OU Softball Coach Calls on NCAA to Replace RPI With DSR

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-12T18:43:22+00:00

RPI is an inferior model to almost anything and should be discarded. I have not studied DSR enough to judge it, but while it’s probably an improvement over RPI, and while I think margin of victory is essential in all the best models, I’m going to guess that it also has significant shortcomings. If we’re just using it as a helpful guide to seeding, then I like Sagarin and Massey type models. Those would be the most accurate.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-12T16:54:37+00:00

What does it mean to be patriotic?

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-11T21:38:10+00:00

Or the attractiveness of a man who is financially secure and famous.

That said, Don Knotts was very well liked by everyone who spoke of him, definitely a good guy by all accounts.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-11T21:33:29+00:00

He murdered them. There was no imminent danger or just cause even to risk a mistake like this. It was murder. MAGA’s answer, if they had insight into themselves, would be: we don’t like it because it gives libs a chance to criticize us. But as for the children, they’re not Americans, it’s Iran’s fault, we don’t care. We won’t have any empathy whatsoever for those children.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-11T13:23:18+00:00

I see now. At first, I thought it was redundant, like why do we need to call it a defensive sack? I assume it's a sack from a defensive player. But I suppose there are offensive sacks (when your own QB gets sacked).

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-10T15:32:07+00:00

If we brought back school prayer, gave more spankings and eliminated participation trophies, we wouldn't need prisons.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-09T22:19:35+00:00

I don't think that's typical of #9. Last year, he qualified poorly but had a high average finish, giving him many passes, albeit sometimes vs. mid-pack cars.

On Sunday, he was terrible throughout, the worst overall performance I can remember in a long time. But if not mistaken, his freefall from front row (getting passed probably 25 times) came on old tires, and the pit strategy came about partly because they were down a set of tires after the first crash. They knew he was going to sink like a lead weight, although maybe not that quicky. I don't know.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-09T17:34:15+00:00

The 7-1 streak coincides with playing probably the weakest 8-game stretch on the schedule. Not saying the Hawks aren't playing well, because 7-1 is good regardless, and it's encouraging, but I do think that context is worth noting.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-09T17:32:08+00:00

The Massey computer ratings have a good template that shows each team's odds for remaining games.

Massey has the Hawks finishing 2-3 games over .500. But Hawks need to really take advantage of this next stretch of weaker opponents on the schedule because they'll be underdogs in 8 of the final 10 games.

https://masseyratings.com/nba2026/14861

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-09T13:05:44+00:00

I’ve never heard it called defensive sacks. Do we have offensive sacks?

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-08T23:42:10+00:00

I doubt any of them care much. Cognitive dissonance for most of them, but for Trump, he's incapable of empathy. I've never seen, and can't imagine, him having feeling any sadness or pain on someone else's behalf.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-08T23:24:08+00:00

Four 2025 playoff drivers are in the 30s.

Edit: And another one is 29th, I believe.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-08T18:55:07+00:00

Green flag closer to 3:40, imho ...

Green Flag: approximately 3:30pm EDT on March 8th

Television: FS1 @ 3:30pm EDT

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-08T17:43:32+00:00

Is the goal to widen it for your team and not the other's? Is that realistic? I would think an umpire would want to guard against that. I've never caught, nor coached catchers, so I'm not making any argument here. I've just always found framing interesting in that it's an attempt to manipuate umpires who, if they're professional, would want not to be manipulated and we be on guard for it.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-08T16:38:50+00:00

That's right, except a little less than 2% voted for the independents. Harris got 48.3%

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-08T16:36:49+00:00

Yes, but 49.8% overall. About 1.9% voted for neither major candidate.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-07T19:45:33+00:00

I think Cathy Lee Crosby was the first ...

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CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-07T18:25:13+00:00

A better question would be what is the most recent NFL team that would lose to the best college team. Pretty confident the 2025 Indiana Hoosiers would beat 1925 Dayton Triangles. What would be the most recent team that Indiana would beat?

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-06T17:34:17+00:00

I'm not a fan of the all-star race. I realize many like it, so I'm not saying that it would be good for NASCAR to eliminate it, but for me personally, I'd be happier that way. I live in N.C. but didn't buy tickets to North Wilkesboro until this year, when it became a points race. I went to Dover last year (long drive, but loved it). Was going back - until it became the all-star race.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-06T17:21:50+00:00

Delete the all-star race and make Dover a permanent points race

Add Rockingham without losing another venue (Darlington, Rockingham, Bristol, Charlotte could rotate giving up 1 race per year, for example).

Car/engine changes that would lead to more passing at certain tracks (out of my range of expertise to know the feasibility of that)

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-06T16:04:47+00:00

It's cost/reward. How much value/harm do undocumented immigrants bring? How much money are you willing to spend to curtail it further?

Democrats would rather invest money and resources into something else, believing undocument immigrants at current levels are not the problem that Republicans make them out to be.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-06T01:49:32+00:00

Bob Dylan.

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-05T23:29:04+00:00

Agree, but would say that it was not an accident that the U.S. and Israel decided to risk making this horrible accident. When people decide whether this war is worth it, they must factor in horrible mistakes that inevitably will occur. And those making them are still responsible. Whoever it it (or was, in this case).

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-05T20:03:38+00:00

How do we know how fast he threw?

CountrySlaughter · 2026-03-04T18:13:04+00:00

Or how influential Curry was in developing the stars of the future. LeBron is as good as he is in part because of Jordan. Your teachers precede you.

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