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  1. bukie
    I should be in line to get 2 starts each from Haren, Wolf and Niemann, but CBS only indicates the first start for each, so, who knows.
  2. bukie
    You aren't worried about the inexperienced receivers? The terrible o-line play? Injuries? Cutler's bad decision making? The average coach that Lovie is? The poor DBs the Bears put out there? Considering that even with all that, the Bears dominated offensively, no. Any fool with half a brain could see that.
  3. bukie
    There are plenty of positives to take away from the game. The offense dominated basically the entire second half and were driving well in the first half also. The defense held the Packers to two long-range FG attempts and notched a safety (along with the one-yard TD) until that last blown play by Vasher. Turnovers and special teams gaffes led directly to 10 Packers points and additionally killed two drives on the Packers end of the field. I'm not worried about this team at all, aside from the injuries to the LBs. They really did have their way with the Packers, just made too many mistakes.
  4. bukie
    The punishment for Serena's outburst was a penalty point that resulted in the end of the match. There won't be anything beyond that, except possibly a fine. But has anyone ever threatened a line judge like that before? Mary Carillo said that was the worst outburst by a woman she has ever seen and possibly the worse outburst of any sort she had seen on the court. Defaulting a match is really the worst on-court penalty you can give a player. A suspension would do nothing, as players don't play half the tournaments as is. The Williams sisters, especially, as they play fewer tournaments than anyone (and then whine about how they're not #1).
  5. bukie
    The punishment for Serena's outburst was a penalty point that resulted in the end of the match. There won't be anything beyond that, except possibly a fine.
  6. bukie
    I'm not sure how many starts I ended up having this week, but I know Wolf was given a couple extra days rest so he'll have 2 starts next week.
  7. bukie
    They're probably erring on the side of too strict early on here so that the officials can maintain control through the whole game.
  8. bukie
    The ND special teams and the Michigan D are noticeably bad thus far.
  9. bukie
    36 hours later, northsidebaseball.com goes to the right place. :)
  10. bukie
    Still IP only here. Never have been able to resolve the domain correctly.
  11. bukie
    The winner of the coin flip still has an advantage. You're saying the onus is on the defense to overcome that advantage. It's an advantage, but the game isn't over.
  12. bukie
    72-67 now. If they can get to 92-67... ...they still might not make the playoffs.
  13. bukie
    I don't completely agree that NFL OT is decided on a coin flip, because it's not like the opposing team gets it on the 50 or anything. Unless the score is 63-all at the end of regulation, it can be expected that the defense can make a stop more often than not. It's not out of the realm of reality that a team's defense can and should be expected to keep the opposing drive under 50 yards to give the offense a chance with the ball.
  14. bukie
    One coin toss has a minuscule effect on the game. One does not. People don't talk about the one and they talk about the other. Comparing the two is silly. Once the opening coin toss winner starts winning 60% of the games, that'll be a reasonable comparison It's unreasonable to whine about the coin toss. It's unreasonable, stupid, idiotic, waste of time, ridiculous, etc, etc. THEY HAD 60 FREAKING MINUTES. OT coin flip winners don't win 60% of the games because the vast majority of games are one in regulation when you are supposed to win the damn game instead of playing for a tie and whining about how unfair life is that both teams didn't get to touch the ball. Of course, both teams had 60 minutes to get it done and didn't. Why only penalize one of them?
  15. bukie
    Pretty sure the quote trees are fixed now. Sigs still a bit large, but not a big issue.
  16. bukie
    Yeah, that's just a little darker...
  17. bukie
    I'll stick with Nexus for the time being to function as a guinea pig.
  18. bukie
    If the demo site works correctly, wouldn't it be quickest to just do a file compare to the CSS files on the demo site? :) Otherwise, I'll look through that whole CSS file when I have time to see where the sizes got messed up. An inability to test things out, though, could make it difficult. :)
  19. bukie
    I don't have it from northsidebaseball.com yet, Tim. I have to use the IP to access.
  20. bukie
    I guess that's the difference between him and winning quarterbacks. Winning QBs play defense too apparently. Jay is selfish that way. Always has to be the quarterback.
  21. bukie
    Studies show that Jay Cutler has yet to play a single down on the defensive side of the football in his career.
  22. bukie
    Actually, one of the FO guys responded directly to that question:
  23. bukie
    Not only that, look how far their projection is from the rest of the league (for both D and ST).
  24. bukie
    The Bears have always had a stellar ST during the Smith era. During 2006 and 2007, when Hester was crazy with the return TDs, they were so far and away the best ST squad that FO's prior position of ST success being largely luck was rescinded.
  25. bukie
    Wow...also look at their playoff odds: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/playoff-odds/2008/dvoa-playoff-odds-report The link has 2008 in it, but it's clearly the 2009 odds. According to them, the Bears have a: -79.5% chance of making the playoffs (which is the highest in the NFC) -55.5% chance of winning the division -40.7% chance of getting a first round bye -37.1% chance of getting to the conference championship game -23.3% chance of winning the conference championship and a Super Bowl appearance (1/4 odds wow) -11.8% chance of winning the Super Bowl I'll take those odds. Yeah, if you look at the projections, they're the only NFC team in the top 7, and the clear favorite (especially if the Williams Wall misses 4 games) as the only team projected with more than 10 wins. 13 of the 16 NFC teams are projected between 6 and 10 wins, with only the Bears, 49ers and Cardinals outside that spectrum.
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