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Holding out for '15 to get the Illinois job? He interviewed for the Illinois job a couple of years ago. I have been somewhat surprised that he has not gotten more looks from comparable jobs
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I think so also...but MSU rotates OLinemen more than other places, so they do have some experience coming back. Also under Narduzzi MSU's D has re-loaded quite well. More of a system than the sum of its parts. With a better passing game, they should be able to offset most of their losses. Will Narduzzi be there, or is he getting a HC spot somewhere? He already turned down UConn. There is a lot of talk of coaching staff staying intact and blah blah blah....I am not stupid though. My guess is he would take the right job.
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I think so also...but MSU rotates OLinemen more than other places, so they do have some experience coming back. Also under Narduzzi MSU's D has re-loaded quite well. More of a system than the sum of its parts. With a better passing game, they should be able to offset most of their losses.
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I think part of the defensive issues are that NFL teams often draft based more on what the player can become and not what he currently is. They focus more on size and athleticism and not so much can they tackle, read plays, or take good angles. I probably would do the exact same thing and hope that coaching will improve them.
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Why? I've come to really like LeBatard. I listen to his national show on the way home from work just about every day and he's intelligent and doesn't get sucked into the BS vortex that most of the rest of the sports commentary world does. I think what he did was fantastic and the response by some of the higher up at BBWAA is just comical and is making them look the the bunch of childish morons that they are. I have never heard him do radio. I don't have much of an opinion about him that differs greatly from all the other guys who make up ESPN's reporter show stuff in the afternoon. I have seen his show 4 or 5 times and his dad is awesome! If I wasn't at work I would probably watch his show more just for that reason
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obviously Fangraphs has not heard of WHAV...or whatever that hard hit ball metric that someone posted transactions was:)
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I remember Himes saying how we got two quality pitchers for the price of Maddux. I dont think that is what he believed but it was how he sold the lack of signing. I felt at the time that Maddux wanted to leave and the Cubs botching it kind of covered for him somewhat. Team was clearly very poorly run and a smart guy like Maddux could see that they were going nowhere. How come Jeter gets a complete pass on PEDs? I am not accusing him as much as the evidence on him is just as compelling aws the evidence on some players that are being left out.
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I never argue that they are not the best conference. But it is not like they are waaaaay better. 2 schools that had dynasty type runs in the last 8 yrs have been the backbone of their BCS dominance. Before Florida it was USC, before USC it was Miami, before Miami it was Nebraska and so on and so on. FSU may become the next. If that happens it will probably not mean that the SEC is not the best conference anymore, just that they do not have the best team
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I was thinking while watching the game last night that in most cases I would much rather cheer for a team like Auburn than FSU. Too bad all the SEC is the greatest stuff has made me cheer against all their teams in bowl games. Chanting SEC in the middle of the 2nd quarter? Would any other fanbase from any other conference do that? I was way more happy that Auburn lost last night than FSU winning. I didn't watch Auburn much this year so I am not sure this is true, but their defense seemed to be largely influenced by MSU. Take away the nickle and dime stuff, be physical with receivers in man coverage, try to put as much pressure as possible up front. Oh and Musberger has become almost un-watchable. I used to not have much feelings about him either way, but the last couple of years I have noticed that I am disliking him more and more every time I watch. I am sure that MSU will end up 3rd in the final rankings. I don't think we are the 3rd best team but oh well.
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I also thought the camera was too far away from the rink. Too much of the near side of the ice was hidden. The best shots were from the over-ice football cam I agree, not sure why they didn't do more shots from that cam. Got to see most of the action and was able to follow the puck much easier.
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I couldn't have been happier when they came out in their jumbo formation at the end of the game. No chance against MSU in that kind of game. I think Herbstreit is correct when he says that the way to attack MSU is downfield, which Stanford did several times. But they spent most of the game trying to nickle and dime MSU.... no chance
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None of these guys received a 2 yr deal with a players option for a third on a team that the FO thinks will compete. There is a difference between how the current regime sees these guys and how Hendry saw the long list of players he was suckered in by.
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Not that I'm counting on getting him, but I'd say my expectations are a little higher now than they were before. The Yanks and Dodgers (LA hasn't been talked about much lately though) have always been linked to him, so that's nothing new. But I do like the amount of people who have listed the Cubs as serious players. I think if they can somehow sell him on the idea that his first season in MLB will be with less expectations with the Cubs than the Yankees or Dodgers. Gives him a season to get his feet under him. The Cubs are in great position moving forward to contend with prospects to develop and trade. And hopefully money to spend. Then he can have a chance to be part of probably the biggest sports story of this century so far when the Cubs win a WS.
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I have only been watching on and off tonigt but the shocking thing to me is that KSU only has 24 pts. Seems like everytime I switch over they are driving
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I keep thinking the same thing. I like what the Sox have done this off-season
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Is Texas really that much of a better job than FSU or OSU? I am not trying to have a big comparison, I would just think that the money and ability to compete are similar to Texas
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Will they be healthier?
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I dont think Auburn runs a true spread though. I almost think the best way to stop them would be like Stanford does against Oregon. Stay in your base and take away the run. But Stanford also has very good linebackers who make quick reads and take good angles.
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Would also be nice to win a billion dollars I was thinking about Iowa as a real nice sleeper pick here. I don't think LSU is going to be up for the game, not going to have qb and Iowa is somewhat under-rated.
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Cool. It seems like lately it has been after the 10th. A month off is still harder on the offense then defense. Is there some evidence of this? A month gives the offense a lot of time to tweak and mess around and install new ripples. That makes it harder on the defense to know what's coming. I couldnt find the history of the over/unders. Just looking at the scores I would think that the game probably did go over more often than under. So I was probably wrong.
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Cool. It seems like lately it has been after the 10th. A month off is still harder on the offense then defense.
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I think I would take the under. Month and a half off is hard on the offense.
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I can't believe they didn't do their typical 2nd half (of the season) collapse I think if they would have started with Cook at the beginning of the season they would not have lost to ND. Also the 2nd half collapse has not been a thing for at least 5 yrs
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Not to go all Meph, but I do not think that a team beating another team once on some Saturday makes them better. That is really the flaw in the system. Heck if Auburn would have beaten Alabama in October and then lost to LSU this past Saturday, Alabama would probably be ranked ahead of them. I understand that is how the system works and has worked in the past, just saying that it is flawed. I think the BCS championship game will probably not get the 2 best teams this yr, that is really my point
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Bama may well be the second best team (or even the first). But they (Saban) screwed up. Someone else has to get a chance. It's going to be OSU or the winner of the SEC title. Hard to argue that another team deserves a shot more than any of those 3 (though OSU's schedule is putrid). But MSU doesn't have an argument. In addition to having a bad loss to a mediocre ND team, they have no quality wins. (Jesus, is ND the best team MSU played? I think they might be.) They beat a handful of 8-win teams that feasted on crap teams to get those wins (look at the schedules for Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota and find a single quality victory). And they played 5 absolutely brutally bad teams. Western Michigan and USF have 3 wins between them. Purdue had just 1 win. Illinois got all the way to 4, but the only game they won in conference was against Purdue. Then they played Missouri Valley Conference 3rd place finisher, Youngstown State. Sorry, you play that [expletive] schedule and you have to win all your games. You don't get to complain about being left out for having "only" 1 loss. I think I started my comment by saying that MSU does not deserve to play in the BCS championship game.