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Not NHL, but didn’t want to start a new thread.

Timur Faizutdinov 19 year old captain of KHL team Dynamo St Petersburg has died after being struck in the head by a puck. 
 

The incident didn’t seem bad, guys have been struck harder. Just one of those freak things. 
 

https://www.espn.com/olympics/hockey/story/_/id/31074525/russian-hockey-player-dies-being-hit-puck

32 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

Those Avs reverse retros are sweet.

Indeed, top three reverse retros in the league. 

5 hours ago, JJ Husker said:

 

I wouldn't call them hideous but I'm still getting used to the look. Pretty excited to see the Nordiques retros today.

 

And since you're a Senators fan I'll simply give you respect for admitting that this year   I've always kinda liked Ottawa but it's been pretty rough for them so far. They do seem to be playing a bit better as of late. You guys desperately need a goalie. I've only watched parts of a couple games and highlights but Murray has not looked good.

Yeah, if the sens had even average goalies their record would be mid table but oh well. It’s supposed to be a weaker draft this year too so there’s no point in tanking. They are fun to watch though. There’s always goals and on occasion it’s Ottawa that scores them.

I’m a passionate follower of your Ottawa Senators. It’s been a rough few years.

Since you’re both Avs fans I’ll ask a question.

What do you think of the Avs blue pants? I personally find them hideous and ruin the whole look. 

2 minutes ago, Mavric said:

 

Hmm Iowa calls it 8 person football. Do they have a lot of girls that play football over there? 

1 hour ago, Decked said:

Letting a homegrown kid go to Iowa that wants to be N is different than a kid going to Iowa from Illinois who kills us every year. Especially when he is better than 1 of your already committed TEs. 

Sure, but we have three “homegrown” kids at the TE position. Essentially you’re saying that the talent evaluation of the coaching staff is poor if they take Rollins over Carnie and that they need to be replaced because of that lack of talent judgement. But isn’t that always the case that the coaches job security is based on good talent evaluation? Can you imagine if we had the in state talent of Texas of Florida. We’d have to let really good in state kids go

to rival schools every year. 

It looks like the Bengals cut Stanley Morgan and Freedom Akinmoladun. Also, the Raiders cut Demornay and the Texans cut Brent Qvale. 

23 hours ago, FrantzHardySwag said:

Baseball team beats team named after bland food, earns trip to city 45 minutes away.

Owls are actually not bland at all if cooked correctly.

23 hours ago, FrantzHardySwag said:

 

1472 miles 22 hr 9 min 

8 hours ago, ZMagers22 said:

That feeling you get when everyone just ignores what you think is a controversial post. 

It might be controversial but not realistic. With conference affiliation teams aren’t getting relegated. 
Maybe if you had said NU should get relegated that would warrant a response, but then you’d need to explain what the tiers would be and what warrants relegation when it’s impossible for all the teams to play each other.

Watching the 30 for 30 on Lance Armstrong.

He is a jerk of a level few will ever attain. Arrogant, a bully, competitive to an unhealthy amount. 

I recognize that he cheated to accomplish his victories. 

He’s one of my favorite athletes of all time. I loved watching the Tour de France when he was at the peak of his abilities.

His competition were doping too and he beat them. I couldn’t do what he did if I used the drugs he used.

He sucks as a person in a lot of ways, which makes him an easy target to hate. But I think that what he was as an athlete should be remembered differently.

6 hours ago, jaws said:

 

Aren't all the divisions top heavy?  Maybe the NCAA should force some schools to move down. I don't understand why any school outside of the P5, and maybe a few non power 5 teams, would even want to be in the FBS. 

Sure, but 8 titles in 9 years top heavy? Maybe division three with Mt Union was that dominated years back. I’d have to research it. I completely agree that there should be a level between the top of the FBS and the bottom of the FCS about 80 teams at each level. Maybe someday that’ll happen.

9 hours ago, jaws said:

 

Why? So they can be just another mid major that has no real shot at winning a nc? I like the FCS, D2, and D3 models and I don't fault any school that wants to stay in one of those divisions. 

Why? Because the product has become predictable and somewhat boring. It’s not NDSU’s fault. They’ve figured out a system that is miles

ahead of anyone else. That’s why I didn’t say they should move up, I said they should be forced to move up. Which was said tongue in cheek but also is how I feel about competitive imbalance. 

NDSU wins another title. As a fan of FCS football I wonder, can the NCAA force a school to move up a level? I’m sure not, but it’d be nice if they did.

3 hours ago, schriznoeder said:

 

I wonder who (if anyone) makes the Top-25?

