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New Rankings: Purdue didn't really move to far back and U of I kind of got screwed in the rankings again even with the loss http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings AP Top 25 1. Pittsburgh (70) 14-0 1,798 2. Duke 12-1 1,660 3. North Carolina (2) 13-1 1,651 4. Wake Forest 13-0 1,553 5. Connecticut 12-1 1,474 6. Oklahoma 13-1 1,358 7. Texas 11-2 1,348 8. Michigan State 11-2 1,269 9. Georgetown 10-2 1,208 10. UCLA 12-2 1,162 11. Syracuse 14-1 1,113 12. Clemson 14-0 968 13. Notre Dame 10-3 802 14. Purdue 11-3 774 15. Tennessee 9-3 533 16. Xavier 11-2 483 17. Boston College 13-2 453 18. Marquette 13-2 436 18. Villanova 12-2 436 20. Arizona State 12-2 374 21. Butler 12-1 341 22. Minnesota 13-1 290 23. Baylor 12-2 289 23. Louisville 9-3 289 25. West Virginia 11-2 230 Others Receiving Votes Michigan 153, California 122, Arkansas 109, Illinois 108, Gonzaga 86, Wisconsin 86, Memphis 67, Davidson 56, Saint Mary's 50, UNLV 43, Illinois State 39, Kansas 37, Ohio State 28, Texas A&M 27, Maryland 25, Dayton 22, Florida 13, Florida State 13, Brigham Young 12, Miami (FL) 8, Missouri 4. Dropped From Rankings Gonzaga 16, Michigan 23, Ohio State 24. ESPN/USA Today Poll 1. Pittsburgh (30) 14-0 774 2. Duke 12-1 714 3. North Carolina (1) 13-1 707 4. Wake Forest 13-0 687 5. Connecticut 12-1 630 6. Oklahoma 13-1 593 7. Texas 11-2 546 7. UCLA 12-2 546 9. Syracuse 14-1 526 10. Georgetown 10-2 506 11. Clemson 14-0 480 12. Michigan State 11-2 452 13. Notre Dame 10-3 277 14. Purdue 11-3 261 15. Marquette 13-2 251 16. Arizona State 12-2 238 17. Villanova 12-2 225 18. Xavier 11-2 217 19. Minnesota 13-1 183 20. Butler 12-1 147 21. Louisville 9-3 136 22. West Virginia 11-2 132 23. Baylor 12-2 98 24. Boston College 13-2 90 25. Tennessee 9-3 85 Others Receiving Votes Dayton 54, Illinois State 50, Michigan 49, Saint Mary's 43, Ohio State 40, Memphis 37, Illinois 34, Brigham Young 34, California 31, Davidson 31, Arkansas 27, Gonzaga 27, Wisconsin 26, Texas A&M 22, Missouri 21, Florida 11, UNLV 11, LSU 10, Kansas 7, Stanford 5, Maryland 1, Florida State 1, Utah State 1, Washington 1. Dropped From Rankings Gonzaga 17, Ohio State 23, Michigan 24.

My only problem with the Chargers is Sproles getting 25 carries a game again, but who know he could be just fine

Yeah, there's a chance it happens this offseason, but I'd be very surprised if they can him after the division title and being competitive with the Eagles in the first round. Had they gotten manhandled, it might be different. I felt though besides the 40yarder by Peterson they kinda did get manhandled well at least in the second half in felt like it Without the 70-yard screen to Westbrook, though, the Eagle offense was doing very little. Without the 70-yarder, Philly's offense amassed less than 300 yards offensively. Take away Peterson's 40-yard run and the Vikings are in the 280 area of offensive yardage. It was just 16-14 Philly into the fourth quarter, as well. True, but didn't the Vikes have like 6 straight possessions with punts and only 68yards in the second half? I mean I feel like the Vikings got most of the yards in first half Philly had drives in the second half of 12, 1, 8, 1, 3 and 6 plays. Minny had drives in the second half of 7, 3, 3, 5, 3, 5 and 6 plays. One of Philly's one-play drives was a fumble (the first) and one was Westbrook's TD. Everything else was a punt, except for the FG on the final drive. Minnesota had all punts until the fumble on the second to last drive that set up Philly's FG. Once again, take away Westbrook's 70-yard screen and they were fairly evenly matched. Yeah I guess it was...just seemed more one sided to me cause besides Peterson Minn looked horrible offensively Minnesota doesn't have a very good offense, though, so anytime they get behind it's going to be tough to come back. The Titans face similar issues, but Kerry Collins is a bit more adept at bringing an offense back than is Tarvaris Jackson. That's not something I'd blame on the coach, though, unless he has significant say in the personnel. Childress coached a good game against the Eagles, I think, and the Vikings were competitive. It's just that Philly's a better team than Minnesota. yeah your right

