It is no accident that SMU and Baylor are hard at work crafting the Biggest Returns in NCAA History from Devasting Scandals of the Past. SMU's was The Death Penalty in 1987 that held College Football in Dallas back for a Generation where once full crowds at the Cotton Bowl and Texas Stadium dwindled to a small few of the Student Body, Alumni and the Community. Baylor's was coming out of the Dennehy Scandal in the Summer of 2003 where they where yanked Postseason Play and later, even a Non-Conference Schedule. With Bryce Drew and June Jones, taking jobs at Baylor and SMU was no easy deal because Drew made his name in Indiana as a High School and College Coach, most notably for Valpo's 1998 Upset Run through the NCAA Tournament and June Jones most notably resurrected a once flagging Coaching Career in Hawaii by helping Hawaii have gone from Worst in the Country in 1998 to the lone IA Unbeaten in 2007. I think the next act for Baylor Basketball would be to vanquish Duke in their own city for their First Ever Men's Final Four and potentially, down the line, a National Championship. SMU next Fall, I could see them going from 1 Win in 2008 all the way up to 10 Wins and a Conference USA Championship in 2010, but, they have to get through to the likes of Houston,Rice, and Tulsa.

 Here is a highly underrated topic College Football ought to cover:

Changing Their Overtime! Ever since that 7 OT Arkansas-Ole Miss Super Classic in 2001, I've wanted to find a way to change overtime. My plan on Changing Overtime is have it be set up "Arena Style" so that no one leaves with their hard earned cash going for naught. Here is what should be done:

If the receiving team ends with a field goal, the deferring team would have to score a Touchdown for the win.

If the receiving team ends with a touchdown, the receiving team has the option of only going for a Point After. If that is successful, then if the deferring team scores the touchdown, they have the option of going for a PAT or going for 2. If it is tied 7-7, NEXT SCORE WINS, BUT, IF THE 2 IS SUCCESSFUL, GAME OVER.

Any deferring team interception that produces a Touchdown or a Safety automatically ends the game. I think College Football should aggressively look into the MadCommissioner Overtime Plan for their next rules meeting in 2011.

1	Bradley Smith	48	37	112	47	Kansas (165)
1	Wes Draper	48	36	112	46	Villanova (142)
3	Kyle Franzoni	44	34	108	44	Kansas (127)
4	Bob McGinn	43	34	103	43	Kansas (145)
4	Ed Patton	43	34	103	43	Kansas (83)
6	Gerard Brady (2)	41	32	149	43	Syracuse (125)
6	marcy harner	41	32	89	39	Kansas (147)
6	steve demarco (2)	41	32	69	38	Kansas (143)
9	Darren Gentry	40	30	104	40	Kansas (149)
9	john ciampa (2)	40	31	148	42	Syracuse (120)
9	Stephen Felber (2)	40	33	104	43	Kansas (180)
12	Kevin Faigle	39	31	135	40	Syracuse (150)
12	Kevin Sullivan (2)	39	31	135	40	Kentucky (165)
12	steve demarco (1)	39	31	99	40	Georgetown (138)
15	Gerard Brady (1)	38	31	94	39	Kansas (175)
16	john ciampa (1)	37	28	125	37	Kentucky (120)
16	Wendy Morin (1)	37	29	101	39	Kansas (145)
18	Jeff Thomas Thomas	36	28	100	38	Kansas (146)
18	Kevin Sullivan (1)	36	29	132	38	Syracuse (166)
20	Andrew Patton	35	28	83	35	Kansas (187)
21	Stephen Felber (1)	34	27	86	35	Kansas (165)
22	Mike Strohmer	32	27	84	35	Kansas (126)
23	Wendy Morin (2)	30	26	46	29	Texas (145)

Sweet 16 standings through the first 2 rounds.

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“Here We Go Again”

Alright everyone...

Because Kansas doesn't like to play well with others, we need to try this again...

Same as the first.

2 Brackets per person

Sweet-Sixteen through Final.

Best of luck

S.

As we are in the middle of March Madness, I thought I would share a story on why I AM NEVER LATE, EVER...PERIOD.

Growing up in northwest Indiana, one was either a Purdue fan or Indiana fan.  I was an IU fan and with that came the man, Bobby Knight.  So, going into my 8th grade year I signed up to attend the IU basketball camp.  If you have never been on IU's campus, it is beautiful and they conduct most of the camp out of the HYPR, which is a string of probably 10-13 courts.

Anyway, I am at Bob Knight's camp, summer of '83, I believe - John Cougar's "Small Town" was being taped on campus, etc.  So I get to meet Dan Dakich, Joby Wright and stay in the dorms on campus...cool stuff for a kid.  I remember always wearing a George Gervin jersey so I was nicknamed "Ice" at the camp.  I didn't exactly possess his silky smooth skills, but I could hold my own. 

As you attend Knight's camp he has a bunch of lesser known coaches running the camp.  He addresses the camp on the front end and gives a speach the night before the camp ends.  Now, love Knight or hate him - you have to know that he was literally a hero in the state of Indiana - larger than life.  He spoke, you listened.  So, I get through the camp...me and my buddy rooming together and had a late scrimmage the evening Knight was supposed to speak.  We shower, he takes off as I wasn't quite ready and I am like, "Where the hell did he go?"  So I get out of the shower and realize I am running way late, so I sprint from the dorms over to where Knight is scheduled and I get to the building, to the area where Knight is and realize..."Oh shit!"  He has already begun.  So, I decide to sneak in to along the side and Knight looks over at me and says, "Come here!"  Now remember, I am what - 12 years old?  I turn beat red and say, "Yes Sir."  He says, "Why is it you are late? I tell him and he proceeds to make me do 100 pushups in front of the entire camp...easily over 1,000 kids and coaches. 

Moral of the story:  DON'T BE LATE!  Love 'em or hate 'em, Knight was good at giving life lessons...sometimes in a professional manner, sometimes not so much.  Anyway, hope you enjoyed that because it was literally something I look back at with fondness thinking of the glory days of IU hoops.