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re: Post your unpopular sports opinions
Posted on 10/24/13 at 9:13 am to SwaggerCopter
Posted on 10/24/13 at 9:13 am to SwaggerCopter
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The fairest way to decide a championship is to have every team play each team home and away, and the team with the best record wins the championship. It doesn't always have the excitement of playoffs. But the Manchester City title over United a couple years back was the most exciting finish in sports.
agree with the first part, disagree with the second. Sure, the round robin home and home is indisputably the most fair system.
It is also routinely the most boring. Playoffs are exciting. They are also unfair. As a fan, I choose exciting over fairness.
The champion is not the "best" team. they are just the team that won the title. But I'd rather watch a pressure packed playoff game, knowing full well it doesn't determine the "best" team, mainly because it is more exciting, while still having some semblance of fairness. (It's not as unfair as, say, just having the last game, regardless, determine the winner of the league).
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Posted on 10/24/13 at 9:18 am to Baloo
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(It's not as unfair as, say, just having the last game, regardless, determine the winner of the league).
Are you on crazy pills? That's not unfair. Both teams play the same schedule.
And I'm going to inform you how City won the title, since clearly you don't know. They scored TWO goals in stoppage time against QPR to take the lead for the title, while United simultaneously won. Every United fan (think Yankees) was already celebrating, and then City shocked the world.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 9:20 am to SwaggerCopter
ya but thats rare. Conceivably the season can be done and the final week of a season mean nothing. A playoff you are guaranteed excitement of a meaningful game every week.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 9:21 am to TN Bhoy
quote:I agree, the fanbase now is weak and spoiled
LSU's fans have gotten much worse...and it has nothing to do with corporations or the pricing out of the poor
Posted on 10/24/13 at 9:27 am to fightingtiger2335
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Conceivably the season can be done and the final week of a season mean nothing. A playoff you are guaranteed excitement of a meaningful game every week.
Well this is why qualifying for Champions League and Europa is cool. The relegation battle also makes things interesting.
But this has gotten off topic. I am the type of sports fans who appreciates great teams. It pisses me off that the undefeated Patriots will never have an NFL title. The excitement of playoffs ruins sports history. Then we have a bunch of people saying players aren't good because they don't succeed in a fluky playoff.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 9:32 am to SwaggerCopter
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Are you on crazy pills? That's not unfair. Both teams play the same schedule.
If you just took the last team to win a game, regardless of schedule, as the champ.... no, that would be incredibly unfair. Really exciting though. But it would be funny to see an 0-19 team win its last game and be declared the champ.
I do know how City won the title. Yes, one time it worked out. Usually, the title is a bore. And you know that, too. You don't get to point to the one time it was great, and pretend that its the norm. It's not. It's usually a massive blowout. Man U won the title last year by beating Aston Villa 3-0 on the final day. The year prior to City's title, Man U won the title by securing a 1-1 draw against Blackburn, a team that was relegated the following year.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 9:36 am to Ford Frenzy
Spoiled yes. Weak? Meh. When its a big game in the eyes of Tiger fans its just as strong as it ever was. Its just since spoiled maybe only 1 big game a year. But that 1 big game a year is still crazy. When LSU is considered an underdog is when LSU fans are at their best.
-Because it's a LSU based board people on here think that our problems are specific to us. There is 0 perspective from people who don't look elsewhere. I see the same posts on here on a BUffalobills message board I post on. I.E. Fans are weak, no group complains about their team more than us, why would any FA/recruit come play for this fanbase.
It really is the same thing for every single fanbase.
- College baseball is just the worst. I can't seriously talk sports with someone who think College baseball is better than college basketball. I just go ahead and assume you are just a huge bandwagon fan because LSU is good at one and not the other.
- I love LSU basketball more than any sport and can do without a bandwagon. It drives me nuts when we do slightly well and after a loss threads like " First game to watch all year and man this team isn't good".
- ND earned their spot in the title game last year . Regardless of how looked in title game. LSU looked same in title game year before. ND special treatment is overblown in this generation. If you're under 30 you have no real reason to hate ND.
- I think people who don't like basketball are generally racist.
- If you hate a city in one sport you can't be a fan of a team in same city in another sport. I.E. hate Atlanta and the whole city during Falcons season but love the Braves and its fans during Braves season.
- Kobes first 3 titles are titles Shaq carried him to. To get credit for rings in any argument you should have been best player on that team.
- Really good white basketball players get hated on far more by other fan bases because we can relate to them and wish we had that skill. Jealousy
i.e. Any duke player , Tyler H., etc.
-Because it's a LSU based board people on here think that our problems are specific to us. There is 0 perspective from people who don't look elsewhere. I see the same posts on here on a BUffalobills message board I post on. I.E. Fans are weak, no group complains about their team more than us, why would any FA/recruit come play for this fanbase.
It really is the same thing for every single fanbase.
- College baseball is just the worst. I can't seriously talk sports with someone who think College baseball is better than college basketball. I just go ahead and assume you are just a huge bandwagon fan because LSU is good at one and not the other.
