The View From Wisconsin

Just a random set of rants from a Sports Fan from Wisconsin.

Cinderella's Still Dancing

I want to meet anyone - anyone - who actually had George Mason in their Final Four brackets.

On to what's important:

A certain blogger we all know and love recently suggested in his Blog entry for March 26 that the NHL needs to consider switching to three points for a win. This is incredibly wrong on the most basic of levels: as soon as you change the point value for a win, the game stops being about winning and starts being about something else. It doesn't matter if it's a difference in when you win - it's not about winning at any time. To paraphrase the Bard: "A win is a win is a win is a win." Either you keep the two-points-for-a-win method, or you scrap points and just go with wins.

I've noticed something while listening to the game broadcasts of other teams for Predators games (other than the inability of announcers to pronounce the simplest of names; I didn't know that Alex Rodriguez played for the Predators - the Kings announcer kept saying "puck goes over to A-rod" every time Martin Erat touched the puck). The Preds come out with fire for the first 20 minutes of the game, and then collapse in the second. The Ducks and Kings broadcasters kept talking about how the Preds were using their speed in the first period; then they've collapsed after that point. I don't know much about coaching, but I'd start doing some changes in rolling out lines and defensive scheming if this keeps up.

Bucky Badger is doing okay so far against Cornell - though there's no score after one. Meanwhile the BBOS (Badger Babes On Skates) are puttin' a whoopin' on the Gophers, 3-0 with about 17 minutes to go in the game. It would be great if we could pull off the double title grab, but too many things can go wrong - this I know.

# posted by Joseph Houk @ 4:39 PM - 0 comments