[05] Rivalry Essentials: Unpacking the Crucial Role That Rivalries Play in How We Experience College Sports

02/16/24 • 92 min

In Episode 5, Mike and Bob take a deep dive into rivalries and the many critical roles they play in the college sports ecosystem -- not just for fans, but for coaches and administrators too.

In this episode ...

Segment 1: One, Two, Three, Four ... wait, what are we fighting for?

Why are there no moral absolutes in the souls of fans?
What are rivalries and how do they happen?
Why do we see prestige as a “zero sum” game?

Segment 2: The Constant Battle of Keeping Ahead (or Up With) The Joneses

How does the performance of a rival drive our greatest fears or confirm our greatest hopes?
When does a rival push a program to make substantive changes?
Why are rivals, oftentimes, polar opposites of one another in their style?

Segment 3: Telling what we truly think: What are Mike’s and Bob’s deep feelings and thoughts on rivals?

Purdue
Kentucky
Why is this healthy? We hope...

Wrap-Up: How could and have changes in conferences and throughout athletics impact functional rivalries and why these matchups need special consideration?

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In Episode 5, Mike and Bob take a deep dive into rivalries and the many critical roles they play in the college sports ecosystem -- not just for fans, but for coaches and administrators too.

In this episode ...

Segment 1: One, Two, Three, Four ... wait, what are we fighting for?

Why are there no moral absolutes in the souls of fans?
What are rivalries and how do they happen?
Why do we see prestige as a “zero sum” game?

Segment 2: The Constant Battle of Keeping Ahead (or Up With) The Joneses

How does the performance of a rival drive our greatest fears or confirm our greatest hopes?
When does a rival push a program to make substantive changes?
Why are rivals, oftentimes, polar opposites of one another in their style?

Segment 3: Telling what we truly think: What are Mike’s and Bob’s deep feelings and thoughts on rivals?

Purdue
Kentucky
Why is this healthy? We hope...

Wrap-Up: How could and have changes in conferences and throughout athletics impact functional rivalries and why these matchups need special consideration?

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[04] Discovering The Sweet Spot: How a National Championship Winning Trend Was Exposed

In Episode 4 of Xs and Joes, Mike Wiemuth (iu-in-philly) and Bob Moats (cbobmoats) tell the origin story of The Sweet SpotTM -- what it is, how it came about, and what it means for hanging banners.

In this episode ...

Segment 1: How Two Frequent Title Winners Tried Change The Game?

Get Dudes and Win- The Blended Recruiting Tracks to Titles (Slides 1 and 2)
The Calipari Doctrine: Talent Over Experience Every Time (Slide 3)
Coach K Becomes a Disciple of the OAD Strategy (Slide 3)

Segment 2: What Did Blended Tracks Look Like During the OAD Transition?

Butler, VCU, and Wichita State- Mid Major Breakthroughs
Purdue- The Baby Boilers, Effective Players, then a Quest for Higher Level Talent
Indiana- A Total Rebuild, A Movement and A Rapid Decline

Segment 3: What Were The Consequences of The Heavy OAD Teams?

2016 and 2017- How Villanova and UNC were different (Slide 4)
Two Tracks and the Baby Blue Utopian Spot
The Sweet Spot of The Highest Level of Talented Players Staying For Multiple Years (Slides 5-10)

Epilogue: Dean Wormer Talks with Cal and Coach K (Slide 11)

Get the slides here: https://www.assemblycall.com/p/xj4

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[06] How Top Programs Evaluate and Acquire Winning Personnel (with special guest Sam Story)

On this special edition of Xs and Joes, Bob and Mike welcome longtime Indiana fan, coach, referee, and all-around good dude Sam Story (CoachSS) to the show.

The three longtime friends and college hoops fans engage in a deep dive on how winning college basketball programs evaluate, determine, and land the players and coaches who are best for them.

In this episode ...

Segment 1: What traits are college coaches and recruiting evaluators looking at with prospective players? What information should fans look at as legitimate versus noise?
Segment 2: What are the stages and levels of recruiting? How does it translate to other positions like coaching and program/department administration?
Segment 3: How does a program’s overall performance, resources, image and style impact who and how they recruit? (We might just talk about IU here)
Wrap Up: The confluence of Quantity Theory of Money and the free movement of human assets in an unregulated marketplace: What the world looks like with the transfer portal, NIL and the retrenchment of the NCAA.

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