I did the maths and Minnesota sports fans do not want to read this.

In light of the Vikings losing yesterday, and the last major professional championship coming in 1991 from the Twins, I did some basic math to determine how odd it is that not one of the four major teams has won in 31 years.

There are some assumptions built in here. I assume each team has the same chance to win the championship as any other team in the league that year. It would be a Herculean task to determine the probability of every team in every individual season in every league. So, if MLB had 30 teams, each of these years the Twins had 1/30 chance to win the World Series. (Even less if playing the Yankees in the playoffs!)

The same goes for the NFL, NHL, and NBA. I used the probability of each season and the number of teams in each league. So...

A Minnesota sports team had a 97.9% chance to win a championship since 1992. There was only a 2.1% chance no professional team for Minnesota would win a championship in that time frame.

Pain.

Weekend Upsets with WrestleStat | Week 11 2023

There's a HUGE list of upsets this week, with the big one being Shane Griffith of Stanford dropping to #16 Michael Caliendo of North Dakota State in their dual last weekend.

As you'll notice below, the "Weekend Upsets" have now been opened up to their own page on the website, so you're able to check in on upsets any time of the week.



Williams & Blum Pod: Purdy, Kansas reaction, Tyrese Hunter's return

Enjoy.

Twister Sister Summary - Ladies get out physicalled....again...

We all know when you go to Austin the longhorns will be in your face all game long. It's the way Vic Schaeffer coaches. We also know that the Sisters don't usually handle that very well. UT has been up and down all season and currently is outside the Top 25. So what would we see today? More of the same unfortunately.

The first quarter was a mess of mass proportions. Not only are they messing with the flow of our game with their pressure, but we gave up SIX offensive boards which resulted in points and had FIVE turnovers. That's ridiculous by any standard. Add to that...we missed multiple bunnies. Perhaps feeling the pressure of what was happening and rushing? I don't know...but it wasn't pretty. UT was in control of the entire quarter on both ends.

Joens created a new rebounding record with her first of the game. Passed the great Angie Welle (who of course did it in one less season).

UT was playing aggressive on defense all the way. Our sisters just looked tentative for much of the quarter. By the end UT had a nice 23-15 lead.

The second quarter started with Kane missing a wide open layup. Ryan would hit a rare trey. As an example of just how this game went all day for the sisters, Joens would follow with an air ball trey attempt. The sisters started to get a little feisty and were led by two straight steals by Ryan. Unfortunately at the other end they just couldn't score. But the defense started to pick up and kept things interesting. Joens would score and UT hasn’t scored in over three minutes as the Sisters edged closer at 25-21. Following a free throw, Ryan drove and it’s 26-23.

Unfortunately, another offensive board led to a UT score. At this point it's TEN second chance points for UT. Still, it was a one possession game, but then we turn it over three times and miss shots. It allowed UT to pull away again…32-23. Donarski ends a 2 min drought (this would be a theme on the day) with a trey (one of only two made baskets on the day for her).

We did some good things such as Ryan driving, scoring and getting the harm. The free throw made it a one point game 32-31. But the opposite was true as well as Ashley drew a foul and then we promptly turn it over on the inbounds play. A defensive breakdown followed and UT hit a WIDE open trey. Mistakes kill. This was the story of the night. One step forward, one or two steps backwards.

After another missed bunny by Zingaro, UT had the ball last, but solid defense stops them. At the half it was UT 35-31.

The third quarter would start with sloppy passes on offense. Turnovers ratcheted up up to 11. Joens finally stemmed the bleeding with a trey. UT is eating us up inside as our posts just aren't mobile enough to move with them. On the other end, Zingaro was way to slow going up with ball after a nice feed. She had a wide open shot and it was like watching molasses move. Got blocked.

As we've heard already, ISU is going empty too many possessions between scores. And like the rest of the game, Zingaro makes a STRONG move to tie the game at 42. Good and bad. Ying and Yang. That's the game in a nutshell. The ladies gave up TWO offensive boards on one possession leading to another score. Way too much of this all day. Despite all of our miscues, it was only 46-42 UT with 4 min left.

It's been interesting watching Izzi get her first extended minutes of her ISU career. She's a mixed bag so far. Not strong enough physically. She’s battling though. She made some good baskets with strong moves and missed some bunnies.

Offense keeps missing…four straight possessions with no points. Five possessions after another charge. Three minute plus drought. Six empty possessions.

