Andy

Seeing something Cub-esque happen to the Cardinals in a big game when they've spent most of the decade with a horseshoe lodged up their ass is nice to see. Hopefully LA sweeps them right out of the playoffs in front of TBFIB.

That lasted 3:54. I guess leaving a combined 30 runners on base will do that. I read that the 30 runners LOB is a playoff record. May as well have been The Cubs vs. The Cubs. They set the record combined after only 6 1/2 innings with 25. Insane.

Greatest Cubs live moment of my life. That was just awesome. Good video, AF. Wish you'd had more material.

Where in the holy name of crap did Mark DeRosa just throw the ball?

When they're not playing us, LA is actually a kind of likable team. Solid young hitters, Russell Martin is awesome, Manny is obviously entertaining. If I had to pick one team to win the title, I think I'd want them to.

Putting the first 3 guys on. Fantastic.

He's got a chance to be pretty freaking good, that's the obsession.

Better question: Why the hell does the scoreboard say EIU beat Penn State 21-10?

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Oh, I'd love a guy like Stoops. But Stoops ain't leaving OU, ever. Kelly's Catholic, a family guy, and pretty clearly a very good football coach. He'd be perfect.

I desperately want Brian Kelly if Weis is done after this year.

The part about Caridad and Berg is encouraging, the part about Grabow is not.

My mistake on 7 home games, for some reason I totally blanked that you came to South Bend this year (and I was there so that was especially dumb). CMU is not almost as good as ND. They're a really good MAC team, but the MAC really, really sucks. LeFevour would have himself a day against ND's defense. I hate using the transitive property but it's really the only way you can judge some teams in college football. CMU beat MSU and MSU lost to ND by a whole 3 points. I think ND would beat Central Mich, but it'd be like every other Notre Dame game with the exception of Nevada. There is no use for the transitive property. None. USC lost to Washington, who lost to Notre Dame. Is there any way that's going to lead anyone with intelligence to pick us to beat USC? Michigan lost to Michigan State, who lost to...Notre Dame. Who Michigan beat. The transitive property is almost 100 percent junk. You can't assume that the MSU that showed up to play CMU also showed up to play Notre Dame. You can't assume that the CMU that showed up to play MSU would be the same team to show up to play Notre Dame. You can't assume that the same Notre Dame team that showed up to play MSU would play the same way against Central Michigan. I don't think ND would blow out CMU either, but that's because with our defense we're probably not blowing too many teams out and CMU has a good offense. (CMU has a garbage defense that we'd probably score 42+ on, but whatever.) That doesn't mean that CMU is on the same level, and it doesn't have anything to do with the transitive property.

My mistake on 7 home games, for some reason I totally blanked that you came to South Bend this year (and I was there so that was especially dumb). CMU is not almost as good as ND. They're a really good MAC team, but the MAC really, really sucks.

Jaws/Gruden fellatio aside, Favre looked pretty damn on the money on the last few plays of that last drive.

And one of those big-pay games a year is fine. But Penn State also played Temple and Akron. Michigan played EMU and WMU and also plays Delaware State. Michigan State played Montana State and CMU and has a game with WMU left. And that's just a few Big Ten teams for sampling. There's no reason to have three little boys on a team's schedule year in and year out. if you don't play little boys, you're playing a lot more home-and-home series, or 2-for-1, which reduces the number of home games you play, which costs your athletic department a lot of revenue. penn state can't bring in west virginia or maryland to play in happy valley every year. Penn State has eight home games. So does Michigan. MSU does too. I'm sure the majority of SEC teams do as well. Eight home games is great for revenue, I suppose, but it's ridiculous and punishes teams like Ohio State (loath as I am to give them credit for anything), USC, Florida/Florida State, Clemson/South Carolina, Georgia/Georgia Tech, and anyone else who actually tries to play intriguing games once in a while. I think it's stupid enough that ND is playing seven home games a year now with only four true road games. I don't think it's unreasonable to ask teams to at least play 7/5 schedules most years. They don't even have to make that extra road game all that tough (Texas played at UTEP recently, Miami's going to UCF the week after this one, IU has played games at MAC schools often).

According to Stewart Mandel's Twitter, Ron Zook has announced Eddie McGee will start for the Illini this weekend.

And one of those big-pay games a year is fine. But Penn State also played Temple and Akron. Michigan played EMU and WMU and also plays Delaware State. Michigan State played Montana State and CMU and has a game with WMU left. And that's just a few Big Ten teams for sampling. There's no reason to have three little boys on a team's schedule year in and year out.

The price depends on the game. There was a piece about it in USA Today this season, I think. Some are $1m though I think that was the record set by OSU this year. And yes, the BCS certainly discourages it. But it's as much about the margin of victory as it is the losses. Playing a legit BCS team and beating them by a TD or less is almost as bad as a loss. But beating Jackson State by 50 is apparently a legitimate win. It makes no sense. Rankings are a joke. Officiating is a joke. Scheduling is a joke. The whole system is a mess. I'm in the "liking that the regular season is a de facto playoff" group, but this system has all sorts of improvements that need to be made. Starting with scheduling, and taking away conference officiating crews, which create all sorts of conflicts of interest.

Theo is a idiot though. He gave away David Aardsma for practically nothing! That's more than we got for him...

18-12 is, at best, a slightly worse than unacceptable ratio. It is not, ever, for any reason, in the history of the universe, 'good'. Didn't say good said above average. A +6 ratio was 13th best last year. Above average like I said. I quoted a post where you called it good.

18-12 is, at best, a slightly worse than unacceptable ratio. It is not, ever, for any reason, in the history of the universe, 'good'.

As usual, you're right and whoever disagrees is wrong and there's no discussion to be had.

Am I crazy for wondering why Mangini punted rather than attempt a 57 yard field goal with under 20 seconds left to try to win the game?

And for the third time, the Bengals have resurrected Derek Anderson's career.