Crouch? I don’t think he’s better than the players on the list already, but I can’t think of anyone else. 

What’s the answer?

Jumbo Stiem?

2 hours ago, shyndy said:

If our players are caught on camera twisting knees I would expect some kind of disciplinary action.  I reaaaaalllly hate the whole “stuff happens in football.”  It happens only because we shrug It off with comments like that.  If players are held accountable for dirty actions like this it will stop or at least happen less.  Hell I think it already happens less than say 20 years ago just because of having access to every play and more cameras and whatnot.  Ultimately this is something th NCAA needs to start emphasizing since it puts players safety in limbo 

My point was simply that the camera caught one instance. I have a hard time believing that if you went back and studied every play you wouldn’t find similar stuff on other plays by players on both sides. I am just not convinced that one player caught doing something dirty makes it ‘dirty football from traditionally one of the dirtiest programs’. I was not trying to imply that players should do it, just that it does happen. To your first point, if a Husker was caught doing that, I’m betting more people would be championing some nastiness on our defense than condemning dirty play.

Edit: I’m not trying to imply that you’re a hypocrite at all. I believe you would feel the same way if it was a Husker player who was caught, just that most fans would excuse what the video shows due to homerism, or whatever.

51 minutes ago, California Husker said:

Oh hell yeah! #44 was definitely trying to cause an injury. Dirty football from a program that is traditionally one of the dirtiest in college football. 

This seems like sour grapes. There is always extra stuff going on at the bottom of piles by both teams. Colorado didn’t seem more dirty than any other team we play, and their coach seemed gracious in victory. It’s too easy to punish a current team for the sins of the past.

Watched Kodachrome on Netflix. It was pretty good. Typical dysfunctional relationship resolves itself on a road trip requested by a dying man, but well done. Ed Harris and Jason Sudeikis are good in it. Would recommend.

Watching the draft last night and the Chargers were picking. My wife walks in and sees the logo and says who’s that team, it looks like Trump’s hair. Needless to say we will be calling them the Los Angeles Trump Hairs from now on.

3 minutes ago, The Maudfather said:

Adrian Martinez's swing at 1:06. By gawhd. 

Yeah, you can tell some of the freshman haven't been 1 sport specialists as long as the upperclassmen have been. It's crazy how much muscle memory you lose in just a couple years.

15 hours ago, NUance said:

 

Is that fellow wearing Kansas State apparel?   If so, it would make sense.  I mean, how can a grown man with a bag of golf clubs could get shamefully pwnd by an angry goose?   lol  

He's a high school kid from Michigan I believe. 

1. Browns - Sam Darnold

2. Giants - Saquon Barkley

3. Jets(From Colts) - Josh Rosen

4. Browns(From Texans) - Bradley Chubb

5. Broncos - Josh Allen

6. Colts(From Jets) - Roquan Smith

7. Buccaneers - Quenton Nelson

8. Bears - Tremaine Edmunds

9. 49ers - Minkah Fitzpatrick

10. Raiders - Derwin James

11. Dolphins - Da'Ron Payne

12. Bills(From Bengals) - Baker Mayfield

13. Redskins - Vita Vea

14. Packers - Denzel Ward

15. Cardinals - Joshua Jackson

16. Ravens - Courtland Sutton

17. Chargers - Mike McGlinchey

18. Seahawks - Billy Price

19. Cowboys - Clavin Ridley

20. Lions - Marcus Davenport

21. Bengals(From Bills) - Isaiah Wynn

22. Bills(From Chiefs) - James Daniels

23. Patriots(From Rams) - Leighton Vander Esch

24. Panthers - D.J. Moore

25. Titans - Harold Landry

26. Falcons - Taven Bryan

27. Saints - Hayden Hurst

28. Steelers - Rashaad Evans

29. Jaguars - Christian Kirk

30. Vikings - Jaire Alexander

31. Patriots - Lamar Jackson

32. Eagles - Will Hernandez

If I get 5-7 picked in the right spot even if the pick was traded that's a success. I'm guessing 2 right overall.

16 minutes ago, Xmas32 said:

Tie between Track, wrestling or lacrosse.  

 

I think you develop a special kind of mental toughness in individual sports that you don't necessarily get with team ones.  I can only speak for wrestling but you need some serious stones to go out there and physically dominate another human being.  

 

As for lacrosse, you need to be pretty athletic and kinda crazy to let people whack you with sticks and that ball is no joke! 

You of all people should know it really only takes a suitcase full of money and a little help from Virgil to dominate in wrestling.