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We have decided to start a new feature at ECUM. We are hoping it becomes at least a weekly deal. There are so many things that we write about and donB)t agree with the other person on so we decided to debate some of the topics we disagree on. We are calling it Crossfire and this is our first installment.
1. Manny Ramirez showing up the Cleveland Indians after his homerun Tuesday night against the Cleveland Indians.
Everyone Is On Steroids:
I think it was completely ridiculous that Manny stood in the batters box until his homerun landed in the bullpen or maybe he is still standing there. Hey Manny! Was this the first homerun you ever hit? Do you know the score? You team is still losing by 4 runs. The game is not over but your playoff hopes may be. The longer you stand there the more you upset the obviously better team and fuel the fire to run the Sox out of the playoffs. Enjoy the disappointment of being on the best team that underperformed and is on their way to a bittersweet off-season. At least it will be bittersweet to those that care about the team more than themselves. I understood it when you did the exact same thing when you hit the walk off homerun against the Angels. ThatB)s different B# it was a big moment and you should be able to enjoy it. I hope that when the Red Sox are down to one of their final outs you get one in your back. I donB)t wish any physical harm or an injury on you but you need to pay for that bullshit. I hope you stood there long enough to realize that you were obviously celebrating something you did and not your team and that you were there long enough to prove it to anyone that knows baseball that all you care about is yourself. But, I think you proved that a long time ago with your phantom injuries when you donB)t want to play and the numerous trades you have demanded. Its just Manny being Manny an asshole.
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Lord. God forbid someone show some style and personality on a baseball field. Its not like he hit the homer to make the score 12-1; it was the third of back-to-back-to-back home runs, the first time that had been done in ALCS history. It made the score 7-3 with no outs in the top of the 6th inning. Manny hit the ball hard enough so that there was no doubt that it was leaving the premises. I could see if it scraped the left field wall, and his preening might have cost his team a base or a run. But he hit this bad boy about 430 feet. And while some might argue that all that standing around does is get the other team pumped, one could also argue that his admiration of the shot could have invigorated his own team. After he does that to cut the lead to four, maybe it gives his team a bit of a confidence boost. Who knows? I do know that Ill take Manny doing that in the playoffs over a quiet guy who hits his homers and just jogs around the bases who is now sitting at home.
2. Who is the worst team in football? Miami Dolphins vs. St. Louis Rams
Everyone Is On Steroids:
The St. Louis Rams, period. The Rams are underperforming, injury plagued, donB)t know how to draft or do anything in free agency and they getting out coached every game. Its easy to blame their bad season on injuries but every team has injuries and have to get through them. Did you see that the Rams are averaging 12 points per game? 12 points!! They have scored 6 touchdowns in 6 games. It doesnB)t get much worse than that. The Dolphins have scored more than twice as many touchdowns with 13. Ronnie Brown alone has scored one less than the Rams as a team. The Dolphins are ranked higher in all offensive categories. Overall the Rams are 29th and the Dolphins are 21st. In passing the woeful Dolphins are ranked 8 places behind them and the Dolphins can run better too and are ranked 7 places higher. The same people that make Rams fans scratch their heads every April on draft day like to do the same in free agency. Check out the top 6 picks of the last three years B# IB)ll put their positions because you probably haven heard of them since: Alex Baron (OT), Ron Bartell (CB), Tye Hill (CB), Joe Klopfenstein (TE), Adam Carriker (DE) and Brian Leonard (RB). There can not be that many busts in the NFL instead of poor player evaluations. These are the same people that have signed the biggest bust in the NFL for 2007 B# Drew Bennett. Even if they get the number one pick after this season B# they will pick some decent college player but a shitty NFL player. The same management that couldnB)t get along with a winner in Mike Martz got a perfect B(Yes SirB) guy with Linnehan. At least Martz gave them a shot at winning. Linehan doesnB)t seem to know when to go for it on fourth down, score in the red zone, when to admit you have lost a game and not trying to kill your quarterback, control his team, make them respect him or win 1 fn game!!
