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Anyone who blames Miller is watching the game through his anus. The rest of this team is a joke, though. But hey, it's Buffalo. It's how we roll.
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Exactly. You can second-guess whether or not Miller should have been out of the crease, but you're missing the point. There isn't enough in front of him, particularly with the injuries. If anyone thought we were going to win after watching the first shift (which lasted a minute) of the second OT is nuts. It was obvious the entire team was exhausted. It was a matter of time before a fatigue-related penalty was going to end our night. Watch Satan after he gets the puck. He could have ordered a pizza before he went to the backhand. Myers, Lydman, Connelly and Grier...all in the general area, but none of them had the energy to do anything but watch.
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I think you will agree there are fewer mid-majors in the Big Dance than ever, and it's not because they aren't playing good ball. If you aren't from a major conference you have almost no chance of getting an at-large bid. Are you going to tell me the Big East deserved 7 at-large bids? Sorry. All you have to do is look at the brackets to see that there is a two-tiered system in college athletics.
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First of all, the committee does not look at past tournament performance or tournament selection. It never figures into the equation. But since you brought it up, this year there are far greater mid-majors (even though no one on the committee ever uses that label because each team is judged as an independent) than there have been the last few years. Gonzaga, Utah St., New Mexico, UNLV, BYU, UTEP, Xavier, Richmond...all at-large teams not from the power six conferences. That's twice as many as last year.
If there was a bias towards power teams, wouldn't a 20+ win team that went 10-6 in the ACC been selected? How about a team that won its division in the SEC and came within an eyelash of winning the postseason tournament? Or a fourth-place team from the Big Ten?
Bottom line is, you better play a good schedule out of the conference and you better show you can have some success on the road, in and out of your league.
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I'm actually quite pleased. Even though I went to SU for two years I've always had a dislike for the place. This also shows what a joke the NCAA selection committee has become. They let in fewer and fewer mid-majors every year and bloat up on alleged power conference like the Big Least. Now the NCAA wants to expand the tourney and make mid-majors play play-in games while they add even more power conference teams? Once the Cinderellas are gone, I shut the NCAA tourney off. The first two rounds are the only ones worth watching anyway.
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You don't know what the hell you're talking about. The selection committee consists of the most honest, hard-working group of people in athletics. IF there is tournament expansion, the mission will be the same....take the best at-large teams to complete the bracket and join the automatic qualifiers. Conference affiliation has NOTHING to do with being selected as an at-large team. NOTHING. Maybe you should get a clue, or at the very least stop listening to members of the media who don't have one.
IF there is tournament expansion, the format will obviously change but there are not going to be "mid-majors" assigned to play-in games.
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dates have been determined but times are still TBA
Bracket times are going to be posted shortly. SU fans will have a long wait until their first-round game.
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therein lies the distinction. The ACC is not strong this year. Just look at the teams Duke beat in the ACC Tournament.
Duke didn't even win the ACC outright.
Won't argue that the ACC isn't as good as the Big East. And you can't say Duke didn't catch a break, having to play Virginia, Miami and Georgia Tech to win the tournament. But they still did it. And the ACC did get six teams in the field...it's not as if we are talking about a league like Conference USA or a league similar to that.
Enjoy the tournament, everyone.
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I suppose that's part of the problem - I don't really think that RPI is that accurate a measure of a team's quality. Looking at Duke's schedule, I'm having a hard time coming up many quality wins (I suppose that Maryland is their best W).
WVU should've been a #1. Better schedule, better wins, better conference.
Duke, like Kansas and Kentucky, were rewarded for winning a strong conference PLUS winning their conference tournament. Syracuse got the nod over West Virginia for winning in Morgantown, and winning the Big East regular-season title by two games.
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haha...you seem a bit sensitive. I asked a simple question in the original post, which nobody could answer. If you perceived that as "whiny", well, I can't help that.
Every talking head said, as recently as late afternoon today, that SU was a lock for a #1 seed, and that the "fourth" #1 seed was likely between Duke and West Virginia. Just seemed like a strange turn of events.
With the S-Curve, yes, the rankings amongst a partcular seed do make a difference (e.g. the first #1 seed plays the worst #2 seed, the best #3 seed, etc.).
Slightly better RPI, slightly better strength of schedule. Won 11 of last 12, with only loss at Maryland. You're really splitting hairs. There was a ton of discussion. In the end, they are both #1 seeds. What difference does it make if you go to Houston or Salt Lake for the regional? They got two home games in Buffalo.
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I had a dream last night that a hamburger was eating ME!
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i heard yesterday that peyton mannings playoff record is 9-9, the only QB with that many or more starts with a worse record is Dan Marino at 8-10....and they were also blasting polian saying that he has built a team with more wins than any other team in any decade span and has only one SB win to show for it.....
I just have no use for people who criticize teams and players who achieve a sustained level of success and have a championship. Who gives a **** if the Colts have "only" one Super Bowl, or if the Braves "only" won one World Series in the '90s. They DID win one right? What's wrong with being a championship contender year in and year out.
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Then you've never seen a real parade. My sister was there for that parade, and I remember seeing pictures and reading about it; for a metro area the size of Indy, it wasn't a great turnout--about 40,000. But maybe I'm just comparing it to Pittsburgh, where I live. The Steelers parade in downtown Pittsburgh in 2006--which is a tighter downtown with a smaller metro area-- had 250,000 people.
