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  1. soccer10k
    I agree.
  2. soccer10k
    If they play a good game today, I think that they will take over the Bears for consensus best team in football again I'm not sure. There are a great deal of misconceptions about the Colts this year. The Fox pre-game show started off by telling its audience that the Colts have absolutely no running game this year. They backed it up by saying that Edge was 5th in running at this time of the year, and Rhodes is only 30th this year. Of course, the Colts use 2 RB's-and the tandem has had a better YPC average and a better YPG average than Edge did in the first 5 games last year. I don't know if that type of misconception will die easily. Indy's defense isn't looking very good right now though. If Indy can get to 8-0 then I think, regardless of what the Bears do, they should be considered the best team in football because, to reach 8-0, they will have to win in Denver and NE.
  3. soccer10k
    I don't think it can get any worse for Northwestern this week after what MSU pulled on them last week.
  4. soccer10k
    I would say that Indianapolis already had their tough week(s) with the Jets and Titans in weeks 4 and 5 respectively.
  5. soccer10k
    You could put West Virgina in there too. My guess is they will be playing for the national championship after Michigan loses to OSU and ND beats USC. I'm sure all the ND fans will be crying about it too even though Michigan destroyed them. Regardless, no one touches OSU this year. I wouldn't group WVU in with Georgia as overrated because we don't know if they're overrated. WVU had a very good team last year and returned a lot of their starters including the two key guys in Slaton and White. Georgia, on the other hand, lost a ton of players. Virtually every team will have a couple close calls over the course of the year so I'm not going to cite those. Georgia played one good half against Tennessee but got hammered in the other half and then lost to Vanderbilt at home the next week. Georgia is clearly in a down year.
  6. soccer10k
    What makes Louisville any different from West Virginia? The only difference between the two was that West Virginia had a ton of hype surrounding them coming into the year. Neither team has played anybody yet. You could even make the argument that with Louiville beating Miami, they've actaully had a harder schedule than West Virginia this year.
  7. soccer10k
    Can I just throw out that Georgia and Ole Miss are F***** dog**** teams and would struggle to win the MAC? And I can't help but mention that warpticon trumped these claims by saying the Big 12 was in the running as the best conference, when it seems to clearly be in the running as the worst of the BCSers. PAC 10 Big 10 SEC Big East Big 12 ACC Ole Miss, maybe??? Georgia, that's laughable. I understand that UGA is having a bad year, but on athleticism alone they'd dominate in the MAC. SEC third best conference, pffftt!!! Georgia is not a very good team this year. They might win the MAC but they were one of the most overrated teams in D-I this year.
  8. soccer10k
    San Diego (-5) Miami (-5) NY Jets (-3.5) Pittsburgh (-2.5) Philadelphia (-5) New England (-5.5) Jacksonville (-9.5) Carolina (+3) Denver (-4.5) Arizona (-3) Seattle (-6.5) Indianapolis (-9) Dallas (-3.5)
  9. soccer10k
    Then he will throw a side-session the week after. Followed by a simulated game. You forgot the towel drill That's what I was going to say. :D
  10. soccer10k
    I agree completely. I'm all in favor of a stopgap in CF so Pie doesn't have to step in immediately.
  11. soccer10k
    I don't think Matthews will be worth the money he is going to command and I think he'll have a drop off next year. Remember, he is 32 so he's not likely to improve anymore.
  12. soccer10k
    Fixed.
  13. soccer10k
    why soriano in CF? has he ever played there before? Didn't he play CF when he was with the Yankees? I could be wrong, just thought I remembered him playing there some. As per baseball-reference Soriano has never played CF in his major league career.
  14. soccer10k
    Evil Dead Mission Impossible Naked Gun Jurassic Park EDIT: Courtesy of Wikipedia Trilogies Tetralogies Pentalogies And more
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    You have to factor in the age of both players as well. ARod is 31 (and will turn 32 during next year) while Zambrano is 25. As muntjack said, Zambrano still has a lot of room to improve where as ARod likely isn't going to improve much anymore. He may stay the same but he likely won't show a significant improvement. In your previous post you posed the question: Is ARod one of the top 5 positional players in the game? Well, there were 22 players that had a better OPS in 2006 than ARod did. There were 17 players that had more HR's than ARod did in 2006. Then factor in age. A .914 OPS for a player at 25 looks a whole lot better than a .914 OPS for a player at 31. Just off the top of my head, I'll take Pujols, Howard, Cabrera, Hafner, Wright over ARod any day of the week. I'm sure there are many others but those popped into my head.
  16. soccer10k
    Definitely good to hear. No need to be scouting your opposition late in the season.
  17. soccer10k
    I like this part... I hate that part. Fox games of the week just means I can only watch a Yankees or Mets game. I get Giants/Dodgers/A's games every Saturday.
  18. soccer10k
    I hate Prior threads. They are just as predictable as the "Trade for Adam Dunn" threads.
  19. soccer10k
    No, Cashman isn't stupid; but if A-Rod really wanted to be traded, I think Cashman would oblige him. Pitching is what the Yankees really need. I don't think the loss of A-Rod would really hurt the Yankees and their star-studded lineup. Ken I agree. If Cashman got a good deal for a pitcher for ARod, he would be stupid not to take it. That was the team's weakness this year and everybody knew it. That's why I'm confused as to why a lot of people say the Yankees will want a 3B in return for ARod. With that lineup they can afford to have one hole in there.
  20. soccer10k
    As everyone should. He got his shot. Safe to proclaim BUST? He got regular playing time this year and ended up with 534 AB's. I wouldn't call him a bust yet, but it's not looking good.
  21. soccer10k
    This is a good point. I've heard Burrell and Abreu criticized by several fans for not being aggressive enough. That's a bizarre thought from a Cub fan's perspective - God knows (but apparently Hendry doesn't) that we need more patient hitters. But the Phillies fans have groaned for years when Abreu or Burrell take a walk in an RBI situation only to have the abyss that's been the bottom of their order make the third out. I think the Phillies want a more aggressive middle of the order hitter. --->JJ's got aggressive figured out. Perfect. Jones for Burrell. Straight up. Works for me.
  22. soccer10k
    Chealsea and Barcelona will play again two weeks from now. Hopefully that will be a good match since I missed most of todays
  23. soccer10k
    Uh, haven't I explained very thoroughly why I'm not a big fan of him (as a quarterback)? You make it sound like I have some inexplicable grudge against him, like he kicked my dog or something. I understood what you were trying to say and I agree with you.
  24. soccer10k
    like, say, they are obviously the best 2 teams in the country who shouldn't be penalized for being the same conference? How would you know they are the two best teams in the country? Whichever team loses that game should not be in the national title game.
  25. soccer10k
    It' looks like Davis is borderline but hopefully I'll get the Minnesota-Seattle game instead of the Arizona-Oakland game.
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