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  1. bukie
    I mean...kinda? My thoughts: - Penalties killed them all night. - Caleb was on early, then high on almost everything in the 2nd half. - Once the DL couldn't get pressure with the front 4, the injured back 7 showed its weakness. Tackling on the 2nd level wasn't there, coverage on Jefferson wasn't there, couldn't stop the run, gave JJ too much time. - The play call on the TD to Odunze in the 4th was the best of the night, I think.
  2. bukie
    Well at least it was nice that JJ McCarthy got to realize his life long dream of throwing a TD pass to a Chicago Bear.
  3. bukie
    Handoff to Moore who rushes straight forward for 5. See, Swift, that is called rushing yardage.
  4. bukie
    Still too much lateral movement from Swift on every rushing play.
  5. bukie
    QBs on other teams hold the ball too long too.
  6. bukie
    I've reached the point where I hope the USMNT goes winless while being embarrassed by CAF and AFC minnows in empty stadiums because the idiots in charge of FIFA and our country deserve all the embarrassment they can manage.
  7. bukie
    This has all the feelings of a 35-24 Vikings win where you come away feeling better about the offense than the defense.
  8. bukie

    NFL Week 1

    bukie replied to Tryptamine's topic in Other Sports

    As per usual, the #1 skill requirement for being a professional coach is having already been a professional coach before, no matter you terrible you were at it before.
  9. bukie
    The way back machine:
  10. bukie
    Cubs have now clinched a better record than the Nationals. (They previously clinched a better record than the Rockies and White Sox)
  11. bukie
    UNC received the opening kickoff, did 3 simple running plays for a first down, then had 3 big plays in a row that went for a TD to go up 7-0. From that point, TCU scored on every possession and UNC didn't complete another pass for 2 hours.
  12. bukie
    UNC did look good for about 90 seconds tonight.
  13. bukie
    This is pretty minor overall, as rosters expand to 28 tomorrow and this is basically an extra RH bat to use against lefties when needed.
  14. bukie
    Here's how I think the top 10 will shake out after today (assuming ND beats Miami): 1. Ohio State 2. Penn State 3. Georgia 4. Notre Dame 5. Texas 6. LSU 7. Oregon 8. Clemson 9. Arizona State 10. Illinois If Miami wins, I think Miami jumps ND and Clemson and ND falls to 9.
  15. bukie
    I'm pretty sure LSU will jump from #9 into the top 10 yes.
  16. bukie
    I'm pretty sure Illinois' OOC plan over the next 10 years is effectively one P4 game (6 of them are Missouri in a Home-Road-Neutral rotation, and Duke next year at home), one directional Illinois team (rotating between Eastern, Western, Southern, and ISU), and one lower tier FBS team (usually a MAC team but I could see them sneaking NIU in there who is technically going to be in the Mountain West).
  17. bukie
    Bama looking to be this year's 2024 Florida State.
  18. bukie
    BTW: Bad form, Northwestern...
  19. bukie
    They're probably the 17th best team in the B1G. Basically the equivalent of East Carolina as a team.
  20. bukie
    Farewell to Lee Corso, effectively the last of the earnest football commentators for college. It was time, though, he looked pretty rough out there today. Now we move forward to the douchbro era, highlighted by Dave Portnoy and Pat McAfee.
  21. bukie
    In a mostly academic 52-3 win for the Illini over Western Illinois, Hank Beatty managed to break D1's longest return TD drought (first return TD since 2013), as well as break Red Grange's 102 year old return yards record for the program.
  22. bukie
    6 times. 3 in May, 3 in June. Divisional opponents play each other 13 times.
  23. bukie
    He was a cut candidate from the start of training, and a healthy scratch several times last season in a year they had a terrible DL. Not really a surprise.
  24. bukie
    For funsies, I ran 10000 simulations for the end of the season based on current pythagorean estimates. Here was the Cubs' record distribution: 5% - 100+ wins 20% - 98+ wins 50% - 96+ wins 75% - 94+ wins 90% - 92+ wins Brewers' record distribution assuming they are August good: 40% - 100+ wins 55% - 99+ wins 75% - 97+ wins 90% - 95+ wins 99% - 92+ wins If the Brewers somehow revert back to their May form: 4% - 100+ wins 18% - 98+ wins 40% - 96+ wins 70% - 94+ wins 90% - 92+ wins So while it would help the Cubs out (obviously) if the Brewers turned back into a pumpkin, it seems like the Cubs target number to try to win the division is 100 games. For reference, the Cubs beat out the current Brewers in 1,989 simulations (19.9%). The Cubs beat out the pumpkin Brewers in 5,969 simulations (59.7).
  25. bukie
    I would say that in order for the Cubs to win the division and get the 1 overall seed, they would need to finish 24-7. Difficult, but not impossible.
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