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Winner likely gets the opportunity to get killed by Texas in the Big XII title game? Nebraska had Texas all but beat last week. Mizzou went to Tech and handled them on their homecoming while Texas needed a big comeback to beat them in a rivalry game. On the other hand, Texas did handle OU while Mizzou lost to them at home. Add in the fact that the game is being played in KC, I don't think that either team will get humiliated if they play Texas(who could lose the South if aTm wins their rivalry game). It's not going to be nearly as bad as last year's Big XII title game but I still think Texas will win easily.
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Actually the Rich Hill example is more of a shot at the posters (including myself) that dismissed Hill as a starter after the 4 starts he made early in the year in which he had an ERA over 9 IIRC. Hill got 12 starts later in the year and pitched much better. What do you think is a better example of Hill as a major league pitcher, the 4 starts or the 12 starts?
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No. It's not how he was pitching in the playoffs. It's how he pitched in the regular season. Weaver sucked in the regular season. Verlander didn't. Going into the postseason nobody in their right mind would have picked Weaver over Verlander. It's insane. It's how he pitched in the playoffs that matters. That's my opinion. And my point, along with many other people's, is that going into the postseason and based on Weaver's regular season you couldn't have predicted he would pitch well in the postseason. Hence the reason the postseason is a crapshoot. At most a team will play 19 games. For a pitcher that's 5 or 6 starts. That's called small sample size. 5-6 starts in a post-season should tell how good a pitcher is. It's not really a "sample size" in my opinion. So 5-6 starts tell you more than 31? I think you can make a pretty darn good judgement on a pitcher in 5-6 starts. You don't need a pitcher to make 31 starts to judge them. Hell, I could judge most pitchers by a couple of starts. You don't need a pitcher to make 31 starts to judge them but 31 starts is a much better judgement of a pitcher than 5-6 starts. It's basic statistics.
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No. It's not how he was pitching in the playoffs. It's how he pitched in the regular season. Weaver sucked in the regular season. Verlander didn't. Going into the postseason nobody in their right mind would have picked Weaver over Verlander. It's insane. It's how he pitched in the playoffs that matters. That's my opinion. And my point, along with many other people's, is that going into the postseason and based on Weaver's regular season you couldn't have predicted he would pitch well in the postseason. Hence the reason the postseason is a crapshoot. At most a team will play 19 games. For a pitcher that's 5 or 6 starts. That's called small sample size. 5-6 starts in a post-season should tell how good a pitcher is. It's not really a "sample size" in my opinion. So 5-6 starts tell you more than 31? I think you can make a pretty darn good judgement on a pitcher in 5-6 starts. You don't need a pitcher to make 31 starts to judge them. Hell, I could judge most pitchers by a couple of starts. RICH HILL
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No. It's not how he was pitching in the playoffs. It's how he pitched in the regular season. Weaver sucked in the regular season. Verlander didn't. Going into the postseason nobody in their right mind would have picked Weaver over Verlander. It's insane. It's how he pitched in the playoffs that matters. That's my opinion. And my point, along with many other people's, is that going into the postseason and based on Weaver's regular season you couldn't have predicted he would pitch well in the postseason. Hence the reason the postseason is a crapshoot. At most a team will play 19 games. For a pitcher that's 5 or 6 starts. That's called small sample size. 5-6 starts in a post-season should tell how good a pitcher is. It's not really a "sample size" in my opinion. So Verlander's 4 postseason starts tell more about his abilities as a pitcher than the 30 starts he made in the regular season? What a ludicrous statement.
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No. It's not how he was pitching in the playoffs. It's how he pitched in the regular season. Weaver sucked in the regular season. Verlander didn't. Going into the postseason nobody in their right mind would have picked Weaver over Verlander. It's insane. It's how he pitched in the playoffs that matters. That's my opinion. And my point, along with many other people's, is that going into the postseason and based on Weaver's regular season you couldn't have predicted he would pitch well in the postseason. Hence the reason the postseason is a crapshoot. At most a team will play 19 games. For a pitcher that's 5 or 6 starts. That's called small sample size.
