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  1. soccer10k
    Sorry to society? What? Did Tank kill someone or something? How did the charges against him adversely affect society? Tankful of Excuses You saw it coming...what a hypocritical hack. ETA: I thought the judge who let him come here was a Packer fan, not a "judge in Bears clothing." While I agree with you...Johnson did say some pretty stupid things there. If you watched the interview, you'll see what Plaschke wrote doesn't match up with the questions Tank answered, making him look much, much worse. And ask Bill where he is when USC athletes are accused/suspended due to rape/assault/drug possesion/etc. "Of course I would say that. I've never felt racism in my life before, but now … I look at it like, is this because I'm a certain thing?", "I'm young, I'm black, I have tattoos, I'm easy to stereotype. I don't look like you, I don't walk like you, I don't talk like you." - Tank Johnson While I agree with you (Raisin) for the most part on the stupidity of Plaschke, these two quotes by Tank are just ludicrous.
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    True-but it wasn't long into the second half before the Patriots weren't trying to keep Manning off the field anymore, but were trying desperately to score points to somehow stay ahead of a Colts offense that was absolutely rolling. I think the Bears running game will do the best any team has done in the playoffs against the Colts-a big key to their effectiveness could be though if Grossman can step up early and make some huge throws to loosen the defense up. I can see the Colts trying to play this game like the Chiefs game in the 1st quarter, and it will be interesting to see if the Bears can respond quickly to that or not. True enough, but even when the Colts closed the gap, the Patriots should be involving the run game in the offense. This is the same thing the Saints did (whether it was because McAllister was hurt or whatever), just passing is going to get you in trouble (especially when you have the Colts' pass rush). If Belichick continues to run the ball, the Colts continue to stop it, and the Colts come back to win, then Belichick gets criticized for not being aggressive and getting too complacent when he had the lead. Belichick knew he wasn't going to keep the Colts offense down and knew he needed to score some points in the second half. I don't know how anybody can criticize New England's choices offensively when they scored 34 freaking points. Do you know when the last time a team scored 34 points in a conference title game and lost the game was? It's never happened before. If you're going to blame the Patriots in any way, blame their defense because their offense certainly wasn't a problem.
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    Obviously I'm not a Bulls fan but I figured I would brag that I'm covering the Bulls-Kings game next Thursday.
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    In Bill Simmons' column today (well, it's not a column but rather just a bunch of photos) he made a comment about how easy it is to get a pass for media day. He said that Jimmy Kimmel live decided to send a couple of the American Idol rejects to media day. Simmons didn't say anything about them singing with Rex Grossman but he said they forced Adam Vinatieri sing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" with them.
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    I just saw this play and I have to say is that referee went down easier than an Argentinian soccer player. I'm not condoning what Mayo did because he shouldn't have even got close to the referee but there was no need for the ref to flop like that.
  6. soccer10k
    Kobe's 1 game suspension for tonight's game against the Knicks is complete crap.
  7. soccer10k
    I'm shocked it is still there. They already got my other one where I accidentally dropped what appears to be an F. Thanks for bearing with me since I was drunk, mods. We're going on 3 days now. Apparently the GFSD forum doesn't need to be moderated.
  8. soccer10k
    There are two sides to that argument though. You say that Tiger's opponents are more talented and there isn't as big of a gap between Tiger and the field and use that to say Tiger is better. You say that until an opponent beats Federer that he will never be in Tiger's class. But isn't the definition of dominant being far superior to your opponents? Federer is far and away the best player in tennis (and it's not even close) so he would actually be more dominant than Tiger is. The way I see it, if you have guys who can routinely beat you, than you aren't as dominant. Tiger has a few players who can beat him (as you stated). Federer has one. Federer mad the final of every tournament he played last year except for one. By the way the statement of your that I bolded above actually says Tiger gets beat down far more than Federer does which, I believe, contradicts your argument.
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    Federer plays on different surfaces like hardcourt, grass, and clay. There are even divisions among the hardcourts. He also has to, you know, run around. Playing four days in a row for four hours? All Tiger does is walk and then swing a club. The athletic requirements for tennis are far more demanding than those in golf and the main reason why they don't play every single day in tennis. As for weather, it's not like they play tennis matches in a controlled environment inside. He still has to deal with the wind as well as the heat (in some tournaments).
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    When both are on their games, neither can be beaten. In the Federer-Safin match you are referring to (2005 Australian Open I believe), Federer was off his game and Safin played the match of his life and he still barely won. Rafael Nadal can beat Federer routinely on clay but there have been clay court specialists for years in tennis (Gustavo Kuerton a few years ago). As far as somebody challenging Tiger, in the last 3 years (12 majors 04-06), Tiger has won 4 majors. Second to him? Phil Mickelson with 3. In tennis the last 3 years (13 majors 04-06 and this years Aussie Open), Federer has won 9. Second to him is Nadal with 2. Federer has made the final in his last 7 majors (tied for the most all time). He went 92-5 last year and only lost to 2 players (Nadal 4 times and Andy Murray once). He's the first player in the Open Era to win three of the four majors in a year twice. Don't get me wrong, Tiger is very good and very dominant, but the answer is Federer and it's not close.