Which proves again that Pittsburgh is the best football town in the country.
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I have always worked in sports, and probably always will. In that sense, I am really lucky. But if I could do anything, I would like to be the radio voice of the New York Yankees.
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Indy is a decent football town, not great. The parade and pep rally in 2007 after the Colts' Super Bowl win was NOT poorly attended. Anyway, they sure love the team now, seeing how they are contenders year after year. And the team won't leave the city, not with the brand new beautiful stadium set to host this year's Final Four, the 2012 Super Bowl and other major events.
I root for the Colts as my #2 team, but I remind all the people who call the Colts their #1 team that these are the good days. Enjoy every second of it, even if you come up short in a disappointing Super Bowl loss. Because there will come a time, in the not too distant future, where your future Hall of Famers and current Pro Bowlers will get past their prime and then retire. Then come the 4-12, 8-8 seasons...and you'll look back on these days and wonder if it will ever be nearly as good as it is right now.
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As someone who claims the Colts as a second-favorite team, I completely agree. Even made the comment to my friends towards the end of the second quarter. Brought back some bad feelings.
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Adam Duritz
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As others have said, I think it's more a case of the Bills having little relevance. However, if/when the Bills return to the Super Bowl, I think we'll get America's vote in terms of rooting interest. People will want to finally see Buffalo get its championship.
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JOE DAVOLA: I like to encourage intruders.
NEWMAN: I'm a little insulted.
JERRY: _________________________
You're not a little anything.
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"Well, whattya got here, y'know, you got "Don Ho: Live At Honolulu",
you got "Jerry Vale Sings Italian Love Songs" you got Sergio Mendes,
now come on...
Kramer: _____________________________________
Now hold on. Sergio Mendes has a cult following.
FRANK: What the hell did you trade Jay Buener for?!? He had 30 home runs, and over 100 RBIs last year. He's got a rocket for an arm - - you don't know what the hell you're doin'!!
Steinbrenner:_________________
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Dwight Freeney
Ed Reed
Troy Polamalu
Patrick Willis
Ray Lewis
Darrelle Revis
Charles Woodson
DeMarcus Ware
Kevin Williams
Nnamdi Asomugha
Julius Peppers
Adrian Wilson
There, I just named a dozen players I like better than Jared Allen, including one defensive lineman on his own team.
But he is a hell of a player. And there's no way you trade a marquee pass rusher in his prime, so you're absolutely right to ask the question. Then again, these are the Chiefs. Hell, we've beaten the Chiefs two years in a row.
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Yankees, 'Cuse, Colts.
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Was at the game last night with the Bills Backers ATL chapter. Great time as usual! We definitely out-numbered the Thrashers fans, but that is pretty typical for a mid-week game. What you need to realize is that Atlanta, unlike Buffalo, has other things that people are interested in besides Football and Hockey. Plus the weather here has really sucked lately. So a lot of people are staying in this week. Ive been to a lot of Thrashers games that had good crowds.
I will say this though, the Thrashers do have a pretty ok fan base here. And those fans are extremely loyal, and very into Hockey.
Personally, I love having the Thrashers here since it means that I can go see NHL hockey for $10/ticket. And while Sabres are my #1 team, I do route for the Thrashers to make the playoffs in hopes that I can then watch the Sabres beat them.
With regards to Carolina, cant agree more. A few years back when we were playing the Canes in the Eastern Conf Championship, a bunch of us went up for Game 7. We were able to walk up to the ticket booth and buy great seats an hour before game 7 started. Crazy.
I was in town for a convention and went to the game. Sat center-ice, a few rows behind the Sabres penalty box. I would have to agree with you, Doc. While the crowd stunk in terms of numbers (and many of the fans were Buffalo fans), my buddy and I remarked that the Atlanta fans who were there actually knew the game. We were surprised by this.
As a side note, we got to meet Rick Jeanneret right after the game, and then got to hang with Chris Butler and his dad and other family members before they boarded the bus for the airport. Pretty cool.
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For what it is worth, I am 99 percent sure Buccigross' comment about Perry staying on in Buffalo was a mistake. The comment was along the lines of, "We already know that Jim Zorn is likely gone from Washington, same with Fewell staying in Buffalo." It was evident to me that he meant Fewell was NOT staying.
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"It is hard to get fired in the NFL." - Dick Jauron
Unfortunately, that was true.
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While I was stunned by the decision, after sleeping on it, I think Belichick thought his options were:
1. Go for it on fourth down, convert it and win the game.
2. Go for it on fourth down, miss it, and watch the Colts go 28 yards to win the game.
3. Punt and watch the Colts go 70 yards and win the game.
In his mind, the only chance they had at winning was to make that fourth down. After thinking about it, I think I agree with him. If the Colts got the ball back, regardless of where the drive started, they were going to score the game-winning TD.
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Easy Bro.
I am not trying to tell you that things are good. Me, I am just hoping that Jauron is fired and that they won't draft a top 5 defensive back. That's about all I mean by "don't quit."
Totally with you, Bill. If we don't fire him just as soon as the season ends and/or we take a DB in the draft, I'll be convinced that someone is clinically insane.
Don't you miss the good old days when we could argue about Travis Henry?
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