- I love LSU basketball more than any sport and can do without a bandwagon. It drives me nuts when we do slightly well and after a loss threads like " First game to watch all year and man this team isn't good".
- ND earned their spot in the title game last year . Regardless of how looked in title game. LSU looked same in title game year before. ND special treatment is overblown in this generation. If you're under 30 you have no real reason to hate ND.
- I think people who don't like basketball are generally racist.
- If you hate a city in one sport you can't be a fan of a team in same city in another sport. I.E. hate Atlanta and the whole city during Falcons season but love the Braves and its fans during Braves season.
- Kobes first 3 titles are titles Shaq carried him to. To get credit for rings in any argument you should have been best player on that team.
- Really good white basketball players get hated on far more by other fan bases because we can relate to them and wish we had that skill. Jealousy
i.e. Any duke player , Tyler H., etc.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 10:25 am to fightingtiger2335
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- If you hate a city in one sport you can't be a fan of a team in same city in another sport. I.E. hate Atlanta and the whole city during Falcons season but love the Braves and its fans during Braves season.
yup. frick this.
-college basketball regular season is WAY MORE meaningful than college football. this opinion is only unpopular because people are stupid. every game in college basketball affects your postseason seeding (conference tourney or ncaa) in some way. every single one. you can lose games and still be right in the thick of things. it is awesome. college football diehards are all "every game matters!" but that only applies to like 10 teams. georgia is about to play like 6 more games that dont mean shite.
This post was edited on 10/24/13 at 10:26 am
Posted on 10/24/13 at 11:45 am to Tigerfan56
Tom Brady is that good. Bill Belichick has been riding him for years even with sub par players and a weak division. When Brady retires, Bill will go shortly after.
CFB has the best format for determining who the best team is.
If a school's athletic program can't be self sufficient. It needs to be pitched.
CFB has the best format for determining who the best team is.
If a school's athletic program can't be self sufficient. It needs to be pitched.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 12:04 pm to SwaggerCopter
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I don’t believe in playoffs to decide league titles. A team should not be penalized simply because they don't matchup well with ONE team (in the playoffs).
If team B can beat teams C, F, H, and J, and those are the teams they play in the playoffs, are they really more deserving than team A, who can beat everyone (including team B) but team C who they lose to in the second round of the playoffs?
The fairest way to decide a championship is to have every team play each team home and away, and the team with the best record wins the championship. It doesn't always have the excitement of playoffs. But the Manchester City title over United a couple years back was the most exciting finish in sports.
This is pretty fascinating. How about only 4 teams make the playoffs and then a Round Robin Tournament wins?
Posted on 10/24/13 at 12:05 pm to alajones
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If a school's athletic program can't be self sufficient. It needs to be pitched.
this is unpopular because people like that college sports exist
This post was edited on 10/24/13 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 10/24/13 at 12:22 pm to Tigerfan56
NHL & MLB are the best post season in sports.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 12:29 pm to Tigerfan56
DH rule is terrible.
Brady is overrated. He's won 0 Super Bowls without cheating.
I have no problem with safety rules in football. It's awkward now, but the players and game will adapt.
I have no problem with running up the score beginning with the varsity level, ever, and I rarely have a problem with it below varsity.
Brady is overrated. He's won 0 Super Bowls without cheating.
I have no problem with safety rules in football. It's awkward now, but the players and game will adapt.
I have no problem with running up the score beginning with the varsity level, ever, and I rarely have a problem with it below varsity.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 12:32 pm to Tigerfan56
Cubs will win the world series within the next 10 years.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 12:41 pm to Geauxing for 3
90 percent of football have no fricking clue what a West Coast Offense or a Prevent Defense is, but they use it to describe any team that throws the football and any defense that blows a lead in the last 2 minutes.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 12:45 pm to Tigerfan56
LeBron is top 5 all time already and has a very real shot at passing Jordan, even if some don't want to or never will admit it.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 12:59 pm to Starchild
MLB season should end with the World Series around Labor Day (late Aug/early Sep).
NFL should get rid of pre-season games entirely and just play the regular season.
MLB should not be allowed to draft players from high school - must be out 3 years like football.
NFL should get rid of pre-season games entirely and just play the regular season.
MLB should not be allowed to draft players from high school - must be out 3 years like football.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 1:06 pm to cafeaulait19
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MLB should not be allowed to draft players from high school - must be out 3 years like football.
What possible good could come from that?
Posted on 10/24/13 at 1:31 pm to Wayne Campbell
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Matt Barkley will retire as the universally recognized greatest QB to ever play. Point, blank, period. Not a USC fan. Not even close. I just feel it in my bones.
Read through the entire thread, and this was the boldest opinion by far.
Posted on 10/24/13 at 1:56 pm to Wayne Campbell
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What possible good could come from that?
Better college baseball! Hence why it's not popular, but I like college baseball better than MLB.
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