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  1. bukie
    That's because they're not. Oh my bad...Well then I heard wrong on ESPN...maybe it was at home or something They're going for a 9 game winning streak this week. You could have just said that instead of what you said and it would be have been nicer In the same vein, it's really not that difficult to do a 30-second check on ESPN to see if the information you post is correct. It's not anyone else's responsibility to fact check you.
  2. bukie
    He deserves it after the collapse at the end of the year....I know the D is bad, but come on The D was historically bad. Second least efficient defense in the tracked statistical era (last 20 years), behind this year's Detroit defense. Do you think he deserved to stay on? Change was necessary, and at some point, wholesale change was needed. Denver was below average for most of the past few years (they were fortunate to win 8 this year, actually), so they decided to pull the trigger. They can do better, but who knows if they will.
  3. bukie
    That's because they're not. Oh my bad...Well then I heard wrong on ESPN...maybe it was at home or something They're going for a 9 game winning streak this week.
  4. bukie
    I'm not sure smack talk is the right term for it when one side is throwing out poorly researched, incorrect statements, and the other side is simply correcting them repeatedly. You correcting statements I've said, but there irrelevant to Purdue losing at home....Yeah I might not have done a good job supporting my case and looking up the stats, but you've came up with absolutely no information that actually proves anything against Purdue winning at home except that they lost to one of the best teams in the country and played horrible. You missed the point I stated in one of the earlier long posts...which is that none of the information you posted, however inaccurate, was relevant. Purdue is a slightly better team, and should win on that merit. What they've done in the past 2 years is about as relevant as the repeated beatings they took at home 3 years ago.
  5. bukie
    He deserves it after the collapse at the end of the year....I know the D is bad, but come on The D was historically bad. Second least efficient defense in the tracked statistical era (last 20 years), behind this year's Detroit defense.
  6. bukie
    I'm not sure smack talk is the right term for it when one side is throwing out poorly researched, incorrect statements, and the other side is simply correcting them repeatedly.
  7. bukie
    That's because they're not.
  8. bukie
    Maybe I'm not up on my Hawks-Wings nomenclature, but is this supposed to be some kind of sleight? I was wondering that too. I've seen Dead Things, Detoilet, Wangs. That's probably my favorite, though I generally think these sorts of things are silly. Cards fans think they're so clever with Flubs, Schlubs, etc. Ugh. I do prefer Dead Wangs, myself. Yes, the names are silly. I honestly just don't catch the Sparrows reference, so I will claim ignorance and laugh uncomfortably.
  9. bukie
    Last year's results: Illinois 67 at Purdue 74 Purdue 83 at Illinois 75 Illinois 74, Purdue 67, OT, at Indianapolis I consider those a few competitive games. Ha well again I wasn't factoring in the Big Ten tourney game in Indy and was factoring in the game the year before when we were up by 20 the entire game, but yeah they've been relatively close games. If I remember from last year though the 9point game wasn't that close until the end you guys made a little of a comeback There was no 9 point game. In the 7 point home victory, Purdue trailed Illinois by 8 at the half, and 9 with 15 minutes remaining before going on a 23-7 run to take the lead for good. In the 8 point road victory, it was a 3 point game midway through the second half. In the BTT game, the largest lead was the final score. The largest lead for Purdue in either game was 12.
  10. bukie
    Maybe I'm not up on my Hawks-Wings nomenclature, but is this supposed to be some kind of sleight?
  11. bukie
    Last year's results: Illinois 67 at Purdue 74 Purdue 83 at Illinois 75 Illinois 74, Purdue 67, OT, at Indianapolis I consider those a few competitive games.
