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Just make some sort of Cardinals DUI joke. -Higher number - Taveras's career batting average or his BAC (not an original but still one of my favorites) -You know the commercials where an office has a sign saying "X number of days since the last accident"? Do you think the Cardinals have one at Busch that says "X days since the last DUI"?
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Well his prediction was right. He didn't go 7-9 or 8-8 this year.
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Marc Gasol took 66 3-pointers the first 8 years he was in the league. He's taken 87 this year (shooting 43.7% also). He's going to make more 3s this year than he took his first 8 years.
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It's hilarious how predictable it was that Arsenal would get stuck with either Bayern or Real. Last 7 years: 16-17: Bayern 15-16: Barcelona 14-15: Monaco 13-14: Bayern 12-13: Bayern 11-12: AC Milan (when they were still good) 10-11: Barcelona I know they usually finish second so they're more likely to get a tougher draw but this is just getting absurd. Even in the group stage they get screwed over. Last year they draw Bayern (2nd hardest team they could get) and the two years before they draw Dortmund (and in 2013-14 they got Napoli as well).
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A lot of articles today about Tottenham being unenthusiastic about clinching a spot in the Europa knockout. Isn't that their competition de rigueuer? They should be happy to have a way back to the UCL because it isn't hapening from the EPL. They always end up in the Europa but that doesn't mean they like it. It really hampers teams because they have to play on Thursday's and then always have short turnarounds to Sunday games. Last year was the first in the last four that they performed better after Europa league games than without having played a Europa game (and even then, the game was less than the previous years. 2015-16: 2 points per game after Europa games, 1.79 rest 2014-15: 1.44 after, 1.75 rest 2013-14: 1.33 after, 2.04 rest 2012-13: 1.6 after, 2.00 rest So that's a combined 1.58 ppg (pace of 60 for a full season) and 1.89 rest (pace of 72). 60 points gets you 7th while 72 can get you 4th. They're only 3 back of 4th so far. Kane is back and Alderweireld is coming back (those two going out coincided with them being unable to win games as they had 5 wins and 2 draws in their first 7 before Alderweireld went out). They beat City, played well at Chelsea and only lost 2-1 and played well at Arsenal. I think they've got a better shot of finishing 4th than winning 4 2-leg knockout ties and a final in the Europa.
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Cardinals welcome gift basket: http://buildabasket.giftbasketexpert.netdna-cdn.com/media/catalog/product/cache/5/small_image/220x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/c/o/cocktail_gift_basket_complete_open_bar_2010062298.jpg
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Carr's broken pinky really killed the Raiders's chances in this game. With how he played, it shouldn't have been as close as it was. That being said, throwing a fade route into the end zone on third and one at the end of that game was all kinds of stupid. You have a QB with no accuracy and you're calling a route which requires pinpoint accuracy? Just run the damn ball, get the 1st down and then try the fade if you want to.
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After Week 1 this year the Niners (currently 1-11) had a better record than the Cowboys (11-1).
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PSG choking away the group today at home. Also, nice no show by Besiktas. A win and they move on and instead, they're getting hammered by Dynamo Kiev and have 2 red cards.
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What you'd actually get: Bama vs. FSU/Western Michigan Clemson vs. USC Ohio State vs. Oklahoma Washington vs. Penn St. Five conference champs + plus next best 2 at larges (or 3 if they don't guarantee the top Group of 5 team a place) with a max of 2 per conference. And it would be equal parts hilarious and ridiculous that 9-3 Louisville gets left out for 9-3 Florida State despite beating them by 43 (ditto for Michigan/Penn State). And I'm not disagreeing, your top-8 would be fun.
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So should be Bama vs. Washington and OSU vs. Clemson.
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The way they were going, I didn't think either of these games would be worth watching in the 4th quarter. As it turned out, they both are.
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When it was 16-9, Bama had negative total yards.
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No thank you. I don't need some 3 or 4 loss team to get in just because they won a weak division and got lucky in the conference title game. Does that happen often enough for that to be a legitimate concern every year? I doubt it. Also, if some 3 loss team Cinderella's their way into the playoff, so be it. 2016: Virginia Tech (9-3) 2015: USC (8-4) 2013: Duke (10-2 but ranked No. 20 going in) 2012: UCLA (9-3), Wisconsin (7-5), Georgia Tech (6-6) 2011: UCLA (6-6) 2010: South Carolina (9-3), Florida State (9-3) 2009: Nebraska (9-3), Clemson (8-4) Those weren't winners but they were conference championship game participants. One win from getting in. Hard pass on that. If it was top 8, I could get on board. But to me, 4 is fine. Reward excellence throughout the entire season. I've always liked that college football differed from the other sports in that way.
