Ryne Ween

I have a hard time watching leg injuries. I can't look at a lot of the leg injuries they will replay over and over during an nfl game. So I can't imagine what this looks like and hopefully I never end up seeing it. Hopefully this doesn't knock roses confidence in his knees to under 110pct. And it's really shitty if this was caused by the base of the basket being too close to the baseline. If some simple quality control would have prevented that.

Didn't realize a formula was used. In any event it's odd to me that I'm the last 11 years, the results favor michigan over SC. Lost bowl revenue from the sanctions? Because they have won one or two national titles in that span and played for another. Michigan has been down for a while. They must be making up a lot of ground in the revenue area.

Ok State and Va Tech are way ratter programs than most of cluster 3. For some reason I'm really upset about these clusters.

Cluster 2 might be better than cluster 1. FSU and Southern Cal should absolutely be cluster 1 squads. Especially Southern Cal which is one of the five best programs in college football. Poor clustering. Georgia and Auburn are cluster 2 calibre programs.

But 7.5 looks good as an under because they would have to handle the games they are supposed to win two that they shouldn't.

I would be surprised if they made it to 7 wins, but o/u of 7.5 wins is a gift? They surely will be decided underdogs vs Bama, LSU, USC and FSU. Vandy is the only other you listed where you an say right now they'd even be favored. Even the brutal schedule notwithstanding, I just don't understand what they have shown you that gives you optimism. If you give UF Tenn and Vandy (which I think is reasonable), that should put them solidly at 6 wins. They may very well finish up 6-6, but I think with their defense pitted against other teams who lean more on offense than defense, I kind of think they'll pull off an upset against one of LSU, UGA, or Mizz. Even SC over UF in the Swamp isn't a gimmie, IMO. No way I'm giving them Tenn. In fact, after they go 1-1 in conference with KY and Bama, the Vol game could be the one that tells the tale for Fla. They lose that one in Knoxville and things could get ugly for that staff in Gainesville. Tons of uncertainty obviously because wha you say is possible or of course they could play an overrated bama tough and go to Knoxville and blow the doors off a dead 1-3 vols squad. The middle is hard to predict.

I would be surprised if they made it to 7 wins, but o/u of 7.5 wins is a gift? They surely will be decided underdogs vs Bama, LSU, USC and FSU. Vandy is the only other you listed where you an say right now they'd even be favored. Even the brutal schedule notwithstanding, I just don't understand what they have shown you that gives you optimism. If you give UF Tenn and Vandy (which I think is reasonable), that should put them solidly at 6 wins. They may very well finish up 6-6, but I think with their defense pitted against other teams who lean more on offense than defense, I kind of think they'll pull off an upset against one of LSU, UGA, or Mizz. Even SC over UF in the Swamp isn't a gimmie, IMO. With that schedule I would take the under 7.5. If you took a 5 unit under you could limit you exposure if it looks bad by taking Florida straight up as a huge dog vs the gamecocks and or at FSU.

Sort of like USC road win at UCF last year. That close win, if anything, hurt USCs standing in the eyes of the voters. The game was on whatever the channel in the college football package that airs the Kentucky games, is it SUN? Ultimately that was a win against an otherwise undeafeated BCS bowl winner with the 1 QB in the draft. Teams like Ohio State and Oklahoma don't make scheduling errors like that.

That's a bit of the point, Tennessee isn't replacing a bunch of departed 2 stars, but their lines weren't good last year either. It's kinda a recurring thing with Tennessee, they haven't reached 8 wins in 6 straight seasons, and haven't had a winning record since 2009. Maybe Jones is the coach to break that cycle, but last year didn't really give a ton of proof in that direction, and with so little experience in the interior it's tough to see this being the year they jump by 3-4 wins. They have a rough schedule too, @Ole Miss, @UGA, @SC, v. Bama, with a non-con trip to Norman. They also open with Utah State which was just an idiotic scheduling decision. I don't know when they signed up for that game but that's just stupid. It's one thing for Ole Miss to schedule Boise. Tht game generates interest and even though Utah state has been th better team the perception of losing to Utah state is more crippling than losing to Boise.

Yep, you simply cannot win without being competitive in the trenches. That said they will probably inexplicably beat the Rebels in Oxford. I'm assuming they have some four stars stepping in and a juco or two that they purchased. Tennessee always has a ton of size.

