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  1. UMFan83
    Awesome except for the fact that the only broadcasts on FOX affiliated networks are the Saturday games that are already streamed in market. I thought Comcast would be quicker to do this considering they've had an agreement with the NBA to stream in market for 2 years now.
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    lol Newport? Theo really slumming it with his bar selection. Does Shark still own that condo on Southport? I think that was right by Newport
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    I just went to Rich Hill's baseball reference page and I find it odd that he is pictured there with a Nationals cap on despite never playing a regular season game for them. I get that he was in their minors system for the better part of a year between 2014-2015 and probably played in spring training games for them...just odd to see regardless. It'd be like going to Hideo Nomo's page and seeing him with a Cubs cap on. Or Kevin Millar.
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    It's unbelievable really that the Hawks were able to pluck this kid up. I mean I know he wasn't unknown, so it wasn't like superior scouting or anything. But to keep adding talent like this as the established talent is forced to leave...crazy stuff. Losing Saad and Sharp hurt like hell but replenishing with Panarin and Anisimov (and Dano) is not a bad consolation prize, although I do worry about how we are going to be able to afford Panarin after next year when he is a UFA (right?). Hope we can extend him early at a discount.,
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    Also I think its funny that Shark has never been part of a winning team other than the 2 months he was on the team in 2008 and the 20 games he was on the team in 2009. Obviously 2010-2013 the Cubs were in rebuilding mode. In 2014 he was on another rebuilding Cubs team to start, got traded to the A's, who actually played worse than the Cubs after the trade, played several games under .500 ball from the moment he was traded on and barely made the playoffs where they lost in the WC game without him appearing. Then he goes to the White Sox who everyone has high expectations for, they fall on their faces while across town his former team is winning 97 games. The guy that wanted so badly to win here never experienced it elsewhere while the team he left headed to the NLCS.
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    There's enough smoke for a thread I guess [tweet] [/tweet] Edit: before people jump on me potentially I'm not saying that the above tweet constitutes smoke. I just wanted to post this somewhere and don't believe there is an official Shark thread. #teamnomegathreads
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    Hope you enjoyed your half season of Scott Feldman Baltimore!
  8. UMFan83
    Yeah, they got absolutely crushed. But, those losses were against better teams and Northwestern beat Stanford pretty handily (don't forget: the game ended on a pick that would have easily gone for 6 had going down not been the right play). I don't see how the committee views Stanford (significantly) better in light of that. Now, if they come out and say they've been using computer rankings to inform, I will stand down. But everything they've shared to date has been centered on wins and losses. All that would have done was made the final score not reflective of how close the game was, as it was essentially garbage time. Not trying to downplay the win, which was really good but I don't think the fact that Stanford threw a pick 6 while down 10 and under a minute left should have any effect on NW's CFB playoff ranking.
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    Didn't realize he'd been this good. Sweet. Take the first 8 games last year and the last 8 games this season and we have a pro bowler!
  10. UMFan83
    http://deadspin.com/the-nhl-all-star-game-is-moving-to-3-on-3-1743293516 What in the what?
  11. UMFan83
    I have no idea if the committee looks at stuff like this...but in the ELO and FPI computer rankings, they have Stanford at 11th and 11th, while for Northwestern they have them at 29th and 61st respectively.
  12. UMFan83
    Honestly. You'd think fans of a franchise that has won 2 titles in the last decade and makes the playoffs every single damn year would have the ability to put things like a largely meaningless award into perspective. The ones that can are also the ones who think Matheny sucks. The baseball's best fans twitter account retweeted some reactions. Honestly most of them were fairly level headed. I get Matheny's case for MOY. I personally think Maddon's case is better but whatever, I don't think its a ridiculous argument. Anyways, the best reactions were the ones from twitter accounts where they previously made "Fire Matheny" tweets within the last year and then yesterday cried about him not getting MOY.
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    Since this is the quotable Joe Maddon thread, any good quotes from him winning the award yesterday? I didn't see much of anything.
  14. UMFan83
    I mean what is their best win? @ Minnesota? They have played a lot of mediocre football and don't pass the eye test to me.
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    Did he learn a second pitch yet
  16. UMFan83
    Congrats Joe! Let's make it 3-3 with Jake winning the Cy Young
  17. UMFan83
    When Manning was struggling earlier and the talking heads were discussing, they kept saying Osweiler is better than your average backup QB and is being groomed as Manning's heir apparent, but I didn't see anything on Sunday that impressed me all that much.
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    Football isn't like baseball. You can't just insert a guy into the lineup and be fine. They need to know the playbook and it takes time. Draft picks are also much more valuable in football since guys contribute to the team the year they are drafted. Anecdotally, football players seem like they are more a product of the system and that perceived value doesn't always translate to a different team. Matt Cassel comes to mind. Right but there are players out there that clearly are elite regardless of the system. Forte is an example, as he's had like 6 offensive systems in his career and has produced throughout. Those players should hypothetically have perceived value, unless they are a 30 year old RB 8 games away from UFA.
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    Has anyone on the Rams explained yet how Gurley had 15 touches/targets in 59 offensive plays for the Rams (8 touches in their last 12 offensive possessions after 7 in their first 2)? I don't care that they were down big in the 2nd half, it seems insane to take the ball out of your best offensive players hand. Especially because Foles sucked.
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    Well it is...just not after Nov 3rd.
  21. UMFan83
    SportsClubStats has us at 5.5%. It has them at 21.1% if they finish 9-7 and 78.1% if they finish 10-6. Kind of surprising because they are tied with 5 teams and 2 games behind GB and ATL and all 7 of those teams have at least 2 more conference wins than the Bears. Although they hold the tiebreaker over STL and can win the tiebreaker against Washington and TB (and already lost to Seattle and virtually lost to GB, who is 1-1 in the division vs. the Bears 0-3). http://www.sportsclubstats.com/NFL/NFC/NFCNorth/Chicago.html
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    So weird that I have no idea who I want to start for the Broncos between Osweiler, Manning and Tebow. Actually its between Manning and Tebow.
  23. UMFan83
    are you talking about the golden tate play? I don't remember, although I suspect it was Detroit It was detroit If that's the case, it was called a TD on the field, reviewed and then overturned.
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    Goal in 7 straight games and him and Panarin are really clicking
  25. UMFan83
    If you consider the Bears as decent, the Vikings don't have an easy game the rest of the year. Still have 2 against the Packers, 1 against Bears, Cardinals, Seahawks, Falcons and Giants
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