Blog Index

Last updated September 1st, 2011

Sports in General Posts | Pro Football Posts | College Football Posts

Pro Basketball Posts | College Basketball Posts | Baseball Posts | Hockey Posts

Sports in General Posts

NCAA/NAIA National Champions Database

• NCAA/NAIA National Championships: Database & Miscellaneous Facts

• NCAA/NAIA National Championships: Most National Championships by State

• NCAA/NAIA National Championships: National Championships by Sport

• NCAA/NAIA National Championships: Most National Championships by School

• Vacated NCAA National Championships

Two Teams, Two Championships, One State

Playoff Matchups by City in Professional Sports

Playoff Games/Series’ Appearances by City

League MVP’s Without Championship Rings

When a Professional League Leaves a City Behind

Replacing a Multi-Championship Winning Coach/Manager

Winning Their “First” Titles Back to Back

World Series Champs to NFL Chumps

Making it to a Bowl Game and the NCAA Tournament in the Same Year

Pro Football Posts

History of NFL Ownership

A Complete Record of NFL Overtime

Current NFL Coaching Trees

Most Points Scored in a Game / List of 60+ Point Games

From Worst to First, to First to Worst in the NFL

Worst Defeating First in the NFL

Defending NFL Champions

Heisman Winners Against Their Former College Coaches in the NFL

Heisman QB Matchups in the NFL

Nelson “Bud” Talbott: The First Head Coach of a College and NFL Team in the Same Season

Should the NFL Adopt Playoff Overtime Rules for the Regular Season?

NFL Draft

• Quantifying First Round Picks

• Selecting the Same Position in the First Round in Consecutive Drafts

• The Latest “First” from the Position to go in the Draft

• All-Pros and the Draft Since 2000

• Hall of Famers and the Draft Since 1967

• Coach Experience when Selecting a QB in the First Round

• Trades Involving Big Name QB’s that Never Happened

Super Bowl

• Experience in the Super Bowl

• Opening Drives in the Super Bowl

• Irrelevant but Fun Super Bowl Facts

• First Turnover in the Super Bowl

• First Touchdown in the Super Bowl

• Before the Franchises Met in the Super Bowl

• Winning a National Title, and Then a Super Bowl

• Appearing in the Super Bowl as an Assistant Coach and as a Head Coach

• Assistant Coaches Hired as Head Coaches after Super Bowl Appearances

• Most Super Bowl Appearances by Assistant Coaches

• Matchups Between the Two Previous Super Bowl Winners

• Defeating the Defending Super Bowl Champions

College Football Posts

Great Turnarounds and Collapses

Conference Realignment

Most Lopsided Intrastate Matchups

Schools With the Most Pro Head Coaches

Winning a National Championship as a Head Coach & Assistant Coach

Active Opening Game Winning/Losing Streaks

The Transfer Player

The Slide Rule Bowl

Polls

• Highest AP College Football Poll Ranking by Team

• Most Top Five Appearances in the AP College Football Poll

• Record Versus the AP No. 1

• Record as the AP No. 1

• A Historical Analysis on the Accuracy of the AP Preseason Poll

• Defeating Number One in College Football

• Associated Press Preseason No. 1’s

• Defending AP No. 1 in the AP Preseason Poll

Bowls

• Conferences That Have Had Undefeated Bowl Seasons

• Intrastate Bowl Matchups

• Playing at Home in a Bowl Game

Upsets

• Small Colleges (FCS) Defeating Ranked Opponents

• The First FCS (I-AA) Team to Defeat a AP Ranked FBS (I-A) Opponent; 1983 Cincinnati over Penn State

Pro Basketball Posts

A Tally of Winning and Losing Seasons in the NBA

NBA Exhibitions in Small Town America

NBA Training Camp Locations

The College Player of the Year and the NBA Draft

Analyzing the History of NBA Lottery Selections

The History of Overtime in the NBA Playoffs

Four Game Sweeps in the NBA Playoffs

Greatest Collapses in Pro Basketball History

College Basketball Posts

NCAA Probation and Division I College Basketball

Last Remaining Undefeated Team in College Basketball

NCAA Tournament

• NCAA Tournament Appearances by State

• The Close to Home Advantage in the NCAA Tournament

• Analysis of NCAA Tournament Seeds by School

• Defeating a #1 Seed in the NCAA Tournament

• First and Last NCAA Tournament Victory

• First and Last NCAA Tournament Appearance

• Low Scoring Final Fours

• Repeat Final Four Appearances

• Final Four Average Seed Rankings

• NCAA Tournament: A Quick Historical Analysis of this Year’s Sweet Sixteen

• NCAA Tournament: Most Victories Against One School

• NCAA Tournament: 3-0 vs. a Coaching Colleague

• Round of 64: Tournament Games Decided by a Bucket or Less

• NCAA Tournament: Round of 32 Historical Breakdown

• NCAA Tournament: Round of 64 Historical Breakdown

• Conference Tournament Records of NCAA Basketball Champions

• Conference Matchups in the NCAA Tournament

Baseball Posts

A Tally of Winning and Losing Seasons in Major League Baseball

A Tally of League Standings Leaders Heading Into September

Second Stints of Former World Series Managers

Statistical Leaders (BA/HR) & (ERA/SV) on the Same Team

Hockey Posts

A Tally of Winning and Losing Seasons in the NHL