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I don't think there's any possible way they could have overturned it, but they did. Unfortunate to say the least.

Bad loss. Deng missed an easy lay-in with under 2 to play and then Hinrich just continues to be useless as he has an awful foul to lose the game. Ugh.

Good article for the Packers and Bears fans on here: http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Lovie-McCarthy-are-at-a-crossroads.html

LeBron's going to be compared to Jordan no matter where he's at. That's just the way it is. I don't buy that excuse for not coming to Chicago. FWIW, LBJ has said he likes the number 6 (his number on the Olympic team) and he said he'd be open to switching his jersey number later in his career.

I'd agree with you but look at how much better they are when he's healthy. It can't fully be a coincidence, can it?

No Polamalu. He's one of the best players in the league.

I'll trade McCarthy for Lovie any day of the week.

Nice to see us have a complete game like that.

Robert Ayers is pretty good.

Good to see. We're #1 on Any Given Saturday's poll and #2 in the Coaches poll. As long as we take care of business against Missouri St and SEMO, we should have HFA throughout the playoffs.

Another thing; I don't really thing we got better by letting Gordon go. With Gordon and Salmons on board at the end of last year, we were one of the hottest teams in the league. Add the fact that Deng is back this year and I think if we were to keep Gordon this year, we'd probably push 50 wins. I really don't think that's going out on a limb. I do agree with you though on what will more than likely happen this offseason.

Oh, I'll be furious if that's the case. I know it's irrational, but I'll use hindsight to bash Paxson and Foreman for letting go of Gordon for nothing. I was pissed at the time but I understand their line of thinking, as I said. But if we reach the summer and we can't get any of those free agents? That erases that line of thinking and instead of having a guy that can pour in 21 points a game, we're going to be relegated to keeping John Salmons for a long-term deal when BG should be getting that money. I hope it doesn't come to that. I really hope we don't screw this up in the summer.

I bet we'll compete but you guys will pull away late.

Myth. The Bulls are shooting about the same % this year as they did last year. Of course the Bulls are scoring about 8 points per games less this year, despite playing a slightly tougher five games this year as they did last year. The Bulls are not aggressive enough this year, as can see by the lower FTA so far (112 through 5 games this yr, as opposed to 149 attempts last year), and Gordon wasn't a real factor in getting to the line. Personally the Bulls are missing Rose's explosiveness moreso the Gordon's offense. The Bulls had an effective field goal percentage of .493 which was only good for 20th in the league. The problem is that they're at .427 so far this season which is second to last in the league. They were 7th in 3 point FG percentage last year and they're dead last so far this season (.381 vs. .234). You can attribute that to no Gordon and Salmons/Hinrich being ice cold so far. The good news is that their rebounding on the defensive glass is vastly improved. They're 3rd in defensive rebounding percentage so far when they were 28th last year. Deng and a consistent Noah have been huge their so far. Sadly, Thomas not getting much run has helped that too. Keeping in mind a small sample size so far I think you can expect that letting Gordon going and replacing him with Salmons at the 2 and allowing Deng to slide in at 3 has had the effect you'd expect--trading much better rebounding/defense for a drop off in outside shooting. The good news is that Salmons should start shooting better and Rose will get healthier to help mitigate the losses on offense. In other wrods the Bulls are not really missing BG at all. Here we go with Gordon talk. Even if the Bulls are winning. Losing Gordon was good for the team. 1) Cost: That money is better spent elsewhere and allows the Bulls to be in a good position for 2010 free agents 2) His limitations as a player: Yes, he can shoot. But that's it. - He can't defend - He can't pass - He can't rebound - He can't dribble - He was a terrible complement to Rose: I can't believe how many people actually think BG was good for Rose. Rose is best when he drives and creates. BG was a guy who would get the ball, take a few dribbles, and jack up a shot. Sorry, not enough balls for the two of them. - He cannot score in crunch time with the game on the line. He cannot create his own shot. I can't believe so many Bulls fans haven't realized this by now. How many times do they need to see him get swatted or stripped with the game on the line before they realize it. Get over Gordon. I appreciated what he did, but he was overrated, one-dimensional, and getting rid of him was better for the Bulls. Period. Gordon was able to get to the line better than anyone else on this team. He's a better shooter than anyone we have on our team right now. It really isn't a coincidence that we're the worst three-point shooting team in the league. Yes, I realize it's a very small sample size but I expect us to be in the lower third in that stat this year. And if Gordon couldn't score in crunch time, how did we get our points late in close games? Salmons had a few key games last year but Gordon was big in the closing seconds of several games. That being said, I do understand the move and I do think it will pay off in the long run. Even if we don't land Wade or Bosh, we should (hopefully) have enough to entice Joe Johnson coming here. It's just going to be extremely nauseating watching this team in certain stretches this year, but we do have a better defensive team as a result of it as well.

