A thought for a Wed. afternoon

[IrishTobey]

With all the talk of a 12th game I was thinking. The reality of it is that winning 10 games will not carry near the weight it used to. Most teams are going to schedule a win. ND is scheduling Army. All tradition aside it should be a cupcake. If I'm not mistake Purdue has scheduled Indiana St. etc... So my thought is this. Just for fun what are some other numbers in sports that aren't nearly as significant as they used to be. For example. 30 home runs in a season. That used to be a great year. Now that is a back-up utility infielder. I thought this would be a more fun topic than doing the paper work that is on my desk.

[Snatchy_McPants]

How about any number of wins in baseball? I'm sorry, but I'm just not a big baseball fan these days. How can a team finish a season with 40 or so losses and be happy about it, consider it a successful season even? I was listening to the radio the other day and they were talking about how the White Sox were a "ridiculous" 23 games over .500. Since when is being better than .500 the benchmark? That season is just too friggin long. I like College Football because every single game matters.

[IrishTobey]

I agree. They should cut it back to 150 games. Playing baseball in Nov is Stupid. It's the "OCTOBER CLASSIC" and should be played in early October. Each college football game is the equivalent of 13.5 baseball games based on a 12 game season. Every game counts. That's why we watch. The number that is even worse to me is when a team in the NFL goes 9-7 and goes to the playoffs. That winning percentage in college gets you fired. In the NFL it gets alot of coaches extensions.

[Snatchy_McPants]

Yeah, I never really thought about NFL records like that before. Even so, I think the 9-7 NFL team probably fought to win each game. In baseball, the games are so disposable that some games are just given up. It's the law of supply and demand applied to sports.