Recent content by dhappy42

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    Baseball Is Broken (on the field, proposed rule changes, attendance, etc.)

    The lane rule has always been weird. Good riddance. The pitch clock timing was fine. No need to tweak, but I’d prefer one time, say 20 seconds, regardless of whether there are runners or not. Simpler.
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    Everything Zen: 2023 Michigan Football

    Maybe, but I’m less interested in whether Stalions actually broke the rules than I am in whether he and others believed they were violating the rules or exploiting loopholes. I think if they were knowingly breaking the rules they’d have made an effort to hide it. It’s relevant with regard to...
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    Everything Zen: 2023 Michigan Football

    Is it possible that Stalions and whoever else knew about his sign-stealing scheme thought it was legal, i.e. that it exploited loopholes in the NCAA rules instead of violating them? That might explain why the scheme was so brazen, with no attempt to hide it. NCAA Rule 1-11-h prohibits recording...
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    CFB 2023 Week 12: A thread chasing the points early

    51-45 doesn’t seem like much of an ass kicking.More like a close game.
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    CFB 2023 Week 12: A thread chasing the points early

    Who kicked Michigan’s ass last year?
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    Everything Zen: 2023 Michigan Football

    First, “minimal competitive advantage” isn’t my analysis. It’s the NCAA’s. Second, it’s not clear that Michigan did it. Right now it appears to have been a scheme carried out by a low-level recruiting analyst, perhaps with financing from a booster. But it’s a good question. Every team steals...