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Depends on how it's done though. The texas-centric version couldn't be all Texas all the time. It could air non-Texas games, as those fans start to care more and more about how the rest of the conference is doing. And Texas could play a few games on the normal BTN network. I don't know about the current distribution of the BTN in Texas, but I'd imagine it's limited. And I doubt Texas' network will be getting big play in big ten country anytime soon. You put the two of them together and the "family" of networks gets huge demand in both places, and it will grow in other regions. Texas and ND in a BTN grouping is going to make that network must have virtually everywhere but parts of the northwest. In the southwest that network may only be called TBTN, while airing much of the same programming. A few Texas-centric aspects remain on that feed, but all the other schools get exposure as well.
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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. Or TBTN
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Speaking of Olympics that don't involve rioting chavs, a US skiier got drunk on a jet blue flight, peed on a girl's legs and has been kicked off the team. http://deadspin.com/5830340/drunkenly-pissing-on-the-11+year+old-daughter-of-a-cancer-patient-will-cost-you-a-shot-at-the-olympics
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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.
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Cubs consider getting rid of troughs
jersey cubs fan replied to PrimeTime's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
That hot clicks idiot fails to mention that he received strong feedback from fans who prefer to get in and out of the bathroom and disregard the fears of homophobes. -
This is an oversimplification, and wrong. Oversimplification, probably. How is it wrong though? There is nothing good accomplished by drilling people, which was my point. It would be dumb to do it too much. Just like it would be dumb to IBB too many guys, or dumb to always throw a strike. But there's nothing wrong with the occasional purposeful bean ball. It's a bad thing to go head hunting, but it's not dumb to occasionally hit an opposing hitter. If nobody else ever did it, then fine, no reason to ever do it. But that's not the case. And your comment about hockey fights is even more simplistic and wrong than the baseball comments.
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This is an oversimplification, and wrong.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-11-11
jersey cubs fan replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I doubt it, and he really shouldn't. I think September call-ups are for guys with a decent shot at making next year's team, or as a nod to aging minor leaguers who deserve a cup of coffee. Vitters in the majors next April would be insane. Let him play all next year at AAA, and if he rakes, then consider a call-up next September (or better yet, trade his inflated AAA numbers for better players). -
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?
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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.
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I was more or less indifferent on him over the offseason. I did not like that a brief stretch of not sucking got him the job, but I did like that he wasn't Ryno as well as a couple things he said. Within the first week or so of the season I was very down on him based mostly on how he handle the pitching staff, and ever since then he's repeatedly shown to be in way over his head.
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The important thing is to not make any changes during the season.
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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.
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so colvin is sitting again?
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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.
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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.
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i'm not, just because he's the type of player who can succeed in the cubs' "hack at everything" system because he has such great contact skills. i'd be shocked if a guy with we developed a hitter like nick swisher or whoever... Or Brett Jackson? i'm not sure the cubs can claim a lot of credit for developing him since he's pretty much exactly the hitter that he was in college - except for maybe his power has come on more than people thought. soto is more a guy who developed in the cub system, since he was drafted out of high school and is a patient hitter. Well by that standard, they didn't develop Castro either. Jackson already has more PAs than Castro did in the minors. That's hardly the same standard, considering they absolutely did develop Castro from a young age, while Jackson played major college baseball into his 20's. The Cubs have to get credit for developing Jackson, as he was far from a can't miss stud college bat when they acquired him. Although he's got a long way to go before you can say he's done what Castro has done.
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He got the job thanks to his speed, they admitted late last season that Bennett should have played more, he made numerous mistakes while route running, and sat out practice with a back issue this week. The coaches definitely seem to be coming down hard on the guy and I doubt it was just because they felt like it. If Knox is already threatening to leave, with his miniscule track record in the NFL, I have to question whether the guy has his head on straight.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-9-11
jersey cubs fan replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
What's wrong with the word "catcher"? -
Maybe I'm looking to much into it but I see Ramirez having a big influence with the kid and Ramirez has been fairly quiet throughout his time here. The media likes a good quote and in their collective minds it is a waste of time to try and pry out quotes from an ESL kid while there are plenty of fluent veterans and/or fluent English speakers; Dempster, Campana, Byrd, Pena, Wood and Garza. And Ramirez was here when the Sosa relationship blew up, so perhaps he's always tried to avoid it and now is steering Castro in that direction.
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Monday's final line as a Cub, .272/.346/.507, you grew tired of that? I have no idea what kind of fielder he was, but if you grew tired of that type of batting line from a CF (133 OPS+) I'm not sure what you wanted.
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What justification do you have for calling him an all or nothing hitter. His numbers on the Cubs do not support your comment. It's the lack of "productive outs" isn't it? You're hung up on strikeout totals and can't look past them.
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I was surprised by how openly Stevie criticized Tiger for banging women and was kind of surprised the relationship didn't end sooner.
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Something to consider is it was the first year in the system for all of them. I think Knox had the easiest transition because all he really does is go deep and hope Cutler finds him. I think the fact that he put up those numbers but was still demoted this year, when other better route runners got up to speed is telling. This isn't baseball. They didn't all get the same PA against the same pitchers over 162 games. It's harder to judge based just on receptions and ypc in one season. Hester went back into the return game more last year, but he's grown as a receiver. I don't see how any "analytical" football site can try and claim Knox is the best receiver. I love what he brings to the table in terms of big play potential and all that. But if I'm lining up 2 guys to start the game I can find many reasons to not have him be one of those two guys.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-8-11
jersey cubs fan replied to Outshined_One's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Isn't the thing with Lilly that he absolutely achieved his ceiling? It's not crazy to compare a minor leaguer to him for ceiling purposes, it's the likelihood of reaching it that may be a stretch.
