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  1. SpongeWorthy
    given all this [expletive] they've done, if they don't lose some games, bowl, and a national title, i'd keep my mouth shut and be happy the penalties are all forward-looking. So everyone else is allowed to be surprised and happy about how harsh the penalties are but I should be grateful that they aren't worse? That makes no sense.
  2. SpongeWorthy
    How is that possible when USC owns the NCAA and is this untouchable behemoth run amok? Ok, that's my one indignant comment on this whole matter. I swear.
  3. SpongeWorthy
    Welp. Not that I'm the world's biggest hockey fan or anything but this sorta takes the wind out of my sails for the Blackhawks. The 2004 national championship is probably going to be vacated too.
  4. SpongeWorthy
    If KU is allowed into the Pac 10 Berkeley is going to produce another Unabomber.
  5. SpongeWorthy
    Well if Nebraska joins the Big 10 and ends its rivalries with OU and CU maybe the Big 10/Pac 10 will realize that defending the Rose Bowl match up from reasonable playoff scenarios is outdated as well.
  6. SpongeWorthy
    If a school like KU is allowed into the CIC the University of Chicago's particle accelerator will explode.
  7. SpongeWorthy
    Because Texas is the greatest (insert) in the history of everything.
  8. SpongeWorthy
    I was thinking about his 14k performance and while he obviously won't have 14 punch outs every game I was wondering if he could have a k/9 of 14 for a whole season. For reference Randy Johnson's highest was 13.4 and Pedro's was 13.2
  9. SpongeWorthy
    It varies from conference to conference, but there's still far more potentional money in research than there is in academics. The relationships that each school has does affect that money. The CIC (Big Ten plus University of Chicago) is a really strong group of schools that really helps out each institution. It's also a factor in getting the best students from each state. I can't speak for the Pac-10 and I don't know what their voting process is like, but I'd have to imagine that the top schools wouldn't be thrilled with the prospect of inviting schools not up to their current standards. I can speak for the SEC, though, and say it isn't. I don't see why one affects the other though. I suppose if the Big 10 is obligated to let more schools into the CIC it could water down the brand. Are research dollars going to be with held for that reason though?
  10. SpongeWorthy
    I don't know enough about college sports to know why the academics are that important to the makeup of an athletic conference. Is it just marketing? Are Stanford and Berkeley really being held back by Arizona State?
  11. SpongeWorthy
    Any who, I don't believe for a second that UMFan won't have a freak out if there's a loss tonight. Just read some of your comments after game 2 and then after game 4. The difference is stark and hilarious.
  12. SpongeWorthy
    The civil trial was in 96-97 True. But that was the boring one. When the OJ movie is made some day the center piece will be the 95 criminal trial.
  13. SpongeWorthy
    The OJ trial was in 1995.
  14. SpongeWorthy
    I don't really see anything here that should be that difficult to overcome in time for the 2011 season.
  15. SpongeWorthy
    Robben got hurt in Holland's friendly against Hungary. Bloops.
  16. SpongeWorthy
    Looks like the Bulls are closing in on Thibodeau. The Hornets are no longer in play for him. http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/knicks/2010/06/thibodeau-nears-deal-to-take-o.html#ixzz0pwfRMq6h
  17. SpongeWorthy
    It's not that he's playing poorly by his standards as much as that he's botching the simple play. He was flubbing the puck like crazy. Like I said, a Canadian playing in an American city for the Stanley Cup shouldn't be feeling that much pressure compared to what a Canadian would feel playing for Olympic gold IN Canada but it sure looks that way right now. But then he had guys like Crosby and Luongo getting the spotlight and now he's the man.
  18. SpongeWorthy
    I won't be wrong. I wasn't wrong tonight, was I? 1-for-1 in being right. I'll be right two more times and while you are feeling horrible that the Blackhawks lost, I'll be feeling horrible but also knowing that I was right. Is that better? Well, not really. That's where it sort of breaks down... If you, or anyone else, took this sort of mentality about a World Series between two random non-Cub teams all the stat geeks here would rightly be jumping down your throats about sample size and other stuff. This isn't so different then that.
  19. SpongeWorthy
    I do agree with you Kyle that Toews looks to be choking. Even when we were getting all that pressure near the end he kept flubbing the puck. How many passes did he botch in the neutral zone?
  20. SpongeWorthy
    Or you could be wrong. Either way, it won't prove anything.
  21. SpongeWorthy
    Don't ruin the narrative that the Hawks are hopelessly over matched and can't possibly win another game.
  22. SpongeWorthy
    Then you would be the type of betting man that Vegas loves. If you think the Flyers deserve prohibitive favorite type odds you are high off your ass. Vegas doesn't care, they make money no matter who bets on what. The spreads are insane. But yeah, Flyers win this series with little doubt.q Vegas loses/wins inordinate sums of money on botched odds all of the time. If some momentum betters want to push the odds way out of wack on the Flyers they'll let 'em. It won't happen though.
  23. SpongeWorthy
    Then you would be the type of betting man that Vegas loves. If you think the Flyers deserve prohibitive favorite type odds you are high off your ass.
  24. SpongeWorthy
    Can't believe we even got that much sustained pressure with Toews biffing pucks all over the place. And Keith singlehandedly destroyed the last minute of our power play AND the empty net situation.
  25. SpongeWorthy
    I can't believe Toews would choke after playing so well in the Olympics. This pressure has nothing on that, you would think. Of course he was less in the spotlight in Vancouver.
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