That would be me. I’ve put this off for way to long, and in the process, missed out on some important stories… namely, the firing of Stan Joplin. (who, in this humble sports reporter’s/blogger’s/whatever you call me’s opinion, sucks for Stan, but was probably inevitable). So I’m just going to pound these results out super quick, and so that way I’ve got this monkey off my back and I can start talking about Akron’s magical run in the NIT (overtime win over FSU, baby!).

1942 was by far the worst team of the bunch, losing all 5 games to Joey Harrington and the 2002 team, and in the one game I ran in the championship, was lit up by Charlie Batch for 5 TDs. 45 to 7 the final.

Sorry this update hasn’t come yet. That dastardly thing called life has kept me busy, and writing the recaps on these things are surprisingly time-consuming.

I do have the second match all finished, and I’ll tell you that it wasn’t even close. 1942 couldn’t hold a candle to Joey Harrington (now back with the Falcons). I’ll have the full recap either tonight or tomorrow.

Speaking of tonight, the Toledo Rockets  managed to beat Bowling Green in the first round of the MAC Tournament, and will face top seed Kent State (that UT did beat in the regular season, lets not forget). 7pm tip off, I’ll start the broadcast off at 6.

Congratulations to the Toledo Rockets who waited until the last game of the regular season to finally get that road victory. Up next: Bowling Green in the MAC Tourney. What’s amusing, is that if the MAC still used their old format of campus sites for the first round, the Rockets would be hosting the game, as they’re the 8 seed (UT 7-8, BG 7-9).

Of course, the Rockets don’t have a home right now, what with Savage Hall putting up the “excuse our dust” signs. Actually, that might have something to do with it… now that they’re without an arena, home is where their rump rests.  Mark it, championship, dude.

In true 1st seed vs. 4th seed fashion, this wasn’t close. But it provides an interesting angle as do just how bad you have to be to be an epic failure. I mean, while everybody got swept up in the Lions halfway-decent start, the collapse down the stretch showed that they were who we thought they were™. The 2001 Lions, however, weren’t just bad. They were cover-your-eyes-how-did-our-team-turn-into-this bad. And boy, did that ever show.

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It’s amazing how one statement can inspire. Of course, that statement came from the SA Forums.

It started with this man’s quest to find the best NFL team of all time. That transposed into this man’s quest to find the worst team. While picking which teams were the worst teams in each franchise’s history, a simple observation by a poster started the gears grinding:

I would like to nominate the 1958-2007 Detroit Lions.

That’s a whole lot of awful (Well, excluding the Barry Sanders years). While I won’t argue the merits of the Lie-downs history, there has to be an absolute worst year. And so, using the godsend that is WhatIfSports.com, I’m going to run a mini-tournament. 4 teams, best of 5 series, and one team will be crowned the most awful. Read more »