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  1. soccer10k
    Bo is right. Why do you say that? Notre Dame is annually rated the most popular team in the nation. It's not like they have to compete with the Wolverines for fans. Although I despise Michigan and want to see the series continued for rivalry purposes, ND isn't really getting much out of the series other than road money. It gives Notre Dame a usually guaranteed good matchup for their schedule. You know every year there are going to be a couple teams in every conference with 0, 1, or 2 losses so you'll get good games every single year in conference. Because they don't play in a conference, Notre Dame doesn't have many teams that are guaranteed to be good. Look at last year. Notre Dame's only good scheduled opponent was USC. Every other team they played was eh at best. Michigan provides them an opponent that is likely to be in the hunt for a BCS bowl year in and year out. I think they both help each other but as Pedro said, Bo is right.
  2. soccer10k
    ETA: Cubs.com says he's a go on Saturday Cubs.com confirms this information.
  3. soccer10k
    Where did you hear/read this?
  4. soccer10k
    If the Cubs played the Cardinals in Wrigley every day for the rest of the year, then I would put money on them to make the playoffs. Otherwise, not going to happen.
  5. soccer10k
    One thing that struck me: Even though the Tigers are 9 games ahead of the Mets for the best record in the league, the Mets had a higher probability of making the playoffs.
  6. soccer10k
    I would rather play for the 2006 Dodgers than the 2006 Cubs also. The comments don't seem Maddux-esque and I don't think he meant to take a jab at the Cubs but it's how it came across. Either way, I still wish him well.
  7. soccer10k
    After needing 104 games to get their first 4 game winning streak of the year, the Cubs will try to get their second 4 game winning streak in 2 weeks.
  8. soccer10k
    Cubs win. Woot.
  9. soccer10k
    We need someone to light a fire under us. We lack an emotional leader. I'll volunteer. Go get 'em boys! Give it your all! Nothing less than a 110%! (I'm feeling 25 pages tonight.) In Regular or Premium?
  10. soccer10k
    Does that answer your question?
  11. soccer10k
    JACQUE!!! Big Murt with another base hit.
  12. soccer10k
    Bruce - any chance Pagan gets some time in CF to give Pierre a day off here and there or is Dusty just using a Pagan/Murton platoon in LF? EDIT: I guess you answered that question above. Nevermind.
  13. soccer10k
    Thanks Bruce. Not a bad lineup and I like that Murton is in there.
  14. soccer10k
    I thought we did but apparently CubsBullsBears thinks differently.
  15. soccer10k
    I thought Vance was in the "Hire Davey Johnson" bandwagon (I refused to shorten it, :wink: ), so if this is the "Real Vance" then he has had some flipping of the mind. Nah...he's been firmly for Dierker first, Johnson second...pretty closely for quite a while. Didn't Vance start the Dierker for manager thread as well?
  16. soccer10k
    Hmm...where have I heard the "It's not the elbow, we swear" excuse before?
  17. soccer10k
    I don't really mind the night games and, as has been stated already, I feel they are a necessity. I do like that they have a number of day games though because that is how I became a Cubs fan. Coming home from school and turning on the tv to watch baseball was very nice.
  18. soccer10k
    That really says something as to how pathetic the NL is. Agreed. I find myself taking cursory glances at how Cincy is doing to see if the Cubs can draw closer. And that's just ridiculous considering how laughably bad the Cubs have been. I do the same thing. As bad as we played the first half at least the 2nd half is enjoyable. It's nice having a half of season not worrying about Prior and Wood. The status of the rest of the NL just pisses me off even more that Hendry and Baker did such a bad job. The division was there for the taking, and so was the entire league. MacPhail's absurd "contend within the division" mantra, and the quest for mediocrity that this entails could have actually done some good this season if they managed to do anything good in the offseason. As much work as the 2005 team needed to get better, it wouldn't have taken much to make this 2006 team at least .500 capable and possibly contending. I was talking about that last night with a friend of mine. All we had to do is play .500 baseball to be in it. It's a shame a team with a 95 million dollar payroll couldn't even do that, with or without DLEE. .500 baseball for the year would put the Cubs 1 game out of the wild card.
  19. soccer10k
    Krispy Kreme.
  20. soccer10k
    I'm quite partial to the music of "When The Levee Breaks." They lyrics are good as well, but I absolutely love the beginning of the song.
  21. soccer10k
    I cooked some sausages up for myself and one of my roommates the day after that home run.
  22. soccer10k
    Stealing my jokes now, eh? Well I uhh...well uh... I didn't see you post that...uhh...*runs* I know I'm tall but am I really that scary? :D
  23. soccer10k
    ARam has definately become a solid 3B. I haven't criticized his defense for a while now. It's obvious that he has worked hard to improve his defense and has succeeded in doing so.
  24. soccer10k
    Do you realize that even if the Cubs won their next 17 straight games, it would get them to .500 and if the Dodgers and Reds played .500 baseball over that time, they would still be 2 games ahead of the Cubs in the Wild Card. The moral of the story: 9.5 games out can be deceptive.
  25. soccer10k
    I never do the wave. Just not my thing.
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