tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post116351370730124300..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: Tuesday 11/14 A.M. Quickie:Bobby Knight's "YouTube Moment,"Steve Smith's "McNabb Moment,"And My Picks for '06 NL Cy (and '07 AL Cy)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163544456359785122006-11-14T17:47:00.000-05:002006-11-14T17:47:00.000-05:00Has anyone told Moss that if the quality of the te...Has anyone told Moss that if the quality of the team affects his mood, then it's in his best interest to catch his passes?<BR/><BR/>Apparently, he can't catch his own bullshit either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163539722173145152006-11-14T16:28:00.000-05:002006-11-14T16:28:00.000-05:00Randy Moss is a little cunt.Want us to make you ha...Randy Moss is a little cunt.<BR/><BR/>Want us to make you happy? Okay, how about we pay you millions of dollars a year to play football?<BR/><BR/>I officially disown the Raiders.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately, my Scarlet Knights (and Trojans) are keeping me in a good football mood!Ingrid and Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04839516417267884278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163535522134001022006-11-14T15:18:00.000-05:002006-11-14T15:18:00.000-05:00response to ed in westchester - I don't think MLB ...response to ed in westchester - I don't think MLB could call offering a low salary "negotiating in bad faith", after all, they are just driving a hard bargain. I thought at first that was what the Sox were doing, but that would really piss Boras off, which might not be a good idea...Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764597535956025803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163532357095570802006-11-14T14:25:00.000-05:002006-11-14T14:25:00.000-05:00Being a Michigan fan, I know I'm horribly biased h...<I><BR/>Being a Michigan fan, I know I'm horribly biased here, but if OSU loses *at* the shoe by more than a blown call, there's absolutely no reason to rematch them against Michigan in the championship. On the other hand, if Michigan plays a close game, you can argue for a rematch, since it would then be on a neutral setting.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>I'm an Ohio State fan, and I agree completely.Christian Thomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16552580025935909875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163529709837696042006-11-14T13:41:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:41:00.000-05:00Yeah, that sure was a slap from Knight (sigh). Je...Yeah, that sure was a slap from Knight (sigh). Jesus, Dan, do you really want even more college kids heading into the world all namby-pamby and prissy, expecting the world to be some cake-walk without confrontation or tough love?<BR/><BR/>Prince said he had no problem with what Knight did -- heck, he justified the coaching maneuver to get his attention -- so end of story as far as the rest of the world should be concerned. Won't, but should be.EPorvaznikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653412963180740901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163529432404546392006-11-14T13:37:00.000-05:002006-11-14T13:37:00.000-05:00Being a Michigan fan, I know I'm horribly biased h...Being a Michigan fan, I know I'm horribly biased here, but if OSU loses *at* the shoe by more than a blown call, there's absolutely no reason to rematch them against Michigan in the championship. On the other hand, if Michigan plays a close game, you can argue for a rematch, since it would then be on a neutral setting. However, I think I'm already sick of all of the bitching if that happens, so if Michigan loses and doesn't get a rematch, I won't be complaining (out loud).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163526777851361842006-11-14T12:52:00.000-05:002006-11-14T12:52:00.000-05:00and read what tressel said in the article, not dan...and read what tressel said in the article, not dan's revision.<BR/><BR/>"Yeah," Tressel said. "Yeah. … The thing we say as we go into every year, if you want a chance to play for the national championship, you better make the assumption that you need to win every game in your conference and be a champion, and that's the way we enter it. I hadn't thought about it, but you asked the question so I gave you the short answer, I guess."<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>He never said that he would decline the invite, he said that to go to the NC he feels you need to win your conference.