I just looked at Floridas schedule and the 7.5 o/u looks like an absolute gift. To get 8 wins they would have to win 4 of @bama, @UT, lsu, mizz, @uga, USC, @vandy, @FSU. Even if you give them UT and Vandy they need to probably win 2/3 of the home games

I don't think the SEC should sleep on Florida. Texas wanted to give Muschamp the job 5 years ago and Florida has a pretty well respected AD who keeps giving Muschamp a vote of confidence. As a USC fan, I'm not looking at the game in Gainesville this year as an easy out. It will at the very least be a one score spread type game that Florida can easily win. They had tons of injuries last year and the previous year, the 2012 team, had a bunch of marquee wins including a vicious beat down of South Carolina. I don't know how you can look at the SEC and not include Florida among the top teams in the conference going into next year. I'd put them on par with Georgia, Ole Miss or Mizzou going into next year a step below the top tier of Bama, Auburn, LSU and South Carolina. Granted that second tier might end up with a better year than The top tier, but my prediction would be Florida finishes as about the fifth or sixth best team in the SEC. Georgia of course could also be the best team. Gurley is probably the best player in the conference and Richt has graduate David Greene, Shockley, Stafford and Aaron Murray in his tenure and they seem to always come back with another great passer. Apparently the offensive line projects to be poor but who knows. Then you also have Tennessee and it could be their year to turn it back around. They have as good a home field as anybody and if th program gets momentum they easily could return as an annual power starting this year. With other teams that are improving like Ole Miss.

I don't see the bulls doing any kind of deadline deal. Why was Martin dumped by OKC? He seemed really good in his role there. Was it a cap thing?

I was one of the few people who didn't mind the BCS. It was predictable and usually got the championship game right. The playoff will be nuts. Pretty much the top 2 teams are usually sorted out (at least the two "deserving" teams based on a combo of preseason rankings, slaughtering an overrated team early and win-loss record) but there is pretty much always about 8 teams who could be 3 and 4. I think it's going to be fun to see what happens. The ap and BCS evolves all year and you pretty much know what's going to happen. He playoff people (ie people generally associated with one of ten universities) is both rife with conflict of interest and their opinions are totally unknown as the season unfolds. This is also by far South Carolina's best chance for a good postseason matchup be it playoff for bowl.

The teams that play in the conference championship play 9.

Yeah, the East is really pitiful. There's a bit of an outside shot at possible respectability if Georgia finds some good players outside of Gurley and a couple others and if Tennessee can find some guys to play well on the lines, but neither of those are terribly likely. It's pretty likely that only 3 of 6 East teams will be .500 or better (SC/UGA/Missouri) I think pitiful is pretty strong for the sec east who ended last year with two teams in the top 5. And going by rivals turned in recruiting rankings of 5, 7, 8, 16, 17, 34, 49. Florida can vomit all over themselves and still have huge talent hauls every year. They had an injury filled lightening struck them kind of year last year and I expect them to be strong once again. When the shitty teams in your division include Florida and Tennessee (who knocked off USC last year) I don't think you can call it pitiful. It's arguable the second best major conference division in the FBS. Things can chane quickly for a school like Florida that has tons of talent in place just like it did for Auburn. There are 2 or 3 teams out of 7 that could potentially get into the playoff this year so no it's not pitiful.

Wouldn't Shawn Marion be our best wing? Thibs would play him 45 minutes a game.

Just assuming for a second that the Wolves don't take our deal and take one of the two way better deals that seem to be on the table, don't we have an open roster spot to sign a wing? How much money do we have to use on this (only a vet min?) and who is realistically available. Normally I wouldn't give a [expletive] about the 13th man but we are undeniably a contender so maybe we could get end up with good player.

Whoever this is is talking out of their ass. Taj makes more than Gasol and they never played Taj Boozer and Noah at the same time this tweet is not an accurate tweet.

It looks like the 5th guard is gonna be Aaron brooks so we will be seeing a 20 minutes of hinrich a night.

Kirk is fine. He's versatile and he can play in roses stead or play with him. If you think Hinrich will prevent this team from being good you are an [expletive]. And if Thins wants him it means he serves a purpose. Thibs is not wrong. You are probably wrong.

I've read he's been impressive defensively and rebounding. Believe it said, he's NBA ready now based on his build and defense, but probably won't get much time this year. He's 6 more fouls off the bench of we need them. And a hack goon in the old-Kurt Thomas mold if we need one. He's what a second round pick should be used on. A big body, weight room monster that will never get the ball.

No just that McDermott is gonna be posting dudes up, draining threes from everywhere, creating off the dribble and a legit nba shotblocker.

There are gonna be a lot of disappointed bulls fans when McDermott plays in a real nba game. Quick leaper? If he turns out to be mike miller I will be very happy. Can we get a youtube clip of Cameron Bairstow getting a rebound? Does he comp I charles Oakley?

I'm hopeful for McDermott but Korver would absolutely torch the summer league. Based on summer league we had our two playmaking ball handlers in Goudelock and Teague. The summer league means less than nothing. Isn't McDermott 6'5? Who is he gonna post up? And seriously he's gonna be a catch and shoot guy why do people expect him to better than Kyle Korver?