Andy
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Not everybody is close enough to a big city to root for all its teams, not everybody stays in the same spot throughout their childhood, and not everybody has parents who have sports allegiances to pass down. Weird things happen when young kids basically have to pick their own teams.
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There was a [expletive] delicious buffalo chicken dip at the Super Bowl party I attended last year.
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The TCU to Big East basketball move will not be as complicated as it appears. The league schedule is likely to change from three opponents you play twice in league play to just two. The conference tournament is a weird situation, but it wouldn't be that difficult to arrange a 17/16 play-in game at the home of 16.
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Hoke got Nate Davis to Ball Freaking State. He'll get you some talent.
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To say I l like Ben Hansbrough a bit more than his brother is a bit of an understatement. ND picks up the biggest road win of the Brey era and with the dregs of the league (finally) coming up on the schedule, the Irish can really make some hay.
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Assuming the Panther's don't draft him 1st. Gabbert is the type that will have a great combine. I wish the Browns would trade for Jordan Shipley. I think Gabbert will be a decent pro but I want no part whatsoever of drafting him first, especially if the main reason has anything to do with the combine.
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Pretty much. I thought Purdue was fairly likable when Painter first got there but they've gotten progressively more annoying. Nice revenge win for ND over Marquette. I never would've guessed when he showed up that Ben Hansbrough would be the heart and soul of the team, though maybe I should have. It helped that Marquette's 3-half long streak of shooting an absurd percentage from distance against the Irish ended in the second half.
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I'm all for conspiracy theories, I'm just not sure I see the LeBron one. What about Boston in the Oden/Durant year? You'd think they'd have won one of the top 2 picks instead of Seattle, a franchise that was known to be on the verge of moving. Course, it worked out pretty well for them thanks largely to Kevin McHale, but still.
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i can't help but be paranoid about the lottery and what franchises get once in a lifetime players. once in a lifetime talent going to a franchise thats kind of meandering and has the potential and has been one of the most if not most profitable nba franchise? if im stern i sure do think about nudging them in the right direction. And it's not like the NBA doesn't have evidence that some events could have been predetermined (aka the whole Tim Donaghy fiasco). It wouldn't surprise me if lotteries like the 85 or 08 lottery were fixed. I'm not saying they were but it wouldn't surprise me at all with this league. If one was fixed it had to be the '03 one. LeBron just happens to stay home, revitalize a franchise and gets to learn to play in the NBA at home. Cleveland had a 1 in 4 shot at LeBron, it's not like they came from nowhere.
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The Rose mention in Simmons's NBA column about wanting to destroy the Heat after Wade blew him off was pretty awesome.
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5-star DE Stephon Tuitt has switched his commitment from Notre Dame to Georgia Tech back to Notre Dame all in the last 28 hours. This is one of the weirdest recruiting seasons I can remember. On the other hand, I'm not sure anyone in America has had a better last two months than Bob Diaco.
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There's a Bum joke in here about Purdue being a flagship Big Ten hoops program in here somewhere.
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Alright, so that was ugly, but a W's a W. If ND can just sweep the home slate - they're a different team at home - and win their 3 conference road games against the league's dregs (DePaul, USF and Providence), that's 12-6 in the Big East, which would be pretty danged good. But that requires beating Marquette this Saturday when they just killed us 9 days ago.
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Going to the ND/Cincinnati game tonight. 2nd game I've been to this year - St. John's the other. Hopefully it goes as well as that one did.
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Really? New Orleans was considered to be a sleeping giant when they reached the playoffs, Atlanta was considered the cream of the crop and Tampa was considered by many people to be a more worthwhile playoff team than the Bears. Nobody said much about their cake schedules, with the worst team in football and the NFC West on their schedule. New Orleans was the defending champion and Atlanta was the 1 seed. Not sure what you're looking for people to say about them heading into the playoffs. And I haven't heard one person say Tampa was better than the Bears. Anytime anyone mentioned Tampa it was to emphasize that they never beat anybody.
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Apparently yet another front-seven recruit (Chase Hounshell) has decommitted from Florida and switched to Notre Dame. I feel like I've entered Bizarro Recruiting World.
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I'm rooting for whoever comes out of the NFC, but I'm enthralled by what Rodgers is doing, so I'd lean to the Packers.
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AFC Championship Game: Jets at Steelers. Jan 23, 530 PM CBS
Andy replied to erik316wttn's topic in Other Sports
Yeah, I like Rex Ryan. Sports wouldn't be as fun if everyone were classy or sensible. I say bring on the occasional crazy blowhard. -
Also, USC is appealing the scholarship reductions and they won't actually take effect until that appeal is ruled upon.
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Fine, but still, who the hell said anything about the NFC South? Someone mentioned it in the Bears thread too. I haven't heard a single word about them all year nationally and I'm a fan of one of the teams.
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I'm extremely against the idea of basing the opinions of entire divisions/conferences on bowl record/playoff record. Sample size is way too small. Atlanta lost because they ran into an awesome QB having the day of his life and New Orleans lost because they played a [expletive] game at the worst possible time. Who said the NFC South was all that anyway?
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The great Tom Brady still hasn't won a Super Bowl in six years and has now lost 3 straight playoff starts, all against teams seeded 5 or worse. Maybe the Bill Simmons-led Brady love parade can take a pause for a little while.
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AFC Championship Game: Jets at Steelers. Jan 23, 530 PM CBS
Andy replied to erik316wttn's topic in Other Sports
I'm tired of the same old thing with the Colts, Pats or Steelers. Give me something new and entertaining. The Jets are fun as hell. I hope they win. -
Let's hope so because Boozer is now questionable for tomorrows game with a leg injury. Left the arena last night in a protective boot. Swirsky just tweeted that Boozer is now out tomorrow.
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The best Notre Dame can do is 9-9 in the Big East. I don't know what it is, but this team just turns into a giant [expletive] show when they're on the road.
