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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 23, 2013 -> 04:37 PM) Really? The first punt of the game went 25 yards. The first two ST plays effectively put 14 points on the board for the Eagles Decamillis sets a pretty low bar. And this time, while it "led" to TDs, ultimately the defense didn't have to give up 7 in both scenarios.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 23, 2013 -> 04:33 PM) What about the Podlesh punt that gave the Eagles a short field to start the game? I think I black out every time podlesh comes on the field.

Even though the Danks trade worked out I still think it was a pretty bizarre and risky trade I wouldn't like to see again.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 23, 2013 -> 03:28 PM) It is so aggravating to see how unprepared the team was in all three phases yesterday. Nobody came to play Barring the Hester fumble I thought our ST was finally decent!

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 23, 2013 -> 03:11 PM) LOL at you guys who think the Bears can catch lighting in a bottle and do something in the playoffs. That defense is terrible and it's not going to suddenly stop being terrible. I just want to be in the playoffs. I want Brandon Marshall to get into the playoffs. Three years in a row of being 1 win away is just brutal.

Yeah yeah, James Starks is a fine backup and he'll easily put 200+ on this travesty of a run defense. edit: Prep yourself for laughter at watching Bostic jumping out of the running lane and behind the seal seemingly on purpose to open up a 20 yard gain to lead to Conte running benny hill style behind Starks. It's a hoot.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 23, 2013 -> 04:42 AM) Jay was so hesitant in the pocket tonight. Any sort of pressure caused him to hesitate, which led a good amount of his sacks tonight. Welcome to his career. I didn't think tucker should be fired until today. Seeing bostics lack of progression makes me think he just can't hack it here. Bostic may be worse than conte and dumber than Hester.

Missouri lost that game because in a matchup of even teams a bunch of loose balls randomly went to the Illini more than mizzou. Not Haith. It was an even matchup decided by one point.

I guess we ignore the beautiful play he drew up to get wide open three. Then gets his d lineup out there, they cause a loose ball, Illini travel, get second possession and foul called.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 22, 2013 -> 12:39 AM) Frank Haith is just a pathetic coach. I am stunned he called a timeout after the go-ahead 3 pointer. You are an idiot.

Great game. Bulls*** ending.

K no Illini can complain about fouls.

Excellent game so far. I hope clarkson can finish it.

He's a freshman and point is difficult. He's gaining great experience. I can't wait to see him as a junior.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 22, 2013 -> 01:04 AM) carry? Nope

Weird seeing beers in crowd at a college ball game.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 22, 2013 -> 12:39 AM) Clarkson should be available in the late first if they get a pick for Deng or something. He'd be a good backup. Thibs could turn him into a defensive star.

Mizzou has had sluggish first halves and corrected...hoping that will be the case. I love the potential of Wes Clark but he has been exposed vs good defenses so far.

Minus the banked three this has been great basketball.

It's early. Illinois d has stabilized and looking stout. Aaaaand a three and only down four. You Illini fans I swear.

Pomeranz has this as a one point mizzou win, in other words this is about as even as it gets.

Matt Davidson has got to be the most generic baseball name ever. That would be one of the first generated for a fake minor leaguer in a video game.

I would love LaVine. Good energy, good shooting, but I wonder how he'll translate.

Don't get me wrong, you can win a championship with Deng, but you can't win a championship with Deng as your second most high paid player unless you got huge value out of some rookie deal. Bulls don't have that and likely won't.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Dec 20, 2013 -> 05:05 PM) The argument is really "I don't want to sign a goaltender to X years for X money because and would rather play mix and match goalies because you can win with a lot of them, and not a ton of guys stay consistent for a really long time." I'm on that side of the argument with Steve. Grabbed Niemi, won a cup. Crawford, won a cup. Raanta = next Niemi? Who knows, maybe. It's easier to find answers in goal nowadays, a decent amount of teams have been able to do that, including the Wings when they were winning. That was the Bowman model. Stack the team, don't commit long term and big money to a goalie, and figure it out as you go. Which is why I was really surprised they signed Crawford long term. Right now you could grab a decent men's league goalie and stick him on the Hawks and they'd win. I'm not trying to take anything away from Crawford, just talking about the model and the thought process behind it. I hope like hell Crawford turns into Patrick Roy at this point since he's signed long term. You have to wonder if what we thought Bowman's guiding principles are were rather just him dealing with constraints. With those largely removed, we see that he does have a preference to reward players who performed with long-term deals. We'll see if it works with more titles, but it seems like it will hamstring hawks flexibility.