tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post115953594961027742..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: Friday A.M. Quickie:Weekend Chokery!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159547158722169492006-09-29T12:25:00.001-04:002006-09-29T12:25:00.001-04:00Dan Mega said... The NFL will do everything in its...Dan Mega said... <BR/>The NFL will do everything in its power to get Brady Quinn in a Jets jersey. The same as the NBA made sure that Ewing went to the Knicks. Book it.<BR/><BR/>If the Jets weren't willing to draft Leinart, a better qb than Quinn, they sure won't draft Quinn. Besides Quinn will be gone long before the Jets are on the clock.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07353671003212539401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159547141889367992006-09-29T12:25:00.000-04:002006-09-29T12:25:00.000-04:00Oh and Dan, if you read this...I am BLAMING this M...Oh and Dan, if you read this...I am BLAMING this Mets/Pedro thing on you. I remember when we were doing our picks, and I said A's & Mets, and then immediately asked you to change yours to prevent the jinx. There is still time...PLEASE!Jake Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08201105067598986800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159546976153924312006-09-29T12:22:00.000-04:002006-09-29T12:22:00.000-04:00Don't worry too much about the Mets yet. Remember ...Don't worry too much about the Mets yet. Remember two things, Pedro has missed half of the season. And two, they were actually 11-12 in his starts (including his ungodly ERA of something around 17 his last 4 starts). They have been the best team in the NL all season without him...still the same team as always.Jake Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08201105067598986800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159546776338599702006-09-29T12:19:00.000-04:002006-09-29T12:19:00.000-04:00The NFL will do everything in its power to get Bra...The NFL will do everything in its power to get Brady Quinn in a Jets jersey. The same as the NBA made sure that Ewing went to the Knicks. Book it.Megahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14407561625097289402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159545152740870722006-09-29T11:52:00.001-04:002006-09-29T11:52:00.001-04:00"The Astros are obviously the hottest team" - Gary...<I>"The Astros are obviously the hottest team"</I> - Gary<BR/><BR/>Hey Gary, sorry to knock you back to reality, but the Astros with their 728 runs scored this season would be hard pressed to score 1 total run in a 4 game sweep by the Yankees.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14615862536072857322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159544898641398312006-09-29T11:48:00.000-04:002006-09-29T11:48:00.000-04:00I LOVE this Ohio State-Iowa debate! I am no long...I LOVE this Ohio State-Iowa debate! <BR/>I am no longer paying attention to baseball...it's football season, the Indians took a dump (although they did help out some of their AL Central foes by beating others) and I'll start watching when the playoffs begin, if nothing else is on.<BR/><BR/>Pleeeease don't say "Brady Quinn to the Browns". I do think he is overrated in some aspects, and he seems like a nice kid...I don't want to see him physically harmed because there is no OL to protect him (he'd be thrown out there right away since he's overrated and people will think he's the answer). Send him elsewhere. <BR/><BR/>Hmm, I had more comments but work keeps interrupting me...do continue this OSU-Iowa debate.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071405721004631626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159543802721847202006-09-29T11:30:00.000-04:002006-09-29T11:30:00.000-04:00@john,Yeah, I should've qualified my a>b>c>d comme...@john,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I should've qualified my a>b>c>d comments a tad. It really doesn't work in college football because talent disparity causes 45-3 games. What I really should've said was, the ISU-Iowa-UT-OSU 'appears' to have greater validity because none of the score differentials were greater than 20. Of course, that would be an arbitrary number, thus rendering an analysis invalid. I'll shut up now.<BR/><BR/>Besides, anyone knows you can't work stuff out like that in College Football. Wasn't it last season that MSU-UM-ND the home team lost every matchup? A>B>C>A?!?Christian Thomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552580025935909875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159543281360377482006-09-29T11:21:00.000-04:002006-09-29T11:21:00.000-04:00Dammit benvious, you just stole my thunder - I was...Dammit benvious, you just stole my thunder - I was working on a solid and unrefutable proof that Michigan State is 98 points better than Georgia.<BR/><BR/>My real point was for chrth, though - first, I could tell to begin with that you were joking about the points (a clue for everybody who misses jokes when written in sans serif - the score of 11 made it obvious that those numbers were for entertainment purposes only); second, although I appreciated your humor the first time around, your defense of your abcd method was what I can only call ludicrous. It's the fact that there are outliers in the data that makes the data weird; adding extra cases does very little to fix that (especially if the extra cases are outliers too).