CougCenter · May 24, 2017
Mike Leach’s standing among his coaching peers
Photo by William Mancebo/Getty ImagesNearly everybody loves rankings, lists, bowl projections and even mock drafts. We can say we don’t like them and that they’re either largely meaningless (lists), completely unpredictable (bowl projections) or never close to what actually unfolds (mock drafts). But by-and-large, most of us click. I’m guilty, too.
About the only sports projections that are somewhat predictable are NCAA Tournament forecasts. The best part is when the “Bracketologists” all pat themselves on the back when they nail 67 of 68 teams, while clearly ignoring the fact that anyone with a pulse and a keyboard could get at least 62 after 4-5 minutes of research.