We have quite the race going on with Alex Smith in the lead, largely because she and Matt Baker were the only two to pick both semi-finals correctly. I think it was safe to say that Alabama and Georgia are the class of college football. Poor Cincinnati and Michigan were outclassed.
Today, we have five games to finish out our contest. It should be a festival of fun. I have great memories of watching football with RC. Of course, there was always the discussion with Tim as to whether a receiver should be able to catch a pass if he could touch it. Tim, a proponent of superhuman capability, would always argue that any contact with a ball, no matter how slight, should enable the receiver to complete the reception. RC was more practical of course, which would lead to some back and forth and then a conclusion of laughter. RC also had real ideas about how to improve the game. While I cannot remember the specifics of the rule - maybe the two folks who read this blog can help me out - RC did not like field goals and proposed a system by which teams would only be able to attempt field goals on certain occasions. Even prior to analytics, RC felt teams would be much better off going for more fourth down conversions, making games higher scoring and more exciting. One last note, as Notre Dame is playing today. RC always picked Notre Dame in the beginning years of the pool. We all hated Notre Dame of course, and many of us would pick against them out of spite. RC resisted that and actually won the pool once because of that ability. I learned well from that, and try to resist picking with my heart. Perhaps we all should have resisted that when North Carolina lost this year. Just for grins I am one of the few who picked against Notre Dame this year. I join our leader Alex in that sentiment though. So, the Fiesta Bowl is shaping to be of major consequence in this year's contest. (Not for me though as I have been horrible this year.)
Be good. Talk with you soon.
-The Commish
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