It's people like Gary Parrish......

[pogo]

That is exactly what I said but you may have waxed more eloquently. :good:

[ShockerFever]

ASM, make sure you filter the sh*t next time please.


How does Parrish know what ratings are gonna be like? Have we ever had a mid vs. mid national championship? He's assuming a lot, which is stupid.

And don't tell me that Northern Iowa beating Michigan State to reach the ELITE EIGHT isn't cool. Sometimes it's more than about the names on the front of the jerseys Mr. Parrish.

And I think it's safe to say that no, we don't miss Kansas from being in the tournament.

[DUShock]

So when hes like "WSU r0xor5" then we like him.

But when formulates a opinion that we dont like hes and idiot.

Well how about this.

HES RIGHT.

Yeah for us that follow mid major teams and know what kind of disrespect they see we would watch a Cornell Vs UNI final.

But we are a minority. The vast majority of people in the world dont give two shits about any team not in a power conference. Some are ignorant and idiotic. Some have some knowledge but stick to their guns.

But you people have to quit flip flopping. You will never be able to have your cake and eat it too.

I disagree...

[Shox21]

IMO a final four with 2 mids vs 2 majors would be ideal. It's when you have mids against mids that people begin to stop paying attention.

It seemed to me the WSU vs George Mason game in 2006 was a hot draw, but mainly because it was a rematch due to the bracketbuster -- but still -- not all mid-v-mid games don't draw good ratings.

It didn't hurt that George Mason was just down the road from where the game was played.

[shockmonster]

I like the way the tourney is going. If they would have seeded UNI higher like they should have, they wouldn't have had to beat KU.

[SpanglerFan316]

That is exactly what I said but you may have waxed more eloquently. :good:

Royal is the King of Waxing. ;-) :D

[SpanglerFan316]

I like the way the tourney is going. If they would have seeded UNI higher like they should have, they wouldn't have had to beat KU YET.

Corrected :D

[Kung Wu]

That is exactly what I said but you may have waxed more eloquently. :good:

Royal is the King of Waxing. ;-) :D

His back is THAT hairy?

[shockball]

Hope it's not a bikini wax.

[MadDog]

As much as I'm a mid major guy all the way, I agree with what Parrish wrote. Look at this years tournament. What are your favorite games? I put them into four groups:

Best games:
UNI vs KU
ODU vs Notre Dame
St. Mary's vs Villanova

Worst games:
any #1 vs #16
Most #2 vs #15

Who cares? games:
Texas vs Wake Forest
Clemson vs Missouri
Oklahomas st vs Georgia Tech

Please don't do this games:
Butler vs UTEP
UNI vs UNLV

I think what most people want to see is the little guy (with a chance to win) take on the big guy. And I agree with him... we don't want to see little guys (with a chance to win) play other little guys with a chance to win. Thats a lose / lose scenario for the little guys. And I also think most people don't want to watch undeserving mediocre big guys play other undeserving mediocre big guys.

I think a final four of UNI vs Syracuse and Duke vs Kentucky with UNI taking on Kentucky, and winning the championship would considered the greatest final four of all time.

Think of our College World Series championship... would you rather had beaten Texas or Cal St Fullerton? Thank you, I'll take Texas :)

[wsushox1]

See thats what I am saying also. He made good points in his articles and he was doing his job and it got a lot of reads I am sure. But I just don't really like him as a columnist to begin with anyways.

[RoyalShock]

I beez flippin' da wax!

[kcshocker11]

What an idiot!

[Zardoz]

I'd like to ask Parrish whats up with the hair? It looks like some kind a of preppy mohawk thing. Or he might just have a really pointy head.
:yes:

I'm going with pointy head. I guessing he's related to Billy Packer the he way he regards non-BCS schools.

[kstarheel]

If it's only about ratings then make sure UNC, KU, Kentucky, UCLA, Indiana, Duke, UConn, Syracuse and Georgetown or Florida are in the sweet 16 every year.
OR you can leave things the way they are and make them earn it.

Give me UNI, Butler, Cornell and St. Mary's...