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OK, so if they lose they are 2 back with 4 to play. Probably even a bigger game for them than us, but not by much. Again, first tiebreaker is common record among tied teams If Bears win: Chi 2-1 (vs. GB) GB 2-1 (@ Chi) Min 1-3 If Vikings win Chi 1-2 (vs. GB) GB 2-1 (@ Chi) Min 2-2 So that would leave the Bears needing to beat GB to go to the next tiebreaker. If that happened, the next tiebreaker would be division record, which would be the same assuming everyone beats Detroit twice (which the Bears have). Then the next tiebreaker is common games, and I have no idea how to figure that out. In the division, common games for this season would be all division games + the NFC South games (ATL/NO/TB/CAR) + the AFC South games (TEN/IND/JAC/HOU). There are only 2 games on the schedule that aren't common games (NFC East opponent and NFC West opponent)
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If the Vikings lose this game, they can no longer win any tiebreaker for the division.
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Incidentally, on the other side of the spectrum, only 3 games into the season, there are already 4 conferences in which none of the teams are undefeated, and one conference (SWAC) in which none of the teams have a D-1 victory (Prairie View beat a bad DII team by 50, but the rest of the conference is 0-24 otherwise).
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Virginia Tech lost to Xavier, so that leaves the Big Ten as the last conference to lose a game this year....in about 4 hours, I'm guessing.
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I love early season, extremely low sample size computer rankings: http://kenpom.com/rate.php Go Savannah State! ;)
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Holy crap, Illinois won a game in which they were outshot on the road significantly, and the difference was free throws and rebounding.
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Not sure, but I think this win clinched the MAC conference championship for Ball State. So it's a little bit of a big deal.
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08-09' Blackhawks (46-24-12) 104 PTS - 4th Seed In The West!
bukie replied to Cynosure's topic in Other Sports
Wins and losses are irrelevant. Teams should be awarded points for scoring goals and subtracted points for allowing goals. -
The Big Ten hasn't had any bad losses as of yet, at least. Probably safe until tomorrow, as it looks like Wisconsin is going to squeak by tonight.
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He had an argument, but Sizemore, Morneau, Mauer, Hamilton and Youkilis probably had better arguments.
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Are you arguing that Hamilton should've been higher or lower? 5th in WS, 2nd in EqR, 8th in EqA, 6th in VORP, 4th in RC, he was in about the right spot really, if maybe a little low.
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Well, if he were a closer, he probably would've finished 6th. If he played for Tampa, though, he would've been 11th.
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Err....Utley definitely shouldn't have come in 14th place in the MVP voting this year. Not his fault voters fell in love with a player on his team that essentially should've been platooned until September. Youkilis and Pedroia had pretty similar years. Pedroia had a better VORP, Youkilis had a better EqA, more Win Shares, and more RC.
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Upon further review, he certainly wasn't the least deserving player to get first place votes (K-Rod? Really?), and his VORP was actually third in the AL (A-Rod, Sizemore). His EqA was 17th in the AL, and he was tied for 8th in the AL in Win Shares. Probably not the most deserving player in the league, but not completely out of left field.
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Thank goodness the Cubs were able to retain a big part of what made them winners last year: clubhouse presence.
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We should get a good idea of where Illinois is when they play at Vandy this week, then at Kent State next week. I like Illinois' schedule this year. They scheduled a lot of decent to good teams (Vandy, Georgia, Kent State, Clemson, Mizzou), but nobody that they know is going to blow them out of the stadium (well, until conference play). At least this way they have a decent shot in every non-con game.
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Hey, only the second award where the winner didn't make my ballot. EDIT: Of 28 voters, 16 voted Pedroia first, 6 second, 4 third, 1 fourth, and one voter left him off their ballot. Again, I must find this voter and send him a cookie, unless he was the guy that voted K-Rod first.
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Japanese Team Drafts 16 Year Old Girl
bukie replied to Outshined_One's topic in General Baseball Talk
Are you serious? That's just sad in itself. -
Illinois has a decent chance to be the first Big Ten team to lose a game this year...unless they can somehow drag Thursday's game out long enough for the UCLA-Michigan game to end.
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I'm surprised there wasn't more love for Berkman, who had an absolute monster year of his own. EDIT: Also, the love for Howard and Lidge "carrying" the Phillies to the playoffs completely overlooks the effort of Chase Utley, the true "MVP" of the Phillies for the year.
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Interesting synopsis of the Cuban stock ordeal here on Truehoop Looks like he did engage in insider trading, from the sounds of it. He'll likely have to pay a fine in the area of 1 million and then the matter will likely go away, officially.
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Only one voter did not have Ryan Howard on his ballot. I must find this voter and send him a cookie. Unless he also voted Brad Lidge first, in which case I reserve the right to revoke said cookie.
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Yeah, they probably should've been in the play-in game, but I guess the committee feels that if the SWAC were in the play-in game every year, they'd never make the actual field of 64.
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MVSU is one of the better teams in the SWAC, usually. Which means they're generally one of the 10 worst teams in division 1.
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Good to see him land on his feet after the debacle at IU.