<BR/><BR/>that to me sounds more like a backhanded shot at the BCS (in favor of a playoff) than anything else. And a shot at ND for not joining a conference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163526382497112362006-11-14T12:46:00.000-05:002006-11-14T12:46:00.000-05:00getting back to Favre for a minute. His numbers a...getting back to Favre for a minute. His numbers are better than Brady's this season to date. Care to explain to me now why he should retire Dan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163524335910959052006-11-14T12:12:00.000-05:002006-11-14T12:12:00.000-05:00dan-mega - that would be negotiating in bad faith....dan-mega - that would be negotiating in bad faith. MLB can then pass the next highest bid to the Seibu Lions, who could accept, get that offer, and the Sox are SOL.Ed in Westchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074201896216372874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163522808431819702006-11-14T11:46:00.000-05:002006-11-14T11:46:00.000-05:00Hey, can anybody quick tell me why the Ted Ginn hi...Hey, can anybody quick tell me why the Ted Ginn highlight I see twice a day involves another Buckeye blocking a Spartan in the back? Shouldn't that one be coming back?john (east lansing, mi)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03872457640564913468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163520980519385542006-11-14T11:16:00.000-05:002006-11-14T11:16:00.000-05:00Haha, Princeton 7, Dartmouth 0.And I'm sure it was...Haha, Princeton 7, Dartmouth 0.<BR/><BR/>And I'm sure it was early, since there's sunlight in Ann Arbor at the end of the (November 22) game... but I hadn't thought that nobody else in the world was playing at noon.john (east lansing, mi)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03872457640564913468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163520770649444492006-11-14T11:12:00.000-05:002006-11-14T11:12:00.000-05:00And Dan, Johan is still the best in baseball. Hope...And Dan, Johan is still the best in baseball. <BR/><BR/>Hopefully, Matsuzaka will get the Rookie of the Year award though. Don't forget he's eligible for that. <BR/><BR/>-Todd (Boston)ToddTheJackasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333015679479284215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163520349966258122006-11-14T11:05:00.000-05:002006-11-14T11:05:00.000-05:00I'm a huge BC fan, and watched in disgust at the g...I'm a huge BC fan, and watched in disgust at the game last night. Simply put, we got beat, and bad. We couldn't box out to save our lives, nor rebound for anything. <BR/><BR/>That being said, it's only November, and we were without two players (one starter), who were suspended. Also we're really transitioning, having Tyrese Rice handle the point, and introducing Shamari Spears to try and fill in as best he can for Craig Smith. Give them time, and they'll be formidable. <BR/><BR/>Not quite ready to give up the season quite yet Dan, although I know you think it's probably over already and we should just give Florida the title again. <BR/><BR/>Mark my word, Florida will not win again. Not because they're not the best team, just because the odds of repeating in the tourney these days is so difficult, even if you have the best team. <BR/><BR/>-Todd (Boston)ToddTheJackasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333015679479284215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163520205422646792006-11-14T11:03:00.000-05:002006-11-14T11:03:00.000-05:00Who was winning that Dartmouth game?And I'm pretty...Who was winning that Dartmouth game?<BR/><BR/>And I'm pretty sick of individual awards being predicated on team success.Brian in Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053368055698118199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163519843169833142006-11-14T10:57:00.000-05:002006-11-14T10:57:00.000-05:00Also, the out-of-town scores ABC reported at the q...<B> Also, the out-of-town scores ABC reported at the quarter were Princeton-Dartmouth, Harvard-Yale, and Brown-Columbia. That's it. Weird. </B><BR/><BR/>I would imagine they were the only other early games going on at that time. I am just guessing but I think that was a 12:00 game and the Ivy League was probably the only schools playing at the same time. Plus the Ivy League still meant something in 1969. At least to the Ivy League Network employees.rukrusherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005928545753221172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163519674699662422006-11-14T10:54:00.000-05:002006-11-14T10:54:00.000-05:00You're going to have to take a lot of convincing t...You're going to have to take a lot of convincing to me that Matsuzaka is worth the $90-100M the Red Sox will end up spending to get him. <BR/><BR/>The guy looked good in the WBC, and has been dominant in the Japanese leagues, however, there is a major difference between pitching 34 games in MLB and pitching 30 games in Japan. <BR/><BR/>The kid has all the tools, the form, the pitches, the accuracy, but ask any MLB pitcher and they'll tell ya the mental game is just as big.