Magnetic Curses

we should definitely punt every single time we are on their side of the field, that's for sure. mccarthy punted exactly zero times in our territory

There is no God

I guess that could have possibilities. Get Payton, anything less is a disappointment

I have little doubt that bears receivers will drop at least two tds in the second half

I'm ready to have my mind changed, but the discussion was about the 2013 Cubs compared to the 2012 Cubs. I would certainly hope that another 12-18 months will make a difference or else the FO has been really fooling us. Actually, I think most people thought the Cubs were closer to a 75-win team last year. Hopefully they won't underproduce this year, but I would imagine there will be another sell off at the deadline which will bring the win total down again this year. You can at least be honest with us, you're not ready to have your mind changed. It's fair to point out though that many(myself included had the Cubs around 75 wins last year instead of 70. Overestimating the bullpen and underestimating how much the front office valued the service time of Rizzo and Wood were the two biggest factors there. With Marmol's pitch selection overhaul + the addition of Fujikawa, and there being no potential service time issues on this year's team aside from maybe Vizcaino(who isn't counted on by anyone right now), neither of those would be an issue for this year's squad. I am being honest. Right now I don't see this team very much improved over the preseason 2012 team. The rotation is slightly weaker, the bullpen is stronger, and the offense is basically the same as the 2012 team at this point last year. Again things can (and probably will) change in the next 3-4 months which would affect my opinion. i think this is a fair opinion.

we should be on that.

someone on the illinois scout board called indiana's point guard "feral yogi". that's awesome.

i understand what you mean. but it's hard to get my heart behind something like this, i don't see how we're that much better and i definitely don't see how we're getting close to .500. a .500 often generates some buzz, i look at our roster and i see a mess and all of our minor league talent still years away. i'm not trying to go all meatball, but it's going to take a move or two (and not nate [expletive] schierholtz) to steal my attention from the low minors discussions.

I hate that Illinois has about 3 conference games where I feel comfortable they'll win it. these guys are different team than last year, i think.

the cubs may have to overspend to get players like sanchez

i'm not mad at the front office, just disappointed that both haren and sanchez were supposed to be cubs and now we have neither. i'm pretty bummed about the whole thing.

[expletive] depressing. everything has to be a tease.

He's been worth at least $17 million the last 3 years and he's 28. yeah, he'll most likely be worth 15 every year of the deal

i think the 2014 kids outside of Austin are spoken for. it'd be nice to reel in Okafor or Alexander, but more than likely Groce is focusing on DJ Williams and Charles Matthews who will probably be top 10 national recruits by the time they get done with high school. get both of those guys and the world is your oyster.

family guy writing presented as south park writing.

something named pendarvis williams playing out of its mind

Puzzling is one way to characterize it. [expletive] infuriating is another. Last year's squad was a team just begging to be turned loose, but Weber repressed the strengths of his roster with his ridiculous system. i heard on another board that weber was known to say "if you're getting a lot of free throws, you're taking a lot of contested shots." which would explain a lot.

fake rally

i saw him rubbing his neck earlier, so i figured it was that, actually.

Before today's game there was a stat that Cutler had been the QB that was most negatively affected by drops this year, in terms of number of drops by WRs and the number of yards lost due to drops. Today should make it even worse. not just drops, super important drops. they only drop passes when they're critical.

have we ever gotten so lucky with drops, before?

honestly, what is going on with this team? the balls are there, these are professional players, they drop everything. voodoo curse?

i've never seen so many drops in one game. this doesn't just happen.

it's over

3 or 4 drops have cost us the season