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  1. Ding Dong Johnson
    Council Bluffs, home of Jon Lieber?
  2. Ding Dong Johnson
    Congrats? Except that Omaha doesn't really have a comp in western Iowa. Another advantage for Iowa. Omaha isn't a nice place outside of the CWS.
  3. Ding Dong Johnson
    But at the same time those teams are already much better than Chicago. Those teams simply have to tread water, the Cubs have to get significantly better. That certainly makes it more difficult, but it doesn't keep us from being able to contend once we only have $37 mil (Soriano and Z) in bad contracts by 2012. And if Aramis can rebound next year, then we're better off than Boston and just slightly worse off than the Phillies. And I like Z's chances of being good next year more than almost anybody else I listed. The immediate concern is with a crappy team this year. If Hendry remains in charge, that $37M will grow considerably this offseason with a couple more bad contracts.
  4. Ding Dong Johnson
    Congrats? Thanks. It's quite an honor.
  5. Ding Dong Johnson
    The western half of Iowa is pretty much identical to the eastern half of Nebraska. Our eastern half kicks their western half's ass so advantage Iowa.
  6. Ding Dong Johnson
    I'm going to show my support for the Open by playing the 7th hole over and over on Tiger Woods until I finally ace it.
  7. Ding Dong Johnson
    Wasn't this posted here a week or so ago? If not, where the hell did I find it?
  8. Ding Dong Johnson
    FWIW, there are a lot of rumors floating around that the Big Ten will stick to the division play in basketball and go back to the 16 game conference schedule (5x2 in your division, 6x1 in the other).
  9. Ding Dong Johnson
    It doesn't make sense to have either of them go west, but Michigan would be a more logical choice. The 6 most western teams are in the central time zone, and the others are in the east with Indiana making things confusing for me since I don't know what time it is there. I think Indiana stopped being difficult in that regard. The zone still cuts through the very NW corner of the state, but I thought they got on board with DLS finally (right after I left). There you go. Big Ten East vs. Big Ten Central.
  10. Ding Dong Johnson
    It doesn't make sense to have either of them go west, but Michigan would be a more logical choice. The 6 most western teams are in the central time zone, and the others are in the east with Indiana making things confusing for me since I don't know what time it is there.
  11. Ding Dong Johnson
    Again, too many things have changed in the last decade or two. College athletics are a much different animal now.
  12. Ding Dong Johnson
    you're only thinking about this in terms of the last few years. going back 25 years, the top teams in the conference are michigan, OSU, PSU and nebraska. two should be in one division and two should be in the other. divisioning really shouldn't matter in basketball. Going back 25 years isn't important. Too many things have changed.
  13. Ding Dong Johnson
    I'm not buying any sort of balance of power problem. In football, OSU and PSU would likely dominate the east with Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin having a handle on the west. Michigan will likely bounce back eventually, but it's unlikely that the west teams are going to fall off a cliff any time soon. Illinois is pretty irrelevant as long as they have Zook and Minnesota is pretty terrible in-conference, but Northwestern and MSU are also often tough. Purdue and Indiana have a way to go. In basketball, we have OSU, MSU, and Purdue in the east and Wisconsin, Illinois, and sometimes Minnesota in the west. The east has a pretty big advantage there, but I think the gap will close. I'm not sure Indiana will ever quite be the powerhouse they once were, but they're not likely to give up on their tradition and will get stronger. Michigan and Iowa seem committed to build strong basketball programs again, and long gone are the days when Northwestern would just lay there and take it. Each side has a whipping boy in PSU and Nebraska.
  14. Ding Dong Johnson
    Think it through for a minute. Does a guy throw a no-hitter because he's terrific with nobody onbase, or because he's pitching great? Does a guy get rocked because he's awful with runners on, or because he's pitching lousy? The good slash stats with nobody on are probably more effect than cause. This is the part I like to think about. He does relatively well then somebody manages to get on base. Then he does worse.
  15. Ding Dong Johnson
    so did he
  16. Ding Dong Johnson
    that's the word on the street
  17. Ding Dong Johnson
    he's more of a chancellor
  18. Ding Dong Johnson
    "What assurances do you have that the Big 10 will approve your application?" "None"
  19. Ding Dong Johnson
    Nebraska's BoR just officially announced their decision to apply for admission to the Big 10.
  20. Ding Dong Johnson
    Holy [expletive], Tom Osborne is old.
  21. Ding Dong Johnson
    Hanley can't swim
  22. Ding Dong Johnson
    Which makes me wonder, where does Fukudome fit into this whole BCB rumor? He randomly sneaks up and jumps on the white guys.
  23. Ding Dong Johnson
    Calm Lou sucks. I like angry Lou a little.
  24. Ding Dong Johnson
    over Bako?
  25. Ding Dong Johnson
    Nebraska's BoR meeting is being streamed live. http://www.huskers.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?catid=0
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