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The are asking volunteers to come and shovel the snow out of the stadium for free. They said they would need volunteer shovelers between now and Sunday to have the stadium ready. Here is an article about some of the hurdles needed go get past for the game to take place: http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/21124/questions-remain-on-tcf-readiness Note: The article says the Vikings would pay $10 an hour for shoveler's but that has since been refuted by Kevin Seifert, who says they would be unpaid volunteers. Saw pictures of TCF in it's current state this morning on ESPN. Needless to say they are going to have to work non-stop between now and the weekend to get it ready. I assume Ford Field and Edward Jones would be plans C and D, respectively. They also say Irsay volunteered Lucas Oil Stadium for the game. That would be a nice 3 hour drive for Bears fans.

I don't know if we can for sure say TCF Stadium is going to host this game. The are asking volunteers to come and shovel the snow out of the stadium for free. They said they would need volunteer shovelers between now and Sunday to have the stadium ready. Here is an article about some of the hurdles needed go get past for the game to take place: http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/21124/questions-remain-on-tcf-readiness Note: The article says the Vikings would pay $10 an hour for shoveler's but that has since been refuted by Kevin Seifert, who says they would be unpaid volunteers.

He also sucked at age 36 and 37 and people thought he was done, only to come back and have probably 2 of his top 5 seasons at ages 38 and 40. Brett Favre and his career go far beyond any predictable patterns.

BTW it's crazy how similar Bogan's numbers are to last year's with SA. 19:18 minutes vs. 19:41 minutes 4.2 PPG vs. 4.4 PPG 0.1 BPG vs. 0.2 BPG 0.7 SPG vs. 0.6 SPG 0.7 TO/G vs. 0.7 TO/G 1.4 APG vs. 1.2 APG 2.2 RPG vs. 2.2 RPG His shooting percentages are much better last year though on less shots.

I dunno I guess I'd just prefer a defensive oriented guard at the 2 with the starting lineup we have. We already have supposedly below average defenders in Rose and Boozer in the lineup, and as awesome as Noah is he struggles in certain situations against bigger matchups. Adding a 3rd bad defender could really cause the starting lineup to struggle. I mean I guess he would be ok. He only shot 33% from 3 last year though, and 6 attempts per game. Is that even beneficial? I am asking seriously because I didn't think 33% was all that good.

I think it's an on campus building, which can make it tough. Plus it's really not hard to bring in portable beer taps as well as portable plastic bottle selling stations. Yeah I've actually driven around that area and seen the stadium, it is an on campus building but right on the fringes of campus. Obviously the campus is minutes from downtown Minneapolis, so pretty much the moment you step off campus you are near the center of MPLS with a lot going on. Your right though I didn't consider the effect of the stadium literally being on campus would have on holding non-campus related activities with heavy alchohol presence.

That is just awful awful awful*. I see no good reason to attend. *sorry about that morbid comment Geez, I know they intended it to be a college field only, and it was probably built on the cheap, but how can their consession stands not be built to withstand temps below 30, as if it's not possible to get below 30 degrees in mid to late November in Minnesota. Also no beer taps? Again, I understand it's a college stadium but it's a bit strange that they didn't bother to have any plans for any other events but college athletics apparently. I'm assuming it's the only outdoor stadium in the Twin Cities area that is readily available in the summer for stuff like concerts or soccer games. They didn't consider additional revenue streams like that at all?

I hate JR Smith. I am not willing to give up Brewer for him. Bogans? Sure. Bogans, Thomas and a 2nd rounder? Maybe. Bogans and Brewer? No. I like Brewer and what he brings to the team.

it seems like we have the worst reverse home court advantage ever. i dont know if the reffs do it to make a point or something but we get the least amount of calls at home than any team i've ever seen. If we had the worst reverse home court advantage, wouldnt that mean that we have the best home court advantage? lol

Here is probably the article you are referring to: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2010/12/15/2010-12-15_yankees_selfhelp.html?page=1

Nevermind I found a link. Bears now have a chance in this one. http://1500espn.com/sportswire/Source_VikingsBears_will_be_played_at_TCF_Bank_Stadium_on_Monday121410

