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Harden done for season, Gorzelanny to rotation
Grit amp Heart replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I'm convinced this season is a test. It would only be fiting for the Cubs to win the World Series after being down to the final half percent at one point. Take the Red Sox for example. What was their World Series win probability with 2 outs in 9th of game 4 of the 04 ALCS? .00001 or so? -
Because until all teams are connected, he makes use of results prior to this year to connect the teams (i.e. the Bayesian process). Thus, ratings are generated from past results to connect teams that are not yet connected from current results. I know that. You apparently didn't understand that means that there are preconceived biases in that computer since you said that the polls were based on some imaginary level of competency assigned to a team in the preseason but the computers aren't. They are. Whatever process that computer is using the scale preseason rankings down is terrible. I'm not sure how Oklahoma has improved from the preseason based on their loss to BYU. They were third in the points ranking and lost to a team that they were supposed to beat by two touchdowns. The point is that in eight weeks the rankings will probably be better, but right now they're not. I'll bet money that the CBS sportsline 120 poll is a better predictor of wins Saturday.
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Okay if everything is determined by points and wins and losses, how are all the Ivy League schools rated differently? Shouldn't they be tied? None of them have a played a single game, yet Harvard is #120 and Columbia is #212. If the rankings are determined by what teams have done this year on the field, how the hell can Harvard be 92 spots ahead of Columbia. Does it include practices
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and why is BYU a better team than Virginia Tech? Because they beat #118 Tulane by 51 and VT beat #117 Marshall by 42? It's not because BYU beat Oklahoma, because then you're in a circular argument. That's enough to make Oklahoma's loss to BYU better than Alabama's win over Virginia Tech?
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I disagree. At least that's actually based on the results on the field, and not some imaginary level of competency assigned to a team in the preseason. For the first few weeks of the season, the starting ratings have weight in the process http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt09.htm Maybe by the end of the season they will be better, but not right now. Alabama beat Virginia Tech by 10 points and then beat FIU #113, by 26 points. Oklahoma lost to BYU by 1 point and then beat #151 by 64 points. So OU's win over a crappy team by 64 points outweighs Alabama beating the #12 team by 10 points enough to cancel out the loss to BYU?
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thats worse.
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At least ESPN is only slanted towards one or two teams, not thirty.
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This could be the second week in a row that a Conference USA team beats a Top 15 Big XII team.
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USC is going to lose to Cal. They've accomplished more than any team, have one of the best OLs one of the best RB stables and an outstanding defense, but Matt Barkley and their QB situation sucks. Barkley looked like crap.
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I think Tennessee/UCLA could be competitive for that title as well. But yeah, those matchups should not be 2-3 in biggest games of the weekend. Houston at Oklahoma State. That'll be a really good game (has similar upset potential to OU/BYU), but I don't think it has the national draw that UT/UCLA or ND/Michigan have. It's one of the top games this weekend though. I knew it'd be game, but didn't see a 10 point win for the Cougars.
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hahaha fun call.
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I think Tennessee/UCLA could be competitive for that title as well. But yeah, those matchups should not be 2-3 in biggest games of the weekend. Houston at Oklahoma State.
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Change the Cubs logo, colors and/or uniform?
Grit amp Heart replied to Misfit's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
That bear logo just bleeds lovable losers. i mean it's so damn cute. -
The missed extra point didnt force them to go for a TD Looking back at it, I agree. Settling for a FG at 4:12 forced them to go for a TD, after Miami scored, not the missed XP. If they hit that XP they don't go for the 2 point conversion early in the fourth quarter since an XP would have given them a seven point lead. The missed XP meant nothing. It's a shame ESPN's commentators didn't pick up on that. Feel bad for the kid.
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Last Offseson"Get lefthanded", this Offseason is....
Grit amp Heart replied to Keener98's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Of course the Cubs lack of athleticism is the cause for their offensive struggles this season. Not the .679 OPS from catchers, .674 OPS from 2B, and .747 OPS from LF all of which are in the bottom third or so of the NL. -
virginia begs to differ. The Colonial Athletic Conference went 2-1 against the ACC yesterday. Richmond beat Duke, William & Mary beat Virginia and Boston College killed Northeastern who is essentially the doorstep of the CAA. UMass also only lost by four to Kansas State. The best of the bunch, James Madison plays at Maryland next weekend, and probably will be less than a touchdown underdog.
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All at home too. If they run the table they probably make it over a 1 loss Big XII champion. Not sure if they make it over a 1 loss SEC team, probably would if the other team is undefeated and FSU and OU bounce back after Ls to them. They're in a better position than any non BCS team before, that's for sure. If Bradford is out, that Tulsa game could be interesting.
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How good is OU's backup?
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OU has looked like crap all game long. If Bradford is done for the night, OU's season might be done - even if Bradford isn't seriously hurt.
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Unfortunately you can't come up with a gimmick defense.
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Good job Greg Paulus. 19 seconds in, Minnesota 7-0 and Syracuse got the ball to start the game.
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seriously? Yes.
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His defense at short is average at worst. Maybe if you want to stretch t, slightly below average. Under no definition is his defense "terrible".
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You can live with a .288/.338/.386 shortstop as long as you're getting good production at other spots, which the Cubs would do. The league average SS has hit .269/.328/.392, so Theriot is average. You don't think Boston would love to have Theriot this year?
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Orlando Hudson (.291/.356/.425), Felipe Lopez (.309/.369/.427) and Chone Figgins (.310/.404/.406) will all be free agents next season. Hudson and Figgins will be thirty-two next season and Lopez will be thirty. Figgins hasn't played a lot of 2B in his career, but there's no reason he can't make the switch. Of the three Hudson's probably the best overall player and I don't see him being available. I think Los Angeles will lock him up before he's on the open market. Lopez will probably be cheapest option. Figgins interests me. He'd allow us to stick him in the leadoff spot and let Soriano stay down in the order and not worry about having to steal bases coming off knee surgery. He also could back up Ramirez in an emergency and would make Reed Johnson worthless, as he can play CF on days where we face a tough lefty and let Baker play 2b. He would give us a lot of versatility if we face a rash of injuries again. He could in theory play 3B, 2B, SS, LF, RF and CF. The other alternative would be a Baker/Fontenot platoon, which probably isn't that bad of an idea.