<BR/><BR/>While the WBC was a nice venue to show his stuff off at, was it really as determinative as pitching 34 regular season games and 2-3 games in the post season before starting a World Series game? No.<BR/><BR/>Joe (Dayton)Trey (formerly TF)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16016679366233865869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163519572674374112006-11-14T10:52:00.000-05:002006-11-14T10:52:00.000-05:00Here's hoping Matsuzaka fails. I hate all of you ...Here's hoping Matsuzaka fails. I hate all of you Red Sox fans. You made me take up the Yankees as my second team.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08338217120051516790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163519227421157292006-11-14T10:47:00.000-05:002006-11-14T10:47:00.000-05:00Oh, man - I wasn't even thinking about it until I ...Oh, man - I wasn't even thinking about it until I saw it, but in that 1969 OSU-UM game, the ESPN Classic footage shows Woody Hayes, with OSU down 7-6 at the end of the 1st quarter, hitting some poor assistant-type in the side, because the guy was standing slightly in front of Woody. The victim is holding a cup of liquid, and the blow causes him to spill it; much more violent than B. Knight's little tap last night, I think.<BR/><BR/>Also, the out-of-town scores ABC reported at the quarter were Princeton-Dartmouth, Harvard-Yale, and Brown-Columbia. That's it. Weird.john (east lansing, mi)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03872457640564913468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163518753058854472006-11-14T10:39:00.000-05:002006-11-14T10:39:00.000-05:00The ACC can't disown B.C. in hoops, that is an ACC...The ACC can't disown B.C. in hoops, that is an ACC team losing to Vermont and that might impact the chance of a ACC bubble team making the Tourney in March. It is the little things come back to haunt you on Selection Sunday.<BR/><BR/><BR/>P.S. B.C. cannot lose enough to suit me. I can forgive Miami and V-Tech for going to the ACC but B.C. cannot lose enough money and games to make me happy. Wonder how that Athletic budget tightens flying the Field Hockey team to every away game.rukrusherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005928545753221172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163518608077541882006-11-14T10:36:00.000-05:002006-11-14T10:36:00.000-05:00Dan-I'm kinda dissapointed. BEING FROM DC I CAN TE...Dan-<BR/><BR/>I'm kinda dissapointed. BEING FROM DC I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING. Last year everyone was saying the same thing. Brunells washed up, blah blah blah. But when he led the Skins to 5 W's to end the season 10-6 and a playoff W as well all those people shut up. A quick stat on Brunell...<BR/><BR/>There are <B>only 3 QBs</B> who have played all their teams games this year who have less INTs than Brunell. (Peyton Manning, Phillip Rivers, Marc Bulger)<BR/><BR/><B>That Being Said, I Want Jason Campbell</B><BR/><BR/>I don't think people get the whole Matsuzaka thing. Heres why it's worth it to pay 45 mil to negotiate.<BR/><BR/>1. The red sox are trying to take over Asia. They are also starting a baseball camp in China.<BR/><BR/>2. They plan on getting it back with partnerships to new Jappanesse sponsors and want to sell a TV package over there.<BR/><BR/>3. If they fail to reach a deal they get all the money back and the Yanks still don't get him.<BR/><BR/><B>CALLING THE BOBBY KNIGHT INCIDENT AN ATTACK WAS COMPLETELY IRRATIONAL</B><BR/><BR/>It was a "love tap". Watch the clip. The player said he didn't care. The player's mom said he didn't care. This is WAY LESS AGRESSIVE than a football coach grabbing a guy by the facemask.<BR/><BR/><I> great info on matsuzaka and the gyroball, and if you think it's not as great as people say you have to read this</I><BR/><BR/>http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-gyro031306<BR/><BR/>(that clip on the top doesn't work, for the best clip i've seen look at the next URL and watch the spin on the ball, I used to pitch and TRUST ME, that's no breaking ball)<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yimyfjcf2f4GuyInTheCornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10281686811471557576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163518536892605862006-11-14T10:35:00.000-05:002006-11-14T10:35:00.000-05:00Is it possible to not give out a Cy Young in the N...Is it possible to not give out a Cy Young in the NL this year? <BR/><BR/>When I think of Japanese starting pitchers I think of Nomo and Irabu, Red Sox better hope that Boras considers some of that $45 mill when negotiating and settles for the 5 year, 50 mill contract....but then again this is Boras. Should be interesting to see what the Sox pay him in total.