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  1. Derwood
    i like soto just fine. but come on, he's not in THAT league. there are at least 100+ posts that are just his name right now. it's ludicrous And we're gonna keep on posting his name til you learn to spell it right, mister. NEVER!
  2. Derwood
    I hate you Carlos, I really do
  3. Derwood
    i like soto just fine. but come on, he's not in THAT league. there are at least 100+ posts that are just his name right now. it's ludicrous
  4. Derwood
    i'm so glad that Geovanny Soto has turned into the new Dunn/Mercker/Len. I really missed that aspect of NSBB
  5. Derwood
    That's nonsensical propaganda for those that don't want a tournament. It has no bearing in this, or any, logical discussion. i agree, just bringing it up as several people argue from that point of view if we're going to argue who deserves to go, i'd rather use a CBB style RPI rating over a margin of victory or poll-based system
  6. Derwood
    i really, REALLY don't understand why MLB is so reluctant to use records to determine things. best record determines homefield in every other sport
  7. Derwood
    and if we're going to talk about how "the beauty of CFB is that every game counts" then yes, we don't include 1 loss teams in the NC game, regardless of the circumstances
  8. Derwood
    comparing Hawaii's SOS to Penn State's is completely laughable
  9. Derwood
    he has a good point though. the coin flip is dumb unless the teams are tied head-to-head (which usually doesn't happen since they play an uneven # of games against each other in most cases)
  10. Derwood
    lucky for me, I lived in Chicago from 92-05, so I got to see dozens of games with horrible Cubs teams!
  11. Derwood
    should we count baseball victories differently if the team wins by 12 instead of by 1?
  12. Derwood
    so say LSU beating Arkansas say 42-21 should be worth as much as Florida beating Arkansas 21-20? Thats dumb. If you want to cap margin of victory at something, say 21-24 points, thats fine. Margin of victory certainly matters just as it does in baseball. But looking at final scores can be deceiving. I'll use your scores for an example. LSU wins after the score is 21-21 on a last minute TD and they return an offside kick for a TD. Florida is ahead 21-0 and puts in reserves and they give up 2 quick TD's and now they are on their heels and Arkansas scores again on a fumble recovery and then goes for 2 and fails. There are many scenarios like this that effect the final score and make the final score look different than the actuality of what really happened. exactly. i also don't like a system that would encourage coaches to keep their starters in a blowout game, as there is a huge chance that people get hurt. why should JoePa keep Morelli out there in a 31-3 game in the 4th quarter?
  13. Derwood
    i hate waiting for night games. PLAY NOW KTHX!
  14. Derwood
    Which a lot of coaches do to some extent anyway because of the pollsters... i'm sensitive to this because of 1994 when PSU's 3rd string defense allowed a couple of late TD's to Indiana while Nebraska ran up the score in the same week, which led to pollsters dropping PSU from #1 to #2; they never recovered, and went on to destroy Oregon in the Rose Bowl while Nebraska played #3 Miami in the other bowl and then won the NC
  15. Derwood
    margin of victory should NOT be part of the BCS formula. it only encourages coaches to keep their starters in all game and run up the scores against hapless opponents.
  16. Derwood
    i changed my mind. i definitely want to watch the Cubs in the playoffs* *I reserve the right to change my mind 12 more times this season
  17. Derwood
    cool. next year, we just won't have wins or losses and we'll nominate you to decide who "deserves" to be there
  18. Derwood
    i'm as big a morelli basher as anyone, but he's been pretty good this year. 8 TD, 1 INT, 63% completion. he can go all grossman on you under pressure, but let's not paint him as some horribly incompetent QB He's had to face the defensive powers Florida International, Buffalo and Notre Dame so far this year. And he had a 54.5 comp% with a whopping 131 passing yards against ND. Last year he had a comp% of 53.9 for the year and had only 11 TD's in 13 games. He had 0 TD passes in 6 of their 13 games last year. Do you know how many TD passes he had against UM, UW, and OSU last year? 0. There were 88 other quarterbacks in Division I-A with a better QB rating last year than Morelli had and 71 QB's with more TD passes than he had. And I'm going to guess that Morelli is going to be under a hell of a lot more pressure from Michigan's defense than he was under in his first three games this year. PSU's refusal to throw the ball downfield is a little maddening this year. Everything seems to be underneath routes and screens. Perhaps Galen Hall (OC) has zero faith in Morelli's accuracy downfield
  19. Derwood
    Aramis Ramirez has cemented his place as my favorite Cub. so proud to wear my #16 jersey
  20. Derwood
    i just don't understand why the hell an average monday night football game outdoes HUGE postseason stretch baseball games for the first 13 (and counting) minutes of the show. wtf. because you have to watch the highlights of the game you just watched
  21. Derwood
    I just listened to that song 15 times in a row on my ipod...(followed by "when the Cubs go Marching in"...my wife thinks I need help... :D you do, that song sucks
  22. Derwood
    i am thrilled to not be starting tomorrow's thread
  23. Derwood
    on a double switch, lou walked half way to the mound first, then back to the ump to give him the switch
  24. Derwood
    holy crap, can you imagine missing the playoffs because you lost a game under protest?
  25. Derwood
    almost woke up the kids there
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