Andy

Looks like we are getting Izturis and Derosa next year up the middle. 2007 is over before it even had a chance to begin. Nonsense. That is silly. Why does it end anything? Exacly,the Cubs can still sign two more A/B free agents and, for what it's worth, ESPN AM 1000 is reporting that the Cubs have been talking to the Indians about acquiring Lee or Westbrook for bullpen arms so a trade may be in the works as well. Eyre/Ohman, one of our young arms, and somebody else maybe?

Cards win thanks to Toledo dropping a 4th-down pass, 20-17. Really nice win for a team that has had no success at all at the Glass Bowl in recent years.

Question: Is it "nipp" or "kuh-nipp"? I've heard both. Brian Jackson misses his first FG since September 9th when he slips on his plant foot, so the game is still tied 17-17.

ND beats Lafayette 92-60. I'm so pissed off that they blew a chance to make their non-con SOS go up by losing yesterday (would've played IU). On the bright side, Luke Harangody is a freaking stud as a true frosh. 18 points and 5 boards. I give it till mid-December before he takes Luke Zeller's job (what a bust he's been).

Thank you, and ndistops. Oh yeah, and ndistops, how about that BSU/ Michigan game. I was way off on that one prediction something like 56-3. That was pretty awesome. I was there, best 30 bucks I ever spent in my life just to hear 109,200-some people silent. :D

TT would've very much enjoyed the smackdown Alex Knipp just laid on a Toledo receiver to force a drop there :D BSU up 17-14 early in the 4th, and they're doing it with a running game and a defense, two of the weakest points of the team all year.

I have no idea myself, but I do know that 100 is average for both, and that it takes time period, park factors, etc. into account. ops = on base % + slugging% era = (earned runs/innings pitched) x 9 No, we know that. He was asking about OPS+ and ERA+.

I have no idea myself, but I do know that 100 is average for both, and that it takes time period, park factors, etc. into account.

Webb should have won. Zambrano should have finished 2nd. oswalt had more IP, a lower ERA, a better k/bb, a better DERA, a much higher vorp (72-54), a better whip, allowed fewer home runs, and even had a better g/f ratio than zambrano. carpenter had more IP, a lower ERA, a better k/bb, a better DERA, a significantly higher vorp (68-54), a better whip, and even had a better g/f ratio than zambrano. carlos did allow one fewer home run though. arroyo and maybe even smoltz were better than carlos this season too, but it's closer there, especially with smoltz. Uh... Umm... Guess you're right. *runs away in tears* :D

Brady Hoke has gone for it on 4th down twice in this game so far - a pitch play that has gotten stopped for a loss almost every single time Ball State has run it this year (and got stopped again that time), and a fake punt that was actually a good call but for Chris Miller overthrowing a wide-open Brad Wilson on the throw.

I'm no huge fan of this signing, but there is no way paying Ray Durham more money, at an older age, also coming off a career year, was any better an idea.

Wisconsin hasn't beat a team with less than 4 losses all year. You can only play the teams on your schedule. Their BCS ranking would normally qualify for a BCS game. The BCS takes SoS into account. I don't know what else to tell you. Yes, the BCS does take SoS into account, and that's partly why Wisconsin is well behind the one-loss teams with better schedules.

Webb should have won. Zambrano should have finished 2nd.

Zambrano didn't finish in the top four, which is an absolute joke. 1. Webb 2. Hoffman 3. Carp 4. Oswalt http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/wires/11/14/2010.ap.bbn.nl.cy.young.0205/

I stick with the shirts. I have Ramirez, Zambrano, DLee and Barrett shirts. Also a Nomar, but that one doesn't see much action anymore.

For now you are correct, but there are still three more weekends left in the season, so who knows if anyone will still deserve a shot then?

Pierre's a B. Someone posted the rankings in this thread earlier. I don't know how he's a B...you'd think the antiquated baseball system would put the league leader in hits at an A even if he had the season Pierre had.