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    With all due respect, you're wrong about tennis.
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    Right, the Bears are just happy to be there. That must be why they have a giant banner that says FINISH at their hotel. I'm really happy that we don't have some homer jagbag like Simmons embarrassing himself and the city on ESPN.com. As opposed to writers from the Chicago papers (Jay Mariotti comes to mind immediately) routinely doubting and dissing the Bears week after week and never giving them respect.
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    Even without the win this weekend, I think Chicago takes the title...this is thrown together real fast, so it's possible I'm off...also this is only NFL, NBA, and MLB. Chicago 8 New York 5 Boston 4 Dallas 3 St Louis 2 Houston 2 Toronto 2 Miami 2 St Louis 2 Denver 2 Minneapolis 1 Atlanta 1 Phoenix 1 Anaheim 1 Washington 1 San Francisco 1 Green Bay 1 Baltimore 1 Tampa Bay 1 Pittsburgh 1 So basically Jordan's Bulls have more Championships than any other city has combined Championships in all the 3 leagues. Obviously minor nitpicking but Los Angeles and San Antonio both have 3 and Miami and Detroit have 1 (all NBA). But your point remains.
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    yeah, if you call that one intentional, then every foul in that situation inside of 1:30 should be called intentional. The Stanford player was clearly past the UCLA player and he reached out for the jersey and made no attempt for the ball. That's an intentional foul. And either way, when you blow a 17 point lead, you don't really deserve to win the game. He just missed the ball by about the foot. He only made contact with the arm and then the jersey after going for the ball. It was a pretty bad call. There were certainly some head scratchers. Aside from the kick called against UCLA that only hit a Stanford player's butt, the biggest head scratcher was definitely the double foul against Mbah a Moute. You don't see that too often. I didn't see the double foul so I can't comment either way on that one.
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    yeah, if you call that one intentional, then every foul in that situation inside of 1:30 should be called intentional. The Stanford player was clearly past the UCLA player and he reached out for the jersey and made no attempt for the ball. That's an intentional foul. And either way, when you blow a 17 point lead, you don't really deserve to win the game.
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    I doubt this will make any difference whatsoever. Its not so much on when they choose their gameplan, but what they gameplan their plays to be. And we'll see their ability to execute on Sunday. I suppose. Wasn't there a player who never showed for the actual game last time the Super Bowl was in Miami? I'll always worry about that kind of stuff. Young guys, on top of the world---temptation can derail someone double quick. Barrett Robbins. He had a very serious mental illness. The Raiders-Bucs Super Bowl was played in San Diego.
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    So how long will it take for a mod to edit wolf's little outburst above. It's been up for almost a day now.
  18. soccer10k
    You should just give Rolen to him and move on.
  19. soccer10k
    North Carolina is very, very good. They're up 25 on Arizona right now.
  20. soccer10k
    Thank you. And it is worse if you want to say Hendry started in 2003. The key point which all of you are forgetting here is the correlation. For that data, the R^2 value is 0.0249 and the R value is -0.1578. Those low values show there is a very little linear relationship for the data provided. Don't spoil this for him. We are not talking about corelations. The data are for years and wins. That is the data set. The reason why their isn't a linear relationship is because the Cubs didn't win more games every year. As the years go up the wins must go up to have a linear relationship. Analyzing trends has nothing to do with corelations though. Correlations have to do with things like runs scored and wins or runs allowed and wins. Time is not an independent variable unless one is talking about human development over the life span. RichHillisaBeast you never have a clue. Not even a hint of one any time you post in a thread. You can have a linear relationship whether the Cubs win more or lose more games every year. It doesn't matter whether the trendline goes up or down, you can come up with a linear trendline and relationship. Thanks for the clarification (by you and Tim) about the time not being an independent variable, I forgot about that. But either way, the gist of my point remains and a linear trendline is an absolutely horrible predictor for this data and you can tell that just by looking at the data. You can make the argument that the team has gotten progressively worse over the five years but it would be an extremely weak argument to use the trendline to do so.
  21. soccer10k
    Thank you. And it is worse if you want to say Hendry started in 2003. The key point which all of you are forgetting here is the correlation. For that data, the R^2 value is 0.0249 and the R value is -0.1578. Those low values show there is a very little linear relationship for the data provided.
  22. soccer10k
    My sentiments exactly.
  23. soccer10k
    Once again I'll be sticking to my picks so I'm taking Indy (-7). I'm 8-2 picking straight up so far in the playoffs.
  24. soccer10k
    Rule #1: Cardinal fans automatically lose.
  25. soccer10k
    Of course, Peyton IS prominently on the cover of SI. :twisted: Plus, he posted these in the Saints thread and it didn't seem to hurt too much. Well there is another SI that will come out before the Super Bowl is played. The question I have is, if the Bears are featured on the cover for next week, will neither team win? Will anarchy ensue? Maybe the world will end. Who knows.
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