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Shank. Wow. Wisconsin walks out of Minnesota with a 38-34 come from behind win. Ohio State about to beat the Spartans at home. Ugh. Offense not looking shop. A bad throw to a wideopen receiver down the field and then a dropped pass. Ugly.
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3rd and long, you rush just 3 guys, and he's still wide open for a big gain... Iowa's lead over Indiana is just 3 in the 4th. Well, make that 10.
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Go back to pooch kicks, please. That was pathetic.
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Question: Earlier in the game, the Purdue receiver was ruled to have gone out at the one yard line while stretching for the goal line. The play was challenged and the replays showed that he clearly never went out of bounds with the ball. He either just barely broke the plane or fumbled the ball right before hitting the pile on for a touchback. Now, you need irrefutable video evidence to overturn a call. As I said, the video clearly showed that the original ruling on the field was wrong. But it wasn't clear what the correct ruling should be (TD or touchback). The ball was clearly fumbled before hitting the pile-on at the end of the play, but it wasn't clear if he broke the plane a second or two before that. Do the officials then just have to decide which was more likely to have happened if you can't tell from the replays and overturn the original ruling no matter what? Do they have to rule that it definitely was a fumble in order to overturn the original ruling on the field? Or is there another guildeline that they have to go by?
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Nice to see NU's clock management hasn't changed. Less than :30 left, clock running, and you don't use one of your three remaining timeouts? Stupid, stupid, stupid. 56-yard FG with the wind and it juuuuust misses. That thing knuckled like crazy. 28-9 at the half, but Purdue gets the ball to start the 3rd.
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Now Sutton goes down and slowly walks off the field. :x Baz to Roberson for TD #3 through the air! 28-9 with 1:32 left in the half. Sutton doesn't look too hurt.
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Baz hurts his knee but comes back in. Two dropped passes for would-be first downs and Purdue has good field position. :(
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Baz fakes the handoff and takes it in from 9 yards out! 21-3 with 13:40 to go in the 2nd quarter!
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Basanez with 195 yards through the air to 7 different receivers and 2 TDs...through one quarter. This should really open up the running game for Sutton once they choose to go to it. Ouch for MSU. 10-point swing on the blocked FG returned for a TD.
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They fake to Sutton every play and Purdue's defense bites every time. He's had what, two carries so far and they're still afraid of him. A TD pass to a TE? Crazy! 14-0 'Cats!
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Ooh. Northwestern better get the fumble call at the goal line that UCLA didn't get last week. AND WE DO!!!!!! YES!!!!!!! But Thompson drops an short pass right in the numbers that would've been an easy first down and special teams continues to suck. Yeesh. This will be Purdue's third possession with great field position.
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Baz to Peterman for 6 on a 60+ yard reception over the middle! Beautiful play fake!
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Ugh. Dunbar has gone back to being stupid.
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Note to Ohio State: Catch the kickoff next time.
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Yeah, but, regarding point 2, wouldn't the Tribune Company also be able to roll those improvements into the sale price as value added (using standard real estate improvement logic)?Not that I know anything about real estate, but that would be really complicated because the value of the Wrigley isn't what's worth the most money. It's what those improvements will bring in through primarily increased bleacher ticket sales (and those ticket prices will continue to increase) and beer sales. I'm not sure you can put a monetary value on that just yet. Who knows how much a bleacher ticket is going to cost in 25 years (aside from a lot)? The Tribune would be risking a lot to give up on that future at this point.
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Going into the 2005 season, Forbes had the Cubs at $398 million, 6th in the majors. The Tribune is not going to be selling them, though. There's just no way. Not only will the Cubs continue to bring in money at high rates, but there are two things off the top of my head that are huge factors. 1) The Tribune gets a good chunk of change by broadcasting games on WGN and CSNC without having to sell the rights to an outside company. They can hide money from revenue sharing and get a large share of the money that CSNC brings in. 2) The Tribune Co. (NOT the Cubs) is putting in nearly $50 million to Wrigley Field over the next two offseasons with the bleacher expansion and triangular building. Those are huge investments that they fully expect to pay off over the long run.
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Bears @ Browns - Sunday, 10/9, 1pm(E) Fox (Directv 704)
Jon replied to goonys evil twin's topic in Other Sports
Shocking news, I know, but the Bears released Brien today. In addition, they re-signed Edwards to a 2-year deal after cutting him a little more than a month ago. They certainly need help on the o-line... -
I've only followed 2.5 games he's started, but he seems to be hitting a lot of groundballs to second and short.
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He's having a rough fall, no? I hope the move to AA doesn't bog him down like it did with his brother. I'd wish the Cubs would be more realistic with these guys and let them progress from level to level. I don't see the point in pushing guys to AA as quickly as possible. 4 for 18 so far with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts after his 8th inning leadoff single. Coats PHs and singles on the first pitch.
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Rough outing: 3.2 IP, 6 hits, 4 runs, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts, 1 HBP
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Murton hits another rocket but lines out to deep left center to end the inning.
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Murton moved to third on a groundout but was thrown out at home on a FC. Guzman's 2nd: -6-3 groundout -BB followed by a CS -SO #2 Angel's line so far: about 37 pitches, 2 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts, 1 HBP
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Murton falls behind 0-2 in his first AB, takes 3 straight balls, and crushes a double just to the left of dead center.
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When he's not hitting or walking batters, they sure are making good contact against Guzman in the first. RBI double on the 21st pitch to make it 2-0.
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Patterson (walk, CS) is at second and Murton is in left today. Guzman is on the hill for Mesa but is in trouble early. After a lineout to short to leadoff the bottom of the first, he has given up a single, hit a batter, a walked a batter. Brandon Wood's sac fly makes it 1-0 Surprise.