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Somebody is going to end up getting some nightmare Morocco-Norway-Italy draw, and I just hope it's Mexico.
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10 games later, they did beat the Knicks and 76ers at home, and won road games at Denver and Portland, so they barely came out of it over .500. So, maybe they are a playoff team. They have a win against the 13-2 Pistons and are the only team to win in Denver thus far. Would still like to see them put a team away just once, though. The schedule will ease up significantly here in the next couple weeks, though, 6 of their next 8 games are against the dregs of the league, with their other games coming aganist the Heat and Magic, two teams the Bulls will be battling with for playoff positioning. Need at least a 6-2 stretch here to keep feeling good about them.
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Couple other fun stories in World Cup qualifying: - Scotland beat Denmark to win their qualifying group and make the World Cup for the first time since 1998. - Norway beat Italy (twice!) to win their qualifying group and make the World Cup for the first time since 1998. - Erling Haaland of Norway scored 16 goals in the qualification tournament, which is an insane number considering 40 of the teams in qualifying didn't score that much (including Switzerland, France, Scotland and Germany, who won their groups and qualified). It also means there's still a possibility that all 4 of the parts of the UK can qualify. England and Scotland won groups, Wales and Northern Ireland made the playoff.
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They've looked better lately, but today was just an unprecedented result. Worst defeat for Uruguay as far back as Wikipedia lists results.
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What's gotten into the USMNT today?
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The Athletic did an in-depth on the game starting at about 12 minutes in to this podcast, describing why Caleb's 16 for 32 was much better than JJ's 16 for 32. https://shows.acast.com/the-athletic-football-show-a-show-about-the-nfl/episodes/week-11-hangover-the-bears-move-into-first-the-steelers-stay
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If the playoffs started today, the Bears would be the 3 seed, and the Lions would miss the playoffs.
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The Chiefs are now 5-5, in 9th in the AFC, would lose tiebreakers for the division, and with LA, Buffalo, and Jacksonville for a wild card spot, and play the Colts next week. If they don't win that, they may have to win out just to make the playoffs, and still have games remaining against the Chargers and Broncos.
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THIS TIME FOR SURE
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Call me crazy but I really hope he tries to play through it next week and the Bears end his career.
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I mean, the Bengals game is the ultimate example of the Bears dominating on the field and not being able to get out of their own way to put the game away.
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To me, there are 5 tiers of teams right now: 1. Teams that are good and have the record to show for it: NE, IND, LAR, SEA, PHI, DET, BUF 2. Teams that have a good record but I'm not convinced they're any good: DEN, GB, CHI, PIT, TB, LAC, CAR 3. Teams that would be scary if they rallied to make the playoffs: KC, BAL, SF 4. Teams that are feisty, but won't make the playoffs: MIN, DAL, JAC, HOU 5. Teams that are just bad and are already racing for top 5 picks: ATL, ARI, MIA, WAS, CIN, CLE, LV, NYJ, NYG, NO, TEN
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I'm under no illusions that this Bears team is great, or even good. However, they're clearly better than half the NFC (ARI, NO, ATL, MIN, CAR, NYG, WAS, DAL), which automatically puts them in playoff contention. So that's fun.
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The other thing to keep in mind is a 10-6 Bears team going into week 18 could be going up against a Lions team that has already clinched the division and resting starters.
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Quietly, the Bears are alone in 1st in the NFC North.
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Beating 3 of PIT/CLE/GB/@GB/@SF isn't all that far fetched.
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Live update on Maryland football in Champaign:
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Fair or not, I have a feeling Miami is being penalized for 2 losses in what has turned out to be a terrible ACC this year.
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Call it the Demar Derozan effect.
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Yeah, the Hawks were heavily outplayed 5 on 5 yesterday and didn't get a power play after the first period. In the first period, the Hawks looked like the better team. Afterwards, they had trouble even keeping control of the puck in the offensive zone at all. As a result, the shot differential after the first period was 27-8.
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Well that was a pretty power play sequence ending in a Bedard goal on an open net.
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The Professor Emeritus- Kyle Hendricks announces retirement
bukie replied to bukie's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Fun bizarre Kyle Hendricks factoid: He was never an All-Star in his career, despite leading MLB in ERA in 2016. -
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46920314/cubs-mainstay-rhp-kyle-hendricks-retiring-12-seasons He started the two most important wins in Cubs modern history, and led the league in ERA in 2016. He'll always be one of my favorite players.
