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  1. bukie
    The NFC East could easily be a 9 win team, though it's also looking much more likely that a 9 win team will be a WC team The NFC East winner could easily go 8-8 at this rate. Washington had a huge potential advantage that got lost when their only QB went down, so now it's a fight amongst the dregs to grab that all important 4 seed.
  2. bukie
    The other thing you can look at at this point is what teams are even contending for the playoffs in the NFC? You can basically write off the 49ers, Cards, Bucs and Giants up front. Detroit is hanging by a thread, they'd basically be done if the Bears win Thursday. Philly and Atlanta are already in win-out-or-season-over mode, Washington has no QB, which means the Cowboys may make the playoffs by default. Rams and Saints have practically wrapped up playoff spots at this point, even though the Saints closing schedule is brutal. That leaves 3 spots for the Bears, Vikings, Packers, Panthers and Seahawks, keeping in mind that even if the Packers win out, they get to 10 wins.
  3. bukie
    Bears now project to finish the season 11-5, which means the Packers can't catch them and the Vikings only can if they win out to go 11-4-1 against one of the toughest remaining schedules in the NFL.
  4. bukie
    So this entire year, save for two 4th quarters and one game without their best defender?
  5. bukie
    I don't think there is any realistic path for UCF to make the playoff. At this point, the interesting scenario would be if Clemson, ND, Michigan and Georgia win out with Bama losing to Georgia in the SEC championship. Would be awful for SEC to steal two spots two years straight.
  6. bukie
    Northwestern wins the Big Ten West despite going 0-3 in non conference.
  7. bukie
    Wrong show
  8. bukie
    Bears are elite, Lions are bad. Bears by 14.
  9. bukie
    Joe needs to stop acting like he's the true victim of the situation. Don't want to get involved in the Russell situation? Say you don't have enough facts to comment and leave it at that.
  10. bukie
    His name is an anagram for nacho yea point, so the Cubs have progressed from chili to nachos.
  11. bukie
    Completely disagree, Underwood was a great hire and they have a really solid, deep class coming in this year. That is an awful take for a single year. I hope you're correct, although, I believe he's the only Big Ten Coach without a 2019 commitment which is discouraging. They just finished putting together a 7 player 2018 class and they're heavily recruiting 2019 talent. It's still super early, and they mifht have just 2 apots available. Illinois' problems in both programs right now is trying to recover from awful talent voids left by prior regimes. The FB program has 6 seniors and is coming off a win (yes, today was their worst showing). The BB program has 4 returning players after offloading a bunch of secondary talent and a talented graduate. Patience is a key right now, as both sports are rebuilding from scratch.
  12. bukie
    5 mil a year for Lovie. I know coaches usually deserve 1 full recruiting cycle but, they would be justified if they canned him. Appears they gotten it wrong in BB as well, just sad, they've been surpassed by Northwestern (in BB as well, long surpassed in FB). Completely disagree, Underwood was a great hire and they have a really solid, deep class coming in this year. That is an awful take for a single year.
  13. bukie
    Note that this is the 3rd place team in that division.
  14. bukie
    They did it. The Cubs broke the Dbacks spirit. This is the exact moment their heart was torn in half.
  15. bukie
    Good old "finders keepers"
  16. bukie
    De La Rosa has been great in 17 appearances for the Cubs, to the point where I'm almost expecting him to be on the postseason roster in the pen. Looking at the options: Strop (if healthy) Edwards Cishek Wilson Chavez Monty Rosario De La Rosa Kintzler Garcia Chatwood Mills Maples I'd say Edwards, Cishek, Wilson, Chavez and Monty are locks, with Strop in if healthy, and the back of the pen going to 1 or 2 of Rosario, De La Rosa and Kintzler.
  17. bukie
    I'm not great at math, but is it even possible for a swing in batting average that great at this point in the season? Let's assume Javy plays 10 of the remaining 11 games, and gets an average of 4 PA per game, so 40 PA. Given his 5% walk rate, let's say 38 AB. To raise his BA to .315, he'd need to go 23 for 38. To raise it to .320, he'd need to go 28 for 38.
  18. bukie
    Javy with an outside shot at the triple crown in the NL, now up to 10th in BA, 3rd in HR and 1st in RBI. Likely won't catch Yelich/Gennett for the batting title, but it's a great season.
  19. bukie
    What in the world is the umpire doing? [tweet] [/tweet]
  20. bukie
    Dbacks are eliminated, as tonight's Cub win also results in a loss to Arizona.
  21. bukie
    The signing itself was fine, IMO, but they REALLY dropped the ball by acting like they only needed to prop up the bullpen in-season with the likes of horsefeathering Kintzler. Chavez and De La Rosa.
  22. bukie
    The Cards will never lose again* *they just lost 2 of 3 at home to the Reds
  23. bukie
    Win today and the Cubs will clinch a winning record for the fourth straight season. This would mark only the second stretch the Cubs had a winning record for at least 4 straight seasons since World War II. (1968-1974 the other).
  24. bukie
    Cubs clinched a better record than the Padres last night. They can clinch a better record than the Marlins with a win today.
  25. bukie
    I'm not sure how often it needs to be said that DFA does not mean released.
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