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  1. soccer10k
    2-0 Italy. Book it.
  2. soccer10k
    I don't know if they are necessarily a three loss team easily in the SEC or ACC but we wouldn't be talking about them as a national title contender if they didn't play in the Big East. I'll give you that the could lose 3+ games in another conference but if you get the right schedule (re: 2005 Alabama) and play the right teams at home, your record will look better than your team is. The opposite also applies. I think the automatic BCS invitation is more likely to get revoked for a conference that always beats up on each other. I'm not sure the exact ranking but it's something like if your conference doesn't have a team ranked above a certain spot in the BCS (12 maybe?) a couple years in a row, you could lose your invitation. For the Big East, which is likely to have a team run the table or finish with 1 loss, they aren't likely to not have a team ranked that high. With the ACC, which has shown in previous years to all beat each other, this becomes more likely.
  3. soccer10k
    I actually know a Packer fan who would be willing to take that bet, quite easily. Somehow a broken down Charles Woodson who never learned technique and some rookie LBs means division champs. Go Bears! Here's to a cakewalk NFC North title! Charles Woodson is unbelievably overrated and overpaid. The Packers can have him. I never understood why the Raiders kept making him their franchise player the last couple years. He was decent a few years ago but always gets injured now. Good riddence to him. Not that my Raiders will be much better (5-11 here we come) than the Packers.
  4. soccer10k
    You need the Cubs to be shutout tomorrow to win.
  5. soccer10k
    By far the shortest thread of the year. Previous was June 23 with Cubs (Marmol) at Twins (Santana) with 138 posts.
  6. soccer10k
    Haha. I was thinking more along the lines of "don't you dare to get in my way EVER again", but yours works as well.
  7. soccer10k
    I heard the same thing. It's not really surprising. I didn't buy into the whole "no structural damage" thing. If you are experiencing pain that forces multiple starts to be pushed back and then you have to go on the DL again, something structurally has to be wrong. Good bye Kerry.
  8. soccer10k
    Agreed. This is the right answer. But assuming Jones is in the lineup anyway, there is no reason to be bunting in the fourth inning with anybody other than the pitcher. You have over half the game left. Just let Jacque swing away especially since he has a hot bat.
  9. soccer10k
    The Cubs have given up the eighth most runs in the NL (which puts us right in the middle of the pack), tenth most in the ML. The Cubs are also DEAD LAST in runs scored in the ML by 31 runs (35 in just the NL). While both are a problem, we need a bat more than pitching. The pitching staff hasn't been horrible considering that 33 of the 86 starts have been made by players will little to no experience. Factor in the 8 combined by Prior and Wood and 8 more by Gopher Ball this isn't too bad. Marshall will have a full year under his belt next year. Marmol is getting starts as well and will be more experienced. Hopefully Guzman and Hill can get a few more starts so we can see if they can be relied upon next year as well. Prior has been looking better even though his record doesn't reflect this. The offense on the other hand has been downright pathetic. That's all there really is to say about it. The Cubs are 15th in the NL in ERA, lead the the league in walks allowed and HR allowed, our hitting is atrocious but you have to think that if all those numbers were a little better we would be in better shape. I think it's safe to say that we are both right the hitting is horrendous and the pitching isn't that good. Agreed.
  10. soccer10k
    I hope you are kidding.
  11. soccer10k
    So the Cards dump Ponson but pick up Weaver. Kinda seems like a wash to me. The only difference is Ponson is fat.
  12. soccer10k
    Yes they shall. They have my vote for the first round.
  13. soccer10k
    That makes 3 #14 seeds I have voted for so far.
  14. soccer10k
    I like both, but I like Rage more. Rage it is.
  15. soccer10k
    Agreed. My vote goes to CCR.
  16. soccer10k
    That would have been among the all-time saddest things to happen to Cleveland sports if LeBron had left. They might has well just gotten rid of the team completely if LeBron left. No use playing anymore if something like that would have happened. Imagine if Jordan would have left the Bulls in the late 80's? I'm glad for Cleveland that he stayed.
  17. soccer10k
    Watching ESPN Classic this morning reminded me of another team that has a shot at the National Championship game: West Virginia. Their only loss last year was to Virginia Tech and they more than held their own against Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. They return Pat White (QB) and Steve Slaton (RB) as well as their top 2 WR's. They had a fairly young team last year. And they play in the Big East. Not saying they will, but I figured I would throw them out there since nobody has mentioned them yet.
  18. soccer10k
    Weather? :sunny: Weather, whatever. Sunny if we win. KC won 11 out of 16. Another reason for hope. That's not a sign for hope. What good is 11/16 when you are still just 30-54? It's just a sign that any crap team can have short bursts of decent results, but they are still very likely to remain a crap team when all is said and done. I don't believe we have a crap team. What else can you call the 28th best team out of 30 in baseball, a team that has a much worse W-L percentage than a team with about an eighth of our payroll (Florida) and, if switched divisions with KC, would no doubt be 30th? Cubs are now only half a game away from the Royals. Still 3 away from Pittsburgh though.
  19. soccer10k
    The Cubs have given up the eighth most runs in the NL (which puts us right in the middle of the pack), tenth most in the ML. The Cubs are also DEAD LAST in runs scored in the ML by 31 runs (35 in just the NL). While both are a problem, we need a bat more than pitching. The pitching staff hasn't been horrible considering that 33 of the 86 starts have been made by players will little to no experience. Factor in the 8 combined by Prior and Wood and 8 more by Gopher Ball this isn't too bad. Marshall will have a full year under his belt next year. Marmol is getting starts as well and will be more experienced. Hopefully Guzman and Hill can get a few more starts so we can see if they can be relied upon next year as well. Prior has been looking better even though his record doesn't reflect this. The offense on the other hand has been downright pathetic. That's all there really is to say about it.
  20. soccer10k
    Marmol has 2 quality starts out of 5 overall starts. That's the fourth most quality starts on the team this year behind, not surprisingly, Z (13), Marshall (8), and Maddux (7). But those three have all made more starts than Marmol this year. I don't think Marmol has thrown too many pitches either. I think he should stay as long as he doesn't start to get routinely hit like Hill and Guzman did, neither of whom made a quality start this year at the ML level.
  21. soccer10k
    Wow. Didn't realize we were that close to the Royals. Just checked the schedule and the Royals have won 4 in a row.
  22. soccer10k
    You don't know what you've got unless you play them at the major league level. There is no better time to do this than during a lost season.
  23. soccer10k
    Yeah, it's amazing that the Cubs finally didn't get completely shut down by a rookie. I was counting on that to happen. Capuano shut us out (which I expected) but I needed the rookie to shut us down (since it usually happens) and I figured Saturday (Dave Bush) and Sunday (Doug Davis) would be anyone's guess. We'll see how it plays out.
  24. soccer10k
    By extrapolation Payton would have ended up with around 17200 yards. Doing the same thing for Jim Brown - 12 game schedule for his first 4 years and 14 game schedule for his last 5 - gives him around 15000 yards. As long as we are bringing up 14 game seasons, FYI O.J. theoretically would have ended up with almost 2300 yards in 1973. Just thought I would throw that one out there.
  25. soccer10k
    Actually the low is 138 on June 23 with Cubs (Marmol) vs Twins (Santana)
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