Andy

That exact clip was in a Tweet embedded into an article about last night's game. IIRC he did that several times with DeRozan and/or LaVine last year too.

I didn't watch the game and don't get to watch many games, but the more I read about Ayo the more I like him. The kid just knows how to play the game and keeps a level head every minute. It's awesome. Fantastic pick (and luck that he was there) by AKME. Hardly any words can be added about DeRozan. Dude's a badass.

LaVine out tonight. Great. I'm sure there's nothing to worry about with a lingering knee injury to a guy the Bulls just gave a horsefeathers ton of money to - it's not like that's ever been an issue before.

Carolina is on its 4th-string QB (Jacob Eason, in case you were curious), are shopping Christian McCaffrey and are booting guys off the team in the middle of the game... So we're well on our way to Bryce Young.

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I think that’s only true if ND wins out and Michigan is the team that wins that game and the Big Ten. Big Ten appears to be down this year, Michigan played a really bad non-conference schedule as we all know so they have a hard argument as a 1 loss team that didn’t play in their conference title game. A 10-2 Notre Dame gives OSU a top 15 win and an argument, along with their dominance this year to make it. UM over OSU or not, a 10-2 ND would help them because it would mean Clemson and USC take losses. There's a nightmare scenario where ND goes into the USC game basically determining whether USC or Michigan goes to the CFP. LOL JK Notre Dame horsefeathering sucks so bad they're not determining anything except how many assistant coaches get fired after this horsefeathering disaster of a season. Marshall and Stanford are two of the worst teams Notre Dame has ever lost to and Freeman managed to pull it off within a five-week span.

Bryce Young is so stupidly good. Might actually be worth rooting for Carolina to lose out.

I would love to be wrong but if Michigan's biggest test in the next 6 weeks is Illinois then there will be two B1G teams in the playoff. I think that’s only true if ND wins out and Michigan is the team that wins that game and the Big Ten. Big Ten appears to be down this year, Michigan played a really bad non-conference schedule as we all know so they have a hard argument as a 1 loss team that didn’t play in their conference title game. A 10-2 Notre Dame gives OSU a top 15 win and an argument, along with their dominance this year to make it. UM over OSU or not, a 10-2 ND would help them because it would mean Clemson and USC take losses. There's a nightmare scenario where ND goes into the USC game basically determining whether USC or Michigan goes to the CFP.

They'll get a crack at Georgia either way and if they win that they'll see Bama again. They're sure fun to watch.

I would love to be wrong but if Michigan's biggest test in the next 6 weeks is Illinois then there will be two B1G teams in the playoff.

That makes too much sense. They talked about this or something similar. If they added a second bye, the season would go to the end of February. Moving Week 1 up to Labor Day weekend isn't something they want to do either. Why don't they want to move games to Labor Day weekend? Seems like a no-brainer to me I'm sure there's some data they have that indicates people don't watch as much TV Labor Day weekend, but the NFL basically owns the country to a large extent. They'd adjust. Also, the season did at one point start before Labor Day (granted the last time was 2000, so a lifetime ago in terms of TV rights and such). It's not like it's unprecedented.

Not satisfied with doing all they can to ruin college football through pointless and nonsensical realignment, the power conferences are now taking aim at college basketball. It's all about infusing new revenue growth rather than just being pleased with the already financially healthy state of things.

this got me thinking about the biggest championship probability added hits, and i found this https://harvardsportsanalysis.org/2016/11/all-time-most-pivotal-plays-in-the-world-series/ the rajai davis home run is 3rd, zobrist's single is 15 Davis is the only one in the top 11 positive CPA plays whose team did not win the title. The next-most positive play that did not ultimately result in a title was a game-tying two-run double in the 8th by the Red Sox' Dom DiMaggio in Game 7 of the '46 World Series against St. Louis, which was bettered by #13 on the list, Harry Walker's game-winning hit in the bottom of that same inning.

It was so reassuring to know we're paying sideline reporters to do horsefeathering ads for HBO during the game instead of, you know, actually reporting on something.

Panthers fire Matt Rhule. Inevitable. I loved the hire and have no problem with the guy but he just sucks at this level.

It's been illegal to touch Tom Brady for like a decade now, but that took it to an absurd level. Literally nothing else the Falcons guy could've done.

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St. Louis parlayed completely ludicrous pixie dust seasons (even by their standards) from Goldschmidt, Arenado, Wainwright and Pujols into zero playoff wins. There is some good in the world.

Regardless, what the horsefeathers was that play call and pass? Just awful with the game on the line Jimbo Fisher is a befuddling coach, even inside the same game. Great job pushing Bama all the way to the end, and then pretty much all he has to offer on the final drive is the QB tossing up prayers into double coverage. Failing to throw the ball into the end zone with 3 seconds on the clock is just ridiculous.

Only with St. Louis though. His ERA was 3.50 with Pittsburgh and 2.01 with St. Louis. FIP was 3.23/2.60.

I know I won't get what I want but Guardians vs Mets would be fun. But I'm bracing for St. Louis vs Houston.

I wasn't editorializing, but that's obviously why it's getting so much attention and that's how a lot of voters will view it. I haven’t really gotten that vibe at all. It’s been much more AL/Yankee record being brought up from what I have heard (and I agree with). It’s cool and historic in that right but only meatballs are saying “TRUE HR KING”. I have been pleasantly surprised to have not heard much on that front. It's been quiet, I agree, but I think/suspect that if any of the guys ahead of Judge on the single-season charts were judged to be clean that we wouldn't have seen the level of coverage we did about the feat.

I would be incredibly surprised if they sign him. Between what he's likely to get paid, the Arrenado and Goldschmidt contracts and the fiery personality, just doesn't seem like a great fit. And much like the McGwire replacement was always going to have enormous pressure to perform, just not being Molina will be enough of a knock against the next guy that it's probably not a great investment overall for them next year. On the other hand, Contreras has been more valuable this season than Molina has been in the last four seasons combined, so any sort of competency back there might be received well in a pleasantly surprised way. The only reason Contreras being there might be tolerable is seeing a certain segment of STL fans have to grapple with seeing how much better he is (and has been for a long time) than future Hall of Longevity inductee Molina. But yeah, no.

I don't think the home thing is figurative, I'm pretty sure he said in his presser that he will keep his home in Chicago. Domestic abusers aside, I'll never take a shot at someone who was on the 2016 team. It's not his fault the Cubs paid him all that money and (probably) broke his batting form trying to unlock more power.

Immediately thought of this tweet. [tweet] [/tweet]My favorite thing today was looking at the week after this one's games and seeing ranked Kansas at unranked Oklahoma.