buddha

this is a better win than beating philly without embiid! only duren and cade and a bunch of g league guys, on a back to back with travel, and they still pulled it out. i know the wizards are awful, but theyre still an nba team (barely, but still), and the pistons won with daniss jenkins being the key man!

the only disappointing thing about this game was that no one clocked cam whitmore afterwards.

this ref crew is having a very rough game.

there is no "playoffs" in those sports, that's an american invention. in europe, the regular season decides the champion. if you win, you get rewarded by being in an extra competition just for champions the next year. the champions league/copa libertadores, etc is a separate competition from the domestic league. america only has one league and one competition (which devalues the regular season and essentially turns it into an exhibition before the "playoffs" which actually decide the champion). in europe, you actually get rewarded for winning the competition. and - like i said before - punished for being bad. they both have their pros and cons. but europe is much more likely to see the major clubs form a us style competition w/o relegation than america is to ever doing the euro style thing. it makes no sense foe current stakeholders in us sports to give up their guaranteed profits. europe almost did it a few years ago but the fan backlash was so great almost all the big clubs abandoned it (except madrid).

you're too old for that. stop it.

too many injuries to overcome tonight.

why did the pistons move out of the palace?

but malik beasley was in town! he didnt sign?????

interesting, but too much dead weight. the politics of who gets an invite are going to be crazy. especially since you'll have so many politicians involved.

one reason they struggle is because they dont have enough skilled talent on the team. they have "200 foot guys" who play hard but not a lot of natural goal scorers. raymond, larkin, debrincat....and ancient kane. that's about it. for a team picking in the top 10 for 10 yeaes, that's not great. i dont know enough about the league to compare them to other teams. but it doesnt seem like enough.

They took kasper off the top line, kane has been out, and he's hit that slump. put him back with larkin and raymond and i think he's scorong more. the lines were working great last year when kasper was 1LW and copp was 2C. but they ditched that because they think kasper has to be a C. now copp is back to sucking, kasper has "hit a wall", and finnie is getting all the points scoring with larkin/raymond. move kasper up and finnie down to the checking line would be a way to get him started.

agree 1000%. michigan is a conservative institution with a long history of being tied to the big ten. its not notre dame. it doesnt even have the "**** dem rules" attitude of osu (which is why harbaugh was too much of a culture change for many at the school). its not going independent. it will cave. it always caves.

i dont know if the acc and sec will exist in 10 years. in 10 years the entire structure of college football could be done through "PE" money. i've thought for a long time that the top leagues would breakaway from the ncaa when it comes to football. why tie yourself to a grant of rights for 20 years? and the other element is - again - that these are public institutions, not private companies. there are rules they have to follow and other constituencies they have to satisfy other than just making money. i know that sounds naive, but its also the law. these are not private corporations who have a duty to increase value for shareholders. they could be sued into oblivion for this.

need some 4th quarter cade.

america doesnt do promotion/relegation. we do guaranteed profits. promotion/relegation is amazing. it actually gives you consequences for losing! unlike american sports, which rewards you for failure with the ability to bring in the most talented players the next season. you all complain about tanking but none of you are willing to do the one thing that would end it: relegation. so keep whining about europe and soccer. they got it right. the top 40 college football programs could definitely start their own league and the ratings would be amazing. that's why this is a great deal if youre purdue/northwestern/iowa etc. you know that ohio state and penn state are desperate for cash right now. what better time to lock them into a grant of rights deal than now? what better way to make sure they dont leave by dangling a sweet $190 million in front of them now? its brilliant timing by pettiti and company, selling out the future at the perfect time when your big brand names are struggling in the new environment. michigan is pretending to be ethical and usc is pretending its still an elite program. they'll both cave. michigan ALWAYS caves. the one real impediment would be the law.

like a european champions league. the top 20 college football teams in two leagues playing every week would be very sustainable and would be very popular. texas-ohio state does 16 million. purdue-northwestern does 1.6 million.

when they have to beat florida or edmonton on the road in march ij order to stay relevant, remember losing to the blackhawks 5-1 at home. following up a 4-1 loss to the rangers. cancels out all the decent wins from the west coast trip. at least danielson is up. gives us something to watch.

****ing pathetic.

and if michigan bolted the big ten with usc and notre dame, would penn state leave and return to its eastern roots?

osu is deep underwater. you like to take shots at michigan - many of them warranted - but osu is like $25 million in the hole every year. psu is deep underwater because of the stadium rebuild. michigan's finances are better than both, i believe. and in principle, michigan is correct: this is a short term payday loan to bail out those who cannot manage their finances. except this time its public institutions and they play by different rules. so......michigan, usc, and notre dame to the sec? or to the acc? does a big ten with only ohio state, penn state, and....oregon? make more money than an acc with notre dame, michigan, usc, florida state, and north carolina?

That is such a shady deal. i hope michigan doesnt cave like they did with the ncaa. their recent history is to talk loud and then back off. those are public institutions with governance structures who are responsible - in theory - to the people of the state who provide the financing for those schools (except northwestern and usc) to sell off future assets like that without their approval should not be legally possible. they should file an injunction. i'm really surprised ohio state is going along with this; although their finances are worse than michigan's, i believe. penn state is deep into a stadium renovation. everyone else other than usc needs cash.

kane with a great set up for debtincat and he misses the net. danielson with a great set up for finnie and he fans on it.

well that was pathetic. they get justifiedly booed off the ice.

huge miss by larkin. come on dylan.

duncan robinson is better on defense than ron holland?