I know that rankings don’t matter and I have no ill will towards Notre Dame women. This post is about those who do the rankings. How are ND women still ranked nationally and ranked in the national and regional polls above teams that beat them? I can understand a small mis-ranking, but this seems unreasonable.
When they have lost have they run their full team?
Lots of people seem to vote based on what MIGHT be. Or at least what they think will be. Not necessarily what is.
This is why 99% of people who follow sports, don't follow cross country. Nobody cares and no one will care if so called top teams don't line up and compete. Imagine if a top ranked football or basketball team sits their top players at a major home game against another top ranked team, only to be defeated and then say I didn't play my best players, I only play them in championships. This mindset is exactly why even track & field people don't give a damn about cross country. What a joke.
Yep. When coaches are the only ones making the rules they tend to look for rules that allow them to develop their athletes the very best. General appeal to fans is something coaches rarely will make any sacrifice for and that's how we have sports that are just 100% unappealing to the masses.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
Strava thinks the London Marathon times improved 12 minutes last year thanks to supershoes
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
NAU women have no excuse - they should win it all at 2024 NCAA XC
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?