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  1. soccer10k
    Arbitrary end points because it starts with their 21 game losing streak, but they're now 4-36 in their last 40 games.
  2. soccer10k
    The complaints are 100% going to be about there being 2 or 3 SEC teams in the final four most years.
  3. soccer10k
    I was just saying why they got left out last year, not that I agreed with it. I thought FSU should have gotten the spot over Bama because they went undefeated. So yes, what happens in September usually does matter. Most years a QB doesn’t suffer a season ending injury (and when he does, sometimes the backup or third stringer are actually good like that OSU team with Cardale Jones or even Mac Jones when Tua got hurt).
  4. soccer10k
    Marcell Ozuna might win the Triple Crown too! He’s first in BA and RBI and 4 back of Ohtani in HR.
  5. soccer10k
    I always liked the uniqueness of college football where you had to be perfect to be assured of a shot. I know FSU got left out last year but that was fluky in that not only did their QB get hurt but the backups looked like hot garbage. If the QB doesn’t get hurt, they’re in. In the backups at least look competent, they get in. I’m not a fan of an FBS team so I don’t have to worry about my team’s season being over after 1 or 2 losses. I also don’t care if maybe the best team doesn't make the playoff, like Georgia last year, because they lost 1 game at the wrong time. And yes my counter is that they shouldn’t have lost that game. If these teams actually played a tough schedule that featured more than 3-4 games they could conceivably lose each year (I.e. don’t play an FCS team and 2 crappy FBS teams each year in your non-conference) I’d be on board with a 12 team playoff. But if you can’t win the 3-4 tough games on your schedule, oh well.
  6. soccer10k
    He’s at 9.5 WAR right now. That’s wild. Also, poor Bobby Witt, who might put up a 10 WAR season and won’t get a first place MVP vote.
  7. soccer10k
    So this is a red card: but somehow this is only a yellow card: Makes total sense.
  8. soccer10k
    I have no idea when the last time something like this happened. We've got about 30 games left and there are 10 teams within 4.5 games of each other for the best record.
  9. soccer10k
    They need a sweep or two to balance out getting swept by Cleveland. On average, they have to win close to every series the rest of the way (so winning 1 of 3 is okay if you sweep the next series). They've done that since the deadline. 6 series since the deadline (including the 2-gamer against the Sox) and they've won 5. The problem is they got swept by Cleveland but haven't swept a series. Would be really nice to at least go 9-3 against Mia, Pit, Wash and Pit leading into the NYY-LAD week. It also doesn't help that since the All Star Break, Ari is 23-8 and SD is 22-8 so everyone is essentially competing for one spot.
  10. soccer10k
    Can we get him to play the OF for one year? I assume we'd get a ridiculous defensive play every week in the outfield combined with him throwing out like 37 runners on the bases. I mean, he's good at literally everything else in baseball so I'm sure he'd be a gold glover at whatever defensive position he played.
  11. soccer10k
    Ohtani just hit a walk off grand slam for his 40th HR. He stole his 40th base earlier in the game too. I think we're officially on 50-50 watch.
  12. soccer10k
    1 HR and 3 SB in the next 12 days and he'll go 40-40 before September. It's wild how good this dude is. And we don't even get to see him gun down runners from the OF, which I'm sure he'd excel at if he actually played out there.
  13. soccer10k
    Went to the River Cats game yesterday. Highlight might have been seeing a guy in a Jason Motte jersey. I didn’t ask him the thought process behind that purchase. There’s always a random name you recognize at these AAA games and the Bees started Jake Marisnick, Keston Hiura and Cole Tucker.
  14. soccer10k
    He’s magic, you know, Mauricio Pochettino! Really happy I can root for him again. Don’t let us down, Poch!
  15. soccer10k
    And wasn’t it like 4 seconds late too? It’s not like it was 30 minutes late. 100% with you on the judging sports too. Never been a fan of how arbitrary they can be.
  16. soccer10k
    But it is different because Smith keeps running and actually is in the penalty area when the goal is scored. She's involved in the play. Swanson could have very easily passed the ball across for a tap in. Do we know for sure it didn't affect the movement of the Brazil defenders or the goalie? We don't. If Smith had just stopped when Swanson called her off and not continued running, I'd be more okay with letting it play out and it not being offside. Ultimately I agree with you in that the play probably doesn't go any different if Smith stops. But she didn't stop and that's the issue for me. This happened in either a EPL or UCL game within the last two years and it was called the same way. I disagreed with that one too.
  17. soccer10k
    Swanson’s goal probably shouldn’t have counted. Once the other woman, who was offside, runs after the ball, she’s involved in the play and that should be it. Don’t have to touch the ball to be involved in the play.
  18. soccer10k
    This paragraph really hit home to me. I play in a rec softball league through work in the summer and I get our team organized each week (send out invites, make sure we have enough players, etc). The first couple years I would generally use the term girls, mainly because I would also use the term guys. At some point I thought that girls just seemed to weird to say when referring to adult women. Can't remember what made me think about it but that's irrelevant. So I started to make sure I would just go with the terms male and female rather than guy and girl. I never really thought about why saying girl when referring to adult women sounded weird but saying guy when referring to adult men didn't. But what you said in this paragraph, in terms of boy-girl and guy-girl, nailed it. Terms like lady or gal sound just as weird to say, if not weirder, than girl. So men and women it is then.
  19. soccer10k
    So close to hitting my bet on the Field to win gold.
  20. soccer10k
    I was thinking earlier that 5 games back of Atlanta isn't terrible but then I realized Atlanta is on pace for 86 wins which would require the Cubs to go 29-16 (104 win pace) just to tie them. That makes it seem much more daunting of a task.
  21. soccer10k
    I can’t get enough of these stats.
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    I mean I know the answer is the wind, but it’s still amazing that ball only got to the basket.
  24. soccer10k
    Counterpoint:
  25. soccer10k
    If the Red Sox don't play Jansen in that game it will be very disappointing.
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