Depends on your definition of crushed, but I don't see ND getting crushed by either Michigan or OSU. I think they'd even make a game of it against Michigan. Problem is, ND was already crushed by Michigan this year and was crushed by OSU at the end of last year. Notre Dame is a horribly flawed team. Their defense isn't that good and they can't run the ball effectively to save their lives. I'm not saying ND would get crushed if they faced OSU or UM again but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they did. OSU got like half their yards on four plays and spotty officiating on a fumble returned for a game-tying TD changed the whole game. Ohio State outplayed ND, but this "crushed" rhetoric needs to stop.

ND loses to Butler 71-69. Well, it took four days for my enthusiasm to crap out. That was fun.

Michigan 31, Ohio State 20, but it's not as close as it looks. Troy Smith completely craps the bed and blows the Heisman.

except that O$U didn't get a gift victory over a bad team. Yeah ND won that game, but they wouldn't have without the help of Moo. You can say that of any big comeback. If the victimized team played perfectly every time they took a big lead, there would of course never be a comeback to begin with. I'd like to thank MSU, by the way, for once again playing, BY FAR, their best game of the season against ND, and then crapping the bed against everyone else. I'm rooting for whoever comes in to coach that team to do well because I'm sick and tired of MSU making ND's games with them look worse than they already were by playing miles below their talent level afterwards.

I have no argument whatsoever. As a side note, Hanley and Zimmerman are both gonna be really special players.

See the ND thread for my breaking down of what it would come down to if Michigan were to dominate OSU (which I stubbornly think they will). It's amazing how similar the teams would be then if that happened.

I think at this point, a USC win helps ND more than any other team on their schedule. Their schedule is ranked 21st in the country by Sagarin (pre-USC), so they'll be fine there. I personally think Michigan will pretty well dominate Ohio State. They may not win by 26 because O$U has a good D in their own right, but I think they'll be in control throughout, and the pollsters will see that, with both teams sporting lopsided losses to Michigan, that ND's other 11 games are a total toss up with OSU. ND's most impressive win right now WOULD be at USC, who will either win the Pac-10 (IMO, the Pac-10 is the 3rd-best major conference behind the SEC and Big 10). O$U's best win is a road win over Texas, also a 2-loss team, but in a conference that's probably worst of all the big six conferences. It's likely they too will win the conference, but I'll give a slight edge to ND should they win. ND's 2nd-most impressive win (presuming the USC win) would be at Georgia Tech, who appears to have a good shot at winning the ACC. Ohio State beat Iowa on the road, dominating that game as well 38-17. I'll call it a slight edge to OSU based on the scores of those games. ND's 3rd-most impressive win was the 41-17 beating of Penn State. Ohio State's 3rd-most impressive was a home game against Penn State that was a 1-possession game until Morelli threw two pick-sixes in about a minute's time. Big edge to ND here obviously. 4th-most impressive wins: ND over Purdue 35-21, OSU over MSU (on the road) 38-7 post-ND meltdown. Slight edge to OSU probably. 5th-most impressive wins: ND's is either of the comeback wins. It depends on whether you think MSU or UCLA is better. I'll call it MSU, since it was on the road. This is where OSU starts falling off big. Either IU or Minnesota (both home blowouts) would be their 5th-best win. Since IU crushed MSU, we'll give a big edge to OSU. 6th-most impressive: ND's was UCLA. Ohio State's was IU or Minnesota. Edge to ND. From there on down: 7th-most impressive: Navy or Northwestern (both road, basically). Conveniently, Eastern Michigan played both, hanging with NW and getting creamed by Navy, so I'll give an edge to ND. 8th-most impressive: Air Force or Illinois (both road). Since both teams' best games were close games on the road against good teams (Tenn and Wisco respectively) and both teams' worst games were home losses to bowl-bound lower-tier teams (Navy and Ohio respectively), and ND played better than OSU in the respective game, I'll give a slight edge to ND. 9th-most impressive: Stanford or Cincinnati (both home). Clear edge for OSU here. 10th-most impressive: UNC or Northern Illinois. Edge to OSU again. 11th-most impressive: Army or Bowling Green. They're both awful, so call it a wash. ND edges: 3 big, 2 slight. OSU edges: 3 big, 2 slight. Washes: 1 I mean, if OSU is to be blown out by Michigan, these two teams will almost have identical profiles.

Wow, Virginia's not even supposed to be decent, let alone good.