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The loss from Jones's defense to Burrell's defense would be pretty spectacular as well.(Yes, I know Jones spiked every throw into the ground, but he had good range out there, while Burrell was far more Dunn-esque.) -
Bengie Molina ate himself out of being a good defensive catcher. And that package for Bonderman is absurd.
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Does that mean I was right about the 6-6 teams not getting invited until after all winning record teams get invited? Even if true, UCLA would probably still get a bowl as they're a pretty big name, and IIRC when I did a quick estimate a few days back it looked like about 8 6-6 teams would go to bowls. Yeah, I think you're correct. I would think 6-6 teams would only get invited after teams with winning records. In UCLA's case, the Bruins can be invited at 6-6 but up to eight Pac-10 teams might qualify for bowl games and the conference only has ties to six bowl games. But there are going to be conferences that fall short of their tie ins. The Big 10 has 7 tie ins and 6 teams who are eligible. Even if one of Minnesota or Indiana pulls off an upset next week to become eligible they'll still be one bowl short due to the loser of OSU/UM going to a BCS at large. But now after looking over the rest of the tie ins there really aren't that many openings. Poinsettia has an at large team built into it, but that's the only one. It'll all depend on how bowls are required to stick to their tie ins. So if Arkansas St. is 7-5 and Indiana is 6-6, who is the Big 10 bowl required to take? I certainly don't count on the media to provide me with the answer, since they've barely grazed on the 6-6 situation to begin with, and continue to say Notre Dame stands to make 14M from the BCS.
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Wasn't Yankee Stadium a haven for left handed power hitters?
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Does that mean I was right about the 6-6 teams not getting invited until after all winning record teams get invited? Even if true, UCLA would probably still get a bowl as they're a pretty big name, and IIRC when I did a quick estimate a few days back it looked like about 8 6-6 teams would go to bowls.
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Butch Davis new coach at UNC. Great hire IMO.
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I have no clue if anything ahppened to Randle, I just noticed he played all of 9 minutes.
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Somebody please alleviate my fears and tell me Brian Randle didn't hurt himself.
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Depends on your definition of crushed, but I don't see ND getting crushed by either Michigan or OSU. I think they'd even make a game of it against Michigan. Problem is, ND was already crushed by Michigan this year and was crushed by OSU at the end of last year. Notre Dame is a horribly flawed team. Their defense isn't that good and they can't run the ball effectively to save their lives. I'm not saying ND would get crushed if they faced OSU or UM again but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they did. ND lost by 14 points to OSU and the game wasn't over until there were 2 minutes left. They gave up a lot of yards, but they were not crushed.
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Girardi Returning to Yankees' Broadcast Booth
SouthSideRyan replied to vance_the_cubs_fan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
That was his only shot and he didn't get it and he won't get the Yankees job either. He withdrew his name, the Nats didn't spurn him. -
2nd on the part about there being no chance in hell any premier FA takes 3 years. Soriano, Drew, Lee, Schmidt, Zito, probably Matthews are all looking at 4 years minimum. This is their big payday, and it's coming at a time when MLB is flush with cash. There's no sense in taking a short term deal and risking that teams are still going to have a huge surplus to spend on a player who would then be past his prime.
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After watching my teams get spanked by one and then an onside recovery away from driving for the tie against the other, I've deduced that those 2 games probably have little to do with this outcome. That said, Michigan: 30 OSU: 14
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Depends on your definition of crushed, but I don't see ND getting crushed by either Michigan or OSU. I think they'd even make a game of it against Michigan.
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I'd love me some Michigan(+6.5)
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Wow, that is absolutely ridiculous. I just cannot fathom paying that much for one unproven player in the MLB. they'll make it back and then some in t-shirt sales alone. Aren't all merchandise sales redistributed equally to all 30 teams?
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Except LoDuca, Kendall, and Posada are all horrible defensive catchers.
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We'll see if that was the byproduct of the GM or the ownership. Hunsicker is competent, but if he's under mandate from ownership to attempt to recreate the Kazmir deal whenever possible, well, yeah. It's different ownership now too.
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So if Tree does well on his test, Hendry will do well the rest of the offseason?
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Even if it opens the door for Notre Dame in the title game? :)
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Sosa denies steroids were reason for success
SouthSideRyan replied to Butterscup1679666578's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Sorry, didn't read your part at the bottom of your post. When I saw the -------------- I just assumed it was your sig. A lot of time has passed since the Congressional hearings, along with it a lot of smearing. I don't think the witchhunt was quite as intense then.(When I'm referring to a witchhunt, I'm almost always talking about the braindead sports media, take no offense from it) -
Sosa denies steroids were reason for success
SouthSideRyan replied to Butterscup1679666578's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I have no clue what you were getting at with your post FegieJ. But I don't think the fact that Sosa doesn't speak great english is reason to accuse him of steroids. I think we all heard in the 10+ years Sammy was here that he was not a master of the english language, the fact that he used an interpreter and gave brief answers is the same thing I would do if I didn't have a mastery of another language. No need to give the witchhunters more ammo by accidentally saying something you didn't mean. -
Dear Michigan, Blow out OSU by about 65 points. Oh and West Carolina and Mississippi St. Do your thing.
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Sosa denies steroids were reason for success
SouthSideRyan replied to Butterscup1679666578's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
If your career was over, and every time your name was mentioned in the media there was a sidenote about steroid use, wouldn't you be kind of pissed off? Wouldn't you want to argue for yourself that you're clean? If Sosa sits back and rests on his laurels, there may not be a Cooperstown, because he was already hung at the gallows. -
The way the polls work, you'd probably be around 6 or 7 right now. It'll probably take a Texas loss next week(and subsequent OU title game win) just to get OU in the top 10 by the end of the year. Making things worse is that Oregon has gone in the tank since that game making the "loss" look worse. If it helps, I don't think there'd be enough of a perfect storm to put OU in the title game in that situation.
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I was just going to pust what nd posted. You're absolutely right IMB. I believe it goes the other way as well(Beating a team not expected to do much in your first game, then they go on to be really good.(USC/Arkansas this year) Though maybe pollsters are coming around in some ways. ND hasn't simply jumped everyone they were behind when they lost because voters looked back, saw that MSU, Purdue, and Penn St. aren't as good as some may have been thinking when ND played them. Additionally, if Rutgers beats West Virginia, I really think they'll go to #3 at worst.
