Banedon
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I'm hoping for him to come back and then retire during the offseason. Save the $18 million for a different GM to use.
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Yes, what's the headache? That he had a temper tantrum after a bad game was over with? If he shows up again today, it was just him blowing off steam. If he doesn't, and actually retires, then you guys get your way and the Cubs save money. It don't see a headache here. I see drama, but that's what you've always gotten with Z. Byrd's got it right on this one. How did Zambrano make any of his teammates look like fools?
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I love that the first sentence of the post is calling other posts ridiculous. He had a temper tantrum. He'll apologize and be back. He didn't leave during the game, or do anything that was so awful that he can't come back. Silly overreaction. It was an overly emotional post, but your response isn't much better. He's had too many temper tantrums. He's not worth the headache anymore. What's the headache here? Presuming he comes back today and says "Hey guys, sorry. Lost my head last night. Was pissed off that I had a shitty game."....what's the damage?
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now i'm going to be reading these all night. charlie_hustle: aw c'mon i said i was sorry bud_is_wiser: Well yeah, but that doesn't mean you can keep doing it! I'm not Jesus! I'm saving them for Monday so I can waste a work day on them.
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I love that the first sentence of the post is calling other posts ridiculous. He had a temper tantrum. He'll apologize and be back. He didn't leave during the game, or do anything that was so awful that he can't come back. Silly overreaction.
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A day before the House of Rep committee meeting that has no powers?
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There's also a Texas House of Reps hearing on the 16th...
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-analyst-hollandsworth-rips-cubs-ramirez-for-lack-of-effort-20110812,0,2859026.story In regards to Ramirez not wanting to waive his NTC:
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I'd have definitely been cool with a 4th rounder for him.
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Well, the Big Ten Network can only show one game at a time, with a couple others on the alternative feeds. If the conference grew to 14 teams spread across that big a chunk of the US, it could make sense for a variety of reasons to have two networks covering it. If you think it terms of consolidation and synergies, there is a lot to be gained by many parties if such a merger occurred. Negotiations between ESPN, Fox, the Big Ten, the other Big Ten monster schools and Texas would be complicated, but it's not crazy to consider. No chance it'd retain the name though. It'd have to become BTN2 or something.
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Ha...I'd seen the headline, but it didn't mention he was on the olympic team. Wow.
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Yeah that works. I don't see any way he ends up on the Bears.
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Has there been much talk about how much this can reduce scoring? With no kickoff return TDs, and very little chance for decent field position after a kickoff, teams are going to be forced to move 80 yards for touchdowns. Not much since the rule was actually implemented. That was the reason why they considered moving it to the 25 with a touchback (which is something I bet that will be brought up again). It really shouldn't reduce scoring that much though. It will hurt field position after a kickoff, but that means it will improve the opponents field position after a 3 and out. So it might reduce the number of 38-31 games with lots of kickoffs, but in most normal games with a mixture of kickoffs and punts the field position will balance out. But the 20 provides a nice cushion against the types of punts that set up real good field position. I don't remember the change, is everybody on the kickoff moved up 5 yards? Just the kicker? Kickoffs are now from the 35 yard line. I assume that moves everybody up.
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Has there been much talk about how much this can reduce scoring? With no kickoff return TDs, and very little chance for decent field position after a kickoff, teams are going to be forced to move 80 yards for touchdowns. PFT had a blurb mentioning that this morning.
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After watching bits of the preseason games last night, I already hate the new kickoff rules. There's going to be a ridiculous number of touchbacks.
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No, he's pretty close to being done. Next year is the make or break year. If he stays healthy, wins a few tournaments and/or a major, he could have a chance at the record. If not, it's one of the strangest and most precipitous declines in the history of sports. Either way, he won't be the Tiger of 1997-2007 ever again. No doubt he's done being Tiger, but there's varying levels of done here. You have David Duvall done, and you have Ernie Els done. Tiger is young enough where he shouldn't disappear for a while. But maybe he just turns into a guy who wins a random tournament on occasion and rarely contends in majors. The question would be whether Tiger can handle just being one of the guys after you spent so long being "the" guy. Granted, he can still make millions placing well 20 or so times a year, but someone as competitive as he is might rather just walk away if they can no longer dominate. I would question whether he could handle just walking away more than whether he can handle not being elite. He's already lost millions to his ex and has lost advertisers, my guess is he will want to prove, at the very least, that he can win a couple more majors before it's over. Yeah, he really wants that majors record.
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seriously, the guy should be able to afford a revolving entourage of 'strange' if that is what makes his motor run. I'm guessing that his injuries are a bit more of a factor.
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I don't think that's the case at all. Martz wouldn't address Aromashadu's situation at all. And hidden in the Martz criticism of Knox is a lot of compliments. I think this is all a way for the Bears to try to light a fire under Knox's butt. Nothing wrong with that. Knox will still see plenty of playing time.
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This points out a lot of what I've thought about Kreutz in recent years. He wanted to be a leader and did his best to be a leader, but in the end he was really just a bully, a dumb jock bully. His leadership was more about his Alpha male personality than anything football related. It was quite a tactful response from Cutler, really.
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Not gonna happen now. Yikes Tiger. Good lord, I should've looked at the leaderboard before I posted that.
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Cutler on the loss of Kreutz, and leadership... On the center position: On the offense needing to get better: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-cutler-ready-to-fill-bears-leadership-void-20110811,0,6651855.story
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I'm rooting for an Adam Scott/Tiger Woods pairing on Sunday.
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http://i.imgur.com/K2xGl.jpg
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Boise State fires AD Gene Bleymaier, the man that brought the smurf turf to Boise. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6851715/gene-bleymaier-boise-state-athletic-director-fired-ncaa-investigation Disappointed.
