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  1. jersey cubs fan
    You round first hard regardless of whether that is a single or not.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    Maddon was twitter verified today.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    That's fair. Tough to sell a sport, though, without a title of some sort. Even in the "poll" days, people were obsessed with crowning a mythical champion. The growth of revenue in college football can be almost directly correlated to 3 things: 1. Football's overall popularity 2. Growth in the % of people going to college 3. Rise of the Bowl Alliance/Bowl Coalition/BCS/Playoff (this is why it will eventually be 8 or 12 or 16 teams) I would like the whole thing to figure itself out by the lower conferences (MAC, Sun Belt, Mountain West, CUSA, AAC) to just form their own division, have the power 5 add a few teams that belong in those groups (ND, maybe BYU, Boise, a few others--UCONN maybe, ECU maybe), then have an 8 team playoff. I highly doubt that ever happens, though, because of all of the backroom dealing and general awfulness of college sports. The strength of college football is tied to television distribution of regular season games, as everybody is obsessed with winning their conference and beating their rival. They've never had a postseason tourney yet the game has stacked up favorably to all sorts of other ones that do have that tourney and do rely on the need to crown a postseason champ. They playoff is just another product to sell, it's not vital to the concept of college football.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    I would argue that there isn't a need to determine the best team and no postseason tourney is capable of doing that anyway.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    doesn't help that they are talking like they are at a funeral I turned it off at that point. What the hell was with the hushed tones? Erin Andrews seemed like she didn't want to wake a baby.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Every NFL coach will want to bring in his own coordinators. That makes complete sense. Unlike Trestman though, Arians has ties to some actual good defensive minds. Trestman also wasn't an in demand NFL coach.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Kaplan denies widely rumored move is 'official' or 'done. Meanwhile, sun sets in west. Bruce Miles ‏@BruceMiles2112 · 9m9 minutes ago #Cubs say no deal yet with Maddon Bruce Miles ‏@BruceMiles2112 · 7m7 minutes ago Other sources outside #Cubs say they've not heard Maddon deal is done -- yet.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    He's had Wrigley Field on his twitter bio this whole time...
  9. jersey cubs fan
    Patrick Mooney ‏@CSNMooney · 1h1 hour ago #Cubs say 4 players cleared waivers, reducing 40-man roster to 37: Vitters, Kalish, Valaika assigned outright to Iowa. J. McDonald's a FA.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    How is an 8 team playoff "too many games" for the FBS schools, but not the FCS schools? 8 team playoff would mean 3 postseason games in addition to the conference championship game which would be a 16 game season for 2 teams. Last year ND State played 15 en route to winning FCS and I think a lot of people would agree that is too many games for college players except for the fact that nobody knows about or cares about North Dakota or its inhabitants.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Every NFL coach will want to bring in his own coordinators. That makes complete sense.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    lady style?
  13. jersey cubs fan
    No. Basing your interest on the Q rating of a manager is terribly misguided. You haven't had much interest because the team has sucked and that is because they haven't had enough good baseball players. They need a lot more good baseball players. A celebrity manager won't change that.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Literally every other major American sport has an overly inclusive playoff system. We can't just have one that isn't? They would never go past 8 because of the additional number of games and all that. If you don't think an 8 team College Football playoff wouldn't be fun as hell to watch, then you're a communist and hate puppies. In pretty much every sport out there I lose interest long before the championship game unless my team is involved, or maybe if an interesting game 7 type situations arises. I love this part of college football season, get rejuvenated right around the Jan 1 games but completely check out before the championship game. I find March Madness entertaining on the first weekend, tolerable on the 2nd and boring as hell at the end. I watch the beginning of MLB playoffs and that's it. A prolonged college playoff would be very boring to me.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    If that is the biggest move of the offseason this is going to be a hell of a depressing offseason. I disagree. Maddon is a move that will pay off in a big way long term. I'm willing to accept him as the biggest move. that's just a crazily silly idea
  16. jersey cubs fan
    If that is the biggest move of the offseason this is going to be a hell of a depressing offseason.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Unless you count the leadership of Trestman and Emery.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    or you could dial back the the crazy
  19. jersey cubs fan
    It sure as hell looked to me like he advocated small ball and questioned the take-and-rake "get the pitcher out early" method we've been building on. And I think he might be right. I don't really think these guys have built a take and rake get the pitcher out early method. Their very first draft pick was absolutely nothing like that. The closest thing they have to such a player is Bryant, and he was a no brainer best college bat pick they had to take, rather than some specific type they targeted. I also don't buy the simple "bullpens are now so amazing" storyline espoused earlier.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    The roster has enough talent. But I agree with the need for speed. How do you figure they have enough talent? The depth is awful at the LB/WR/TE/S positions and some of the players are old and done. A lack of young talent. That is compounding the horrible coaching issues. Angelos drafting combined with Emery's first draft and bad contracts handed out this offseason are heavily affecting this team. I do like Phil Emery, but his offseason moves (aside from Willie Young) and coaching hire look bad. I would argue that simply drafting Chandler Jones and having 1 of the 3rd/4th/5th round picks sticking in the first draft could of had an impact on this team. I don't know if I should be irritated about that [expletive] press conference yesterday or understanding about the fact that they're going to preach patience and positivity. I would of liked to have heard some stern words and some accountability for the players. I'm not sure what sort of verbage would have successfully expressed that message. It's the NFL, they can all be cut tomorrow. Accountability isn't a huge issue. Sucking is the problem.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    Not to me. I read your take first and expected to see a different article than what I ended up reading.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    I don't think that suggesting he would want one or two contacty players in the lineup would be akin to a fundamental philosophical disagreement. I also don't think the Cubs front office is married to the theoretical 8 dong hitting position players already in the system.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    He was drafted in 2012, three whole drafts ago. That slot doesn't mean much of anything anymore.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    I don't quite get your interpretation of Arguello assuming Maddon would view 8 dong hitters as a weakness.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    Tax deduction for the interest. Duh. That's capped at a million I believe. Even so he's only getting his tax rate back on that deduction, it doesn't make sense to pay a dollar to get 45 cents back. Also he's so far away from any threshold it doesn't make sense in limiting his agi to get to another threshold. So this is not why. Perhaps for liquidity but seriously somebody who makes nick Saban money should not be financing his home. He probably carried this mortgage knowing that this group of Bama alums were gonna pay it off. If you have other more profitable things you want to do with your money, there's nothing wrong with financing even if you can afford to pay it off.
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