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It's a good thing a certain Bama fan friend of ours isn't an ND fan, because he'd have a very long response to this post. I hope we get this guy but he probably wouldn't be a RB at ND, since Charlie is averse to ever running the ball (but maybe with our crap OL coach replaced it'll be better).
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louisville/marquette is going to be a good one this year. its too bad we are only playing once this year, i'm just glad it's at our place. i am very interested in seeing how your coach deals with the pitino defensive pressure, now especially that you don't have any 6-10 guys who can hit the 3. Bum is not actually a Marquette fan. But that will be a very entertaining game and I'll be tuning in. It's pretty clear that UConn, Pitt, Louisville and Marquette are the big four in the league this year.
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Your team usually has to be, you know, good to win Big Ten POY. If Harangody leads the Big East in scoring and rebounding again (he's doing both rather easily right now) and doesn't win Big East POY, I'll be pissed regardless of ND's standing, and I'd imagine the same applies to Harris and UM. If Harris proves to be the best player, he should win the award. If not they should change it to conference MVP and be done with it. That said, I'm sure someone will prove to be at least as deserving for a more competitive team.
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ESPN Bottom Line had a blurb tonight that said DePaul's AD gave Wainwright a vote of confidence for 09-10.
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Alfonso Soriano OK with not being leading man
Andy replied to cubswin2009's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Fonzie is 38/47 in his Cubs career at stealing attempts. By all means, he should continue running. -
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that is one bear of a stretch. nationally-ranked g'town, then a relatively easy one with seton hall, but then four more ranked teams followed by 3 ranked teams and a road game against cincy. oh well, that's the big east this year (plus a random roadie against ucla) Yeah, this conference has been ridiculous ever since the mega-expansion, but this year is absolutely absurd. Ironically, I'd bet anything that most of the league's tourney teams will just totally be out of gas by the end of the year and make early exits in the tournament, leading to a slew of "the Big East was overrated" talk.
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And he's back to Tennessee, where he had originally committed. A bit of a "meh" commitment, to me, but we'll take him. Word is that Weiss pulled his scholly after he visited UT. So, it's not like UT stole him, though it is entirely possible that ND felt they were losing him anyway, so pulling the scholly looks more like ND cut ties than Oliver. They were probably losing him, but Weis is still doing his 'if you're looking, we're looking' thing, so it was probably a both-ways move.
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Georgetown loses again, making ND's only even semi-quality win since November even less so. Cuse loses to Providence 100-94. ND's next win will be Feb. 15 against South Florida. Pitt, Cincy, UCLA, and Louisville will defeat us in the interim.
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You don't have to tell me. I've been telling people this team shouldn't be ranked and probably wasn't going anywhere for two weeks now.
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so my theory holds for another game Sigh, I really don't want to buy that theory because things like "Luke shoots and makes turnaround fadeaway 20-footer over Hayward" just awe me, but you're probably right. Harangody seems to be ND's new Brady Quinn - denied his deserved accolades because of an incredibly disappointing supporting cast. Except while BQ tended to have worse numbers against better teams, Luke actually plays better against them.
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I wonder how many more games in a row we need to lose before it's obvious we won't get an at-large bid. We're not beating Pitt at Pitt on Saturday so that'll make ND 3-6 in the Big East. Luke goes for 29 and 17. Everyone else on the team shoots a combined 12/44.
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They're at least as likely to make the tournament as the other team I talk about, so why not? Notre Dame still ranked 22nd in the coaches' poll, which is a joke.
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Billy Taylor is executing a remarkable turnaround at Ball State. After recording two straight program-worst seasons the last two years, and after losing their best player, Anthony Newell, for the year with a broken leg in game one of the MAC season, Ball State is 4-1 in the league - 9-8 overall - and tied atop the West Division with Western Michigan (who they beat). The Cards beat Toledo today. The turnaround's probably been accelerated by the sheer horribleness of the MAC this year, but what Taylor's doing with a team full of JC transfers and true freshmen and sophomores is pretty awesome to see. Taylor is the nicest guy in the world based on my time covering the team last year, and I'm really glad to see him succeeding this early. He definitely would've had another year of honeymoon if BSU had sucked in the league again this year, but instead they could be a contender for the league title.
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Seton Hall upsets Georgetown today. Louisville and Marquette both unbeaten in the Big East, giving ND another game to lose tomorrow night (they host Marquette).
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The blackout starts at like 1:10.
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sounds like the strategy against ND is to let Harangody get his numbers and force the rest of the team to beat you Maybe. It's not like teams don't try to stop Luke. He just always has a way to kill you. No one else on the team can beat you in more than one way. Which is probably the problem. One of my friend's Facebook statuses made me laugh: "would like to see ND beat a quality opponent in a sport besides women's soccer and hockey before he dies." At least we've got the other Hansbrough and Scott Martin next year.
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Harangody 24 and 15. Jackson and McAlarney both had nine but combined to shoot 6/24. KMac missed his last twelve shots. It's the same old story. Poor Harangody plays his ass off every night, well outperformed Hasheem Thabeet (9 and 11), and the rest of his team takes a dump on the court and lights it on fire. Notre Dame's not only not a ranked team, they might not be a tournament team.
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Keep an eye on ESPN, because you'll get to see not only Erin Andrews but probably the end of ND's 45-game homecourt win streak. UConn's going to be very tough to beat. I do hope that Harangody at least abuses that overrated ninny Thabeet. I, of course, will be covering the far superior West Noble-Carroll girls basketball game.
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This makes me laugh. Why would Under Armour cut out of the deal?
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Wow, WVU went into Georgetown and beat up the Hoyas pretty good. G-Town now 3-3 in conference. I don't think anyone in the Big East will have fewer than 4 league losses this year. Maybe Pitt or Syracuse, MAYBE.
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I'll take my stupid team, I suppose.
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I'm considering making the trip to the Joyce Center on Saturday for College Gameday, but I'm wondering how many people will be lined up to go in well before the 10 am door-opening.
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No matter how good the Big Ten is, 12-6 ain't getting you a 4. ND was 14-4 last year in a very good Big East and got a 5. If they played well in the Big Ten tourney and played ok in all those four more losses, a 4 is a possibility, but even then I'd be very surprised.
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Syracuse/Pitt is the latest game of the year in the Big East tonight. I'll be checking it out - I haven't seen much of either team yet.