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lol Packers. No excuse for McCarthy not to be fired now. Hopefully we lose out to make the choice extremely easy.

Awesome performance on the road today. Plus Richmond just lost to Villanova, so we should be #2 at the worst. We're going to be very close to getting three home games as long as we don't slip up against Missouri St and SEMO. A case could be made that you guys could be the No. 1 team overall. Montana is the only undefeated team left and they needed a last second field goal just to beat Idaho State 12-10 today. Oh, and Idaho State is 0-10 this year and 1-21 over the last two years. Montana also struggled with UCD, Cal Poly and Northern Arizona. Of course, they're 9-0 and if they don't lose, they'll probably be the No. 1 seed. The only other team that I think would challenge Southern Illinois for the top spot is Villanova. They're ranked No. 4 coming in and just beat the No. 1 team in the nation and are the most likely of the four 8-1 CAA teams to win out. William and Mary plays both New Hampshire and Richmond (all three are 8-1) the next two weeks. I'm guessing it will be Montana, SIU, Villanova and whichever of the other three CAA teams goes 10-1. No. 7 Appalachian State and No. 6 Elon play next week and the winner of that could get one, especially App State because of their recent history. Just make sure you put us ahead of Montana in the poll. I saw the Montana game on a stream and it took them a game winning FG as time expired to defeat a team that was 0-8. That's not the #1 team in the subdivision. We're undefeated against FCS teams with road W's at UNI and a blowout W at SDSU. That should be good enough for the top spot, I would think. As long as we get a top two seed though, I'll be fine with it. Had Montana behind you last week and I'll be keeping them there. My top five for next week is probably going to be Villanova, SIU, William & Mary, Richmond and Montana. It will be interesting to see what happens in the polls this week. Richmond has been the clear No. 1 team ever since App St. lost their opening game. Now, Montana is the only unbeaten and is ranked No. 2 but they just struggled against an 0-10 team. Meanwhile there are one-loss SIU (just beat a top-10 team on the road), Villanova (just beat the No. 1 team on the road) and even William and Mary right there. I suspect Montana will get the top spot because a bunch of idiots will look and see that they were No. 2 and they're the only unbeaten left. However, there are others who will look and see that Montana struggled against a horrible team while SIU and Nova just got great road wins and will give the one-loss teams the first place votes. I could definitely see Montana losing on the road to Montana St. after today's game, so I shouldn't be that worried about them. Granted I only saw the final quarter, but Idaho St. definitely didn't look like a winless team and Montana didn't look like an undefeated team.

Awesome performance on the road today. Plus Richmond just lost to Villanova, so we should be #2 at the worst. We're going to be very close to getting three home games as long as we don't slip up against Missouri St and SEMO. A case could be made that you guys could be the No. 1 team overall. Montana is the only undefeated team left and they needed a last second field goal just to beat Idaho State 12-10 today. Oh, and Idaho State is 0-10 this year and 1-21 over the last two years. Montana also struggled with UCD, Cal Poly and Northern Arizona. Of course, they're 9-0 and if they don't lose, they'll probably be the No. 1 seed. The only other team that I think would challenge Southern Illinois for the top spot is Villanova. They're ranked No. 4 coming in and just beat the No. 1 team in the nation and are the most likely of the four 8-1 CAA teams to win out. William and Mary plays both New Hampshire and Richmond (all three are 8-1) the next two weeks. I'm guessing it will be Montana, SIU, Villanova and whichever of the other three CAA teams goes 10-1. No. 7 Appalachian State and No. 6 Elon play next week and the winner of that could get one, especially App State because of their recent history. Just make sure you put us ahead of Montana in the poll. I saw the Montana game on a stream and it took them a game winning FG as time expired to defeat a team that was 0-8. That's not the #1 team in the subdivision. We're undefeated against FCS teams with road W's at UNI and a blowout W at SDSU. That should be good enough for the top spot, I would think. As long as we get a top two seed though, I'll be fine with it.

If he keeps up his solid play (obviously he won't be that good for the rest of the 1st half), he should garner some serious All-Star consideration. I was worried about this game and I figured it'd be a close game. I'll definitely take the win. Nice to see Salmons actually have a good shooting night as well.

Ridiculous. Start the investigation.

Awesome performance on the road today. Plus Richmond just lost to Villanova, so we should be #2 at the worst. We're going to be very close to getting three home games as long as we don't slip up against Missouri St and SEMO.

Guy wide open in the flat? Nah, let's throw it up into double coverage in the endzone.

BALL!

Not a flag, jackasses.

Iowa's going to find a way to win this game, guys.