10,000 hours and small town life for Superstars

I grew up in a small town, and I always felt it was a disadvantage in sports compared to the competition one can find in big cities. Well, it turns out that I was partially wrong. This article in Wired discusses how the superstars in North American sports come from smaller urban centers.

Of course, they probably classify a town of 4000 as small and probably too small. Second, my choice of sport, basketball, is a horrible choice for small town Canada.

For those of you hoping your little ones will be superstars, I think the key message is let them explore a range of activities. Even better, let them find their own way and encourage them all along.

Peter

My Prediction of 2010 College Football using Academic Rankings - No Bets Here

If you take the US news College Rankings and apply it to College football, how would your school finish?

ACC Standings
ATLANTIC	Academic Rating
1 Wake Forest	25
2 Boston College	31
3 Maryland	56
4 Clemson	64
5 Florida State	104
6 North Carolina State	111
COASTAL	Academic Rating
1 Duke	9
2 Virginia	25
3 North Carolina	30
4 Georgia Tech	35
5 Miami (FL)	47
6 Virginia Tech	69
Big 12 Standings
NORTH	Academic Rating
1 Colorado	86
2 Iowa State	94
3 Missouri	94
4 Kansas	104
5 Nebraska	104
6 Kansas State	132
SOUTH	Academic Rating
1 Texas	45
2 Texas A&M	63
3 Baylor	79
4 Oklahoma	111
5 Oklahoma State	132
6 Texas Tech	159
Big East Standings
TEAM	Academic Rating
1 Syracuse	55
2 Pittsburgh	64
3 Rutgers	64
4 Connecticut	69
5 Cincinnati	156
6 Louisville	176
7 West Virginia	176
8 South Florida	183
Big Ten Standings
TEAM	Academic Rating
1 Northwestern	12
2 Michigan	29
3 Wisconsin	45
4 Penn State	47
5 Illinois	47
6 Ohio State	56
7 Purdue	56
8 Minnesota	64
9 Iowa	72
10 Indiana	75
11 Michigan State	79
Mid-American Standings
EAST	Academic Rating
1 Miami (OH)	79
2 Buffalo	120
3 Ohio	124
4 Temple	132
5 Bowling Green	170
6 Kent State	183
7 Akron	Tier 2
WEST	Academic Rating
1 Ball State	179
2 Western Michigan	179
3 Central Michigan	Tier 2
4 Eastern Michigan	Tier 2
5 Northern Illinois	Tier 2
6 Toledo	Tier 2
Mountain West Standings
TEAM	Academic Rating
1 Brigham Young	75
2 TCU	99
3 Colorado State	124
4 Utah	129
5 Wyoming	153
6 San Diego State	183
7 New Mexico	Tier 2
8 UNLV	Tier 2
9 Air Force
Pacific-10 Standings
TEAM	Academic Rating
1 Stanford	5
2 California	22
3 USC	23
4 UCLA	25
5 Washington	41
6 Oregon	111
7 Washington State	111
8 Arizona	120
9 Oregon State	139
10 Arizona State	143
SEC Standings
EAST	Academic Rating
1 Vanderbilt	17
2 Florida	53
3 Georgia	56
4 Tennessee	104
5 South Carolina	111
6 Kentucky	129
WEST	Academic Rating
1 Alabama	79
2 Auburn	85
3 LSU	124
4 Arkansas	132
5 Mississippi	143
6 Mississippi State	151

Miami University wins the MAC.

No more ultimate...just Cultimate

Well, I'm branching out, and that means not much Ultimate discussion. The Cultimate Opinion is going to include writing (if at all) about other things...

PJ