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this is actually my biggest fear in this game. The game usually means a lot more to State than it does Michigan, so State usually played with more urgency. I think this year it actually means more to Michigan and Harbaugh. Tucker has established himself and has plenty of rope at MSU at this point, A loss to Michigan will not change that much. I think you are absolutely right about Harbaugh, if he loses to State the only thing that may save his job is a win against OSU

I have yet to watch Clemson this year so I know nothing. This is certainly not just bad QB play, is it?

I would hate losing him, but this one I understand. MSU is not at that level. Plus there is a lot of competition for the big time recruits in his area.

I dont understand James Franklin being available for LSU or USC. I am sure PSU would match dollar for dollar either of these schools. LSU has won a couple of more titles recently but I would not consider them a more blue blood program than PSU. USC has been a mess since Carroll left. I just dont see that either of these jobs are significantly better than PSU....I say that as someone who hated PSU before it was cool to hate them

number 8 OkST is almost a td underdog to unranked Iowa St.

I feel like it is almost to easy to go over in this one, so the under will probably come in

I was goung back and forth between these 2games. At no point did I think Alabama was going to lose until they did, and the entire second half I was sure Michigan was going to lose until they didnt

I predict Alabama drops 3 spots in the polls and A&M jumps up to 11

And Yadier was 0-4

I am not an expert on advanced stats by any measure so this may just be dumb...but Ohtani WAR was 9.0. I know that is a really good season by any measure. I know he did not have any defense to add to the pot. But for someone with a OPS+ of 158 and pitched as well as he did, this seems low

I'm rooting hard for the Cardinals. This may be the best opportunity for anyone to beat the Dodgers. Get rid of the Dodgers and then let KB's Giants destroy the Cards.I like the Giants chances of beating them

I wouldnt be surprised...Not a gimme in the bunch.

I'm not intimately familiar with him and haven't seen a single PA of his at the MLB level, but from reading from others and seeing his past I don't have very high hopes. The consensus seems to be that he's a 1B/DH caliber defender that isn't going to hit for corner infield power, and that's a really tough profile to be a particularly useful player. If he can be passable in LF he becomes more interesting, and if the DH gets added like we expect there's at least a chance he can play a part given how few position player spots are locked down, but a 25 year old with the ceiling of Lyle Overbay isn't a profile I'm jazzed about. I have this Dave Magadan feeling about him

I dont know how these things tend to play out over a career, but Happ's extreme hot and cold issues bother me. I dont think LF would be in the top 5 places that Cubs need to improve next season. But I would be down for moving Happ if it helps net something useful and finding another LFer Not to pick on you because I think a lot of people feel that way, but this is the same thinking that led to undervaluing Schwarber. Happ just turned 27 and has had multiple stretches of major production. Some guys have to go through adjustment periods, not everyone is Tatis or Soto. Shipping these potentially big bats off when they're entering their prime years seems so foolish to me. I understand where you are coming from. I am not suggesting just cutting bait like we did with Schwarber and I have always been one to suggest patience with younger players. But its not like he has only been up 2 yrs, its been 4. I am also not sure "Prime" years start at 27 anymore. Yes he is a very valuable piece for stretches, but he is almost unplayable for long stretches also. I think the Cubs have many other bigger issues to address so I am content in running Happ out to left field for a whole season. Maybe by then we will have a good sense of what he is. But if he can be used to help acquire something else, I would feel very comfortable letting him go and going a different direction in Left.

I dont think the Cardinals will win anything in the playoffs, but those seem to be the years that the Cardinals win something in the playoffs. I am looking forward to the Giants/Dodgers 5 game series, I am positive the Cardinals are going to screw that up

I dont know how these things tend to play out over a career, but Happ's extreme hot and cold issues bother me. I dont think LF would be in the top 5 places that Cubs need to improve next season. But I would be down for moving Happ if it helps net something useful and finding another LFer

there are several interesting games this week from a B1G perspective. Cinn at Indiana Purdue at ND Auburn at PSU Mich St at Miami Mich St and Purdue have looked really good so far against meh opponents. Indiana is a huge question mark right now. PSU offense was really bad against Wis. Was it PSU or was it Wis defense

I do not understand how programs like Florida St and Texas can stay down this long. There’s zero excuse in states with that much HS talent. I think Texas just needs to quit changing coaches every 2-3 yrs. FSU not so sure what all their issues are, I know the Indiana coach turned them down a couple of years ago. That doesn't sound normal

I'm not saying whether he belongs or not, but I looked up some career rankings on Fangraphs and Baseball-Reference, and here's what I've found: Case for him: He's 10th all-time in fWAR among catchers. As Derwood pointed out, that is LARGELY due to his defense. According to Fangraphs, he's tops in Defensive Runs above Average (380.4) all-time among catchers...with a fairly significant advantage over I-Rod, who is second at 320. So it's not just that he's really good defensively, he's arguably the best ever at that position. Baseball-Reference paints a slightly different picture, giving I-Rod 29.6 DWAR and Molina 26.3. However you slice it, he's still one of the best defensively ever at that position. Case against him: If you look at the top 60 catchers by fWAR (possibly more, since I didn't go to page 3 of that list), Molina has the second worst Offensive Runs above Average (-106.3) of the entire group. The only one in that group that is worse is Bob Boone (-186.8), and he clocks in at 38th all-time in fWAR among catchers. For context, Russell Martin is 11th all-time in fWAR among catchers at 55.2, and he's at 13.6 Offensive Runs above Average, while Brian McCann is 12th in fWAR at 54.2 with 24.3 Offensive Runs above Average. For even more context, a lot of people say that Ozzie Smith did not have the offensive profile of a Hall of Famer. Like Molina, Smith is tops all-time at his position in Defensive Runs above Average (and he's tops among ALL players in DWAR at 44.2 according to Baseball Reference). However, Smith was at -69.4 Offensive Runs above Average, markedly better than Molina. I think Molina is getting in, and it will have nothing to do with stats. He has been over rated by the baseball pundits for 18 yrs. It will be something along the lines of "Molina brings an aspect to the game that cannot be measured."

For a while earlier this year I listened to the Baseball Tonight podcast. I eventually gave up after I came to realize it was the Buster Olney Show and he's a horsefeathering moron. Compared to most talking heads at that Network, Buster seems like a real decent guy and I always wanted to like him. But alas, he's a moron

I live 25 miles from Champaign and was completely oblivious that Illinois/Neb was supposed to play in Ireland but was moved back to Champaign. I missed all of that

I don't live in the city so I don't have a weird White Sox hate. I couldn't watch them during Hawk's last 10-15 yrs because of Hawk. I like the new guy quite a bit and the Sox seem like a bunch of likeable guys. I HATE THE BREWERS

Drafting is over rated, player development is under rated

I feel like the Hawks must think Toews is going to rebound into something similar to his prime yrs. Short of that I am puzzled by their direction

So dumb question...why is it so public? I am sure MLB players get divorced all the time, why is this one so much more public than others