  12. bukie
    Purdue is 0-1 at home this year against major conference opponents. Illinois is 1-0 on the road this year against major conference opponenets. Ok you played Missouri....and we played Duke....my point is made Actually, Illinois played at Vanderbilt. Missouri was on a neutral site, along with the Kent State and Tulsa victories. My point is there's a context and relevance to everything. Sure, Purdue won over 90% of their home games the past 2 years. Which means nothing for this year. Sure, they beat a lot of patsies at home this year. Means nothing. The only good team they've played at home, they lost big. This, too, means nothing. All that really means something is how good of a team Purdue is vs. how good of a team Illinois is. According to Ken Pomeroy's stat ratings, they're almost dead even, with a slight edge to Purdue. He projects Purdue to have a 66% chance of winning, and predicts a 66-62 final score. According to Jeff Sagarin, Purdue is about 1.6 points better than Illinois on a neutral court. Home court is a 4-point bump, so he projects a 5-6 point Purdue victory. Both projections sound about right. The only disappointing result tonight for Illinois would be a double-digit loss.
  13. bukie
    Wait I said the last three years....What I mean was this year and the two years previous....You took in account a bad Purdue team from the 05-06 season...I didn't change the time frame you just took the 3 previous years and I included this year as one of the three years this year hasn't happened yet....and you said last 3 years, not current year and the last 2 years. Well sorry for not making that clear enough for you that I meant it that way, but in what way does you bringing up the 05-06 season help U of I's chances against us at home when we've only lost 3 games in the last 2 YEARS and this CURRENT YEAR Illinois is undefeated on the road this season. I like those odds. Someone just posted they've played one road game? Don't get me wrong, but I'm just saying that Purdue in this season and the last two has been dominant at home Purdue is 0-1 at home this year against major conference opponents. Illinois is 1-0 on the road this year against major conference opponenets.
  14. bukie
    Interesting video on the transformation of Wrigley: http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3800569&categoryId=2459791&n8pe6c=2
  15. bukie
    Images from earlier this afternoon: http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/1230/nhl_e_wrigleyts1_540.jpg http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/1230/nhl_e_wrigleyts2_540.jpg http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3800235&name=nhl
  16. bukie
    That's not exactly the last 3 years, then. Since 06-07, Purdue has lost 3 home games. Duke, Ohio State, and perennial powerhouse Wofford.
  17. bukie
    Illinois has a rough early schedule (well, outside of the IU home game). Splitting the first two road games would go a long way towards establishing the Illini in the top half of the conference.
  18. bukie
    Because nobody cares about the Dolphins. I thought we covered this already. :)
  19. bukie
    Compared the one road game played by Purdue? Or the one away game played by Ohio State, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Michigan? Yeah, the good Big Ten teams should have their entire non-conference discounted. I'm sure teams in the Big East and ACC played much more balanced home/away non-con schedules. BE teams that played 0 away games: Louisville BE teams that played 1 away game: Georgetown, Pitt, UConn, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Marquette, Providence, St. John's ACC teams that played 0 away games: Maryland ACC teams that played 1 away game: North Carolina, NC State
  20. bukie
    Because games in Texas and St. Louis are obviously home games.
  21. bukie
    Don't get this. Aren't the Dolphins one of the most popular NFL franchises? No, there aren't a lot of people that care about the Dolphins just because they're the Dolphins, and neither of those two teams has a headliner (no, Ronnie Brown and Ted Ginn are not headliners) to grab national attention. Arizona would probably work in much the same way, except that Arizona is the eternal underdog, so that angle would at least be interesting.
  22. bukie
    Considering all the players that opt out of the Pro Bowl anyway, I don't think it's a bad idea. Another idea would be some kind of a league-wide bye in the middle of the season with the Pro Bowl that week.
  23. bukie
    So you think it'll be a low scoring affair tonight?
  24. bukie
    Illinois received 8 votes in the newest coaches poll. Missouri received 9.
  25. bukie
    Adjusted Standings for the week ending 12/28: Power Rankings based on the numbers: 1. Boston 2. San Jose 3. Chicago 4. Detroit 5. New Jersey 6. Montreal 7. Vancouver 8. Pittsburgh 9. Washington 10. Minnesota 11. Philadelphia 12. Calgary 13. Anaheim 14. Buffalo 15. NY Rangers 16. Los Angeles 17. Colorado 18. Florida 19. Edmonton 20. Phoenix 21. Columbus 22. Nashville 23. Carolina 24. Dallas 25. Toronto 26. St. Louis 27. Ottawa 28. Atlanta 29. Tampa Bay 30. NY Islanders
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