<BR/><BR/>www.seasonlongpool.comJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16291036839803295637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163518003432516692006-11-14T10:26:00.001-05:002006-11-14T10:26:00.001-05:00I thought I remembered reading that the Red Sox' s...I thought I remembered reading that the Red Sox' salary offer has to at least match their bid, so they would have to pay this guy at least $42 mil. I'm not sure if that's correct though. I still don't see why he's getting all this hype when every other pitcher from Asia has been a bust, or had just a short period of brilliance.Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10912934417019865803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163517964971934862006-11-14T10:26:00.000-05:002006-11-14T10:26:00.000-05:00Nice to see you're able to view each season in a v...Nice to see you're able to view each season in a vacuum, Dan.<BR/><BR/>If Clemens "deserved" it in 05, then he didn't deserve it in 04 - Johnson pitched better but had a worse W-L. And as we all know by now, record is partly determined by your team's offensive production.<BR/><BR/>I still think that the four top candidates should share the award, or at least have Carp and Hoffman split it. Voting for Hoffman outright means the 06 Cy is a Lifetime Achievement Award (see Ron Dayne, Heisman winner). He had a good, not great, season...just like Carp, Oswalt, Webb. Zambrano is a distant 4th because he walked 115 batters -- 16 less than the other 3 combined!TBenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337905315011989614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163517809542025002006-11-14T10:23:00.000-05:002006-11-14T10:23:00.000-05:00By the way - this is the best week of the year for...By the way - this is the best week of the year for ESPN Classic, which is currently (10 AM-11 AM ET, in AA) showing the first Bo vs. Woody game, from 1969, when Bo beat <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Schembechler#Ohio_State_Rivalry_.26_Other_Notable_Games" REL="nofollow">Woody's best team</A>.<BR/><BR/>What a week...john (east lansing, mi)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03872457640564913468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1163517313775604852006-11-14T10:15:00.000-05:002006-11-14T10:15:00.000-05:00Weird... I think you overdid your title (blogger i...Weird... I think you overdid your title (blogger is having trouble handling it).<BR/><BR/>Anyway - <BR/><BR/>Yes, Bob Knight should have known better just because he's Bob Knight; but I just found the clip (I know you've gone your separate ways, but espn.com is still useful - that stupid Motion Player on the front page has the clip, as does ESPNEWS every 30 minutes), and like Fran Fraschilla says, this is no unthinkable act of coach-on-player violence. They said on E-NEWS that the player looked like he was hurting on the bench, but that doesn't even make any sense, slap-related-injurywise. Maybe it hurt his feelings, sure.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I think <A HREF="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPollResultsState?pollId=40666" REL="nofollow">SportsNation</A> and I are in agreement on the Zero games, and in fact think it would be ludicrous if it were any higher.<BR/><BR/>Good for Tressel; take that, Oklahoma (Heisman Winner Jason White. Ha!) Let's see if he changes his mind later on (he doesn't seem like the type, but then again, he <B>does</B> seem like the type to have stadium guards thoroughly search Michigan's coaches and players and their bags to psyche them out before The Game. What a fucker.).<BR/><BR/>What the hell are these NFL guys eating these days (besides Campbells Chunky)? Don't they have trainers for every aspect of their lives or something? Ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>I guess we'll see about Campbell, but then again, I don't give two shits.<BR/><BR/>Moss - umm... I don't even know what to say.<BR/><BR/>NL Cy -<BR/>Ehh. I can see it being hard to reward 15 wins, but your reason for excluding Webb seems less reasonable. So what if his team was no good? Maybe that makes his 16 wins even more impressive.<BR/>Mostly I just don't like the idea of giving it to Mr. 479+ because saves seem sort of capricious to me (but then again, I guess official scoring in baseball is so interesting because everything is capricious). Fine, let him have his lifetime achievement award pre-Hall. Whatevs.<BR/><BR/>I don't want it, but I can't see any way for Matsuzaka to be anything but a huge disappointment. Sorry.<BR/><BR/>Everything else in the Q is currently in Not-Happening-Yet mode for me; with the Real CFB Season starting and ending on Saturday, I'm ignoring sports that aren't prudent enough to wait for the proper time to start.<BR/><BR/>I should be on board in a week, but maybe I'll remember I'm in school.john (east lansing, mi)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03872457640564913468noreply@blogger.com