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  1. Derwood
    Fighting Illini and Fighting Irish both suck. The players on the field (as well as the student body in general) or mostly NOT Irish or Illini
  2. Derwood
    Orton sucks, but they win. It's not like Grossman can make them win MORE. What, do the Bears get two victories today if Grossman is in? I'm not sure you throw a guy who has missed 20+ straight regular season games into the middle of a legit playoff push
  3. Derwood
    Yeah, you'd think the networks would want as many gold helmets as possible :lol:
  4. Derwood
    Here we are, last weekend of the regular season! BCS UPDATE --------------- Penn State (Big Ten Champ): IN West Virginia (Big East Champ): IN ACC Champ (Va Tech/Florida St.): TBD Big 12 Champ (Colorado/Texas): TBD SEC Champ (Georgia/LSU): TBD Notre Dame (9 wins): Eligible Auburn, Miami, Ohio St., Oregon, UCLA, Texas Tech, Va Tech (if they lose), Texas (if they lose), USC (if they lose), LSU (if they lose) all at-large posibilities. BOWL UPDATE ---------------- Arkansas St. (New Orleans Bowl) Toledo (GMAC Bowl) BYU (Las Vegas Bowl) Colorado St. vs. Navy (Poinsettia Bowl) Arizona St. vs. Rutgers (Insight Bowl) Boise St. (MPC Computers Bowl) Utah (Emerald Bowl) Fresno St. (Liberty Bowl) TCU (Houston Bowl) Louisville (Gator Bowl) CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES --------------------------- Big Twelve: Colorado vs. (2) Texas ACC: Florida St. vs. (5) Virginia Tech SEC: (13) Georgia vs. (3) LSU OTHER GAMES ----------------- (11) UCLA vs. (1) USC Louisiana Tech vs. (23) Fresno St. (12) West Virginia vs. South Florida (17) Louisville vs. Connecticut Akron vs. Northern Illinois Tulsa vs. Central Florida Army vs. Navy
  5. Derwood
    How would UCLA get screwed. They would win the PAC-10 and get an automatic berth, right? I'm still unclear on this. I thought I read that USC could lose and still win the PAC-10
  6. Derwood
    We know WVa is in now, and it seems ND is in no matter what. OSU as well. So Oregon is probably screwed akready, and Va Tech will be out should they lose to Florida St. On the contrary, I think both Texas and USC can lose next week and make the BCS. Colordo would get the auto-berth (and likely play WVa in the Sugar), but Texas would bump OSU out of an at-large. UCLA could beat USC and STILL get screwed by a ND at-large
  7. Derwood
    Might make you feel a little better to know it is the last time ND will ever get a payout like that. My problem is not that it's ND, it's that the networks make such a big deal about ND's payout (as opposed to anyone else's). In other words, I don't care that ND gets that money, but don't make the outcome of the game ABOUT the money btw, what is ND's deal next year?
  8. Derwood
    Seems to me that when a team has an overcrowded outfield and one member says "play me or trade me", that player has basically written his own plane ticket out of town.
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  10. Derwood
    I can actually watch this game today (they are showing it in my market), which means the Bears will get killed. If they lose, you can blame me.
  11. Derwood
    Was anyone else sickened with the frequency ABC flashed the $14.5 million bowl pay-out graphic during that game? I mean, c'mon! Are we supposed to be impressed that ND is getting all that money? The players don't see a dime of it. I'm not arguing that they should or shouldn't, but let's not say "purity of the college game" out of one side of our mouths and "huge payout" out of the other.
  12. Derwood
    Did you forget the likes of Derrick May, Scott Bullet, Ozzie Timmons, Steve Buechele, Rick Wilkins, etc. Not sure if they were all on the '96 team, but there were some rough players out there EDIT: http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1996&t=CHN
  13. Derwood
    I think USC could. Their one loss would be to UCLA, a top 25 team, wheras Oregon, PSU, etc.'s losses were to "lesser" teams. Plus the media has had Texas and USC in the Rose Bowl since August. It would be bad for business if that didn't happen :roll: Oregon lost to USC. Right, I was thinking they lost to Arizona, but that was UCLA. Either way, I think USC could lose and still be in the Rose Bowl. The networks are infatuated with them. Too bad Iowa St. couldn't get the job done vs. Kansas. Now Gary Barnett and his thugs get another game. I hate him.
  14. Derwood
    I think USC could. Their one loss would be to UCLA, a top 25 team, wheras Oregon, PSU, etc.'s losses were to "lesser" teams. Plus the media has had Texas and USC in the Rose Bowl since August. It would be bad for business if that didn't happen :roll:
  15. Derwood
    I want your crystal ball. You're basically guaranteeing that Howry/Eyre will suck in the near future while Ryan will absolutely improve on his stats. The Cubs should hire you right away with such unbelievable skills of prognostication It's no mystery. Look at the up and down natures of Howry/Eyre over their careers and the short term improvement they've experienced at an older age. What's your projection for the future? Yeah, they'll both put up 2005 numbers for the life of their contracts. Look at how the blankety blanking numbers trend for Pete's sake (i gave a link earlier in the thread). This is a fundamental concept in business/science/engineering. Please have some evidence to support your POV instead of blind opinion while calling my opinion looking in a "crystal ball" when I have given justification for my stance. I'm just not in the business of trying to predict what players will/won't do. I'm not going to praise or condemn these moves until we see some actual stats in Cubbie uniforms from these two.
  16. Derwood
    I want your crystal ball. You're basically guaranteeing that Howry/Eyre will suck in the near future while Ryan will absolutely improve on his stats. The Cubs should hire you right away with such unbelievable skills of prognostication
  17. Derwood
    I'm hoping LSU and Texas' near misses knock a few points off their BCS %
  18. Derwood
    How can anyone's head be biggerthan Barry Bonds? (literally and figuratively?)
  19. Derwood
    I am glad the Cubs were in no way part of a deal for Ryan. That contract is plain lunacy
  20. Derwood
    That's that. In a way, I'm glad Penn State has one loss. This way I won't be pissed when they are undefeated but not in the Rose Bowl (entirely due to preseason rankings)
  21. Derwood
    Looks like a game Texas will "survive" rather than flat out win. Do they lose % points in the BCS standings?
  22. Derwood
    Back to a 1-score game. Texas can't put the Aggies away (yet)
  23. Derwood
    21-15 at the half. Penn State has a lot riding on this (as well as LSU's next 2 games).
  24. Derwood
    Penn State won the regular-season title in all of the major fall sports (football, men's soccer, women's soccer, field hockey and women's volleyball). Football is #3 in the BCS. Women's volleyball is ranked #2. Field hockey was ranked #6. Women's soccer spent much of the year at #1 and is now ranked #3. Men's soccer is #9. Pretty solid fall! I just noticed that Penn State played 7 out of 11 games at home this year, are they doing that next year too? Next year they play 12 games, with 7 at home I believe. 4 Big Ten games, plus Akron, Temple, and a TBD team (since Louisiana Tech backed out....probably will be a Division I-AA team since everyone else's schedules are set). Only non-conference road game is at Notre Dame
  25. Derwood
    I know DePaul are called the Blue Demons as an offshoot of their original nickname, The Blue D-men. So what is up with the Demon Deacons?
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