A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way » Sports http://theludwigs.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:19:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Will you see all 120 FBS teams play in 2009? http://theludwigs.com/2009/09/will-you-see-all-120-fbs-teams-play-in-2009/ http://theludwigs.com/2009/09/will-you-see-all-120-fbs-teams-play-in-2009/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:21:20 +0000 john http://theludwigs.com/?p=3687 Will you see all 120 teams play in 2009? : Fanblogs College Football Blog. I’ve been wondering about this as a goal as well — just seeing a quarter of play from each team. Over 14 weeks of regular season, this is just seeing 4+ games a weekend IF you can magically pick all the games that cover all the teams. Going to need to pay careful attention to the Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday night games to pick up all the lesser programs.

This weekend alone I will aspire to see parts of

  • South Carolina/NC State
  • Utah/Utah State
  • Oregon/Boise State
  • Minnesota/Syracuse
  • Ohio State/Navy
  • Georgia/Ok State
  • SJSU/USC
  • Missouri/Illinois
  • Oklahoma/BYU
  • Alabama/VT
  • Maryland/Cal
  • LSU/UW
  • Colorado State/UC
  • Cincy/Rutgers
  • Miami FL/FSU

OK I probably won’t get all but that would be 30 teams right there. Of course the only somewhat obscure programs would be Utah State, SJSU, and Colorado State.

Perhaps my goal should be to just see the BCS teams — that is 66 teams, a very doable goal. And probably less painful than having to watch lower-division Sunbelt conference teams.

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  • Scanaroo. The idea of something to manage all my cards is cool — one place to see account numbers, 1800 customer service numbers, etc etc etc. But this isn’t it. The shortcoming is the dependency on the iphone camera. If it worked more like snaptell (use the photo to ID the card in a dbase and get all the detailed info and image from a dbase) it would be better.
  • Statplot. Interesting idea, charts for sports junkies. Not a lot of community around my teams yet but will be fun to watch
  • Card.ly. Microsites. If 140 chars is good enough for a message, why should a website need much more? I guess. Ultimately I don’t know what I’d use this for.
  • TuneWiki. Rich loves it, I am not sure I get it yet.
  • Linear Programming using Google Spreadsheets. Is this really what is keeping people tied to Excel?
  • Notepad++ and plugins. Not sure I will stick with, the app is busy
  • SuperUser. This could turn out to be super helpful

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    ]]>     http://theludwigs.com/2009/07/recent-app-trials/feed/ 0     Gearing up for football… http://theludwigs.com/2009/07/gearing-up-for-football-2/ http://theludwigs.com/2009/07/gearing-up-for-football-2/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:20:38 +0000 john http://theludwigs.com/?p=3587 CFN’s Big Ten Preview is up. OSU gets the requisite amount of love. Though OSU needs some defensive players to surprise to achieve the promise of the team.

    OSU picked to finish first at Media Day.

    Here are my hopes for the season:
    * OSU of course defeats SC and goes on to win the Big10
    * Michigan takes steps towards respectability. You can’t have the best rivalry in sports if one of the programs sucks.
    * Someone rises in the west to challenge USC.
    * UW gets up off the mat and makes some progress.
    * Florida and Tebow take a dive. I am so sick of the Tebow-gasm in the press every day. My 2nd favorite team every weekend will be whoever is playing Florida.

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    ]]>     http://theludwigs.com/2009/07/gearing-up-for-football-2/feed/ 0     2000 and counting… http://theludwigs.com/2009/05/2000-and-counting/ http://theludwigs.com/2009/05/2000-and-counting/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 15:15:27 +0000 john http://theludwigs.com/?p=3518 I didn’t note this yesterday tho many did — 2000+ days since OSU has last lost to UM, as the counter on the Dispatch page constantly advises. Still haven’t fully recovered from the shame of the Cooper years but an excellent start. Though the rivalry needs a little more drama if it is to remain the top rivalry in sports.

