What about the lefse? The spelling might be wrong but I think it is correct.

Oh that will be there to. 

Klop, you've been over on the Iowa board today.  Can you summarize in a sentence or two, WTF they have been talking about for the last 5-6 pages?  I am way to ADD to try and read all these 20 line paragraphs.

[sfury]

Something handy for Christmas, or anytime really. Just read about this in Sports Illustrated and I've been browsing it for an hour now.

Four years ago the NCAA started digitizing the 20,000 hours of tapes it has, and now it's selling them on DVDs. Right now, only NCAA championship events are available (but that doesn't mean just title games, there are all kinds of tourney games in every sport). It's got ncaa hoops games going back to 1939, it's got the famous 1957 NCAA title game between wilt's kansas team and north carolina, and, of course, a certain 2003 football game involving the Johnnies and Mount Union (it also has the 2001 and 2002 semifinal losses as well for SJU). It's got a great search function too.

http://www.ncaaondemand.com/