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No thank you. I don't need some 3 or 4 loss team to get in just because they won a weak division and got lucky in the conference title game. I'd be more okay with 8 of it was a straight 1-8 (with maybe a group of 5 team if they're close) but there's no chance it goes to 8 without giving the conference champs a spot. They'd probably limit the number of teams per conference like the BCS games did which this year would mean leaving out one of the Big 10 teams. Keep it at 4.
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Does anyone have the GIF of the HR where Jay jumped at the wall in CF for a ball that went at least 10 feet beyond the wall? I always liked that one.
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So through 19 games, Westbrook is averaging 30.9 points, 11.3 assists and 10.3 rebounds. I still don't think he's actually going to average a triple double for the season but I no longer think it's crazy to believe he could actually do it.
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Trying to figure out if a tie here is better for the Raiders than one of the two teams winning. Raiders are 2-1 in the division with a loss to KC and a win vs. Denver but they play both on the road. Since they're a game up on one and two up on the other if this doesn't end in a tie, the Raiders would probably have to lose both of those two to end up tied which means a 3-3 division record at best, so they're probably not winning a division tiebreaker. Since KC won't win, Denver would be 2-2 in the division while KC would be 2-1.
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I know the Raiders record is better than it should be (7-1 in games decided by 7 points are less), but man this team is fun. First winning season since 2002 and two games up on the Dolphins and either the Broncos/Dolphins for the 2nd wild card spot. They've also got the slightly easier schedule the rest of the way than the Chiefs and Broncos, though they do play both teams on the road.
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For me, Michigan should be ahead of Penn State unless Penn St annihilates Wisconsin similar to what OSU did a couple years ago. At least by score, Wisconsin and Michigan were close. But Penn State winning a conference title doesn't outweigh a 49-10 beating. They lost to Iowa so that argument is moot. Penn State has just one conference loss to Michigan's two. PSU's second loss was a 3 point loss to Pitt back in week two. I don't think the Michigan head to head win holds up if PSU beats Wisconsin Iowa and Pitt are both 8-4 so those losses are pretty much a wash. The week they lost in doesn't matter. If PSU had been competitive in the Mihigan game, then I'd give them the nod, like I would with Wisconsin if they win the conference. PSU also has the worse non-conference as well as the worse draw in the cross division games (both played Iowa, Illinois/Purdue is a wash but Wisconsin > Minnesota). Stronger non-con win + stronger conference schedule + blowout H2H win > conference title game to me. EDIT: I tend to agree that in the committee's mind, it won't hold up. That's the way I think it should go rather than the way it will go.
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Lol I can't see any way 3 big ten teams get in especially when 2 of them didn't even play in the conference title game. I've been seeing Michigan Twitter coming up with scenarios where Michigan gets in but while they seem plausible I'm not going to get my hopes up at all. It's not happening For me, Michigan should be ahead of Penn State unless Penn St annihilates Wisconsin similar to what OSU did a couple years ago. At least by score, Wisconsin and Michigan were close. But Penn State winning a conference title doesn't outweigh a 49-10 beating.
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I would kind of understand Penn State over OSU since they beat OSU. But you can't put a 2-loss Wisconsin in over a 1-loss OSU when OSU won at Wisconsin, even though it was OT. Had it been in Columbus, then you have an argument.
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Good chance they got way more World Series orders than they've ever gotten before and they have to make all of the stuff also (outside of the generic locker room gear, though even that they probably had to make a hell of a lot more when the Cubs won).
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So if the 0- or 1-loss teams win out (and Bama doesn't lose twice), we'll get Bama-Clemson-OSU/Mich-Washington. But if either Clemson or Washington loses (or if Michigan beats OSU but loses to Wisconsin), it will get interesting. We could have -Wisconsin or Penn State plus the Michigan/OSU loser (or all four of them if Michigan wins then loses) -Oklahoma or Oklahoma State -Colorado or Washington -Louisville Wouldn't want to be the committee if that happens.
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Holy horsefeathers. Can't believe it actually happened. Was just coming here to post his quotes about how people who criticize him don't understand soccer.