In case y'all want to watch Iowa State recruit Wes Eikmeier's state championship game in Nebraska, here is a link for you.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXX

Hi, over at Royals Review I've profiled Mt. Pleasant, which happens to be, strangely enough, a KC Royals Radio affiliate.

http://www.royalsreview.com/story/20...

Hey there,

I'm looking for 4 lower level tickets to the KU game on the 27th?

My wife's granfather turns 80 this month and is a long-time supporter of the team and we'd love to take him to the game to celebrate!

Please drop me a line at-

mikvogel "at" gmail dot com

Thanks!

MV

Okay, so last time around, I talked about Points Per Play (PPP) as the football version of Slugging %.  In baseball, OPS (On-Base + Slugging) is one of the most telling, easy, reliable stats around.  It’s great because it’s flexible.  There are two different ways to put together a strong OPS—either by getting on base a lot or by hitting for power—and the best hitters do both.  You find consistency and explosiveness in one measure.

So if PPP is equivalent to Slugging % (explosiveness), what’s equivalent to On-Base % (consistency)?  Success Rate, that’s what.

In its most basic form, Success Rate is simply the percentage of time in which a play is deemed ‘successful’.  It is a measure I culled from Football Outsiders and tweaked to fit my own purposes.  How is ‘success’ determined?

Hey, this is The Boy from Rock M Nation.  I posted this over at Sunday Morning QB a couple days ago, but I figured I might as well post it on the Big 12 blogs too...let me know what you think.

OFFSEASON PROJECT!  Over at RMN, I’ve been playing with the ‘Beyond the Box Score’ idea (calling it that as an ode to the wonderful SBN sabermetrics blog of the same name) as it applies to college football stats.

I’ve been cranking out play-by-plays for 2007 games as fast as possible—as I post for a Mizzou blog, I’ve focused on Big 12 teams, Mizzou opponents, and teams with fellow Heisman finalists—but this is a massive undertaking, and I need some volunteers to enter play-by-play for the games I have yet to enter from the 2007.  They take about 30-45 minutes each, and I’m figuring I’ll need about 6-10 volunteers to finish this stuff in a timely enough fashion to do something about it before the 2008 season starts orbiting everybody’s attention span, so...actually, how about I just show you why I’m doing this?

I turned it on to allow unregistered people to comment, but you should totally get an account, since it's the cool thing to do.

--CC

Deece made the point on the CyHawk State of the Nations show (which I love, despite sometimes being unable to handle Miller) last week that Chizek may have basically refused to throw to Bylthe/spread the field because he's trying to establish the new Cyclone style/identity/etc. (Dude has given the same analysis multiple times, including last season re: McDermott.)

I really found this fairly ridiculous, even more so because he was supportive of this strategy. The idea that "I'll lose/run un productive plays because I'm establishing some macho attitude" is so incredibly misguided... and yet, sometimes I actually get that vibe from ole Gene.

Anyway, this is mostly just a side rant on a major problem in sports, namely the idea that certain ways of playing are somehow morally superior to others. (Small ball over walks/power in baseball, SEC behemoth ball over a spread offense in football etc.) All that should matter is winning, no matter how you do it...

I'm new to blogging, so I ask, are diaries the same as threads? I wish to discuss the Coach McFarland interview posted at CN, but I don't know what format here to use.

If Tibbs moves from RT to OG, as McFarland suggests in the interview, I've got some questions that might open up a discussion:

  1. Is Tibbs being counted on to play guard? If so, since I believe a three-man rotation is what the coaches prefer, who's out? (Tibbs, Schmeling, Stephens, Blaes, also Alvarez was backup at RG during spring ball, I believe.)

Scroll down to Ethan Tuftee.

Pretty freakin' cool, even if it's piddly.

Oh boy.

Ranking the top 40 players in the Big 12, Dienhart again shows that he has no idea about Iowa State. The Cyclones' two representatives on the list are Alvin Bowen at #12 and Bret Meyer at #33.

Sure seems like someone is missing, doesn't it?

Diaries are a unique feature of the SBNation and are meant to empower the community.  They are located right beneath the front page poll on the right hand side.  This is a spot for you to post news, thoughts or general ideas not related to the main threads/posts. There are buttons below the posting area to help you with your diaries.

Many SBNation sites have established and well-updated diary sections that provide as much to the site as the main blogger. Everyone is encouraged to start a diary if they feel like it, if even just to give it a try. You might as well go for it. You can even add extra info that someone could click through to....