UMFan83

I was reading an article the other day that was wondering the same thing. It was concluded that they were a RPI outlier or something.

I just don't know about NU. If they win at Iowa (which is a really not something that can benefit Northwestern at all. Iowa is obviously really tough at home but even if NU wins its not a win that's going to show up on anyones radar), they are 18-12 (8-10), and 2-10 against the top 50 RPI. If the season ended right now, they'd be the 8 seed and matched up against the 9 seed Illinois in the Big Ten tournament. I don't think beating Illinois and then losing in the next round is going to do much for NU. If they could win in the next round then its a different story. I hope I'm wrong, but I really think Northwestern needed to win against either Michigan or Ohio State to get in (unless they go on a run in the BTT). As it stands right now they just don't have very many "good" wins.

That's gonna be a really hot stove in the middle of the summer. Someone might have a heat stroke.

LOL I was wondering if that's what he really said but there was so much going on I didn't spend time trying to figure it out.

Damn I can't get over how painful that was. If you know a Northwestern fan, give them a hug tonight.

Wow...I feel bad for Northwestern fans. Those are 2 extremely heartbreaking losses to Michigan and Ohio State. :( I don't think they'll make it now unless they beat one of the top 5 teams in the BTT and get help. Dammit

lol I keep flipping from the NU game and the Hawks. I knew it was 4-3 but didn't see the empty net goal, and I saw the Leafs put one in with 2 seconds left and thought they tied it for a minute.

WOW!! I really hope Ohio State doesn't score here.

Wow....the game looked to be over but NU stole it right out of OSU's hands. Gotta like that. They might need a 3 now.

Wow Ohio State is imploding. Come on NU win this!

You gotta somehow hit that layup Shurna

Wow, I thought South Florida was a product of a somewhat easy Big East schedule but they just beat Cincinnati and won at Louisville tonight. I think they are tourney bound.

So Corey Crawford has allowed 7 goals on 20 shots in his last 2 games. I mean that's just [expletive] awful, even if some of them aren't his fault. Game 1: 4 GA on 10 shots and pulled Game 2 (tonight): 3 GA on 10 shots and pulled

Good article/oral history on Grantland today recapping the "Malice at the Palace". Lots of interviews and quotes from those involved, with interesting tidbits and a look behind the scenes. http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7612311/an-oral-history-malice-palace

Chris Volstad will be the 2nd best starter on the Cubs this year.

See, I told you guys we would win. =D> Lunardi says IU is now locked in as at least a 4 seed for the NCAA tourney and could push their way into a 3 seed. \:D/ I'm a little surprised. I figured that if they lost to Purdue and either Nebraska/Penn State that they'd probably slip to a 5. I think to have a good shot at a 3 they'd have to beat Purdue and make it to Saturday of the BTT. That would give them a good opportunity to steal a 3 seed from whichever team slips right above them. It looks like the only way for them to get a bye in the BTT now is taking it away from Ohio State if they lose their last two games, which isn't all that likely. Otherwise it would be 5th seed if they beat Purdue and 6th seed if they don't. My guess is that they are battling with Michigan for a 3/4 seed. While its true that they could both be 3's or both be 4's, its likely that one is a 3 and one is a 4 (or worse). Right now Michigan has a better conference record, but Indiana has 1 less loss and the teams both won at home in close games against each other. Both teams have a similar number of top 25 RPI wins (Indiana 4-4, UM 5-4), and don't really have many bad losses (number of +100 RPI losses: Indiana - 2, UM - 1). Right now Lunardi has Michigan as a 3 seed even after the Purdue loss, and I would guess both team are virtually tied in terms of profile. Michigan has a slight edge in Lunardi's mind but I would suspect that if Indiana wins against Purdue and Michigan stumbles either @ Illinois or @ PSU, Indiana will jump them going into the BTT).

Braun's motivation to cheat is to make himself better, help his team win more games, win more awards, get paid more. If he lies and is caught he is suspended for 50 games and his name is sullied for awhile. The couriers motivation to tamper with the results is.......random hatred of Ryan Braun? If he lies and is caught, he is fired from his job, sent to jail, is ostracized from his hometown and likely dies broke in a gutter.

Ryan Braun Ryan Theriot Ryan Dempster Ryan Reynolds has been kind of douchy since they started promoting him as a Hollywood superstar. Ryan Kesler is actually kind of cool, except he plays for the Canucks so, douchebag it is. Ryan Dunn drove his car excessively at a BAC that should have had him in a coma so that's a pretty big douchebag move. Ryan Gosling was in The Notebook. Need I say more? DOUCHE Did you see the way Ryan Seacrest reacted to Sasha Baron Cohen's stunt at the Oscars? Definitely a douche move. OK I'm done.

No doubt this is true (22-57 for .386 % in 4 games prior to break). But rather strangely he has been red hot from 3 (12-22 for .545 %). That means he's only been shooting 10-35 from 2 those 4 games (.286). Thats. Then last night he did the exact opposite. 5-11 from 2 and 1-5 from 3.

Guys, I am so jealous of the Brewers and their 1 whole playoff series win in the last 30 years. I just hate that Shaun Marcum guy because he plays for the Brewers, the team that their fans keep saying we're huge rivals of but I couldn't give a crap about. I think brewersbrewers is something like 14 years old and is just realizing the the world is bigger than the protected little cheese bubble he grew up in.

Apparently because of the DNC, the NFL season is going to start on a Wednesday now instead of Thursday. Pretty cool as now I believe there will have been an NFL game in recent years on every day of the week. Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday are obvious. The Bears and Vikings played on a Tuesday in 2010 because of the Metrodome's roof issue. And in 2004, on XMas eve the Packers and someone else (Lions?) played on a Friday, one of the very few times in league history that a game was played on that date. And now you have a game on a Wednesday.

Yes in a room that was cold enough to store samples as he had done with several other players who had all presumably did not trigger a positive result.

I win

I just read that he's not playing Nevermind...10 minutes ago they were saying he's not playing due to conditioning, and last minute now he's starting.

I just read that he's not playing