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Think Oral Roberts really has that much of a better resume than Belmont? I've gotta think that they are pretty much in the same boat. EDIT: Or Davidson EDIT AGAIN: To be clear, I don't think any of the three of them are going to get close to an at-large bid, if they need one.

I've been awful at this throughout the years

Would not have guessed that Sappelt would be darker than DeJesus

Falcons, but I'll take a second team since they don't have a first rounder

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythical_national_championship#College_basketball

UNC does too, I believe. But Helms titles are pretty lame. I agree. UNC does

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I might be wrong here and I haven't really looked it up.. but I think it is spelled Solar

One of the best in game dunks I have ever seen

UNC has picked up a bunch of good commitments in the last few days.. jumped up from the 70s to the 40s in the rankings. Also picked up another commitment from Junior Gnonkonde tonight.

people here had high hopes for tomic. aussies are the biggest homers ever, in pretty much every sport. they had high hopes for sam stosur (who did win the us open last year) but she [expletive] the bed in the first round. To be fair, I thought Tomic might beat Federer. Certainly thought it would have been closer than it was

Rapey McRapenstein has to be the odd on favorite. Soto is a nice dark horse. He might not be dark enough

If Matt Garza is a 15 WAR pitcher, then we better get somebody's entire farm system.

That is one helluva sentence.

Texans over Bengals Saints over Lions Falcons over Giants Steelers over Broncos Packers over Falcons 49ers over Saints Steelers over Pats Ravens over Texans 49ers over Packers Steelers over Ravens Steelers over 49ers

Waiting for kyle to hate this trade

Eh who cares if a Cubs player supposedly raped a girl? He probably didn't do it. If he was a cardinal or brewer, I'd believe it. But it's our best player. No way.

1.) Research. Not "research." Done by professionals, not me. 2.) Said research confirms what has been the working hypothesis in the sabermetric community for the better part of a decade. This isn't a new or revolutionary idea. 3.) I'll eat my hat if you even know what research it is you're referring to. You're dismissing it because it clashes with your opinion, not because of any well thought out argument against it. I'll concede that it's ok (and even advisable in certain situations) to overpay for top talent. I was advocating doing just that for Pujols and Darvish. But there are significant questions as to what degree Fielder qualifies as a "top talent" to begin with, which makes any overpay significantly more risky. If the front office comes home with Fielder on a 7 year deal, I'm sure it's probably fine. They have plenty of access to information that none of the rest of us do... scouting reports, research, projection systems, budgetary information, an actual blueprint about where they intend to take the team and when they plan to contend... etc... But every moron fan I've seen wringing his hands and freaking out about what a failure this offseason is if we don't come back with Fielder at any cost needs to get a reality check. If we're being generous we'll call him a 5 WAR 1B who wont age well. We may not see one of those on the FA market every year, but we can find similar upgrades elsewhere. If we bring him in, great. If we don't, big whoop. Slightly related, what do you think a realistic projection is for LaHair in 2012?

Plus, Rondo's jumpshot form looked a lot better last night

Odom, kidd, VC Marion, Terry

Starts in less than an hour

Cam Newton, having an alright season, just broke Peyton's rookie passing yards record

Not if we make it such that one of the options will vest no matter what. It's very complicated and out of the box and Selig would probably step in, but hey worth a shot. Even if we dont, cant we include in his contract that we wont non-tender him until 5 years service time? If he gets 12 mil in year one, his contract can only go down a certain percent. If they vest no matter what, what's the point?

Pretty sure that Billups can't be traded

bleacherreport is trash