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  1. 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)
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. bukie
    Sagarin ratings through week 7: 1. Chicago - 30.63 2. San Francisco - 29.96 3. Houston - 29.91 4. Green Bay - 28.03 5. NY Giants - 26.94 6. Atlanta - 26.19 7. Denver - 25.85 8. New England - 25.29 9. Seattle - 24.93 10. Minnesota - 23.88 11. St. Louis - 22.21 12. Washington - 21.23 13. Dallas - 21.21 14. Arizona - 21.03 15. Baltimore - 20.67 16. Miami - 19.89 17. Detroit - 19.83 18. Tampa Bay - 19.24 19. Pittsburgh - 18.77 20. NY Jets - 18.61 21. San Diego - 17.56 22. New Orleans - 17.12 23. Philadelphia - 16.64 24. Indianapolis - 15.26 25. Carolina - 15.18 26. Cincinnati - 14.33 27. Buffalo - 13.47 28. Tennessee - 13.02 29. Cleveland - 12.41 30. Oakland - 11.92 31. Jacksonville - 10.33 32. Kansas City - 8.45
  6. bukie
    This is what sloppy conditions do for a game. They'd just better recover the onside kick.
  7. bukie
    @FO_ASchatz Does anyone want to check the corpse and make sure the Cardinals are really dead? I mean, we've been convinced before.
  8. bukie
    LOL "They'll probably review this here..." Yeah, so they can tell whether the Bears got the ball at the 3 on an INT or a TO on downs?
  9. bukie
    38-13 Bears. 15 days to prepare, and field conditions hold up their pass rush just enough for the Bears offense to look scary.
  10. bukie

    NFL Week 7

    bukie replied to Banedon's topic in Other Sports

    In this week's DVOA, the bottom nine teams are all in the AFC: Cincy, Cleveland, Indy, Tennessee, Jacksonville, Oakland, KC, San Diego, Buffalo
  11. bukie
    And Granderson.
  12. bukie
    Doesn't look the strategy of benching their best hitter is working out well for the Yankee offense.
  13. bukie
    That poll is like... "What would you like to happen today?" A. Die in a fire B. Die by suffication C. Die by getting beaten to death with a baseball bat D. Win the lotto E. Get kicked in the groin repeatedly for 7 hours F. Kerry Wood Which one was win the lotto? Other.
  14. bukie
    Carimi's run blocking seems to be pretty good: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ol
  15. bukie
    Either that or the Bears' front office was incompetent in doing their research on him.
  16. bukie
    Oh, I don't deny that it was a terrible pick, but it wasn't terrible because they could've taken a good RB in the spot.
  17. bukie
    I don't think any of those guys would have played left tackle any better.
  18. bukie
    Derwood is busy building an elite team of strawmen, so he can find a PSU opponent he can feel relaxed about.
  19. bukie
    Along with what had better be Jamaica, because so help me if the USMNT ends up playing for a draw tonight.
  20. bukie
    So much for Canada having a good shot at the hex.
  21. bukie
    High on the whole NFC North, as Detroit at #8 is the lowest ranked team.
  22. bukie
    The Cardinals did have the third best run differential in the majors this year (behind Washington and NY). If anything, they under-performed quite a bit during the regular season for one reason (injuries) or another (luck).
  23. bukie

    2013

    bukie replied to tspain's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Anthony Rizzo alone makes that statement ridiculous. The implosion of CF cancels out the improvement at 1b. And to think Marlon Byrd was looking to be such a long term solution.
  24. bukie

    2013

    bukie replied to tspain's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Are we going to completely ignore the last four months of the season? Were the first two months deemed exhibitions retroactively or something? But fine. In the last four months, he threw 43 IP, struck out 59, walked 27, and gave up 3 HRs. That BB rate still makes him barely serviceable. The time on the disabled list would suggest that the first portion of the season could be deemed "damaged goods". Actually spending time to try to "stabilize" the bullpen would be an exercise in futility.
  25. bukie
    He also mentioned that the top 7 (as of right now) is a combined 24-16, with three of them having three losses a piece. Assuming NYG (4-2) are #1, that makes four teams totalling 11 losses, leaving five losses for the remaining three teams. Since none have more than two losses, that leave two 2-loss teams and a 1-loss team. Which means either the Bears or Texans fell completely out of the top 7 and Atlanta isn't in there either. Assuming the 49ers are one of the other top 7, I'll run with the assumption that the top 7 looks something like NYG, SF, CHI, GB, NE, SEA, DEN.
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