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Post by ExcitableBoy on Nov 16, 2007 9:55:21 GMT -5
Oh my gosh!! Bonds was indicted!!?? Why isn't Sports Center covering this??
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Oct 22, 2007 14:48:22 GMT -5
Let's not act like Marquette reinvented the wheel here. Training at altitude isn't exactly as novel an approach as that Globe article makes it seem.
In fact, recent trends have moved away from training at altitude and instead have focused on "Train low, sleep high" because training low allows more work on increasing stamina, VO2 max, etc, while sleeping high still confers much of the same benefits as training high. (My guess, though, is that providing altitude tents for college athletes either is prohibitively expensive or against some NCAA rule.)
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Sept 19, 2007 15:05:11 GMT -5
Cam, I said a good book, not the good book. Cam was referring to was most certainly not the Bible, Hifi. And I might be alone on this, but I am not at all sad to see Braves games go. I would much rather at least have hope that I might be able to see a team I care about rather than have my Law & Order marathons interrupted every few days. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Sept 2, 2007 12:36:31 GMT -5
"For a college, it's almost a win-win situation. You either bag a top recruit before another program sinks its claws into him or you create a buzz off free publicity. Often, it's the second-tier programs, like USC, that go out on an early limb."
Hahaha, Syracuse = second tier.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Sept 18, 2007 8:15:36 GMT -5
5. The Big 10 is the worst league in the country. They had teams lose to Iowa State, Duke, and Florida Atlantic today. All 3 made bowls last year--when they didn't deserve it. Northwestern certainly did not make a bowl last year, if that's what you're trying to say here |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Aug 30, 2007 10:36:28 GMT -5
As a die-hard non-Yankees, non-Red Sox fan, I enjoyed Jim Caple's recent "Shut Up, Red Sox Nation" column sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/070829&sportCat=mlb. That was, until I read Caple's brief 'bio' that informs me: "His new book with Steve Buckley, The Best Boston Sports Arguments: The 100 Most Controversial, Debatable Questions for Die-Hard Boston Fans, is on sale now." Good plan, dbag, write a book aimed solely at a diehard fan base and then trash that fan base for being diehard. You coward. You belong on the rant thread. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Aug 23, 2007 7:59:05 GMT -5
WHerever I saw that 31 by the Brewers - somebody corrected it now. The Brewers had 31 hits in a 1992 game. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Aug 10, 2007 13:01:32 GMT -5
In the NBA--the best teams have advantage. Whether you like basketball or not--they are rewarded for their efforts during the regular season--which should be even more when you play 162 games--not less. Any team can win 3 of 5 in baseball--bad teams can do that. I just feel if they stick to that format--they should reward the home team by giving them 4 out of the 5 at home as an incentive/reward. Is that why the team with the 3rd most wins in the eastern conference got seeded 5th this year? One of the biggest problems with basketball playoffs are that teams are so heavily rewarded for winning their division. If what you're trying to say is that a 5 game series doesnt necessarily identify the best team, I agree. But pitching plays a far greater role than an extra home game. For example, what if Liriano doesn't get hurt last year? Do you want to face Santana & Liriano in a five game series, even if four of the games are at your place? |
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Aug 9, 2007 13:27:03 GMT -5
Post by ExcitableBoy on Aug 9, 2007 13:27:03 GMT -5
I just don't see why a team who can't win a division should be rewarded-for every Red Sox in '04, there are MUTT teams who get in--and if all it takes to steal homefield is 1 win, how is that an advantage to win your division over course of 162 games in a 5 game set? I'd also allow the Division winner to decide which game they'd like to play on the road--be it Game 1 and then have a possible 4 straight at home or try to get W at home in 4 and give wildcard the Game 5 on road. They'd have to choose before Playoffs began--like they do with coin toss for possible one game playoff scenarios--so you know who is hosting. A wild card team has made the World Series each of the past five years. There might be some MUTTs in there, I guess, but a wild card team doesn't just have to beat out the 3-5 other teams in its division, but rather every non-division leader in its league. You therefore get some clubs playing very high caliber ball at the end of the season. I guess you could make it difficult for them to get out of round 1, but they seem to have no trouble playing good enough ball to also get out of round 2, so it's not like there's some major problem of schlub teams beating the 1927 Yankees in the wild card round only to crap the bed in round two. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Aug 9, 2007 10:54:12 GMT -5
couldnt agree more. what they should do is have two wild cards and have them play a one game single elimination game for the right to play the best division winner. with that you have the one game excitement that is a big part of football or the ncaa tournament, it gets many more cities involved in a pennant chase longer in the season, it returns some importance to where and how you finish the regular season and most importantly, it forces those two teams to use their best pitcher and pull out all the stops leaving them at a disadvantage going into the divisional series against a team that is rested and has its rotation in order. the goal should be that the wild card team rarely makes the world series but that once every 15 years they do and it is a big deal as a result. I agree in principle, but isn't this rigidity and geographically-biased approach exactly what people are killing the NBA over right now? Remember when the AL Central was the laughing stock of the league? Can you imagine the fit that the Angels/Red Sox of the world would raise if their teams had to play an elimination game in order to have the right to play the best team in the league, while the lowly Indians/Twins get a free pass to the real playoffs? |
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Aug 8, 2007 15:11:21 GMT -5
Post by ExcitableBoy on Aug 8, 2007 15:11:21 GMT -5
Bud Selig was a coward for not showing up to see the record fall. Come on, Bud, you reap what you sew.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Aug 2, 2007 16:41:57 GMT -5
Ok, I wont call you Guy.
