Episode 28 - Know Your Mid-Majors: Atlantic 10

Today's Know Your Mid-Majors is on the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10).

This conference is the current home of recent Final Four participants George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth.

In the summer of 2014, Davidson College will be joining this conference.

Here are the schools of the A-10 for 2013-14:

• Dayton
• Duquesne (Mike can now confirm he does have relatives who attended this Pittsburgh school)
• Fordham (their Rams are the namesake of the NFL St. Louis Rams)
• George Mason
• George Washington (the most expensive school in the country, per Tony Kornheiser)
• La Salle
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island
• Richmond
• St. Bonaventure
• St. Joseph's
• St. Louis (a Jesuit school; not to be confused with the public UM-St. Louis, which is a DII school)
• Virginia Commonwealth

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Props to American Soccer Future

If you missed our promotion and relegation discussion, no worries.  Another blog picked it up.

The blog American Soccer Future picked up the audio from our discussion for their audience with our permission and blessing.  You can check out their posting of the discussion at this link.

NFL Regular Season Finale

The NFL regular season is over.  So, how did Mike and Tim do with their picks, both original and adjusted?

Division	Mike's Picks		Tim's Picks		Actual
	Original	Adjusted	Original	Adjusted
NFC North	Green Bay	Green Bay	Green Bay	Green Bay	Green Bay
NFC South	Atlanta	New Orleans	Atlanta	New Orleans	Carolina
NFC East	NY Giants	Dallas	NY Giants	Washington	Philadelphia
NFC West	St. Louis	Seattle	Seattle	Seattle	Seattle
NFC Wild Cards	New Orleans Washington	Chicago Detroit	San Francisco Washington	Chicago San Francisco	New Orleans San Francisco
AFC North	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	Cincinnati
AFC South	Indianapolis	Indianapolis	Indianapolis	Indianapolis	Indianapolis
AFC East	New England	New England	New England	New England	New England
AFC West	Denver	Denver	Denver	Denver	Denver
AFC Wild Cards	Baltimore Pittsburgh	Kansas City no pick	Cincinnati Houston	Cincinnati Kansas City	Kansas City San Diego

Pick Set	Division Winners	Wild Cards	Over/Underestimations	Total Teams Correct
Mike's Original	5	1	0	6
Mike's Adjusted	6	1	1	8
Tim's Original	5	1	1	7
Tim's Adjusted	5	2	2	9

In case you're wondering about the Super Bowl:

Mike's original: Atlanta over New England - BATSU GAME DECIDED!!
Mike's revised: New Orleans over New England
Tim's original: Denver over NY Giants
Tim's revised: Denver over Seattle

Batsu games goes to:

• Mike for his original picks (6 correct vs. Tim's 7)
• Mike for his adjusted picks (8 correct vs. Tim's 9)

Pro leagues: Promotion & Relegation

Normally with this podcast (and corresponding blog), we don't publish others' materials unless we have a very good reason to do so. This is one of those times.

I just came across this video explaining the concept of promotion and relegation.  The video does a great job of explaining the concept to those who may not be familiar with the concept.

Also, since we recently devoted a podcast episode on the topic, it seemed appropriate to get an outside voice to comment on the issue.

Episode 27 - Know Your Mid-Majors: Missouri Valley

Today is Know Your Mid-Majors, and today's conference: the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Missouri Valley is the second-oldest conference in Division I (after the Big Ten) and spun off the former Big 8 Conference (now merged with a few Texas schools to form the Big 12).  It is also home to Wichita State, one of last year's Final Four participants.

The current members of this conference are:

• Bradley
• Drake
• Evansville
• Illinois State
• Indiana State
• Loyola Chicago
• Missouri State
• Northern Iowa
• Southern Illinois
• Wichita State

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Episode 26 - Las Vegas Sports Discussion

Should Las Vegas - the gambling capital of the United States, located in the middle of a desert - host a major pro sports team?  That the discussion Mike and Tim have in today's episode.

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Episode 25 - Where Are They Now? Part 2

Since the first installment of "Where Are They Now?" was a hit among us, we decided to do it again.

Today's athletes we're looking at are:

• Eddie Kennison
• Mike Piazza
• Mookie Blaylock
• Michael Johnson
• Jennifer Capriati

Here is video of Kennison's June 2012 appearance on KCPT's The Local Show:





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