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  1. bukie
    I love the show, but god, callers make me cringe. Callers are far and away the worst part of talk radio. Well, they generally try to pick callers that make the radio hosts look smart. Depending on the radio hosts, that tends to be a low bar.
  2. bukie
    This was the first game all year that the Titans D didn't allow points on either of the opponents' first two drives.
  3. bukie
    It's not the turnovers that are unsustainable it's the defensive tds
  4. bukie
    Cubs claim Rockies RHP Zach Putnam off waivers from Colorado. http://www.bleachernation.com/2012/11/02/chicago-cubs-claim-righty-zach-putnam-off-waivers-from-rockies/ Roster-o-meter: 34
  5. bukie
    The list would likely be just as accurate if they predicted everyone would go to the Yankees.
  6. bukie
    They overpaid for a league average reliever. He is the definition of league average. Given the volatility of relief pitchers in the first place, committing to three years for a league average pitcher with below average walk and K rates is not a good decision.
  7. bukie
    That's a bit of a conclusion to jump to for Steve Stone predicting a curveball low and away.
  8. bukie
    One more thing to note, this is the first week that the Bears playoff odds are over 90%. In fact, 11 teams right now have a greater than 75% chance of getting a playoff spot: Denver, New England, Houston, Baltimore, Miami, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, San Francisco, NY Giants, Chicago, and Green Bay.
  9. bukie
    TEN ranks incredibly low for a team with 3 wins. IND ranks incredibly low for a team with 4 wins. The bottom 9 teams in the AFC are awful, and worse than anyone in the NFC. Three of the bottom 4 are in the AFC South. Houston could probably finish 8-8 and win the division
  10. bukie
    More than Hinrich? I mean, if it were Robinson vs. Rose, it's another story, but he's not exactly got to hit a very high bar to be the most valuable PG on the roster right now.
  11. bukie
    I was going to say that it's no sure thing Miami gets the 1 seed this year as they're prone to just coasting for the regular season, but then again I don't see any other East team that's even going to win 50 games, so the Heat are going to win the East by 10 games even by coasting.
  12. bukie
    Bears 5th in DVOA this week, offensive efficiency took a nose dive. They're rated behind Denver, San Francisco, New England, and the NY Giants.
  13. bukie
    He's taken on more blockers than anybody on the defense. Most of them just happen to be his own blockers getting shoved into him, though.
  14. bukie
    Carimi is struggling with pass blocking, and excellent at run blocking. This is still for all intents and purposes his rookie year. It's a little early to write him off as a bust.
  15. bukie
    Do they have an archive of past projections? edit: oh, and I wonder if this was done before Gasser tore his ACL? They did one for their printed production last year, but they're using a new methodology this year, using more coaching effects on defense. He ran the simulation this morning, so I'd assume he's not including Gasser's minutes in Wisconsin's projection.
  16. bukie
    Basketball Prospectus projects the Big Ten: Rank Team CW CL 1 Indiana 14 4 5 Michigan St. 13 5 8 Ohio St. 13 5 23 Minnesota 11 7 33 Wisconsin 10 8 44 Michigan 9 9 54 Illinois 9 9 64 Iowa 7 11 73 Purdue 7 11 88 Penn St. 6 12 102 Northwestern 6 12 151 Nebraska 3 15 Of course, the author explicitly stated that Michigan is probably far too low in the projection, because their projected defense is bad due to Beilein never having a good defensive system, and having a bunch of new players.
  17. bukie
    Florida State would have an outside shot if they win out as well, as that would greatly improve their awful SOS to this point, and they're Florida State, so they'll always get overrated in human polls.
  18. bukie
    I hate to say it, but AJ Pierzynski is the best analyst Fox has at the World Series.
  19. bukie
    I bet they get to No. 3 this week. But Oregon will jump them in the next few weeks if they continue to win since they have a tougher remaining schedule (both have @USC but Oregon also has vs. Stanford and @Oregon St plus the Pac-12 title game). I don't think Oregon is ever going to catch ND in the computers without the Irish losing. And they're not exactly in a position to improve the distance between them in the polls, either.
  20. bukie
    Yeah, Pomeroy's point was that the preseason polls are actually the most useful poll of the season in terms of assessing team quality.
  21. bukie
    Prior moves (also via Bruce's twitter): - Wednesday: Cubs outright Anthony Recker, Adrian Cardenas, Jason Berken, Miguel Socolovich, and Marcos Mateo to remove them from 40-man roster - Anthony Recker was claimed off waivers by the Mets. - The Cubs claimed RHP Carlos Gutierrez off waivers by the Twins. EDIT: These moves puts the Cubs' 40-man roster at 33 (Mateo and Parker were on the 60-day DL, and weren't on the roster), plus Garza and Stewart are on the 60-day DL.
  22. bukie
    I thought it would be good to have a thread that consisted strictly of actual moves. No speculation, no discussion, just moves. Threads on discussion of significant moves can still exist, but everyone could know that if this thread got updated, there was an actual move. Today's moves (via Bruce Miles' twitter): - Cubs have outrighted Chris Volstad, Manny Corpas, Joe Mather, Justin Germano, and Blake Parker - Chris Volstad was claimed on waivers by the Royals - Manny Corpas has opted for free agency rather than accept assignment to minor leagues
  23. bukie
    20 programs jumped conferences this year. That seems like a lot. Here they all are: West Virginia (Big East -> Big 12) TCU (Mountain West -> Big 12) Missouri (Big 12 -> SEC) Texas A&M (Big 12 -> SEC) Butler (Horizon -> Atlantic 10) VCU (CAA -> Atlantic 10) Nevada (WAC -> Mountain West) Fresno State (WAC -> Mountain West) Hawaii (WAC -> Big West) Texas-San Antonio (Southland -> WAC) Texas-Arlington (Southland -> WAC) Texas State (Southland -> WAC) Oral Roberts (Summit -> Southland) Belmont (Atlantic Sun -> OVC) North Dakota (Great West -> Big Sky) Southern Utah (Summit -> Big Sky) Seattle (Independent -> WAC) Longwood (Independent -> Big South) Nebraska-Omaha (Independent -> Summit)
  24. bukie
    Considering their previous three games were won by an average of 23 points, and they outscored Jacksonville 28-0 in the fourth, I don't foresee it being an issue.
  25. bukie
    So the Bears will be like #3 in the BCS this week? We control our own destiny because we play Houston and San Francisco, so I'm not complaining much. Ahh yes, the old "rankings are meaningless" adage. Sure, it doesn't affect playoff positioning, but at least the objective rankings are reflective of teams' actual abilities at this point in the season. More interesting to me are the teams that have the most discrepancy between subjective rankings and objective, like Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Denver, and Philly. Weren't the Bears one of the most underrated teams based on that discrepancy last week? Yes, and still are, largely, although the Monday game helped jog some pundits' memories as to how good the Bears' D actually is.
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