http://www.sbnation.com/users/randlieb Posts made by randlieb on SBNation.com http://www.tomahawknation.com/2012/11/27/3699502/my-take-on-conference-expansion-and-football-playoffs randlieb Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:44:11 -0000 <p>Here's the way I see the 4 major conferences stack up. All with 16 teams each, 2 divisions each with a conference championship game.</p> <ul> <li>10 game regular season schedule.</li> <li>each team plays each division team once, plus one game in other division allowing for 2 inter-conference games (among the big 4) per team. This allows to keep regional rivalries alive...ND vs USC etc.<br> </li> <li>conference championship game.</li> <li>4 team national championship playoff between conference champions.</li> <li>all teams other than conference champs available for bowl games.</li> </ul> <table><tbody><tr> <td> <b>SEC</b><br> Florida<br> Florida State<br> Miami<br> Ole Miss<br> Mississippi St.<br> Alabama<br> Auburn<br> Georgia<br> Georgia Tech<br> Vandy<br> LSU<br> USF<br> Kentucky<br> Louisville<br> Arkansas<br> Tennessee</td> <td> <b>Big 10</b><br> Michigan<br> Michigan St.<br> Ohio St.<br> Penn St.<br> Pitt<br> Notre Dame<br> Indiana<br> Illinois<br> Minnesota<br> Wisconsin<br> Norhtwestern<br> Iowa<br> Iowa St.<br> Cinncinatti<br> Ohio<br> Purdue</td> <td> <b>Big 12<br></b> Oklahoma<br> Oklahoma St.<br> Nebraska<br> Missouri<br> Kansas<br> Kansas St.<br> Texas<br> Texas A&M<br> Texas Tech<br> TCU<br> Houston<br> Rice<br> Tulsa<br> New Mexico<br> New Mexico St.<br> Baylor</td> <td> <b>Pac 12<br></b> Arizona<br> Arizona St.<br> Colorado<br> Colorado St.<br> BYU<br> Boise St.<br> Utah<br> Wyoming<br> UCLA<br> USC<br> Oregon<br> Oregon St.<br> Washington<br> Washington St<br> California<br> Stanford</td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>You will of course note that this leaves out the ACC as a BIG football confernece with some football schools left in the cold. Nothing's perfect! ha!</p> <p><b>OK...let the conversation begin!</b></p> <p>Here's the way I see the 4 major conferences stack up. All with 16 teams each, 2 divisions each with a conference championship game.</p> <ul> <li>10 game regular season schedule.</li> <li>each team plays each division team once, plus one game in other division allowing for 2 inter-conference games (among the big 4) per team. This allows to keep regional rivalries alive...ND vs USC etc.<br> </li> <li>conference championship game.</li> <li>4 team national championship playoff between conference champions.</li> <li>all teams other than conference champs available for bowl games.</li> </ul> <table><tbody><tr> <td> <b>SEC</b><br> Florida<br> Florida State<br> Miami<br> Ole Miss<br> Mississippi St.<br> Alabama<br> Auburn<br> Georgia<br> Georgia Tech<br> Vandy<br> LSU<br> USF<br> Kentucky<br> Louisville<br> Arkansas<br> Tennessee</td> <td> <b>Big 10</b><br> Michigan<br> Michigan St.<br> Ohio St.<br> Penn St.<br> Pitt<br> Notre Dame<br> Indiana<br> Illinois<br> Minnesota<br> Wisconsin<br> Norhtwestern<br> Iowa<br> Iowa St.<br> Cinncinatti<br> Ohio<br> Purdue</td> <td> <b>Big 12<br></b> Oklahoma<br> Oklahoma St.<br> Nebraska<br> Missouri<br> Kansas<br> Kansas St.<br> Texas<br> Texas A&M<br> Texas Tech<br> TCU<br> Houston<br> Rice<br> Tulsa<br> New Mexico<br> New Mexico St.<br> Baylor</td> <td> <b>Pac 12<br></b> Arizona<br> Arizona St.<br> Colorado<br> Colorado St.<br> BYU<br> Boise St.<br> Utah<br> Wyoming<br> UCLA<br> USC<br> Oregon<br> Oregon St.<br> Washington<br> Washington St<br> California<br> Stanford</td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>You will of course note that this leaves out the ACC as a BIG football confernece with some football schools left in the cold. Nothing's perfect! ha!</p> <p><b>OK...let the conversation begin!</b></p> http://www.tomahawknation.com/2012/11/13/3643420/watch-fsu-basketball-on-line randlieb Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:08:57 -0000 <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://thefirstrow.eu" rel="nofollow">Watch FSU basketball&nbsp;on-line</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><p>Should ba able to watch LIVE just about all (if not all) FSU basketball games this year. Watch out for the pop-ups, though once you close them you should be good to go for the whole game.</p></p></div> http://www.tomahawknation.com/2012/9/26/3412736/screenshots-from-sports-web-sites-after-clemson-game randlieb Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:15:55 -0000 <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.seminoles.com/blog/2012/09/screen-shot-a-look-at-major-sports-sites-after-fsu-beat-clemson.html" rel="nofollow">Screenshots from sports web sites after Clemson&nbsp;game</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><p>A nice collage of FSU's win over Clemson from seminoles.com</p></p></div> http://www.tomahawknation.com/2012/9/11/3316396/new-track-coach-at-fsu randlieb Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:24:37 -0000 <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.seminoles.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/091112aaa.html" rel="nofollow">New Track coach at&nbsp;FSU</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><p>Good story about Dorian Scott, the new throws coach for the track team.</p></p></div> http://www.tomahawknation.com/2012/9/2/3287848/murray-state-replay randlieb Sun, 02 Sep 2012 23:21:44 -0000 <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.seminoles.com/allaccess/?media=332258" rel="nofollow">Murray State game replay on&nbsp;Seminoles.com</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><p>Seminoles.com is replaying the game with Gene's play by play. No need to be an All Access member. Don't know how long it will be up for free.</p></p></div> http://www.tomahawknation.com/2012/7/24/3185025/why-the-ncaas-sanctions-on-penn-state-are-just-dead-wrong randlieb Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:29:48 -0000 <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/169002/why-ncaas-sanctions-penn-state-are-just-dead-wrong#" rel="nofollow">Why the NCAA's Sanctions on Penn State Are Just Dead&nbsp;Wrong</a></h3> <div class="description"><p><p>Something I picked up from The Nation online.</p></p></div>