Jul 21, 2017 · 1 min read
Rodger, I was ready to blast you for listing two blatant homer picks (something I would expect from a Northwestern grad) and then… damn if you didn’t own up to it first! And then you included a link to the Land of Lincoln trophy — and a lightsaber-wielding lineman! I can’t get mad at that. Well done, sir.
There’s one other kind of rout, but they don’t happen as often: the “close game where one play sucks the life out of a team, allowing their opponent to run roughshod over their withering husk for the remainder of the game.” Similar to the “We’re better than them, right? Why is this game close?” phenomenon that happens with 50% of 16-seed v. 1-seed games.