The All About Sports Thread: Even Sportier.

Lordy, I love Jim Tressel, every time the press tries drawing him out with the "The Buckeyes are #2 in the pre-season poll, does that add any pressure?", his response "Well, of course it does, if you think it actually means something though, you're sadly mistaken".
 
Let the baseball playoffs begin!


American League:
Rangers @ Rays Game 1: Wednesday 1:37 p.m.
Yankees @ Twins Game 1: Wednesday 8:37 p.m.


National League:
Reds @ Phillies Game 1: Wednesday 5:07 p.m.
Braves @ Giants Game 1: Thursday 9:37 p.m.
 
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Wow, this was a 50/50 weekend for me. Buckeyes won on Saturday, against their perpetual thorn, the Illini.

Then the Bears lost today, but it's not a surprise, they've been living on borrowed time since week 1.
 
Jaggyd said:
Then the Bears lost today, but it's not a surprise, they've been living on borrowed time since week 1.
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The Bears are terrible. But what do you expect? They are run by Detroit Lions throwaway coaches. :lol:

I'd love to know who looked at the most recent Lions regime and decided, "We need those guys!"
 
Ice said:
Let the baseball playoffs begin!


American League:
Rangers @ Rays Game 1: Wednesday 1:37 p.m.
Yankees @ Twins Game 1: Wednesday 8:37 p.m.


National League:
Reds @ Phillies Game 1: Wednesday 5:07 p.m.
Braves @ Giants Game 1: Thursday 9:37 p.m.
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Go Phillies! (my recently adopted play-off team)
 
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E said:
The Bears are terrible. But what do you expect? They are run by Detroit Lions throwaway coaches. :lol:

I'd love to know who looked at the most recent Lions regime and decided, "We need those guys!"
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and here I thought only Oakland liked throwing money away at hasbeens
 
nigma said:
and here I thought only Oakland liked throwing money away at hasbeens
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Marenelli and Martz are never weres.

As for MLB - I'm rooting for Reds/Rays because it's easiest to type.
 
E said:
The Bears are terrible. But what do you expect? They are run by Detroit Lions throwaway coaches. :lol:

I'd love to know who looked at the most recent Lions regime and decided, "We need those guys!"
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I wish I could argue, but I can't, the Bears are run by the most incompetent losers (both on the field, and the upper offices) in the NFL. How they beat the Packers probably involved the sacrifice of a virgin.
 
Jaggyd said:
I wish I could argue, but I can't, the Bears are run by the most incompetent losers (both on the field, and the upper offices) in the NFL. How they beat the Packers probably involved the sacrifice of a virgin.
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:lol: :lol:
 
I don't know if anyone else is into fantasy football, but this past week I was up by 25 with just my opponents defense playing Monday Night Football and I had 1 WR and 1 TE. Projections had me winning by 40.

The defense was New England's, and I ended up winning 104-103.

Fantasy football is great.
 
Ice said:
How do fantasy sports work?
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They're all different. Football is the "easiest" to follow and get a grasp on. Baseball is the hardest - it's like having a job.

There are different ways to do it, but basically with football you hold a draft and everyone picks players for their team. The structure is similar to a real draft - everyone takes turns picking players. You have a set of starters that you set each week and their performance on the field determines how many points you get. Most leagues have matchups where you play an opponent in your league each week.

Leagues set their own scoring guidelines but generally it will follow something like this: a rushing or receiving touchdown gets you 6 points, and every 10 yards rushing or receiving gets 1 point. 25 passing yards might be worth 1 point, and a passing TD worth 4. Field goals and PATs would be worth 3 and 1 point, respectively. You get the idea. You add up the points for each of your starters and whomever has the most in each matchup wins.

It might sound boring or complicated but it's a lot of fun and easy to get into.
 
Ice said:
Doesn't sound boring at all. I've always been interested in how fantasy sports work. Thanks.
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No problem. Baseball is totally different - since there are so many other stats (long relievers have to score too) it is a huge deal to manage.

I tried basketball once and didn't care for it. It's a jumbled mess - the league I was in used stats added up from all the games in a week.

This is my second year in an ESPN football league and it's really nice - I have the iPhone app so it's easy to set lineups and add/drop players.
 
Halladay pitches a No-Hitter. Congrats to him, but the announcers need to get their facts straight. It's the first No-Hitter. Don Larsen pitched a perfect game in the World Series, as in he didn't even walk a batter or hit anyone. Little difference, but there's one still.
 
So after the first day of the playoffs, the standings are:

NY Yankees 1 -- M Twins 0

P Phillies 1 -- C Reds 0

T Rangers 1 -- TB Rays 0
 
Ice said:
Halladay pitches a No-Hitter. Congrats to him, but the announcers need to get their facts straight. It's the first No-Hitter. Don Larsen pitched a perfect game in the World Series, as in he didn't even walk a batter or hit anyone. Little difference, but there's one still.
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A perfect game is a no-hitter. By definition, there are no hits in a perfect game. It is therefore a no-hitter. A perfect game is just a more awesomer no-hitter.

Regardless, Halladay is redonkulous and the Phillies are going to win the series this year.
 
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