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A 2-loss Iowa team? Possible, but they'd need to get into the Big Ten championship game of course which I believe they need some help to do. Even then their 2nd best win (with OSU/Mich being the 1st) would be at home against Penn State. I guess technically they have two top 10 wins, but both Iowa St and Penn St have really ranked since Iowa played them. Looking at their schedule, their best wins are home against 7-4 Penn St and Minnesota teams. Goes to show even in a P5 conference, you can put up a pretty gaudy record without ever really beating anyone. This is something I have very little experience with as an Illinois fan.
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Huge help for Cincinnati, Notre Dame and 2 loss Alabama. Keeps Oklahoma State/Oklahoma winner alive too but would need chaos. But screw it lets have chaos: -Alabama loses to Auburn and Georgia -Cincinnati loses to Houston -Michigan beats OSU (lol) and then loses to Wisconsin -OK State beats OU and then loses to them next week in B12 championship game Who the heck besides Georgia and Notre Dame get in? Ohio State and Houston? Lol A 2-loss Iowa team?
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There’s absolutely no way that Trout, Ohtani and Syndergaard will ever all be healthy at the same time.
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Not overly concerned, it was the first game and none of their top 4 scoring options were present. If anything it was one of their few chances this season to get a serious look at the back half of the rotation with some serious minutes, but there is nothing of value to take away in terms of overall team expectations from this one. I'm only worried about the ballhandling for ASU, not the season in total. They've got some decent players and we could end up with an ugly looking loss if neither Trent nor Curbelo can play. Both Trent and Curbelo could have gone against JSU. They’ll be in against ASU. Hutchenson is the one I’m worried about. Not sure if he’ll ever be healthy.
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Week 9 - Bears (3-5) @ Steelers (4-3) on MNF
champaignchris replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
I should add that I am not in any way, shape or form advocating that Nagy and Pace be back next year. I would have canned them both after last season. It just looks to me like they think they’ll be back next year regardless of making the playoffs. -
Week 9 - Bears (3-5) @ Steelers (4-3) on MNF
champaignchris replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Idk, I think Nagy would need to show success in the playoffs this year to stick around, at the very least make the playoffs Never underestimate the McCaskeys capacity to settle on mediocre leadership. Right. Last season was considered acceptable. Ownership knew the plan was to acquire a young qb starter heading into the season and had to understand there’d be a learning curve. Nothing else about Pace’s and Nagy’s actions this year have indicated a playoffs or bust attitude. I think to return Nagy and Pace just have to sell ownership the idea that Fields has improved enough to take them to the playoffs next year. There’s probably a win threshold they need to get to in order to achieve that, but I don’t think it’s much more than 6 wins. -
Week 9 - Bears (3-5) @ Steelers (4-3) on MNF
champaignchris replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Not I. The phantom clipping call that called back the TD was the difference in the game. -
Road wins over top 20 opponents sandwiching a home loss to Rutgers is the most Illinois thing ever. It kills me that blowing that game against MD is probably going to be what keeps Illinois out of a bowl in BB’s first season.
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“Seemingly harmless weirdo” made me think of Trevor Bauer until you qualified it with “without committing a crime.”
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Right. He’s not selling when he’s a game out of the playoffs in a weak conference. He absolutely, totally should. But he won’t.
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Wouldn’t Nagy/Pace sign off on any trades only if they thought they were coming back next season? If they think their jobs are on the line, they’re not going to trade any asset that could conceivably help them eke into the playoffs.
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So, so, so predictable. No team handles success worse than Illinois football.
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Who would have thought that the Pacers' plan to just replace the coach and then pray their chronically injured team can consistently keep its starting lineup together would work out this well again?
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You think sexually assaulting the 11th overall pick in the draft who’d just scored 52 goals in Spokane may have impeded his development? Were the Hawks’ brass scratching their heads and wondering why the kid wasn’t working out?
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I might have agreed with this, but this year’s qb draft class is abysmal.
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Trading for some picks makes sense to me. But tell that to a GM who traded a pick for a kick returner just 20 days ago.
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600 passing TDs in Brady’s career. Quick math says that’s equal to averaging 30 TDs a season for 20 years. The Bears have never had a QB throw for 30 TDs in a season.
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Illinois is a mediocre qb away from being a good team this year. Unfortunately, they have nothing close to resembling a mediocre qb on the roster.
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There's a large body of evidence to suggest a big offensive leap coinciding with an improving Fields is never going to happen with Nagy. Today' NFL is all about offense, seems 3/4 of league with various weaknesses and strengths can still move the ball and score points at will, it starts at the top. Honestly, is it Nagy's full part? The Bears couldn't get a consistently good offense with Lovie Smith. They couldn't get a consistently good offense with Marc Trestman. They couldn't get a consistently good offense with John Fox (lol). They haven't been able to get a consistently good offense with Nagy. Talent acquisition has to be a huge part of the problem here. The Bears were top half of the League in offensive yards from scrimmage in every season under Ditka except his first. In the 28 seasons since then, they’ve only managed it 5 times, while being bottom 5 in the League 7 times. This season is looking like a strong bid to be the 8th time in 29 seasons the Bears are in the bottom 5 in offensive yards. In those 30 years, the Bears can’t seem to acquire a franchise qb, essentially refuse to draft and develop offensive linemen, and have failed to develop the wide receivers they’ve drafted into impact players.
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If someone’s position is that Ricketts is a lying liar who lies, I understand and you’re probably not wrong. However, it we take that statement at face value, “We have the resources necessary to compete in 2022 and beyond, and we will use them,” is a pretty unambiguous declaration that the Cubs plan to try next year.
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Looking at BR’s contracts pages for each team, all three of the White Sox, Cardinals and Brewers are projected to be at over $200MM in payroll heading into 2023.
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Definitely hard to come up with good moments from a 1st ballot HOF LB, 4-time all pro, 2x DPOTY, who led his team to a Superbowl. Signature moments. Let's hear em. The games against Michael Vick. Urlacher’s lateral speed shutting down Vick’s scrambling. Especially 2005. Horrible cold December game in Chicago. You could visibly see Vick’s desire to be out there fading away.
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Bears were 22-9 vs the Packers from 1976 to 1991. Basically from Walter Payton to Brett Favre. 15-44 since, playoffs included, with a 2-18 stretch and the current 3-19 stretch. What happens when the Packers have had 30 consecutive years of HoF caliber QB play and the Bears… haven’t, to put it mildly.
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…. Uh. That’s bone jarringly stupid. It should go without saying, that’s not the kind of sign stealing the Astros got in trouble for, nor the kind of sign stealing Tepera was alluding to.
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I don’t think either team is very good, but one of these two is going to win the division by default. Probably the Packers, but I wouldn’t be shocked if the Bears snuck out a close win here. I want to revise up my Bears win total expectation after the Raiders win, but I still don’t see much more than 7 wins on the schedule.