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Is Tressel drunk? Call the timeout.
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There are no words for what ND was doing at the end of the half.
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FSU just made my channel flipping duties easier.
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ND just fooled itself with its own gimmick.
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Nate Montana has to be [expletive] his pants right about now.
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Crist out with a "he's not feeling well."
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lol VT roughs the punter on their final chance
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JMU is going to win.
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What a dead duck Nesbitt threw on 4th down there. Jayhawks are gonna win.
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Marcus Lattimore is an animal.
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They tied a MAC team that went 1-11 last year in total yards last week (turned the ball over 3 times and forced 4) and haven't looked any better so far today. Florida so far looks like a team that might not finish in the top 25. Yeah, they were awful last week and only a little better this week. I don't know if it's a "post-Tebow hangover" but Florida hasn't looked good at all this season. It wasn't like they just lost Tebow - they also lost Joe Haden, Maurkice Pouncey, Jermaine Cunningham, Carlos Dunlap, Brandon Spikes, Major Wright and Aaron Hernandez. I'm sure they'll be fine. Addazio on the other hand might not make it through the season.
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Also, in the situations we're talking about the offense is always going to go for it on 4th down unless they score or kick a field goal. In a vacuum those drives are going to be more successful than "regular" drives because there's no marginal downside to turning it over on downs (you're gonna lose anyway) and you have more opportunities to convert.
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Here's my problem with that theory: Every time a team drops 7 into coverage on a final drive it's called prevent defense. Any other point in the game and it's just defense--it's not like just rushing 4 is some exotic look, you don't even blitz most of the time. You probably have some extra DBs out there but they're all playing the same areas of responsibility as they usually do and if you played a "normal" rush 4, drop 7 defense as you normally do but with a regular number of LBs you're bound to get picked apart too. If you're sending your safeties way back, then yeah, you're in a real prevent. Also, you never hear about all the times a "prevent" defense ended in a pick or turnover on downs on a team scrambling for a final score. Those get lost in a shuffle. Now that being said, a well designed/timed blitz in those situations can be a thing of beauty. The good coordinators dial those up.
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Put that kicker on suicide watch.
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welp Marshall Nice drive though.
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This is as stupid as the "We're not trading Luol Deng for one of the 10 best basketball players of all time" crap the Bulls pulled last time a potential huge trade was discussed. Joakim freaking Noah is not untouchable! I hope they are just saying this to start bargaining high because they think they can keep Noah and still swing Melo. At the time the Kobe deal was being considered the Lakers were pretty mediocre/bad compared to what they're doing now. The thought was that by giving up some combination of Hinrich, Deng, Gordon, Thomas, etc. that we'd just be swapping their situation for ours. Rose wasn't in the picture, Noah was an unknown. It looks worse in retrospect because Deng and Kirk had a bad couple of years and we never got any better. You put Kobe on a team with Nocioni as your #2, a headcase Noah, and Duhon at PG and you're probably not all that good.
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That'd be glorious.
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Bears game 1: Sunday Sep. 12 vs DET on Fox
SpongeWorthy replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
Yeah but if we beat the Lions 41-10 some malcontent on the Lions will talk about how "ridiculously close" they were to hanging 45 on us. -
I really hope Lebron shows up to the Ohio State game. I'm assuming he'd be in some sort of box and I hope ESPN can show the crowds reaction to him somehow...I doubt they'd put him up on the jumbotron, sadly.
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Deng, Noah -> Melo without a reasonable big to protect the paint arguably makes us worse this year. It definitely makes us a different type of team. But it's a lot easier to find a serviceable 7 footer who can guard the rim, block shots, and rebound (just not as well as Noah) than it is to find elite level scoring. You can find guys like that later in the draft, the MLE, salary dumps, regular trades, ring chasing vets, etc. I have a sentimental attachment to Noah while Melo is kind of a punk but I do this deal.
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Minny's receivers stink without Rice. I'm liking this.
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I'm noticing Minnesota's receivers not being able to get separation.
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You suck Hartley.
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Henderson's femur was cured by the adolescent joy Brett gets from playing the game. I bet his rehab involved wearing Brett's hand me down Wranglers and playing a little touch football in the backyard.
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LOOK AT HIM HAVING FUN OUT THERE