{"channel":"sports","content":"Today: 3 NCAA football playoff games.\r\n\r\nI plan to \"watch\" all three.  But, do other things while watching.\r\n\r\nFor the first game, the goal is 60 minutes on the bike.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\n<red> the NCAA football playoffs are broken.  this is partly because the last \"conference re-alignment\" happened after the system was designed.\r\n<green> solution 1: 14 teams, 2 byes for conference champions, 5 champions guaranteed.  Probably (but not guaranteed) to be Big 10 / SEC in the byes. (<red> the problem is that the bottom of the bracket is \"teams that won't win\").\r\n<green> solution 2: 8 teams.  5 guaranteed + 3 at-large.  (<red> the problem is that championships mean too much.  also money.)\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\ni am watching a feed without any commentary.  just the stadium audio (and the stadium announcer).  it's great.\r\n\r\n<red> the broadcast audio is not *kayfabe* the way that WWE audio is.  but, there is some element of that.  the \"storylines\" the talking-heads promote don't necessarily show up on the field.\r\n\r\n----\r\n\r\n\"blog about football\" and \"write emails\" will be during the other two games.\r\n<xantham> *blog*, such a fancy word ...","created_at":"2025-01-01T18:15:59.867123","id":41,"llm_annotations":{},"parent_id":null,"processed_content":"<p>Today: 3 NCAA football playoff games.\r</p>\n<p>I plan to \"watch\" all three.  But, do other things while watching.\r</p>\n<p>For the first game, the goal is 60 minutes on the bike.\r</p><hr class=\"section-break\" /><p><span class=\"colorblock color-red\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udca1</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> the NCAA football playoffs are broken.  this is partly because the last \"conference re-alignment\" happened after the system was designed.\r</span></span></p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-green\"><span class=\"sigil\">\u2699\ufe0f</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> solution 1: 14 teams, 2 byes for conference champions, 5 champions guaranteed.  Probably (but not guaranteed) to be Big 10 / SEC in the byes. <span class=\"colorblock color-red\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udca1</span><span class=\"colortext-content\">( the problem is that the bottom of the bracket is \"teams that won't win\")</span></span>.\r</span></span></p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-green\"><span class=\"sigil\">\u2699\ufe0f</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> solution 2: 8 teams.  5 guaranteed + 3 at-large.  <span class=\"colorblock color-red\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udca1</span><span class=\"colortext-content\">( the problem is that championships mean too much.  also money.)</span></span>\r</span></span></p><hr class=\"section-break\" /><p>i am watching a feed without any commentary.  just the stadium audio (and the stadium announcer).  it's great.\r</p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-red\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udca1</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> the broadcast audio is not <em>kayfabe</em> the way that WWE audio is.  but, there is some element of that.  the \"storylines\" the talking-heads promote don't necessarily show up on the field.\r</span></span></p><hr class=\"section-break\" /><p>\"blog about football\" and \"write emails\" will be during the other two games.\r</p>\n<p><span class=\"colorblock color-xantham\"><span class=\"sigil\">\ud83d\udd25</span><span class=\"colortext-content\"> <em>blog</em>, such a fancy word ...</span></span></p>","quotes":[],"subject":"football madness"}