Zingaro ends the drought with a strong move for two. UT leads 47-42 after three. As messy as this game has been it's a minor miracle it's this close.

The fourth starts with a steal by Zingaro and a dish by Ashley to Zingaro for two. That was pretty! But the wheels start to wobble as UT scores, Ryan fumbles it away for another easy two and the lead is 7. Izzi get's blocked again.

For the next several minutes...heck I'll be blunt...for most of the fourth quarter we are on a scoring drought. Early we had straight empties including turnovers. Our offense AND defense have disappeared. 58-49 UT.

Here's the way it went...
Another three plus min scoring drought
Another Ryan fumble for a turnover. So far 17 turnovers for 19 points.
Game getting away from us. 61-49
Ashley double pumps unnecessarily and gets the ball stolen…
Over four min without a score.
We have a wide open full court break for Lexi and over throw it. Another turnover.
And another turnover by Ryan and she fouls on top of it.
Over SIX minutes without a basket before Joens got a board and scores. UT answers right back and lead by 16.
Another miss.

Get the idea of how the fourth went? No scoring. No defense. Lots of turnovers. A complete melt down. It was a 16-2 UT run. We have one basket in over 7 minutes.

UT wins going away...68-53.

Observations?

What went wrong?
Turnovers - 20
Being dominated in the paint and I mean on both ends
A complete lack of offense of any kind in the fourth
Giving up 10 offensive boards

POG - Joens. 21 points and 6 boards. Not enough of her in the late part of the game.

Ryan - she was a turnover machine. Way to much dribbling and not distributing. EIGHT turnovers. That has to be a record for her.

Donarski - couldn’t make a shot much of the day. 7 points on 2-12 shooting.

Kane/Zingaro - a mixed bag. No defense. Offense had some “oh that was great!" and some "that sucked” moments. 8 points and 4 boards (all by Izzi).

Fritz - like the rest of the guard court had too many turnovers (4) and not enough offense (8j.

Diew - ZERO points and one rebound. She looked lost at times.

The bench.
M&M - not much here. Didn’t take a shot. One board.

Free throws- even this was below average hitting 7-11.

So what did we see? A team that was intimidated out of their game by Texas. After three close quarters the ladies fell completely apart in the fourth. Going 7 plus minutes with only one basket (and in many cases not even getting a shot off) will lose you a lot of games. The defense we saw the last game was MIA much of the second half. The ladies battled to keep it close through three quarters but the extended scoring droughts of 2-3 min at a time throughout the game kept digging holes that the ladies finally couldn’t overcome. Essentially, physical play took them out of their comfort zone. Our posts continue to struggle with Zingaro being the only one with a few bright spots. Time to flush this one down the toilet like so many other visits to Austin. Go home and defend home court.

***NIL Mafia***

Well since it's going to take forever to send out roles I'll post the write up now and answer any questions in between sending roles out.

Hello and welcome everyone to NIL Mafia. There will be a few twists and turns in this game. The regular innos will be ‘Recruits’, all with a star rating, and a $ value attached to that rating.

2 star- $10,000
3 star- $25,000
4 star- $50,000


I will get to 5 stars in a second

Mafia: The Big Schools
The mafia will consist of three people to start, with the potential to grow throughout the game. The mafia will have a recruiting budget of $100,000 to start the game.

Head Coach- Leader of the mafia. As the leader, he is the final say in the mafia’s nightly kill. He will also show up as a recruit whenever investigated. He also will have one instakill to use whenever he wants. If he dies, the instakill dies with him, but the mafia continue to get their nightly kill.

Tamperer- This person will get a nightly investigation. This investigation will tell the mafia the role of the player, and if they are a recruit, how much that player is worth. If the tamperer dies, the nightly investigation dies with him. If the tamperer investigates one of the five stars, the five star will automatically be added to the mafia and the recruiting budget will be wiped out. If they do get a five star, they will earn an additional instakill.

Bag Man- This player is in charge of bidding on recruits. If he dies, the recruiting dies with him.

HOW BIDDING WORKS:

The Bag Man will need to bid the correct amount of money on a recruit for the bid to be successful. HOWEVER, a successful bid does not guarantee a successful recruitment. The recruit will be notified and given the option to accept, or remain uncommitted. They will have two days to decide (if they are recruited on Monday night, they need to let me know by Wednesday night if they accept the offer). If the recruit chooses to remain uncommitted, the offer will remain on the table, and that will be factored into the Bag Man’s budget. The Bag man cannot go over budget

If the Bag Man over bids for a recruit, the bid will be successful, BUT they will lose the money that they bid for him. Example: If they bid $30,000 on a 2 star recruit, they will lose $30,000 from their budget.

