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Charlie Krausse
June 24, 2025

EYE OF THE HURRICANE 🌀 🏴‍☠️ 

First day of summer without any of the “big sports” to follow, I found myself watching Messi and Inter Miami blow a 2-0 lead with less than 10 minutes left to a club team I’ve never heard of. Final score was 2-2, and Inter Miami earned enough points to finish 2nd in Group A and advance to the Knockout Round.

I’m not sure how serious the European clubs are taking this tournament. In my minds, PSG was just crowned champion over Memorial Weekend. Regardless, good for Inter Miami for at least qualifying for the Round of 16. The only other American club team, Seattle Sounders, finished last in their group.

FLORIDA WINS BIG-3 CHAMPIONSHIP
🏈 🏀 ⚾️ 

What if you compare, in balance performance, how schools did across the board in a school year over the Big 3 sports (college football, college basketball, college baseball), tallied them up and see which school did the best. I did exactly that.

Congratulations to the Florida Gators in winning the 2024-2025 Big-3 Championship. How they earned the title:

  • Gasparilla Bowl victory

  • SEC Basketball Tournament Champions

  • College Basketball National Champions

  • Baseball NCAA Regional Qualifier

Points are earned by the following ways:

FOOTBALL:

  • Qualify for a Bowl Game = 1 point

  • Win a Bowl Game = 5 points

  • Regular Season Conference Champion = 5 points

  • Conference Champion = 5 points

  • FCS Round of 32 Playoffs = 5 points

  • FBS Round of 16 Playoffs = 10 points (5 for FCS)

  • FBS Round of 8 Playoffs = 15 points (10 for FCS)

  • FBS National Semifinals = 25 points (15 for FCS)

  • FBS National Championship Game = 50 points (25 for FCS)

  • FBS National Champion = 100 points (50 for FCS)

BASKETBALL:

  • NCAA Tournament Bid = 1 point

  • Regular Season Conference Champion = 5 points

  • Conference Tournament Champion = 5 points

  • Advance to the Round of 32 = 5 points

  • Advance to the Sweet 16 = 10 points

  • Advance to the Elite 8 = 15 points

  • Advance to the Final Four = 25 points

  • Advance to the National Championship Game = 50 points

  • National Champion = 100 points

BASEBALL:

  • Regular Season Conference Champion = 5 points

  • Conference Tournament Champion = 5 points

  • NCAA Regional Tournament Participant = 10 points

  • NCAA Super Regional Tournament Participant = 15 points

  • NCAA World Series Participant = 25 points

  • NCAA World Series Finals Participant = 50 points

  • National Champion = 100 points

Round out the Top 10 include:

  1. Florida Gators = 227

  2. Ohio State Buckeyes = 208

  3. LSU Tigers = 206

  4. North Dakota State Bison = 130

  5. Houston Cougars = 116

  6. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers = 111

  7. Notre Dame Fightin’ Irish = 100

  8. Duke Blue Devils = 92

  9. Arkansas Razorbacks = 87

  10. Auburn Tigers = 86

For a full list, click link below:

All Sports.xlsx

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1p5U0GeWSBVPZmED-Gz9Nw4XstwSk98g6/view?usp=sharing&ouid=101577681728741226892&rtpof=true&sd=true

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