Girl,
How are sentences that begin "To me..." and "I could care less..." stating facts? They are personal opinions. They hate on Jeff Green. You got called out. Deal with it.
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Aug 2, 2007 15:00:58 GMT -5
Listen, guy, you might want to at least change the first entry on your blog before claiming you aren't a Jeff Green "hata"
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Aug 1, 2007 15:15:53 GMT -5
i've read all the comments above including this one which makes me laugh. sooooooo, a student who is getting a FREE RIDE (save walkons and leagues that don't allow schollies) needs a coach/advisor to further motivate a student to go to class. wow. funny, i never had a college advisor on my arse if i missed a class and i paid every dollar of my education. personally, i could care less if a student athlete graduates. if a kid is there to use a school to further his game, good for him/her. if a kid is there to further his game and graduate, that's even a better story and how the process should work. i'm not against motivating students to go to class. i am against holding coaches responsible for graduation rates. coaches are there to coach. if not, then why did craig get fired? So you don't think a coach's role extends beyond the court/field/arena of competition? Then why should a college even have an athletics program at all? |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jul 26, 2007 10:01:49 GMT -5
If Stern feels like he's in a tough spot, he should look at Max Mosley, the boss of Formula 1 racing. At least Stern doesn't have to face the possibility of banning his sport's leading team for the season, and in doing so kicking the most popular athelete in the sport out of competition for the rest of the year. Mosley may end up doing just that in a few hours. Between crooked refs, dog fights, doped bike riders, and now this--not to mention Bonds--I would say this has to rate as one of the worst sports summers ever. |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jul 18, 2007 12:34:32 GMT -5
I was shocked to see that "if convicted of all the charges, Vick and the others could face up to six years in prison, $350,000 in fines and restitution."
Six years? That's it? The stuff alleged in the indictment is simply repulsive and he faces only six years in prison?
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jul 10, 2007 8:11:18 GMT -5
It's like he's 50 words short on that 500 word term paper at all times. I hear you man!! Those 500 word term papers are BRUTAL! |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jul 3, 2007 12:19:47 GMT -5
Darko is an unrestricted FA as of last night--Lewis signing, Magic give up the rights to Darko--so he's free to go wherever he wants. He's unrestricted, but can only sign a five year deal with the Magic--as opposed to six with the Sonics. A sign and trade would benefit Lewis, the Sonics, and might help the Magic with cap space(?) |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 29, 2007 12:54:29 GMT -5
There's an entire board devoted to discussions about the Gators of Florida! Cool! |
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Post by ExcitableBoy on Jun 20, 2007 13:44:08 GMT -5
One more thing: people keep comparing hockey to basketball. That is just an unfair comparison, regardless of the intent. Hockey is not a native American sport. I am not going to get into a history lesson, but you know what I mean. America, by and large, grows up with football, baseball and basketball. Sure there are some areas which feature hockey, but virtually all areas have the other three. NHL ratings were horrible this season for sure, but much of that blame should fall on the fact that "versus" carried all of the games, rather than ESPN and the occassional game on one of the "big 4" networks. Even cable networks with versus, which used to be the Outdoor Life Channel, didn't exactly draw tons of viewers. The channel also isn't in the 2 most basic and most popular packages for Dish Network or DirecTV. My point is that NHL drawing bad ratings in America doesn't equate to NBA drawing similarly bad ratings. Lastly, people also keep mentioning the fighting issue of the hockey and comparing it to the NBA. Again that isn't a fair comparison. Fighting is a part of hockey. Similary, managers arguing with an umpire and sometimes getting tossed is a part of baseball. Is it the main focus? No, of course not, but it is a part of baseball, that really has no comparable element in basketball or football. Sure, coaches argue a call here or there, but it isn't the same as in baseball. Accordingly, guys fight in hockey they might get 2 minutes in the penalty box. Guys fight in basketball, they might get a 5 game suspension and $20,000 fine. I apologize for such long posts. If you aren't willing to compare hockey to basketball because people don't grow up playing hockey, then you open up the door to the soccer comparison. Some huge number (17 million in the U.S. or some such thing) of kids grow up playing soccer, and if growing up with a sport equals viewership, then apparently soccer also has an image problem because its ratings are relatively low. And the argument that fighting is a part of hockey is pure bs. You have probably never been to a high school hockey game (since its not a native sport), but fighting is not at all a part of the game. The majority of leagues installed game misconduct and automatic 1 game suspensions for fighting. The result? Voila! Virtually no more fighting. Prevalent fighting is an NHL phenomenon |
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