Stories Currently Affecting Sun Devils

by Cory Williams on Feb 17, 2009 9:39 AM MST in General News

Quick recap of today's Sun Devil buzz on the interwebs:

1. Sun Devil fans are miffed about Joe Lunardi's bracketology seeding, where ASU stays as a 7 seed.

2. Herb Sendek thinks the Pac-10 deserves more love from the selection committee.

3. In case you missed Tim Floyd's freakshow on Sunday night, here's a clip.

4. The Oregonian ranks us 2nd in the Pac-10 power rankings.

5. I love ~~this op-ed~~ (broken link: thank you DBacksSkins for the updated link) from the Daily Wildcat (Tucson).

ESPN overrates the ACC and Big East to drive up ratings - no surprise that the "Worldwide leader in sports" has lucrative television contracts with both conferences.

Prime example: Notre Dame, Georgetown and Duke, a team somehow still in the top 10 after losing four of its last six games.

It's a lot easier to sell a game between two "top-10" East Coast teams than it would be to market Gonzaga vs. ASU.

Then again, why would the Wildcats want to be ranked? They've thrived in the underdog role and seem to be comfortable without all the added extra pressure which is why rankings are stupid.

I have to love that analytical tact.

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Broken link

They consolidated the “Pro” and “Con” editorials at the Daily Wildcat: Link

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 17, 2009 11:03 AM MST reply actions

Hilarious

Of course, rankings would be stupid when you’re not in them. I’m guessing all those years when we had to look up at them, the rankings were just fine. Hypocrites.

by Beatuofa on Feb 17, 2009 3:31 PM MST reply actions

Read the article.

It’s a Pro vs. Con piece. That’s only the anti-rankings half.

But naturally, where you stand depends on where you sit.

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 17, 2009 3:52 PM MST up reply actions

Pro vs. Con is a legitimate platform, I won’t disagree. But the very statement that “rankings are stupid” implies a lack of linguistic articulation on the part of the author. Should they have been more eloquent with their choice of prose, I would not have had any problem with such commentary.

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by Cory Williams on Feb 17, 2009 4:28 PM MST up reply actions

Ah.

If you’re critical based on that poorly-constructed run-on sentence and poorly-conceived argument it conveys, then I fully agree. That was embarrassing.

We are truly in the presense of greatness here…-- unnamedDBacksfan

by DbacksSkins on Feb 17, 2009 4:42 PM MST up reply actions

Exactly, and I am glad you agree. Here is how I would have said it…
Puts on Wildcat homer goggles
“The ranking system gives ESPN an opportunity to market their prime time matchups as more significant. With their east coast bias well documented, it is unimportant for us as Wildcat fans to value the ranking system as a legitimate source of team quality. We need to look only as far as our box scores and the home bench at the McKale center to know just how valuable our team will be come March. In the end, the rankings are superfluous and are of no real consequence to the selection committee.”

House Of Sparky: An Arizona State Sun Devils blog

by Cory Williams on Feb 17, 2009 4:53 PM MST up reply actions