Yeah, there's a chance it happens this offseason, but I'd be very surprised if they can him after the division title and being competitive with the Eagles in the first round. Had they gotten manhandled, it might be different. I felt though besides the 40yarder by Peterson they kinda did get manhandled well at least in the second half in felt like it Without the 70-yard screen to Westbrook, though, the Eagle offense was doing very little. Without the 70-yarder, Philly's offense amassed less than 300 yards offensively. Take away Peterson's 40-yard run and the Vikings are in the 280 area of offensive yardage. It was just 16-14 Philly into the fourth quarter, as well. True, but didn't the Vikes have like 6 straight possessions with punts and only 68yards in the second half? I mean I feel like the Vikings got most of the yards in first half Philly had drives in the second half of 12, 1, 8, 1, 3 and 6 plays. Minny had drives in the second half of 7, 3, 3, 5, 3, 5 and 6 plays. One of Philly's one-play drives was a fumble (the first) and one was Westbrook's TD. Everything else was a punt, except for the FG on the final drive. Minnesota had all punts until the fumble on the second to last drive that set up Philly's FG. Once again, take away Westbrook's 70-yard screen and they were fairly evenly matched. Yeah I guess it was...just seemed more one sided to me cause besides Peterson Minn looked horrible offensively

Yeah, there's a chance it happens this offseason, but I'd be very surprised if they can him after the division title and being competitive with the Eagles in the first round. Had they gotten manhandled, it might be different. I felt though besides the 40yarder by Peterson they kinda did get manhandled well at least in the second half in felt like it Without the 70-yard screen to Westbrook, though, the Eagle offense was doing very little. Without the 70-yarder, Philly's offense amassed less than 300 yards offensively. Take away Peterson's 40-yard run and the Vikings are in the 280 area of offensive yardage. It was just 16-14 Philly into the fourth quarter, as well. True, but didn't the Vikes have like 6 straight possessions with punts and only 68yards in the second half? I mean I feel like the Vikings got most of the yards in first half

Like I said my semi-bold predictions Ravens Steelers Eagles Panthers

Yeah, there's a chance it happens this offseason, but I'd be very surprised if they can him after the division title and being competitive with the Eagles in the first round. Had they gotten manhandled, it might be different. I felt though besides the 40yarder by Peterson they kinda did get manhandled well at least in the second half in felt like it

Should be a decent game...Us coming off a loss at home and playing on the road, plus Penn State is better than last year

Anyone want to see him get chocked slammed again? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Fzrje5RLA

Is there any chance Childress gets fired....man did he look bad the last few games

My picks and there semi-bold ones: Baltimore Philadelphia Panthers Steelers

Happy they got back on the right track

What's up with the league this year? Purdue beats BC and BC beats North Carolina handily. Michigan losses random games, but beats Duke and UCLA. U of I beats Purdue and Mizzou then losses to Michigan

I think you got a shot if you play a physical game with them, but yeah if it comes down to scoring you donzo

i think they're too cheap to fire him with 2 years left on his contract. Remember when the Bengals looked like they could actually be decent a few years ago? man has this team fallen

Well Losing to either one of them wouldn't be the end of the world

I dont know what you are talking about with officiating? As for Salary Cap, the Wings have had the best player development system in hockey for 20 years. Most of the money they spent pre-cap was for retaining their own players, who had earned it by being winners. mostly cynosure. the RedWings have a wonderful combo of free agency and player development. when the time ran out for them to spend ~$15-$20M on goalie, they fell back on zetterberg, datsyuk, etc. no organization has done a better job better job of developing cheap euro talent than the red wings. I think it starts with leadership. I think Lidstrom really gets those Euro players to play well in the Wings system. Lidstrom played with the likes of Yzerman, Larionov and Fetisov, 3 other great leaders. Zetterburg and Datsyuk are picking it up now. Guys like Franzen, Samuelsson, Kornwall, Filpula really respond and give a great effort. I also think that is a reason that Hossa wanted to play there. One thing that was said in the broadcast today that I agree with, is that the Wings best players are the hardest workers. That is something that has been a constant over the last 15 years. Is it just me or are the Redwings literally there for every rebound? I think thats a problem for us still and there one of the best in the league at that...They just looked much better than us up and down the ice They're really really good. We're good, but not on that level yet. We can't beat the Red Wings, but I would hope they realize that they can still beat pretty much anyone else and it would be nice if they took this season as far as they can go, and not let the Red Wings stick in their head and ruin other, more winnable, games. If we meet the Wings in the conference finals and get beat, I'll still consider this a very good season. Yeah that was my biggest worry after these last two years. The Hawks should still be one of the top 3 teams in the conference and yeah making the Conference Finals would definitely not be a disappointment regardless if we lose I meant games sorry

