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I'll take Bryce Harper IV, since this draft is apparently 90 years in the future. Edit: This is not a real pick.
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Ramsey. Because he makes the team better than any OL would. Tunsil's the better player but they don't have a bad LT in Taylor Lewan. Diminishing returns on taking another good OT.
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I'll take Ian Happ
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Exactly how I felt about the IU/UNC game. It kinda sucks, 2 of the last 3 years when IU has had teams that could feasibly be Final Four caliber, they ran into the likely eventual champions in UK in 2014 and UNC this year in the Sweet 16. I don't think IU this year could have beaten any of the teams that will be playing next weekend, but I feel they could have beaten all the teams that lost the last 2 days, though all would have been extremely competitive and I'm hypothetically including a healthy Robert Johnson.
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I'll take another team or two. I don't care which ones.
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Well, at least IU gets the [expletive] rim in the 2nd half. 31% shooting team going 7-7 before their first (and only) miss from 3, seems legit, with 3 of them bouncing in.
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So, if/when the Cubs make the World Series......who in the Chicagoland area is going to let me sleep on their couch for a week when I'm not camping out on Waveland Avenue?
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Probably not. Leno probably isn't good enough, but Clady isn't a guarantee to be better.....because he's not a guarantee to be able to actually play after 2 ACLs in 3 years. Clady has a 9.5M cap hit this year and 10M next year. It's not guaranteed money though. But, he'd have to restructure before a trade could happen. Denver probably wants something not insignificant for him. Most I'd give up is a conditional 5th/6th in 2017. I'm guessing he'll be cut eventually. At that point, I'd definitely be interested on a 1-year deal.
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HOO HOO HOO HOOSIERS! Good win. One of the few I called on my bracket! WOOOOOOOO!
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OG Anunoby is the difference in this team in the 2nd half of the season. Hustle, defense, rebounding, versatility, ability to knock down an open shot. Wouldn't even be on the floor if not for the Blackmon injury. Reminds me so much of a young Oladipo.
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Yep. I had Mich St as champions.
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I wanted to talk so much trash on Facebook, but was afraid to with the IU game following. All good now. Yogi with 20-10. Bench went 15-18 from the field with 37 points. Bring on the Goddamned Cats!
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I feel like this happens every year with either Cincy or Uconn in the conference tourney.
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Holy horsefeathers. Ok, damn. Shitty calls down the stretch to keep Michigan in it (last 2 IU fouls were bogus at worst, extremely weak at best). But helluva shot to win it.
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Relax, we're getting Hicks today. How much is Freeman gonna cost? That 46M isn't going to go as far as we probably want. Now, there's still some opportunity to drop more dead weight and free up cap, but I'd really like some more DB help too, which won't be cheap. I don't think they'll sign Freeman. Definitely makes since to gauge his pricetag though and potentially drive up his price. I think the focus will be Akiem Hicks. Then I think the Bears focus on a DB or two (SS foremost, maybe a cheap vet CB for depth) and settling the Miller/Bennett situation at TE. Bennett and Rolle seems like the only real places to save some money, but they'll have to replace their 7-8M saved by spending that much on their replacements. Should have plenty of money for Hicks, Miller, a S like Bruton from Denver, maybe a CB like Patrick Robinson (who the Bears have shown interest in), a backup TE (Gresham in Chicago today also), and any cheap 1-year guys they want to bring in. Then in the draft, I'd focus on the best front 5 pass rusher available at 11. Buckner or Rankins on the DL. Shaq Lawson or Noah Spence at OLB. Then I think the next 2 picks go toward DL/OLB (whichever not picked in 1st), a CB with some size/length, a developmental QB or OL.
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I'll take a couple teams. Probably most familiar with the Steelers and Dolphins of the available teams.
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Pretty crazy to go from Shea McClellin and Christian Jones to Danny Trevathan and Jerrell Freeman at ILB. Two of the bottom 10 LBs in the league to 2 just below pro-bowl level LBs.
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I kinda feel like Bob Knight with the conference tourneys. You played 18 games in the conference this year to determine who was the best team. Granted, now you have 96 teams in conference and unbalanced schedules, but I never know how much to want to win at these things. Obviously, if you're a bubble team you want 2-3 wins. If you're a solid in, you want to try to improve your seed. But if you're the conference champion, how much do you really need to win the tourney too? For IU, B1G regular season title outright should be good enough for a 3 seed. 1 seed looks impossible unless you annihilate Michigan St in the finals. And even then, they'd clearly be the worst 1 seed. I think I'll take a win over Michigan, whatever happens vs. Purdue and be fine with my 3 seed in Des Moines, and some rest to get Johnson, Hartman, and Morgan healthy.
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I think it should go to Valentine too. But Yogi will get strong consideration. He's the unquestioned leader and best player on the conference champion.
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Yeah, pretty remarkable. Best coaching job Crean has done at IU. Really happy for Yogi. IU has gotten all out of him we could have hoped for. Comes in as a freshman as the missing piece to a great team. Then will end as the leader of a conference championship team and possible B1G player of the year. Last time a Hoosier was on 2 outright conference championship teams was Matt Nover in 1989 and 1993. Sunday vs. Maryland is a chance to go out on Senior night for the 1st time in school history with the men's and women's teams going undefeated in Assembly Hall.
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IU is an Ohio State home win tomorrow away from at least a share of the Big Ten title. Pretty good year with the 2nd best player missing most of it. Going to be the 2nd time in school history, the men's and women's basketball teams and football team go to the postseason in the same school year.
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Soler Baez Ross Do you want another two infielders instead? LaStella and ?? Think we'd do better for a PH bat from an OFer. Also, one of our outfielders is going to catch sometimes. Yes. I think another guy that can play IF is more necessary than another guy that can play OF. There are 4 guys out there already who should get 500 ABs, even if 1 of them catches games. Bryant and Zobrist both can play OF, Baez is/was working in the OF. The Cubs are probably going to keep a 5th OF, but I think an IF provides more flexibility.
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Why is a 5th OF necessary?
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So....the Hoosiers' shooting got a little better in the 2nd half.
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Underwood, McKinney, Cease, Jimenez, Edwards. Underwood won the coin flip. Plus, I think I like him more than most on this board.