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  1. UMFan83
    Why isn't that a called strike? It was right down the middle. Just because it was called a pitchout?
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    Baez has struck out at least once in 32 of his last 33 games
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    Haha Bill Simmons got suspended for 3 weeks for calling Goodell a liar in his podcast. Remember this is the same network that suspended SAS 3 days for saying Janay Rice shouldn't have provoked Ray into hitting her.
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    Not sure why we should assume health improves during the season while they are still playing. Because Marshall and Jeffery were both improved on Monday? Marshall got re-injured. Maybe the MNF injury doesn't happen if he didn't already have a bad ankle, but Jeffery went from out 2nd half week 1, to not being able to stretch it out and go deep week 2, to having no visible limitations going deep or elevating in week 3, to not on the injury report to start week 4. Marshall was better physically in SF than he was to end Week 1. He was better physically to start Week 3 than he was to start Week 2. If your argument is the risk of re-injury, it's not really going to change at any point without extended rest. Also, eventually (in 5 weeks), there is a bye week, and if they were still hobbled at that point they would have 2 weeks to rest their injuries and become healthy for the 2nd half of the season.
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    Coming in everyone said if we could be an average defense, or least least a decent improvement over last years disaster, we could be a contender. So far, its played above average. I am not sure if yards allowed is a more accurate predictor of future performance than points allowed (although logically it makes sense to me), but even with some regression we are looking good. Everyone said that with the assumption that the offense would be healthy and among the league's best. Well yeah. I thought that was implied :) So far none of the injuries are on offense are too devistating. Marshall and Jeffery haven't been 100% but should improve as the year goes on, but they are still playing every week. Trading Slauson for Ola hurts, but losing Garza for De La Puente has been a net gain so far.
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    Just going off memory without checking, didn't he do the same thing last season? Good call... had a .346/.393/.673/1.066 slash line in his last 15 games last year with 4 HR and 5 doubles. This year over his last 17 games his slash line is .321/.361/.554/.914 with 3 HR and 4 doubles.
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    Coming in everyone said if we could be an average defense, or least least a decent improvement over last years disaster, we could be a contender. So far, its played above average. I am not sure if yards allowed is a more accurate predictor of future performance than points allowed (although logically it makes sense to me), but even with some regression we are looking good.
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    more open minded, not particularly enthusiastic this
  10. UMFan83
    Looks like construction is starting on the bleachers immediately following today's home finale
  11. UMFan83
    What's amazing is that it's their defense carrying that ranking. 4th in defensive DVOA, 11th in offensive, 18th in special teams.
  12. UMFan83
    Castillo is ending the season on a hot streak. 70 wins!
  13. UMFan83
    So close Rizzo...2 inches from hitting the basket
  14. UMFan83
    12 Ks in his last 4 games and Javy hits 100 for the season
  15. UMFan83
    He just needed a little discouragement
  16. UMFan83
    I knew that sounded familiar. Haha awesome
  17. UMFan83
    He'll be fine. Or he won't. I'm not going to worry about it until next season.
  18. UMFan83
    i about flipped on umfan for his soler tailing off comment but i managed to restrain myself Don't get your panties in a bunch. I looked it up and I was wrong. Edit: whoops I said coming back to earth. Tailing off and coming back down to earth are two different things. I retract my admission of wrongness.
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    Soler coming back down to earth too
  20. UMFan83
    Edwin Jackson moving to the pen for the final 5 games. Jokish will start Friday instead. Also, not surprisingly Casto is still in walking boot. Is done for the year
  21. UMFan83
    This is kind of random, but whatever happened to the Cubs hosting the All star game at some point? Obviously it ties into the Wrigley rennovations, which were originally supposed to be done this year (for Wrigley's 100th), then were supposed to be done by 2016. Are the Cubs still lobbying for it, or have they given up?
  22. UMFan83
    Yeah, I will still be happy if we come out of the first 9 games at 5-4 and if its only 4-5 it will be manageable. I think we beat GB, one of Carolina/Atlanta, and Miami. To add to the shittiness, the Patriots are coming off a Thursday night game before our game so they will have 10 days off, the Packers are coming off a bye before we play them (as will we), both road games, and the next week the Vikings are coming off a bye.
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    Lovie is already on his second OC? And I thought burning through one every year was too much... Uhm, he had heart surgery before the season. It's medical. [expletive] my bad, trying too hard to be a smartass.
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    Lovie is already on his second OC? And I thought burning through one every year was too much...
  25. UMFan83
    Wow you guys actually got him? I came back to this thread for Illini misery porn (no offense). Good get.
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