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This is how I watched the draft last night. Some may be famliiar with Robert Mays, a lifelong Bears fan who was super excited about Fields when he was drafted, but he had a fun night last night as well. Full draft analysis at the end (each draft pick is time-stamped in the video):
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Going into the draft I felt like there were maybe 5-6 blue chip top tier offensive players available to draft (Williams, Maye, Harrison, Alt, Odunze). For the Bears to get two of them without trading up or losing draft capital is outstanding. For all the draft trading and positioning experts expected, it was a relatively calm top of the draft (aside from an insane amount of QBs drafted in the top 12, of which I don't know that even two are going to be successful). If anything, I wish the Bears had a second rounder here because there are some high level defensive players around here for great value that nobody drafted while everyone went on an offensive skill player bonanza yesterday.
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Yes, Jerry Reinsdorf is all about showing fans he gives a horsefeathers for all the teams he owns.
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It's related to just how much time there is between the end of the football season and the start of the draft. People invent controversy just to pass the time.
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We are now 25 games into the season, and the White Sox have scored a total of 20 runs at Guaranteed Rate field. The Reds scored a total of 26 runs at Guaranteed Rate field in 3 games.
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Coventry has overcome a 3-0 2nd half deficit to tie ManU 3-3 on a Haji Wright PK conversion, and are now in ET in the FA cup semifinal.
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Rumor has it one of Stoors commitment demands was to get his GF a spot on the women's team. BU said no, so Kansas swooped in.
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Kentucky losing their coach to Arkansas, because Arkansas lost their coach to USC, because USC lost their coach to SMU, is some kind of backwards coaching carousel that's somehow getting all the way to NBA coaches.
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Early-season trends that may or may not end up meaningful
bukie replied to Bertz's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
As expected before the season, the NL Central is by far the best division in baseball. -
Does anyone care about the Bulls season enough to discuss?
bukie replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Bulls sweep the season series with the West-leading T-Wolves, because of course they did. -
There were only going to be two ways to beat UConn - rain 3's and stretch the defense so Clingan would leave the lane, or get Clingan in foul trouble off drives. The 3's weren't falling, so they went with option 2, and the officials called an extremely loose game, so they were 0 for 19 at the rim with Clingan in the paint, and 1 for 19 from 3 if their name wasn't Marcus Domask (until the garbage time when Hansberry drained two after they were down 30 and had given up). It was just a bad game for their shooting to completely escape them. They ended up being completely unable to do anything offensively for a 10 minute stretch early in the second half.
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I guess if you can't solve the final third, just skip it.
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Fun fact, Illinois just passed UConn for first overall in adjusted offensive efficiency, and their 126.7 number is 4th highest in the KenPom era. There is good news about the NCAA tourney outcomes of the 3 teams with adjusted offenses higher than that...
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This feels like one of those really top heavy years with 2-3 elite teams significantly better than everyone else. I'm having a hard time not having UConn, Houston and Purdue in the Final Four, but it might just be one of those years. If you have to fade UConn to differentiate, then Houston or Purdue would be the next best bets. I might take those 3 teams over the field this year.
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Yes, Virginia definitely should have been in this tournament.
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This is a crazy top heavy field this year. UConn, Houston and Purdue were about 3 games better than anyone else. After that, UNC, Tennessee and Arizona were a tier better than the rest. Iowa State made a late run in the conference tournament to shore up the 2 seed, but it was never going to be enough to get into the top 6. It's actually an OK matchup for Illinois if it shakes out. On the other hand, they did get a 6 seed in BYU that should have been a 5, but got reseeded because they can't play on Sundays. But that's par for the course for tournament pods for this program.
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7 goals in back to back games where the Hawks were the better team? What year is this?
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DePaul is an MVC team stuck in a major conference.
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Kane hits the game winner in OT on a breakaway for the Red Wings. Feels worse.
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Tying goal from DeBrincat from Kane. Feels bad.
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I feel like this is a bit premature, since Bedard is a rookie and everybody knew going into this season it was a bottom 5 NHL roster, and since then they've lost their only other 2 players of value. With Taylor Hall they would probably only be one of the 5 worst teams in the NHL instead of the worst.
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Meanwhile at DePaul: Can anyone win/turn things around at DePaul, or are they just permanently a mid-major program stuck in a major conference?
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At any time the prosecutor can bring the evidence before a grand jury to procure an indictment independent of the preliminary hearing (which would be a similar process but before a judge rather than an grand jury). This is a more typical procedure for a criminal prosecution, which is just one of the many oddities associated with this situation (another being the prosecutor bringing both felony and misdemeanor charges for the same offense, typically it's one or the other). If you have specific legal questions, give that podcast a listen. The lawyer involved goes through all the proceedings and the associated responsibilities and expectations from all 3 sides of the situation (the accuser/prosecution, the defendant, and the university).
