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I completely disagree. The reality is that TCU, under the BCS system and the 4-team Invitational, has a very very very very very very very very slim chance of ever becoming eligible to play for a NC; essentially amounting to no chance whatsoever. As the past 25 years have proven. Any chance...

I'm glad that you hope that I'm right, but otherwise, your response is bizarre. TCU would, in fact, have qualified for the proposed 12-team CFP format 8 times in the last 25 years. This is not "irrelevant" or "false." There have been numerous articles and analyses showing what would have...

Good to see both Ruehl and Aguilar have signed. Longfrog reported their verbals a while back, but there's always some uncertainty until they're on the dotted line. We look to be loaded next year. Norrie and De Minaur won in doubles today at Queen's 5-7, 6-1, 12-10. (and that 12-10 wasn't one...

The proposed new structure is obviously beneficial to TCU for a wide variety of reasons. TCU would have qualified 8 out of the last 25 seasons under this system but qualified instead for zero under the BCS and the current 4-team invitational system. 5 of those were because we were the highest...

One of the consequences of Norrie's rise in the rankings (in addition to topping $500,000 in earnings this year and $2,000,000 in career earnings) is that he is now eligible for the Olympics in Tokyo. He had to make the Top 50 to do it by June 10, and as jake said, he's now at a CH. He'd play...

Draper just won (to a massive ovation) at Queen's. The Norrie-Draper match will be a hot ticket to get because both are local favorites. Rybo is headed next week to a Futures tourney in Klosters (Switzerland) where he'll be an 11th seed. Both Chappell and Aguilar will go to Champaign...

This is another big win for Cam - Karetzev is ATP#24 and made the semis at the Aussie. This has developed from what could have been described as a brief hot spurt into a sustained level of success. Norrie now has multiple Top 20 W's. Jack Draper is leading Bublik 7-6, 5-all. He's 19 years...

Hiring Kirk Herbstreit to be our new baseball coach seems like an odd move to me.

Norrie and the Demon advanced 3 and 4 in doubles at Queen's Club in doubles and are now into the 2nd round against 2nd seeded Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram. In singles, it will indeed be Aslan Karetsev. Rybo lost in the main draw opening round at the Prostejev Challenger 1-6, 7-5 to Rola...

There's been some more "informed" speculation about what the proposed new format that the task force recommended would mean in terms of money and timing. (It comes from a Jon Wilner article in the San Jose Mercury News, which you'd need to pay for so I won't link it). What's driving all this...

Well, let's see it before crediting him for it. Tsitsipas was up 2 sets on him at Roland Garros and I thought he was going to win it. Djoker's comeback was really impressive; which is why we're all currently saying he's clearly #1 (now and possibly all-time). But things change. I still think...

The Camster got some nice revenge over Ramos Vinolas this morning at Queen's Club with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 W. Karetsev next? Rybo won his second qualie at the Prostejov Challenger 7-6 (11-9), 7-6 (7-3) over Vanneste and is into the main draw. He'll now play 8th seeded Blaz Rola. If Alex can go...

This will be a busy week for the Frogs in the pros. Cam Norrie, as noted above, opens up at Queen's Club tomorrow morning (scheduled for 7:20 a.m. (CDT). Alex Rybakov has entered a Challenger in Prostejov (Czechia) and has already won a qualie round to advance to the main draw where he will...

Well, in my view, if we're going to have a tennis GOAT discussion, we simply have to divide it into the "modern" or "Open" era v. that which existed prior to 1968 (or really, 1975, after the formation of the ATP and the establishment of the pro Slams as they are now). Before that, it was just a...

Djokovic takes the French in 5 sets. That's his 19th Grand Slam championship and he won this one from 2 sets down.

I should say that the dynamic in the relationship between Norrie and his "adoring" U.K. press is that, because of his unique background and his weird Boer/Kiwi/Scottish/Welsh accent peppered with constant Gen Z American slang ("stoked;" "sick;" "crib"), they often treat him as though he is...

Well, I haven't actually "seen" his London flat (he has yet to invite me over), but he's a bit of a celebrity in the U.K. and the media often writes about him. A couple of years ago, he told the British press that he was looking for a new crib (as usual, they didn't get the American slang) and...

Coach P is quoted in an Athletic article estimating that only 6 teams have made the playoffs in the CFP era. The actual number is 11. Goodness Gracious Gary! Learn the precise number - you need to be the expert here! Here's the breakdown of bids if the proposed system had been in place...

Cam will open up the grass season at Queen's Club on Monday against Albert Ramos Vinolas (time TBD). This is the same guy that Norrie lost to in the finals at Estoril a few weeks ago and is considered a clay court specialist. Is Cam also a clay court specialist? I don't know. What you say...

As to the byes, I agree - G5 teams will have virtually no chance to get them. But they will get into the playoff and their champ will have to be beaten on the field which is a massive increase in fairness. And one advantage of the 4 highest ranked conference champs getting the byes is that no...