College football reporter David Hale questions the value of wins in the playoff selection process, highlighting conflicting perspectives on team success and strength of schedule. Using the Football Power Index and strength-of-record metric, he compares Indiana and Texas to demonstrate the nuanced factors at play in evaluating team performance and playoff worthiness. Hale emphasizes the subjective nature of opponent quality and the fluidity of team résumés in a dynamic college football landscape, ultimately challenging traditional win-loss metrics in playoff considerations.
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Hampshire’s Barker to return in July after year-long ban for failed drug test
Hampshire’s Keith Barker expressed concern for his career during a nine-month wait for the outcome of a failed drug test attributed to a "genuine administrative error." He has been cleared to return to cricket on July 4, following a ban reduced to 12 months after testing positive for indapamide, a substance prescribed for high blood pressure. The tribunal found Barker bore "no significant fault," and Hampshire's director of cricket acknowledged the incident as a regrettable...
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