The Good Guys:

Small Schools
- this group will also consist of three people to start. Their budget will consist of $50,000. If they successfully recruit someone, that recruit will also have two days to decide. In the event that the Big Schools and the Small Schools both have successfully bid on a player, that player will be given the option, with a perk added if they choose the small schools. Players recruited by either Small or Big Schools will be immune to being recruited by the other side. The Small Schools will not be able to recruit a five star, but if the bad guys get one, the small schools will get the other one. That will also wipe out their recruiting budget.

Head Coach- He will survive the first attempt at a nightly kill but is not immune to an instakill

Scout- Same as the tamperer, but he’s a good guy. He will only be told the $ amount of a recruit. If he investigates a mafia or a special inno, he will only be told that player can’t be recruited. If he dies, the small schools ability to investigate dies with him.

Collective Director: Same as the Bag Man, but he’s a good guy. If he dies, the small schools ability to bid dies with him

Rest of the Special Innocents:

NCAA
- I hesitated to make the NCAA innocent but here we are. The NCAA will be the detective and will have one nightly investigation. They will be told the player’s role, with the exception of the mafia’s head coach. They will also have the power to enforce a quiet period one time, which will shut down bidding for one night. The NCAA will also be informed of the status of both the Big Schools and Small Schools budget every night.

Athletic Trainer- They will get one save per night. This will not save anyone from being recruited, but will save them from a nightly kill. They cannot save the same person two nights in a row.


Five Stars: There will be two five stars in the game. They will not know who each other are. If one is investigated and joins the bad guys, the other will join the good guys but will have no extra perks. If neither are ever found or recruited, they will win with the innocents

Booster: If this player is investigated by either Small School or Big School, $25,000 will be added to their recruiting budget and they will join that group. If they are never found, they will win with the innocents

Who has been our best Tight End Coach?

I want to look at our Tight Ends over the years.

We have changed our Tight End coach almost every year, I believe.

We built a few successful years at Tight End, and have had a few really good ones.

I have a few questions for everyone to discuss and what to see what people think.

Who was our best Tight End Coach? Why?

Was our Tight End success, Coaching, Development, Recruiting, or Player?

Have we regressed at Tight End? or Is it just that we lost our great ones and need to rebuild? recruit? redevelop? or changed game plan? or are we still great at Tight End?

This is just a discussion as looking over the coaching staff over the years it seems we have had a number of different coaches at that position, and we have had some success during the Campbell years there and I am interested in who people think have had the most impact on that position, and why.

And if people think we are in a good position moving forward? Whether that be in staff, players, recruits or recruiting?

I am not going to give an opinion up front because I honestly am not sure what I think. I know there is strong feelings on Manning one way or another, that being said he could be a bad OC, but a great position coach, as in when he coached TE or Line. But again, I don't know, I am just seeing what others think.
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***#15 Iowa State at Texas (Sunday, 4:00)***

Who: No. 15 Iowa State (11-3, 3-1 Big 12) at Texas (12-5, 3-1 Big 12)
Where: Moody Center – Austin, Texas
When: Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023 – 4 p.m.

The Links
WATCH: ESPN2
PxP: Courtney Lyle
Analyst: Carolyn Peck


LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App or Radio Affiliates
PxP: Noah Wolf
Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson


STATS: LIVE STATS

IOWA STATE GAME NOTES (PDF) | TEXAS GAME NOTES (PDF)

PROJECTED STARTERS
IOWA STATETEXAS
F - 1 Diew (6-2 JR); 4.4 ppg, 4.6 rpgF - 20 Faye (6-4 JR); 7.3 ppg, 6.0 rpg
G/F - 24 Joens (6-1 SR); 19.6 ppg, 9.1 rpgF - 5 Gaston (6-2 JR); 11.4 ppg, 5.0 rpg
G - 3 Fritz (5-11 FR*); 6.9 ppg, 4.1 rpgG - 11 Morris (5-10 GR); 11.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.0 apg
G - 21 Donarski (6-0 JR); 12.8 ppg, 3.3 apgG - 2 Gonzales (5-10 GR); 12.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.8 apg
G - 11 Ryan (5-11 JR); 12.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 7.2 apgG - 3 Harmon (5-6 SO); 11.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 7.4 apg, 2.7 spg

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