<BR/><BR/>Florida might actually be 18 points better than Cal (transitively through Tennessee).<BR/><BR/>Is Tennessee 45 points better than ASU, transitively through Cal? Y'know, I have what I'm gonna call doubts.<BR/><BR/>Would Florida score 63 points more than ASU head to head? There are more steps, is it closer to true?<BR/><BR/>I know you aren't pretending this is a good way to do things, but you did claim mildly that your way was better than his slightly shorter way. I hope we're done with thoughts and/or claims like that.<BR/><BR/>All that said, I don't mean anything by it; I respect a high percentage of your posts.john (east lansing, mi)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03872457640564913468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159541662584004642006-09-29T10:54:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:54:00.000-04:00In head to head matchups, the Reds and Mets were p...In head to head matchups, the Reds and Mets were pretty even (4-3,adv. Mets). However, imo Reds pitching has been rather inconsistent this year. Overall, I think that the Mets would have the advantage in playoffs, but I momentum can be a funny thing...thistlewarriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933316654294968024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159541637313825212006-09-29T10:53:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:53:00.000-04:00Tiger update:He's -4 through (um, 11, 12, or 13 ho...Tiger update:<BR/>He's -4 through (um, 11, 12, or 13 holes, I'm suddently drawing a blank) to be -12 for the tournament. 2 strokes ahead of Paddy, but Jim Furyk has been <I>en fuego</I> today-- -6 so far -- and also sits 2 back. It'd be funny if Furyk and Woods were partnered this weekend.Christian Thomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552580025935909875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159541174989265612006-09-29T10:46:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:46:00.000-04:00@benvious: I *was* being tongue in cheek on that. ...@benvious: I *was* being tongue in cheek on that. Obviously raw scores don't take into account weather, home field, injuries, etc. I just thought it was interesting that there was actually a way to calculate using multiple intervening teams (a simple a>b>c relationship, like Montana St/Georgia, is usually less correct than an a>b>c>d relationship because the impact of an aberrant result is greater with a smaller sample size)<BR/><BR/>And how do you know Montana St. <I>isn't</I> better than Georgia?Christian Thomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552580025935909875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159541022182593622006-09-29T10:43:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:43:00.000-04:00How big of a September lead did the Angels blow ba...How big of a September lead did the Angels blow back in '95? I thought it was 10...Brave Sir Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219327624473687797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159540847345196792006-09-29T10:40:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:40:00.000-04:00Let's all agree to disagree on this one. Okay?Yes ...<I>Let's all agree to disagree on this one. Okay?</I><BR/><BR/>Yes dad. We'll be good.<BR/><BR/>On to Baseball.<BR/><BR/>As a Mets fan, I'm not yet concerned. Yes, Pedro not being there isn't great, but remember, he's been not there for a while now. And based on his post-injury starts, No Pedro > Injured Calf Pedro.<BR/><BR/>As for starting pitching in general, the Mets rely on bashing the crap out of the other team to win. That means they match up well against the Phillies, Cards, or Padres ... but not so much against the Dodgers or Astros. So an ideal situation for the Mets would be for the teams to be Mets-Cards-Dodgers(Div)-Padres(WC). Then if the Cards can beat the Dodgers, a Mets-Cards NLCS. So while I'd love a Cards collapse (still hate them from the ol' NL East days), right now they're a better option from my Mets.<BR/><BR/>...just realized: I didn't include the Reds in my analysis, and that's because I'm not sure about their pitching (they haven't been on most people's radar for awhile now). What's the word, Reds followers? How do you see a Reds-Mets matchup?Christian Thomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552580025935909875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159540699472360152006-09-29T10:38:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:38:00.000-04:00@ rafael: No. He will pull that hood closed a la K...@ rafael: No. He will pull that hood closed a la Kenny of South Park. Can't wait to see it!thistlewarriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933316654294968024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159540621256905982006-09-29T10:37:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:37:00.000-04:00Ok Lenny you say everything starts with the QB, we...Ok Lenny you say everything starts with the QB, well as we all know Troy Smith is one of the leading candidates for the Heisman, Tate is good, but I do not hear his name mention in Heisman talk, and if Iowa struggled against a sub-sub par Syracuse team, and an Illinois team having an off year, how do you think they are going to fair against an Ohio State squad that boast three(Smith, Ginn, Pittman) legitamate Heisman candidates...OH, did I forget to mention Anthony Gonzales.CYGNUS003https://www.blogger.com/profile/01315175478466489460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159540417344234372006-09-29T10:33:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:33:00.000-04:00Oops. Sorry.I'll focus on my Reds pulling the impr...Oops. Sorry.