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  1. Let me start this by saying I'm still pissed about the ESPN Sunday Night crew's coverage of the Bruschi stroke game 3 years ago. You should all know what I'm talking about. Remember when they came up with a new stat called "hits" or something and tracked that for Bruschi? He had a bunch of "hits" in the game but few tackles (if anyone remembers the fake stat, let me know).

     

    That is the backstory. I'm in a fantasy league with individual defensive players where the bulk of our points come from solo tackles. Early in the season, I sift through all of the box scores to see who is getting a bunch of solo tackles. Along with solo tackles they also list assisted tackles. Assisted tackles are vague and players usually don't get many of them. For instance, London Fletcher had a good fantasy day today with 12 solo tackles and 5 assisted tackles. It's normal for the elite linebackers to often get about a third to a half as many assisted tackles as solo tackles. Five assisted tackles was highest in the NFL this week. Well almost highest. Rodney Harrison had 7 solo tackles and 7 assisted tackles for New England. That was only second highest. Bruschi had 2 solo tackles and a whopping 10 assisted tackles this week. I searched around for background on awarding assisted tackles and found this:

     

    "Tackles (solos and assists) are not an official stat, as you noted, so every stadium's stat crew awards them differently. Some crews (STL, ATL) award assists extremely rarely, others award assists to the second player in on nearly every tackle. The only consistent aspect of assisted tackles is that, while two players may be given an assist (and no solo awarded) on a given play, there's no more than two players credited with an assist on a single play and never more than one assist when a solo tackle has already been awarded. There's probably some criteria for judging assisted tackles given to the stat crews, but I don't believe it's been made public and it's clearly applied differently by everyone anyway."

     

    Since it was a home game, I'm assuming that any time those two are near the ball, the New England stat crew gives them credit for an assisted tackle. It's low on my list, but just another reason to hate them.

  2. I'm a Louisville fan and while looking on their message board I noticed this post that might interest some of you (FYI, Bob Valvano and Will Wolford do a local morning show in Louisville)...

     

    http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=17#s=17&amp...9&t=2577743

     

    Posted: 6/13/2008 4:34 PM

     

    Anybody hear Will Wolford this morning on Bob and Will?

     

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    Bob Valvano was talking about the Mets coach how he is still on thin ice with his job. Then Bob asked Will if he ever played for a coach on the hot seat and if it made a difference with the players.

     

    Will says yes and talked about his rookie year with the Bills. He said the veteran players hated the coach (Bullough) and were purposely playing bad to lose games so he would be gone (Levy took over the following year).

     

    Will was saying that players were saying things like “you better not make a tackle at the goal line” and such.

     

    Will was just a rookie and said he wasn't exactly sure what to make of things. It’s not surprising to hear this stuff happens, but it was a little surprising to me to hear Will freely talk about a specific instance where this happened.

  3. Bush plays soft and still has not recoverd from his injury in game 1.

     

    He would be worth our phantom 5th rounder. :blink:

     

     

    It's true that he hasn't recovered, but I watched every game of his college career (and even a couple of high school games) and never realized he was soft. Please fill me in as to how you reached this conclusion. I'm assuming you've studied quite a bit of film.

  4. LOL, too funny....I'm definitely going to watch a couple more eps before I go to bed....

     

    Do you suggest I rent the Ali G 'In da house' flick?

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    That movie is the most painful thing you will ever watch. I was so excited to find out he had a movie, but ended up watching it in 10 minute sessions because it was so painful.

  5. I heard him on Rome today...........I don't understand one thing.  Rome kept saying he is quadrapiligic.  My understanding is that a parapilgiic (sp?) can't use their legs, and quad, can't use arms or legs.  But, this guy was talking about playing rugby with a ball, so i assume using his hands, and said he punched his brother in the nuts..............Why doesn't this add up for me?

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    Jim Rome is a moron. Morons often say things that are incorrect. It is incorrect to say someone who can use their arms is a quad. Is it starting to add up?

  6. filmthreat.com is another good site for reviews of indie films.

     

    exactly right...if people would just take a few minutes to look for some stuff they haven't seen four-hundred commercials for, they might be surprised at what's out there. I enjoy a big budget "popcorn flick" every so often too, but my love for film goes WAY beyond that sort of film. In fact, that's one of the reasons I love Netflix....not only do they have all these great lesser known films available, they actually help recommend them to you.

     

    Add some websites to your bookmarks such as rottentomatoes.com, aintitcoolnews.com, chud.com, ew.com, and rogerebert.com. While all of those keep track of the big budget scene, they also have reviews and news about smaller films and the film festivals.

     

    If you want to find where the truly original ideas are, think SMALL :lol:

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  7. There are many examples of overexposure in life:  Song gets overplayed on the radio, media focuses too much attention on a celebrity etc.  Now has Fantasy Football been affected?

     

    For me it has. I still enjoy it, but so many commercials now about fantasy football for me has taken some of the joy out of it. 

     

    Thoughts?

