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These are FIFA's rules: The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows: a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches; b) goal difference in all group matches; c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches. If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows: d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned; g) drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee. Has 'g)' ever happened?

If there's a winner in the Uruguay-Mexico match, and France beats S. Africa, you'd have a tie for second place in the group, so I believe it comes down to goal differential. And France would have some ground to make up there.

I'm pickin' Mexico to win the whole enchilada!

I guess I don't understand the offside rule ...

Earl Hines -- "Piano Man"

I wish Mosaic would mess up one of my orders.

Joining listeners at the WKCR tribute

Thanks Chewy. The track is listed on a 1933 Chronological Classic and a Timeless '33 -'34 compilation. I have a half dozen Williams compilations from the late '20s and don't see the title on any of 'em. The Chrono's are way too pricey at this point. Thanks though.

Sad news.

Art Hodes -- "The Jazz Record Story" (jazzology) Art Hodes -- "Trios and Quartets" (jazzology)

Somewhat encouraging comment below the article.

Sorry to hear this. A beautiful man.

Seems like if it's the broadcast crew for the team pitching the no-hitter, they'll avoid using the term and speak more vaguely about "something special developing here," or words to that effect. For a nation broadcast though, I guess the "homer" factor is out the window and the announcer just describes what's happening. So, if the broadcasters are pulling for a no-hitter, they'll only refer to it in general terms. If they're impartial, they should have not qualms about saying, "Lilly's got a no-hitter through seven innings in Chicago."

The clincher for Texas staying, apparently, is that the University of Texas gets to form its own TV network and keep all the revenue. Don't know if that means Texas games will become PPV or what.

Texas staying in Big 12. Good!

Couple more NOLA brass band titles: 1. Jazz at Preservation Hall, Vols. 1 & 2 Eureka Brass Band Of New Orleans/JAZZ AT PRESERVATION HALL 1 (1963) & Jim Robinson's Band/Billie & De De Pierce/JAZZ AT PRESERVATION HALL 2 (1963) 2. The Young Tuxedo Brass Band -- "Jazz Begins - Sounds of New Orleans Streets: Funeral and Parade Music "

Geez, there are four sellers offering used copies of this at amazon for $0.01!

He's having real issues with the mound today.

Enjoying the Tribe-Nats game this afternoon. Strasburg just issued his first major league walk in the bottom of the fourth. Previous inning was an eight-pitch (I think), three ground ball inning for him though. He's looking good. .. and his second walk. Two straight batters.

wtf?

As for the SEC raiding the ACC: The SEC might stay pat. What do they have to gain besides sharing their TV revenue with two or four more schools? But ... Miami and FSU are football powers in a basketball power conference. The two schools are certainly regionally aligned with the SEC. You know Dan the interest in the state of Florida would be sky high for regular conference games among the three Florida schools. And when you add the $$$ factor, if the SEC were interested, they could almost certainly dangle more dough than the ACC. But, just speculation. If the Big 12, Pac 10, Big Ten and other conferences are raiding each other, it's not unreasonable to think the SEC has talked about adding schools. In fact, they have, apparently, regarding Texas A&M.

Remember, Boise State -- everyone's darling -- will now be part of the Mountain West. And they could conceivably sweep up a few more wayward former Big 12 schools, should the defections to the Pac 10 continue this week.

As far as getting a playoff system set up, well ... wishful thinking on my part. But certainly you could take the conference champions from the three supers and seed them against the conference champions from, say, the ACC, Big East and Mountain West. Add in a couple of at-large teams and there you go: an eight-team playoff scheme. If the fat cats who run the NCAA and conferences can bust up one of the major conferences in a week and half, they can certainly cobble together a playoff system. The only thing standing in the way is ... money.

Oldies just happens to have these two on sale, the first as a two-fer, Vols, 1 & 2, and the second here. Thanks Jeff for your insights and recs.

WTF? Miami and FSU are in the ACC and I haven't heard anything about the ACC getting raided by other conferences. And I'm totally clueless why you think that three super conferences have anything to do with how a playoff system would be configured. I am almost as clueless about why the Big 12 is getting split apart. What was the problem that the biggest schools wanted to be wooed into joining some other conference, other than the appeal of scheduling games against USC or Ohio State or Michigan? The Big East was Miami, sometimes BC and Syracuse and it made sense to go join the bigger schools. Same when FSU joined up. Was the Big 12 getting squat for its TV rights? This whole situation merits a big WTF? Just speculating on the SEC. There have been some murmurings about the SEC talking to Texas A&M. Point being, they're watching what's going on and it's not beyond the realm that they (A) have been talking to schools outside their conference and (B) would look to recruit some "natural" fits. It would be a wet dream for the SEC to have FSU, Miami and Florida under one umbrella. Given that the whole Big 12 thing broke rather quickly, I just think somebody might want to snoop around the SEC a bit to see if there are any back-channel deals percolating. But, I agree. Breaking up the Big 12 is crazy. It all comes down to the way TV revenue is distributed among the schools, and apparently for at least Nebraska and Colorado, they could get better deals elsewhere. Plus it made at least some sense geographically. I believe Texas and Oklahoma get the largest slice of the TV revenue pie in the Big 12 and weren't willing to give that up, just recalling something I read.