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HATE ben roethlisberger fathead commercials
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good deal for my birds
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Paul Posluszny or trade down plz
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the funniest part about this is the thing about the Cubs being in the NLCS
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2007 Draft Class
TruffleShuffle replied to Tim's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
How is he different than the last couple of HS kids we drafted in the 1st round? *sigh* I really hope not. he supposedly has a polished approach at the plate. Anyway, if you don't pick him, who do you go with? I'd prefer Vitters over Brackman. -
Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-27-2007
TruffleShuffle replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Eric Patterson hit an intentional home run! -
this can't be right. he's a pansy.
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It was basically a play on the Evers to Tinkers to Chance poem except talking about the Curse, black cat incident, the bartman thing, and other stuff bad mouthing the cubs. ooh, real original stuff there.... WE GET IT, OUR FRANCHISE SUCKS.
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these are rivals?
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well, izturis can hit the hanging curve
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pathetic swing but the bat smash was cool
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these cardinals announcers are vomit-inducing
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barrett hits one foul by a foot, pujols is fair by inches story of these two franchises in a nutshell
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Would rather see Floyd than Murton out there prepare to be verbally assaulted
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same here, except he's faster and half a foot shorter
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Sandy Koufax (71) Drafted In Israeli Baseball League
TruffleShuffle replied to Roast's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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You're preaching to the choir here. Here's an interesting article on why the Raiders should no draft Russell. He compares Russell to Akili Smith. Hey how about that, comparing a black quarterback who he thinks will be a bust, to the most notorious black quarterback bust in draft history! That's like every good young white forward being compared to Larry Bird.
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In today's Philadelphia Inquirer, the Eagles were quoted as saying that Winston Justice may not suit up for a single game in 2007. Tra (I refuse to call him William) Thomas and Jon Runyan will play the entire year if healthy. I loved the pick of Justice last year, but I really don't know how much I like the idea of a player having two years away from real game action.
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intelligent thinking from the lions?!?!? :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Agreed. I think the "can't miss" picks in this draft are Calvin Johnson, Joe Thomas, Gaines Adams and Laron Landry. I also feel very good about Marshawn Lynch being a good NFL running back, though I'd pick AD ahead of him based on his tremendous potential if he stays healthy.
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So according to you the Raiders should just go ahead and draft Troy Smith with the top overall pick then because he beat Michigan 3 times and generally (the title game this year being the exception) played well in the big games. Brilliant logic. yeah if I had said that a team should just go ahead and draft a player based on who he played well against while ignoring his athletic ability and mental grasp of the game, then your criticism of me wouldn't be quite so asinine.
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I'm not sold on Russell either. I think Quinn may end up being an average QB, but I don't want an average player at any position with a top-5 pick in the draft. I think I'll stop debating this now because none of us really know whether he'll be good or bad in the NFL, and I know I'm just going to end up arguing with 5 ND fans about this, which will be futile.
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So, 1 fantastic game, 2 great games, a decent game, and 2 bad games against good defenses. Curious what that averages out to overall, but Brady Quinn wasn't the reason ND looked bad in 3 games this year. There are college football QB ratings, not NFL QB ratings. Other games in 2006: Michigan State: 113.3 Purdue: 117.9 Stanford: 116.0 Navy: 150.8 UNC: 136.1 Air Force: 148.5 Army: 112.9 Actually, no they are not. You just posted what his performances would be on the NFL QB scale. For example, the Navy game he had a 210.72 on the college scale, and for Air Force he had a 234.67. You can find all his actual college ratings here: http://cfbstats.com/2006/player/513/60149.html my bad... it's confusing, because on his overall player page, ESPN lists his QB rating as 146, which obviously has to be on the college scale. But in the game log, it usees NFL scale. Stupid ESPN. Regardless, the numbers bear out that he played significantly better against bad teams. From the games I saw this year, it seemed like he struggled against more confusing defensive schemes, and especially against defenses with very good team speed.
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What's the difference? Level of competition makes it easier to get a higher rating in college? There are different scales for college and the NFL-truffle was probably looking at Quinn's ESPN site, which lists his ratings on the NFL scale, not the college one. why the crap do they do that?
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What's the difference? Level of competition makes it easier to get a higher rating in college? No, it's just a different formula. For example, Peyton Manning had the highest NFL QB rating this year at 101. There were 99 college QBs who had a higher numerical rating than this.