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It’s really dumb that they do the WC draw before all teams have qualified. It’s not a lock Italy and/or Denmark will qualify, but by the rankings, they would be in Pot 2 if they qualified. However, all 6 playoff teams are placed in Pot 4 by default.
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He also led all of qualifying with those 16 goals despite Norway only playing 8 games. Second place was a guy from Qatar who scored 12 goals. However Qatar played 18 games in qualifying.
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Group A, unfortunately Suriname lost while Panama won, so Panama qualifies automatically. However... Group B, Curacao got a 0-0 tie in Jamaica to qualify for the first time ever. Group C, Haiti beat Nicaragua and Honduras tied Costa Rica so Haiti qualified automatically. Suriname could still qualify via the inter-confederation playoffs. Costa Rica, who had made 5 of the last 6 WC's, won 1 of 6 games and finished 3rd in their group. Honduras, who made it in 2010 and 2014, didn't even make the playoffs.
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Would they swap teams to avoid rematches if possible or do they not take that into consideration? Would be easy to just swap ND and Bama or Oregon/OU so we get ND-OU and Bama-Oregon instead of the Bama-OU rematch.
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Some crazy stuff happening in CONCACAF qualifying going into the final matchday. Group A has Panama (33), El Salvador (81), Guatemala (106) and Suriname (137). Suriname leads the group on GD and is 3 goals up on Panama. They're at least guaranteed a playoff match as the runner up. Win at Guatemala and they're likely in the WC. Group B has Jamaica (63), Curacao (90), Trinidad (100) and Bermuda (168). Curacao leads the group and is 1 point up on Jamaica. They play at Jamaica in the last game. They're also guaranteed at least a playoff match. Group C has Costa Rica (54), Honduras (75), Haiti (83) and Nicaragua (133). Honduras currently leads the group over Haiti on GD and they're 2 points up on Costa Rica. However, Honduras plays at Costa Rica while Haiti is home to Guatemala. So if Haiti wins, there's a decent chance they qualify automatically. Suriname and Curacao have never made the WC. Haiti made it once, in 1974. Jamaica made it once, in 1998.
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In the latest rankings, Notre Dame is 9, Texas is 10 and Miami is 15. All 3 are 7-2. Notre Dame has the best losses, by a combined 4 points to two teams that are a combined 16-2 and ranked 3 and 15. Their only ranked win is by 10 over #17 USC. Texas lost to No. 1 on the road but also lost to a 3-6 Florida team. They have two ranked wins over 11 and 14. Miami lost to 19 and unranked SMU (though they’re 7-3 this year). They have 2 ranked wins over 9 and 24. They also beat Florida by 19 So why is Miami 5 or 6 spots lower besides “well they lost more recently”? Not necessarily saying Miami should be ahead of either or both of those teams. But I just don’t see a 5-6 spot difference.
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Guess what an idiot with a sports betting app did this time?
soccer10k replied to Brian707's topic in Other Sports
Yeah, I get some middling guy who hasn’t made much money and will never make much money. It’s wrong, but I get it. But Clase had made $11.6M in his career, was guaranteed $6.4M and likely had $20M coming to him in 27-28. Then he hits the FA market before his age 31 season. So even if he blows out and makes nothing, including a 2M buyout, he’s made $20M in his career. With health and good performance, he’d make well over $100M for the rest of his career. -
Here’s a fun one. South Florida and UTSA played this week. South Florida didn’t run a single offensive play until there were 2 minutes left in the first quarter. However when they finally got the ball, they were already up 14-3 because they had a pick 6 and a fumble returned for a TD.
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For sure. Like I said, not a shot at them specifically. Just sucks that they don’t play any of the other three current top-10 teams in the conference in the regular season at least.
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Man I hate the new expanded conferences. This isn’t a shot at aTm, they can only play who is on their schedule. Of their 8 conference games, 6 or 7 are against unranked teams (Missouri is ranked in the coaches poll but unranked in the AP). And Texas could end up unranked as well if they lose to Georgia and aTm. Maybe they’re the best team in the conference. But it’s dumb that they might be in the SEC title game solely because of the schedule. And yes, credit to them for scheduling at Notre Dame. Good win. Count Missouri and Texas as ranked. aTm has 2 ranked conference games. Bama has 5. Georgia has 4 (plus Georgia Tech). Ole Miss also only has 2, though at least one of them was at Georgia. But lump them in with aTm if you want to This stuff is going to happen every year and it sucks. Indiana last year likely made the playoff because they only had to play 1 of the other 4 ranked Big 10 teams.
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Two true statements: If the season ended today, the Chiefs would not make the playoffs as they're tied with the Jags for the last WC spot and would lose the tiebreaker due to H2H. The Chiefs are currently the betting favorite to win the Super Bowl.
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Good to see the classlessness in St. Louis extends from the baseball diamond to the ice. It was hilarious that he claimed he fully intended to give the puck to Ovie. So why not just give it to a referee straightaway then? Why shove it down your pants?
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Can't say I've ever seen a defender take the ball from one penalty box to the other and score before.
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So we've got ... *checks notes* ... Indiana, BYU, Ole Miss, Virginia and Texas Tech all in the top 12. Makes total sense.
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Would he have been safe if he had just run through home instead of sliding?
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LOL at once in a lifetime as if 2014 Mad Bum didn't happen.
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Well that sucks.
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Not dead yet. Now no baserunning mistakes like yesterday.
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Well crap.
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On the plus side for Toronto, they turned the lineup over so Vlad will bat in the 10th.
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I'm actually feeling pretty good about it. Either the Blue Jays win, or I likely hit the bet. I guess if Ohtani homers to win the game, but he pitched poorly tonight so he's likely out.
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Man, almost two crazy endings there. Foot almost comes off the plate and the Dodgers almost drop the ball colliding with each other.
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Man he just missed that.
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Vladdy leading off the bottom half.