Alright well lets get back on track and beat a team that were a little better than and prove that 9 game winning streak wasn't a fluke

I dont know what you are talking about with officiating? As for Salary Cap, the Wings have had the best player development system in hockey for 20 years. Most of the money they spent pre-cap was for retaining their own players, who had earned it by being winners. mostly cynosure. the RedWings have a wonderful combo of free agency and player development. when the time ran out for them to spend ~$15-$20M on goalie, they fell back on zetterberg, datsyuk, etc. no organization has done a better job better job of developing cheap euro talent than the red wings. I think it starts with leadership. I think Lidstrom really gets those Euro players to play well in the Wings system. Lidstrom played with the likes of Yzerman, Larionov and Fetisov, 3 other great leaders. Zetterburg and Datsyuk are picking it up now. Guys like Franzen, Samuelsson, Kornwall, Filpula really respond and give a great effort. I also think that is a reason that Hossa wanted to play there. One thing that was said in the broadcast today that I agree with, is that the Wings best players are the hardest workers. That is something that has been a constant over the last 15 years. Is it just me or are the Redwings literally there for every rebound? I think thats a problem for us still and there one of the best in the league at that...They just looked much better than us up and down the ice They're really really good. We're good, but not on that level yet. We can't beat the Red Wings, but I would hope they realize that they can still beat pretty much anyone else and it would be nice if they took this season as far as they can go, and not let the Red Wings stick in their head and ruin other, more winnable, games. If we meet the Wings in the conference finals and get beat, I'll still consider this a very good season. Yeah that was my biggest worry after these last two years. The Hawks should still be one of the top 3 teams in the conference and yeah making the Conference Finals would definitely not be a disappointment regardless if we lose

I dont know what you are talking about with officiating? As for Salary Cap, the Wings have had the best player development system in hockey for 20 years. Most of the money they spent pre-cap was for retaining their own players, who had earned it by being winners. mostly cynosure. the RedWings have a wonderful combo of free agency and player development. when the time ran out for them to spend ~$15-$20M on goalie, they fell back on zetterberg, datsyuk, etc. no organization has done a better job better job of developing cheap euro talent than the red wings. I think it starts with leadership. I think Lidstrom really gets those Euro players to play well in the Wings system. Lidstrom played with the likes of Yzerman, Larionov and Fetisov, 3 other great leaders. Zetterburg and Datsyuk are picking it up now. Guys like Franzen, Samuelsson, Kornwall, Filpula really respond and give a great effort. I also think that is a reason that Hossa wanted to play there. One thing that was said in the broadcast today that I agree with, is that the Wings best players are the hardest workers. That is something that has been a constant over the last 15 years. Is it just me or are the Redwings literally there for every rebound? I think thats a problem for us still and there one of the best in the league at that...They just looked much better than us up and down the ice

Fricking Clemson

Our D looked horrible in that game...Very good start and horrible finish, but that was cool to watch

Agree with that statement :thumbsup:

If you think Aaron Miles is an "average middle infielder" then I just don't know what to say. Aaron Miles and Neifi Perez are interchangeable. This is nowhere close to being anything but an irrational stupid move that should get Hendry fired. There's no excuse for this deal. I think that's a little over board Yeah, Miles has at least shown he can hit .280-.290. After that though, I wouldn't expect much. Little power, doesn't steal many bases. Average OBP. I don't know what his defensive peripherals look like but I'm sure they're not horrible. He's rather gritty if you ask me, but I don't think he's as bad as Neifi. I think he's a little better than Neifi, but what I meant was the him getting fired for making the deal

Oh this move is [expletive] unless we sign Bradley and get Peavy