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  1. Derwood
    SEE COMPUTERS DON'T WIN BASEBALL GAMES
  2. Derwood
    So Much Bunting
  3. Derwood
    The A's pen just blew Lester's lead, so I hope Theo is calling his cell phone right now
  4. Derwood
    Stealing third in that situation takes huge balls
  5. Derwood
    oh FFS, A's
  6. Derwood
    They complain that the playoffs stretch into November, then let the TV stations dictate their schedule. So stupid
  7. Derwood
    Looking at the programs you mentioned, the common theme seems to be poor coaching decisions in the face of a variety of circumstances. Tennessee and Texas had long established coaches who were more or less forced out due to fan/booster pressure, with inadequate replacements coming in. Penn State had the opposite issue, with Paterno overstaying his usefulness (scandal aside). USC had some mediocre years, but even when they were going 7-5, they were beating good teams and not losing by 5 scores like Michigan is. I'm not sure what the heck AD's at these schools are doing, but there is really no excuse for a blue blood program to settle for anything less than the elite coaching options available to them. Rolling the dice on an up and comer or settling for a guy with school-ties is a little dumbfounding. That said, the fans are as fickle as ever. They're already turning on Urban Meyer here in Columbus. Elite coaching options aren't as cut and dried of a category as you make it appear. Clearly not, but in many cases, everyone can see a disaster coming. Whiffing on Les Miles and settling for Hoke was such a case
  8. Derwood
    Will you find it hard to get excited about a FA pitcher until the Cubs actually sign one, or you will not be excited even after they sign one for some irrational "money wasting" phobia? Not sure about Banedon, but I won't be hanging on every tweet and news report about potential signings this off season.
  9. Derwood
    Looking at the programs you mentioned, the common theme seems to be poor coaching decisions in the face of a variety of circumstances. Tennessee and Texas had long established coaches who were more or less forced out due to fan/booster pressure, with inadequate replacements coming in. Penn State had the opposite issue, with Paterno overstaying his usefulness (scandal aside). USC had some mediocre years, but even when they were going 7-5, they were beating good teams and not losing by 5 scores like Michigan is. I'm not sure what the heck AD's at these schools are doing, but there is really no excuse for a blue blood program to settle for anything less than the elite coaching options available to them. Rolling the dice on an up and comer or settling for a guy with school-ties is a little dumbfounding. That said, the fans are as fickle as ever. They're already turning on Urban Meyer here in Columbus.
  10. Derwood
    It's kind of amazing that a "blue blood" football program can sink as low as Michigan has this year. There have been teams that have been mediocre, but Michigan is getting its doors blown in
  11. Derwood
    http://i.imgur.com/T9b1LU6.jpg
  12. Derwood
    Pittsburgh by 6.5 over Jaxonville seems like easy money
  13. Derwood
    KU should hire Dave Wennstedt for the lulz
  14. Derwood
    Looking at the schedule a month ago, 2-2 sounded about right
  15. Derwood
    terrible play on 4th and goal
  16. Derwood
    O's/Nats or Bucs/A's in the World Series. Every other team can pound sand
  17. Derwood
    I hope so but I doubt it. Cam will torch this team. Cam might night be able to get out of bed this week. He's beat to hell
  18. Derwood
    Hopefully PSU uses this bye week to maybe learn how to execute basic run plays
  19. Derwood
    So many bad teams this year
  20. Derwood
    hope people took the "over" on this one
  21. Derwood
    Found a stream just in time to see that garbage call. Don't know how much of a delay I'm on, though
  22. Derwood
    Nobody besides Derwood is really trying to make a case for Columbus...but clearly David's made up criteria is heavily flawed. The only case I'm making is that Columbus isn't bufu. There's a lot of gray area between bufu and whatever David's impossible set of standards are. And if you're judging cities by their "night life", you're doing it wrong Dude the game started. We don't care about this topic anymore This topic started because I'm stuck watching a clown show game instead of a real game
  23. Derwood
    Per bun/bread rules, Mojo thinks that pulled pork, sloppy joes, etc. are not sandwiches
  24. Derwood
    Nobody besides Derwood is really trying to make a case for Columbus...but clearly David's made up criteria is heavily flawed. The only case I'm making is that Columbus isn't bufu. There's a lot of gray area between bufu and whatever David's impossible set of standards are. And if you're judging cities by their "night life", you're doing it wrong
  25. Derwood
    The PSU o-line got big time exposed today
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