Posts Tagged ‘shot’

Ranking the bowls: Almost everyone gets a shot

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Ranking the bowls: Almost everyone gets a shot
It’s not hard to get a bowl game, just some credit and a domain name. It’s even easier to qualify for one, with nearly 60 percent of teams still alive. That doesn’t mean there aren’t a few gems here or there as Dennis Dodd ranks all the bowls.

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College Top 15 Capsules: Duke wants best shot from No. 1 ‘Bama

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

College Top 15 Capsules: Duke wants best shot from No. 1 ‘Bama
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — They’re used to hosting top-ranked teams and defending national champions at Duke. Just not in football.

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Basketball shot – real or fake? [Dot Physics]

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Basketball shot – real or fake? [Dot Physics]
I have seen several videos similar to this. Real? Fake? How many tries did this take? Let the analysis begin. Before I do any analysis, let me state that I think this is not fake. I do not know that for sure, just my first guess. How would I tell if it is real or fake? This is tricky. I can’t really get a good trajectory of the ball to make some measurements on it because of the camera angle …

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