<BR/><BR/>I'll focus on my Reds pulling the improbable! <BR/><BR/>And I wonder if Belichick will laugh when Chad Johnson does 3 celebration dances during the game.rafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09286062038193331350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159540355329309002006-09-29T10:32:00.002-04:002006-09-29T10:32:00.002-04:00One thing on Ohio State, which is true for a few o...One thing on Ohio State, which is true for a few other college programs, is that you never ever have to worry about the defense. Especially in the Tressel era, but even through the Cooper years. <BR/>The offense? sure. One can worry about that each season. But Ohio State just unwraps a new top 10 defense every year.<BR/><BR/>Iowa can't do that.rafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09286062038193331350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159540342487413152006-09-29T10:32:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:32:00.000-04:00@brian in oxford: That's what I'm rooting for. Go ...@brian in oxford: That's what I'm rooting for. Go Reds!thistlewarriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12933316654294968024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159540214346673912006-09-29T10:30:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:30:00.000-04:00OK, OK... look, on this OSU-Iowa debate going on: ...OK, OK... look, on this OSU-Iowa debate going on: <BR/><BR/>Lenny ain't going to change anyone's mind, and he certainly isn't going to change his own mind. <BR/><BR/>Let's all agree to disagree on this one. Okay?<BR/><BR/>There's so much other stuff to discuss. (And there will be an entire post dedicated to the CFB schedule, coming later this a.m.)<BR/><BR/>-- DanDan Shanoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126386161198401693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159540194817920212006-09-29T10:29:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:29:00.000-04:00Drew Tate is not a bigger advantage than Troy Smit...Drew Tate is not a bigger advantage than Troy Smith. I'd call that, at best, a wash. The rest of the Hawkeyes? Not quite on the level. That defense will be destroyed.<BR/>Ohio State 38<BR/>Iowa 13<BR/><BR/>I am still hoping, hoping, hoping that the Cards lose out..Houston only wins 1 more..and the Reds sweep Pittsburgh!! It's possible!<BR/><BR/>Auburn was not impressive. South Carolina was. Spurrier will own the SEC again in 2-3 years.rafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09286062038193331350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159540057578846122006-09-29T10:27:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:27:00.000-04:00@brian in oxford: that would be too awesome.@brian in oxford: that would be too awesome.Christian Thomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552580025935909875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159540005844077002006-09-29T10:26:00.001-04:002006-09-29T10:26:00.001-04:00Lenny makes a convincing argument. We'll say Iowa...Lenny makes a convincing argument. We'll say Iowa has one great goal-line stand against OSU. So we'll change the predicted final score to 34-11.<BR/><BR/>Wait a second. 7 times? Consecutively? Does that mean Iowa gave up an automatic first down penalty on the goal line? Whoops, that'll cost you; good defenses don't make bone-headed penalties. Back to 38-11.Christian Thomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552580025935909875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159539989634865102006-09-29T10:26:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:26:00.000-04:00Dan, you really gotta hold out hope for the Reds. ...Dan, you really gotta hold out hope for the Reds. Let's say they win out (82-80), Cards lose out (81-80), and the Astros win one more (82-80)....then you've got The Cards playing the Giants Monday to force a THREE-WAY tie.....that means play-in games Tuesday AND Wednesday just to see who gets the Mets....on Thursday!Brian in Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053368055698118199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159539911305330522006-09-29T10:25:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:25:00.000-04:00You know what would be even more impressive? Not l...You know what would be even more impressive? Not letting them get to the goal line since they suck!Brave Sir Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219327624473687797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1159539881141935132006-09-29T10:24:00.000-04:002006-09-29T10:24:00.000-04:00That would be Lenny making that argument.That would be Lenny making that argument.Brave Sir Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15219327624473687797noreply@blogger.com