Is this a guess or something u read?

lol thanks Bill Simmons

4th guy still makes 32 starts. It also means less innings for the bullpen. And no bullpen is as effective as whoever their 4th guy is gonna be. The playoffs have to be a formality even before Lee. What I was wondering was whether it was worth spending their resources on a 4th ace quality starter, or address an offense that got worse in the offseason. A team like the Giants isn't going to get lucky every year and win with mediocre offense. A 4th starter would probably pitch 2 times max in the playoffs. That 4th pitcher might be Cole Hamels, who basically carried the team to a World Series 2 years ago on the strength of his starts. In fact, he won the World Series MVP award. Just crazy he might be put in a position where he pitches 2 times all postseason en route to a world series title.

Hopefully they will combine to score 20 points this week. Why, you want the Bears to win 9-6 or something? :banghead: I mean MORE than 20 points. Gah

Solid move to push Baltimore over the top. I see they are getting him at an affordable price as well. Bravo MacPhail!

5%? A street free agent won't beat out Webb. I think it will be at TCF and Brett will play. Yeah, it's sounding like Brett's going to play. He can't lose his final MNF game, right? Dunno, the man doesn't have a track record of finishing a portion of his career on top, considering in 2 of his 3 last games with a team he threw a pick to lose the NFC championship, and in the other he threw a pick to knock his team out of the playoffs.

I thought that it made my comment more badass.

From that article: I remember people bitching about Ben Gordon not getting calls back in the day too.

The Packers lost by 4 points at less than full strength on the road and still put up a solid defensive performance. The Bears got destroyed by 29 points at pretty much full strength at home and struggled mightily on both offense and defense. Yet the Bears move ahead. I know you all are thinking it. No I will never be satisfied with the power rankings :)

Hopefully they will combine to score 20 points this week.

It's a good point, but had to mention that the Flyers record last year wouldn't have even gotten them a sniff of the playoffs last year. And the West seems to be going that way again this year.

Probably getting robbed of free throws on those too! What are you the homer slayer? Every team's fanbase has homers, and most know they are being homers. You made your point repeatedly and have done it in a variety of ways, the least effective of which is sarcasm. It's time to move on to something else guy.

And it's a good thing, what with him being such a marksman from the line. If the entire NBA wasn't so busy inadvertantly attacking him, maybe he'd be healthy enough to hit his free throws. Rondo takes half as many shots as Rose, and is not even the 3rd scoring option that defenses key in on stopping. Rose is cutting through double teams and driving to the hole constantly. And Rose takes more than twice as many free throws. What do # of shot attempts have to do with anything? Where do you think Rondo's assists are coming from? Just standing at the top of the key handing the ball off to Ray Allen? He creates through dribble penetration and opens up teammates by drawing defenders to him. Despite drawing these secondary defenders, he does not get to the free throw line. I'm saying he's not heavily defensed as a scoring option because he takes half as many shots as Rose. Obviously he's a big part of an opponents defensive game plan, but Rose is someone who at times is the entire Bulls offense and defenses throw everything at him. Rose has the 2nd lowest FTA per FGA in the NBA for high volume shooters. I honestly can't remember what the qualification was for high volume shooter and I'm having trouble finding the article I got that from (its on RealGM somewhere), but Danny Granger is the only one with less.

So in one game they've proven they can't compete. In a game where the Bulls were returning from a lenghthy road trip (it's commonly believed that game is a big trap for teams). In a game where we were incorporating what is supposed to be our number 2 scorer into the rotation, when our point guard has never had a low post player to work into the offense in his NBA career. One game. Considering the Bulls have replaced 6 of their 10 rotation players from last year to this year, I wouldn't necessarily consider last year's results relevant. You are right that Orlando is a tough matchup against the Bulls IMO, which is obvious on paper. Orlando is a great team, and they are probably but not definitely better than the Bulls. I don't think the Bulls are quite at the Miami, Boston, Orlando level yet, but then again I hold my final judgement when I see how this team evolves over the course of the season. Boozer has played like 8 games with the team. It can take 2 months to really get comfortable with a big part of the offense like that.