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  1. Banedon
    I dunno...Dan Bernstein and Dan Mcneil, at the very least, are big hockey fans. I'm sure there are some guys that are uncomfortable with the hockey discussion...I don't listen to ESPN 1000 down here because it's got a weaker signal than The Score...but there are a few that actually do know what they're talking about. It's just that I think these guys typically are directed to talk about other sports because hockey doesn't draw listeners...or at least it didn't used to.
  2. Banedon
    How'd hccf get signed into Ozzie's account?
  3. Banedon
    No team has ever played a home game in the Superbowl. I realize the Jets wouldn't be "home" in that scenario, but still. The chances are always there for that, no matter the locale. If the Super Bowl is in Miami, and the Falcons make the Super Bowl against say...the Seahawks....there's definitely an advantage fan-wise there too. At that point, I'd probably have more of a problem with the Super Bowl featuring two NFC teams. Ha...was just thinking of the furthest northwest team I could...it's early, leave me alone. :glare:
  4. Banedon
    Hmmm...ProHockeyTalk.com has a blurb about the Hawks offseason cap issues this year...and one of the ideas they hinted at is using Byfuglien as a way to get rid of Huet's contract. If you tell teams that Byfuglien is available, but you have to take Huet to get him...would that work?
  5. Banedon
    No team has ever played a home game in the Superbowl. I realize the Jets wouldn't be "home" in that scenario, but still. The chances are always there for that, no matter the locale. If the Super Bowl is in Miami, and the Falcons make the Super Bowl against say...the Seahawks....there's definitely an advantage fan-wise there too.
  6. Banedon
    I don't know any Philly fans personally, but this description definitely fits the ones I've come across online. blackhawk fans are probably not in a great position to talk about not paying attention until their team is good. Ok...if it helps, I was agreeing more about the "crap talking goons" part than the bandwagon part... :hello:
  7. Banedon
    Buccigross picked the Flyers because his preseason Stanley Cup prediction was Flyers over Blackhawks and he wants to be right. He made that guess before the playoffs started? Heckuva guess just to get the teams right. I'm confused though. He picked Boston over Philly in round 2. No he made that pick back in September, before the season started. Which is actually less amazing just because the Flyers were supposed to be pretty good coming into the season. Ahh...right...gotcha.
  8. Banedon
    Buccigross picked the Flyers because his preseason Stanley Cup prediction was Flyers over Blackhawks and he wants to be right. He made that guess before the playoffs started? Heckuva guess just to get the teams right. I'm confused though. He picked Boston over Philly in round 2.
  9. Banedon
    Well, only for 31 teams....but since it's never happened that a team has played at it's home field in the Super Bowl, I'll concede the point. Regardless, if you know that to win your division/conference you have to win games in cold locations, why is it a problem for one more game? You know 4 years in advance that this Super Bowl will potentially be cold. How much warning is necessary?
  10. Banedon
    Yeah, Niemi would be the only threat for Toews I think.
  11. Banedon
    ESPN picks are up. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5222651 2 pick the Flyers. Nobody thinks it will be shorter than 6 games.
  12. Banedon
    It rained during nearly all of the Bears-Colts Super Bowl. A warm rain in Miami is not nearly the same as a cold, rainy, windy February night in NJ. But it was a factor, which you are unhappy with. Are you upset that the conference championships are in potentially bad weather locales and could favor one team or the other?
  13. Banedon
    It rained during nearly all of the Bears-Colts Super Bowl.
  14. Banedon
    lol...the Sharks blog, FearTheFin, did a Finals analysis...this was the final couple of paragraphs...made me laugh... lol @ the bit about Buff.
  15. Banedon
    Are those the media members most likely to be there? I think the majority of super bowl attendee media members are not based in NYC. And ESPN being close does not count. I guarantee Chris Berman won't be scared to expense as much as he would in Miami. Guys who appear on sports reporters in midtown get their hotel taken care of, i'm sure it will be the same here. There will be media members from both participants, just like there would be if the Dolphins ever played in a "South Florida" super bowl or if New Orleans played in a Superdome Super Bowl. There will be media members from every NFL city (probably). Plus all the BS media. Ok...even conceding the point. I still think the "we don't want a Super Bowl in a cold locale" is more of a media driven thing. I don't think it matter much to most fans.
  16. Banedon
    I don't think it will be tough for them to justify expensing nights out in Manhattan. Yeah? Even if that media is NY based? How would they justify spending the companies dime on spending a night out in the town they live/work in? Most of the media is not based in NY. And the ones in NY still expense their work related functions. ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, MSNBC, Time, Newsweek, AP, and Reuters are all based in NYC. ESPN is 2 hours away...and is part of ABC anyway. I understand they'll expense work related functions. I'm saying they'll have a harder time saying some things are work related when they are at "home" than they would when they're "on the road".
  17. Banedon
    I don't think it will be tough for them to justify expensing nights out in Manhattan. Yeah? Even if that media is NY based? How would they justify spending the companies dime on spending a night out in the town they live/work in?
  18. Banedon
    Honestly, the people it really effects are the media. That's why they're screaming the loudest about this. For them, it's a week long party in Florida or New Orleans, or California in most years. If it's in NY/NJ, they don't get to travel, and I'm guessing it's a lot harder for them to justify expensing a lot of the stuff they normally can.
  19. Banedon
    Not sure if you are joking, but Delaware is right next to Philly, and Wilmington (Delaware's biggest city) is pretty much a suburb of Philly. Not joking...just apparently bad with New England geography. In my head, I figured Delaware would be more of a Capitals or Devils fanbase than Flyers. But yeah...I guess not... And I swear NJ wasn't red when I just looked at that....haha. New England? ROFL...ok...I'm apparently bad at more than New England...considering I thought it included more states than it apparently does.
  20. Banedon
    I don't know any Philly fans personally, but this description definitely fits the ones I've come across online.
  21. Banedon
    Not sure if you are joking, but Delaware is right next to Philly, and Wilmington (Delaware's biggest city) is pretty much a suburb of Philly. Not joking...just apparently bad with New England geography. In my head, I figured Delaware would be more of a Capitals or Devils fanbase than Flyers. But yeah...I guess not... And I swear NJ wasn't red when I just looked at that....haha.
  22. Banedon
    http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/polls?pCat=46&sCat=1284 I only post this because I think the map is interesting. Only 2 states are picking the Flyers to win...Pennsylvania and....Delaware. Weird.
  23. Banedon
    I think that's where potentially an argument could be made. Playing devils advocate here, but how many hard throwing starting pitchers would be able to be unhittable if they only pitched one inning at a time? Certainly there'd be plenty that couldn't make the transition, but still...you have to think his role as a reliever helps him with those stats. That said, he's crazy good...not really trying to diminish that.
  24. Banedon
    But it's ok for that to happen in the NFC and AFC Championship games? What's the difference?
  25. Banedon
    Man I hate Philly fans.
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