@ronlee1975 The bottom two wild card teams should play in a 1-game playoff. The winner plays the top wild-card team in a best-of-three series. The winner of that game plays the worst division winner.
Illinois' program is now unrecognizable from most of the games I went to growing up and as a student. The statement win was out of reach (for now), but it was great to see such a big-time CFB atmosphere in that stadium
@670TheScore@SpiegsAndHolmes I am glad that the Jed Hoyer is not as dumb as the local media and many fans. There were no logical top-end starters available. The Cubs would have had to drastically over pay just for an average starting pitcher.
EPIC IZZO RANT: Tom Izzo was asked today about how he is approaching the fact that the transfer portal is open in the middle of the NCAA Tournament. His answer - as you might imagine - was very Izzo-like:
As @dan_bernstein notes, a large part of the disconnect between Tom Ricketts and fans regarding the Cubs’ spending is tied to Ricketts viewing his restaurants/real estate as investments for fans even though that profit doesn’t appear to be going back into player acquisition.
@SECNetwork@Lane_Kiffin@OleMissFB Ole Miss played Furman, Middle Tennessee, Wake Forest, and Georgia Southern in the non-conference. They lost to Kentucky and Florida in conference while playing the SEC 8-game schedule.