December 07, 2015

Canucks' Prust fined $5,000 for Marchand spear and calls it best money I ever spent'

posted by tommybiden at 10:24 AM on December 07, 2015

I know it's Marchand and thus doesn't count, but Prust should at least get another fine for saying that.

posted by yerfatma at 11:18 AM on December 07, 2015

I'm saddened to say that the phrase "McNeese State - Definitive NCAA champion" has failed to materialize as they lost to Sam Houston State in the second round of the FCS playoffs.

Since any eventual champion of FCS will have transitively beaten them, can't we just pass that title to the ultimate FCS champion if Clemson doesn't win the playoff?

posted by bender at 01:48 PM on December 07, 2015

Since any eventual champion of FCS will have transitively beaten them, can't we just pass that title to the ultimate FCS champion if Clemson doesn't win the playoff?

My logic is that it has to be an undefeated team, and among ALL of the FBS and FCS teams out there, only ONE of them remains: Clemson.

Now, there are two undefeated Division II teams:

• Shepherd
• Northwest Missouri St.

and they can end up facing each other for the D2 championship (they are on opposite sides of the D2 playoff semi-finals).

And three undefeated Division III teams:

• Mount Union
• St. Thomas (MN)
• Linfield

and they hold three of the four D3 semi-final spots in that level's playoffs.

So, as of right now, it is theoretically possible for three teams (one from each division level) to claim the title of "undefeated" and "champion" (using win-chains to beat every other team in the NCAA).

Example: If Alabama wins the FBS title, and Linfield wins the D3 title, then you could say that Linfield is the (un)disputed (depending on the D2 playoff results) NCAA champion because of this chain of victories over Alabama.

(Before you ask, there are zero undefeated NAIA teams, so they are out of the running.)

posted by grum@work at 03:19 PM on December 07, 2015