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  1. SpongeWorthy
    It seems to me that he often has a major stinker of a game, and then will correct things and do better. Of course he's also older and has had some health issues, so maybe he can't any longer, but I'm going to assume he gets it straightened out soon. Maynard's only value for the last few years has only been in his ability to put the ball inside the 20. Been in the bottom 1/4 of the league in avg and net the last 4 years (including the 2 games this year), yet has finished top 10 in punts inside the 20 all 4 years. Because Lovie always punts inside enemy territory. True. But Maynard clearly has his niche. You probably have to find a punter before 2011, but it's on the bottom of the list of things to do. He puts it in the 20 but I don't really think he puts it inside the 5 very often. I could be wrong but I just don't remember him getting those great knockdown punts that die close to the goal line. Plus he's just not ever a big boomer. He's had a fine career but there should be better options out there. Anecdotally, I think the quality of NFL punters has gotten a lot higher in recent years.
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    Brad Maynard sucks.
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    Plus imb is a Crack Wagon fan.
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    Boy I would love to ruin the Cowboys season before it gets properly started. This would go a long way towards that. Apropos of the point I'm constantly making about how the media is obsessed with Dallas: On one of ESPN's stupid Coors light segments they were talking about what the Cowboys needed to do to beat the Bears as if they were playing the Bills or some crap. I can only imagine the caterwauling if we beat them.
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    I'm really surprised that there are so few little leaguers and so many peewee football players. Maybe when the concussion literature starts trickling down to the soccer moms they'll start yanking their kids out of football.
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    I have to believe that little league has greater participation than any other sports activity in the country but I'm too lazy to look it up. High school and college football are definitely kings of the school based sports though. Remember like 5-10 years ago when people would peddle the theory that NASCAR was bigger than football? Whatever happened to that kookery? It was never true but you heard it everywhere.
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    I would say it's indirectly related at least. Allows for more spontaneous trips to the ballpark or planning certain times of the year around games you'd like to see. It's like something you can mark off on your social calendar repeatedly throughout the year. Baseball attendance is pretty good considering how many games there are. And if you want to talk about how popular the sport is rather than how popular the league is, then I can entertain the idea that baseball is somewhat competitive with football given how many people play it. The NFL is the most popular LEAGUE though, no doubt. The NBA probably has the biggest individual stars.
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    He's the king of the retroactive "saw that one coming" comment about everything in sports and gambling. Don't you know? Everyone on the internet picks 80% winners!
  9. SpongeWorthy
    When a runner breaks the plane and then has the ball stripped before the whistle it's always ruled a TD on at least instant replay. I think that's what he means.
  10. SpongeWorthy
    Nah...just the one comment. Just the one? That's hyperbole.
  11. SpongeWorthy
    Looks like a Jackson Pollack.
  12. SpongeWorthy
    In 10 or so years when baseball is a solvable equation actually watching the games will seem quaint.
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    Omiyale did give up on that block, but Cutler has to know they aren't blocking for that long. He held it too long, and then should have felt pressure from behind and just tucked it down. Then again, it wasn't that far from being incomplete with the arm moving forward. I was just wondering where the dump offs were. Every time Cutler held the ball for too long (which was often) it didn't even look like there were targets in the flats or anything. Guess that's Martz for you.
  14. SpongeWorthy
    Maybe he'll be motivated by child support payments.
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    They'll stop putting Wilson on an island. He's probably the best Boise State football player of all time and a 1st round pick, not exactly some scrub project that should be written off after one game.
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    Does their current status actually affect NCAA revenue? Deals are in place and contracts are signed years in advance, do you think they'd suffer much without them? Yeah. Maybe somebody fills the vacuum but it'll probably be a program like Ohio State, Texas, or Florida where basketball is a mere diversion. You start knocking off programs like Kentucky, KU, UNC, etc. and you're killing your economic base when it comes to TV.
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    He's a fine swing linebacker you just don't want him starting.
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    Yeah, good point about Pittsburgh being bigger and more important as a city in the 70s. I had forgotten about the Oilers too. Still lame.
  19. SpongeWorthy
    Dallas is actually a big city though and until recently had a monopoly over the state of Texas.
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    Yeah why the hell do the Steelers have so many fans everywhere? I don't get it at all.
  21. SpongeWorthy
    Between Rice, Stafford, and Grant the Bears are making out like bandits with divisional injuries.
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    The NCAA isn't going to kill a cash cow program no matter how long ago major violations were.
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    http://www.mindwafers.com/uploads/2/6/5/2/2652351/2998147.jpg
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    McCluster, Arenas, and Berry are the great athlete types Angelo loves to draft except they actually played against good teams and in big games instead of whatever local prison league Johny Knox and Danieal Manning were up against.
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    Arrowhead has to be the loudest stadium in the NFL by far when they've got something to cheer about. That place is popping. Plus the Chiefs got McCluster, Berry, and Arenas in one draft. That's murderous.
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