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    ]]>     http://theludwigs.com/2009/05/2000-and-counting/feed/ 0     ALMS Weekend at Miller Motorsports Park — links http://theludwigs.com/2009/05/alms-weekend-at-miller-motorsports-park-links/ http://theludwigs.com/2009/05/alms-weekend-at-miller-motorsports-park-links/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 15:00:03 +0000 john http://theludwigs.com/?p=3516 @MMP_Utah…@ALMSnotes…ALMS racehub…Miller Motorsports Park…GruppeOrange…SpeedTV schedule

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    ]]>     http://theludwigs.com/2009/05/alms-weekend-at-miller-motorsports-park-links/feed/ 0     Race season starts in our household http://theludwigs.com/2009/05/race-season-starts-in-our-household/ http://theludwigs.com/2009/05/race-season-starts-in-our-household/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 01:23:21 +0000 john http://theludwigs.com/2009/05/race-season-starts-in-our-household/ Good luck this weekend to GruppeOrange Racing in Tooele. Is the ALMS race on TV live? Must look for.

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    ]]>     http://theludwigs.com/2009/05/race-season-starts-in-our-household/feed/ 0     Back from the Fiesta Bowl http://theludwigs.com/2009/01/back-from-the-fiesta-bowl/ http://theludwigs.com/2009/01/back-from-the-fiesta-bowl/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:08:24 +0000 john http://theludwigs.com/?p=3313 The 4th quarter was epic. Entered the quarter feeling terrible after the miserable offensive output in the 3rd, but then rose to a high with just 2 minutes left in the game as OSU went ahead, and then thought we closed out Texas once or twice on the final drive, and then a crashing low when they scored.
    Our failure to capitalize on our first half offensive success killed us, and our inability to sustain an offensive possession in the 3rd killed us again. The defense did an admirable job.
    We sat in a predominantly Texas section and the fans were all super nice. The facility is nice, tho lacks the setting and the noise level of Sun Devil Stadium.
    There were many empty seats on the Texas side and many more on the OSU side. It was an announced sellout but…]
    Next year…

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    ]]>     http://theludwigs.com/2009/01/back-from-the-fiesta-bowl/feed/ 0     College Football Polls – CBSSports.com 120, BCS and AP Top 25 http://theludwigs.com/2008/10/college-football-polls-cbssportscom-120-bcs-and-ap-top-25/ http://theludwigs.com/2008/10/college-football-polls-cbssportscom-120-bcs-and-ap-top-25/#comments Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:39:07 +0000 john http://theludwigs.com/2008/10/college-football-polls-cbssportscom-120-bcs-and-ap-top-25/ College Football Polls – CBSSports.com 120, BCS and AP Top 25. Wow the polls this week are a total hash. I’m starting to believe we need a playoff. No problem with the top 3 in some order. But SC #4 in the coaches ahead of Oklahoma? SC did not look that good Saturday. And Texas Tech has beaten exactly no one and rises to 5? Oklahoma State beats a vastly overrated Missouri and climbs 7 spots? There are going to be a lot of changes going forward. Texas plays Missouri, Ok State, and Texas Tech in the next 3 weeks, and Texas Tech and Ok State match up, so this mess will all get straightened out. My bet is Texas wins all those and stays near the top, and Oklahoma rises back up near the top. No real problem with the Buckeyes at 11, they need to demonstrate that they are a complete team and have yet to do that.

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    ]]>     http://theludwigs.com/2008/10/college-football-polls-cbssportscom-120-bcs-and-ap-top-25/feed/ 0     Player safety? Bah…. (Blogging the Buckeyes) http://theludwigs.com/2008/10/player-safety-bah-blogging-the-buckeyes/ http://theludwigs.com/2008/10/player-safety-bah-blogging-the-buckeyes/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:23:25 +0000 john http://theludwigs.com/2008/10/player-safety-bah-blogging-the-buckeyes/ Player safety? Bah…. (Blogging the Buckeyes). Not only do we not pay these kids, but we don’t protect them as well as we protect football-playing adults.  That is pretty sad.

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    ]]>     http://theludwigs.com/2008/10/player-safety-bah-blogging-the-buckeyes/feed/ 0     College Football Links http://theludwigs.com/2008/08/college-football-links/ http://theludwigs.com/2008/08/college-football-links/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:16:06 +0000 john http://theludwigs.com/2008/08/college-football-links/ 15 must-haves for the 2008 college football season! : Fanblogs College Football Blog. — very helpful list of sites for stats, results, injury reports, etc etc etc

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