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    It annoys me when people care more about their fantasy team than any real team.

     

    I just wish their wasn't so much luck involved in fantasy football so those of us who actually understand it and have been playing it a while could cash in on all of the novices just getting into it.

     

    However, the short season and playoff systems usually allow too much luck to enter into the equation and the best team doesn't win as much as it should. Oh well, I guess part of the reason its so popular is because you don't really need to know that much about football to win (as long as you have a little bit of luck).

  8. I want to get my hopes up, but I watched Da Ali G movie (from England) and it was the most painful movie-watching experience of my life.

     

    I have a feeling his brilliance comes when he is in a situation where no one else is in on the joke and not in a scripted movie. Of course, I hope I'm wrong but his first movie was just awful.

     

    Even if it sucks I'll always have the Season 1 DVD of the television show.

  9. He was in a very, very crowded backfield his senior year but was great when he entered games. Hopefully he turns out to be a steal.

     

    Eric Shelton, one of the guys ahead of him at U of L, is apparently coming back strong from injury and turning heads in Panthers camp.

     

    Michael Bush was also in the same backfield and has been as high as number 2 in some of the 2007 mock drafts.

  10. Admittedly I know hardly anything about the guy the Knicks drafted- but this whole draft seemed pretty weak.  The guy apparently is a high energy defender who they compared to Artest (doubt he has that kind of offensive skill) and Rodman.  If he turns into anything like them (on the court) then it will have been a great pick for a team that plays with such little enthusiasm. 

      Isiah certainly has no track record to trust though and as a Knicks fan, I can't wait till he's gone.

      I like who the Bills drafted.  Whitner, I believe, will be a better player than Huff - way more aggressive and actually plays faster, and McCargo, well, I'm eager to see what he can do.

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    I watched Balkman in the SEC tournament and a few games of the NIT (bad year for my Louisville Cards). All I know, is the guy played like his life was on the line in the NIT. It might have been a reach, but it couldn't hurt to have someone with that attitude around jackasses like Steve Francis.

  11. As a UConn fan I'm glad they lost in this tournament instead of the next one.  LOL  Good win for SU but I still feel UConn is going to be tough!

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    As a Louisville fan, I watched UConn not even really try last Saturday and take my Cardinals' best punch. I'm not at all surprised that they lost the first game of the Big East tournament, because they seem to know that they have a #1 seed locked up. I expect the Huskies to make a deep run in the real tournament.

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    - Didn't really think about whether he would ever get another head coaching job

     

    - Wanted to take care of whatever job he had at the moment

     

    - For it to work, entire organization must be on same page, and get lucky in terms of injuries and the way the ball bounces

     

    - A chance to win is all you can ask for

     

    - Couldn't answer how the team needs to change to win in AFC East, has only watched a couple of tapes

     

    - Most of the pressure to win is internal

     

    - Has always enjoyed being around football, especially a team where everyone is committed to the team

     

    - Doesn't feel like he's ever been overwhelmed by pressure

     

    - Hasn't met with players yet

     

    - When he meets with the team the first time he will tell them the rules he will enforce

     

    - First order of business is to hire a staff and then evaluate the talent on current roster, then free agents, then college

     

    - Every position is open to competition

     

    - Would not say who would be QB

     

    So, nothing new or groundbreaking at all.

  13. I missed the story.  Was the guy injured?

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    Not bad enough to leave the game. He was well enough to try to get at Vick on the way to the locker room at half time. Vick's arrest was the lead story on the Louisville newscast last night whereas it probably would not have been mentioned prior to the Gator Bowl. He seems to have become public enemy number one.

  14. Unfortunately, the show is no longer made.  There are episodes, made in Britain, long before the HBO show, that are rumoured to be coming out on DVD on our side of the pond.  Also, Cohen is making a movie featuring the "Borat" character.  Hopefully it turns out better than "DA Ali G Movie" (now available on DVD), which was released in the UK a few years back, and released on DVD here this year.  It is almost unwatchable (and I love the show!), sort of a British version of Eddie Murphy's "Head of State"....

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    I wouldn't use the term "almost unwatchable." It was completely unwatchable. I'm a huge fan (have watched season 1 episodes 9 or 10 times each) and had to break the movie into 10 minute increments per day (just to see if it had any hidden funny moments) just to make it through it. Hopefully the Borat movie will be better.

  15. Thanks  for the info., looks like we will be likely looking east of the city, perhaps Oldham county where you can get a bit more land.  North of the river looks intersting in Indiana, any thoughts on that area?

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    I just moved from the East End of Louisville to Northern KY for a new job around a year ago. I loved it there (Brownsboro Road area) and I recommend it if you can afford it. A great number of people have had the Oldham County idea, and the I-71 really can't handle the rush hour traffic. It received a Grade of F as a highway in some state study a few years ago. It's a nice area, but traffic is a complete mess during rush hour.

     

    As far as Southern Indiana, if I can't say something nice I won't say anything at all.

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