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No. It's not how he was pitching in the playoffs. It's how he pitched in the regular season. Weaver sucked in the regular season. Verlander didn't. Going into the postseason nobody in their right mind would have picked Weaver over Verlander. It's insane.
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I would put USC ahead of ND right now. I wouldn't. USC lost to Oregon State for crying out loud. Not to mention that they were extremely close to losing to Washington State and Washington. USC was extremely overrated. And Notre Dame isn't? Cubweiser is right. They both are overrated, but USC has looked extremely unimpressive all year long. ND's loss came against a team that is ranked #2 in the nation while USC's loss came against a team that isn't worthy of being top 50 in the nation. That fact alone is why I believe ND should be ranked ahead of USC. And USC killed Arkansas on the road.
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Winner likely gets the opportunity to get killed by Texas in the Big XII title game?
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That should be a great game. Hopefully I'll get to watch it before heading to work.
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I would put USC ahead of ND right now. I wouldn't. USC lost to Oregon State for crying out loud. Not to mention that they were extremely close to losing to Washington State and Washington. USC was extremely overrated. And ND has done what exactly more than USC to deserve being ranked higher? Beat a choking MSU team?
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I would put USC ahead of ND right now.
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My top 10: 1. Ohio St. 2. Michigan 3. WVU 4. Louisville 5. Florida 6. Texas 7. Tennessee 8. California 9. Arkansas 10. Auburn
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I hate Bonds just as much as anybody else does but for me, this is the key. I just want a World Series. I don't really care how they get it done as long as they get it done.
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Yeah, sorry. Got a bit heated with that last post. As I said, I was slightly intoxicated when I posted it. I think I'm gonna take a few deep breaths before coming back to this thread.
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USC losing definitely clears up the National Title picture, at least for the moment. It's looking like OSU/Michigan vs Louisville/WVU.
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Yes I am.
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And has that model worked? I really don't see a point in following a model that hasnt worked. You dont need a superstar line-up to win. You also dont need to have a $200 million payroll to win either. Pitching comes first, then you go out and get your hitting. The. Cardinals. Didn't. Have. Great. Pitching. They didnt have great pitching, but their pitching stepped up when it matter the most. Which, in the end, gave them a World Series victory. Are you that dense man? Honestly. HOW ON EARTH DO YOU KNOW WHICH PITCHERS ARE GOING TO STEP UP IN THE POSTSEASON?!?!?! YOU DON'T!!! GET IT? It's not very hard to comprehend. It's a crapshoot. If you can honestly tell me that you thought Jeff Weaver would win 3 games in the 2006 postseason you shouldn't be posting here. You should be in Vegas cashing in on millions because predicting things like that is a talent. I would give you more stats and examples but frankly, I'm hammered right now and it isn't worth my time because if you don't understand at this point, even beating you over the head with a blunt object wouldn't get the job done.
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Wow. I went to take a shower with Texas down 24-7 and now it's 24-21.
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Clutch defense? I dont think there is a such thing. I think I said "clutch hitting". For example: The Cardinals had runners on 2b with 2 outs the whole world series. Their hitters found a way to get that run in. That's clutch hitting. Clutch hitting exists, but the clutch hitter does not. Trying to get those players for your team is a futile task. Get good hitters and hope they do their job when the time comes. Where did I say they exist????? All I said was, "clutch hitting is measured into a teams success." Yes but you don't know which hitters are going to come through. You have to assemble the best team and if they come through in the clutch, then they do and that's great.
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TD Texas. 21-7 now.
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21-0 Texas Tech late in the 1st quarter.
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Too bad that defense left South Bend with 90 seconds remaining last week.
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Lou Holtz just picked South Carolina to beat Tennessee.
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Ha. Didn't think about that. That would be hilarious if it happened.