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Mediocrity doesn’t have to be rewarded.
MITCH BLATT
Sports by Brooks is reporting that the NCAA will expand March Madness to 96 teams.
This (pointless) expansion illustrates a system that is the exact opposite of the BCS system, and, while it is entertaining for what it is, it kind of deligitimizes the regular season.

Let’s assume the point of [...]

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Look out Boise, here comes Eastern Washington and their new red field
SCOTT JACOBS
Green, blue, and.. red?  Why not? says Eastern Washington.  You probably don’t know who they are now, but little Eastern Washington– located in.. you’d never guess– Eastern Washingon– is prepared to role out the, ahem, red carpet, for their ahem again, new red [...]

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The Onion did a report last year that the NCAA was expanding March Madness to 4,096 teams. How prescient. As previously noted on JSB, the NCAA is now expanding the madness to 96 teams.
Yes, this is madness.
NCAA Expands March Madness To Include 4,096 Teams @ Yahoo! Video
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All the same things, but ESPN uses more exciting verbiage.
MITCH BLATT
While browsing ESPN and SI.com this morning, I noticed ESPN and SI had the same topics for almost all their headlines but ESPN’s headlines were framed in a much more exciting manner.
For example, how do the two sites headline a story about Dwight Freeney tearing [...]

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