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I am not going to try to argue that the team the Rams put out there in Week 6 isnt worse than the Dolphins; obviously, they are. But Im not going to call the Rams the worst team in football because half their team is injured. Any team that relies heavily on their offense needs solid play from its quarterback and running back. When those two players get hurt, the team has no chance. This is what happened to the Rams. Defensively, they are not that bad. But if youre going to start any teams number two quarterback and number two running back behind a patchwork offensive line, that team is going to get stomped. But when healthy, the Rams are definitely better than Miami. The Dolphins started with Trent Green at quarterback. Ronnie Brown is the Fishs only bright spot. And with the trade of Chris Chambers to San Diego, the Dolphins number one receiver is now Marty Booker. A guy who had under 30 catches last year. When both teams are healthy, the Rams are infinitely better. Right now, Miami is only dealing with one major injury to their key players, and one could argue that Cleo Lemon is better than Green. With all that health, theyre 0-6. The Rams would be at least 2-4 if Bulger and Jackson were healthy.
3. Is Brian Urlacher overrated?
Everyone Is On Steroids:
Yes, plain and simple but that picture still shows he is the man. He is the face and leader of the Chicago Bears Defense and they are overrated. So obviously, he is overrated. He is not even the best linebacker on the Bears. ItB)s easy to see Lance Briggs holds that title B# speaking of titles B# perhaps he should have taken his out of his lamborghini after he crashed it and called it in stolen. But anyways, back to Urlacher. Either his B(overall sorenessB) is worse than anyone is letting on or he is aging very quickly and right before our eyes. Week one he was still 29 but he has aged about 2 years with each game this year. He is not as fast from sideline to sideline as he was in years past and isnB)t wrapping up players as easily as he was before. Somehow though, I will watch a game and see him in on about 7 or 8 tackles but after the coaches review the game and the stats come out on Tuesday some miracle has occured and his number has climbed to 16. Seriously, try it this week B# its really quite amazing. Lance Briggs has been credited with 42 of his 45 tackles as being solo B# you cant really fudge on those but Urlacher only has 33 of his 42 tackles as being solo. That is no number to laugh at but he is clearly not as good as he is made out to be. If a quarterback had the greatest arm and aim but had a completion percentage below 50% while the offense struggles and never scores - he would be called overrated. Therefore, if Brian Urlacher is next in the long line of Chicago hall of fame linebackers and the Lions scored 34 points (NFL record) in one quarter and Adrian Peterson runs for 224 yards in one game its obvious the Middle Linebacker is missing something. O-VER RATE-ED! Come on chant with me B# its easier once you admit it. O-VER RATE-ED! BRI-AN UR-LACH-ER!
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2005122 tackles, 6 sacks. 2006144 tackles. Sure, 2007 isnt off to the best of starts, but the entire Bears defense is banged up and not playing well. Many Urlacher detractors say that since he doesnt have a lot of sacks, it shows he isnt that good. What it really shows is that those people dont realize that its not Urlachers job to rush the passer in Lovie Smiths cover two defense. But the question of being overrated comes down to this: Would I want another middle linebacker on the Bears ahead of Urlacher? Lets go down the list of prominent middle backers in the NFL: Zach Thomas? No way. Keith Brooking? Hes just a slower, smaller Urlacher. Ray Lewis? 2, 3, 4 years agodefinitely. But right now, Lewis is arguably only the second best LB on his own team (Bart Scott, outside linebacker). So if I cant come up with anyone who is difinitively better at his position, how can Urlacher be overrated?
4. Is the BCS is better or worse for having Univ. of Southern Florida as the No. 2 team?
Everyone Is On Steroids:
Better. All I ever hear is that the BCS is bad and they need a playoff because not everyone has a fair shot. Now that USF is in there its still flawed because other teams that have lost should be there because they are B(better.B) How does that make sense? This is the exact randomness that could be expected from a playoff system. Anyone can make it and anyone can win. However, with a playoff system do you really want games at the beginning or end of a season that donB)t mean as much and are no fun to watch. Backups playing in place of the stars and lesser teams winning (thus getting them in the playoffs) because the bigger team has already ensured their spot and ranking in a playoff. That only means boring regular season games and boring playoff games when less deserving teams make it in. USF being number two is not very glorious because people wanna hate the BCS and the fun argument is that the system sucks but offer no good solution except a playoff. Teams have to be on their toes week one and on. Many teams like to soften their schedule at the beginning of the year so this doesnB)t happen but this still exposes the frauds. 2007 is the perfect example of this. I hope USF (or some other unknown) plays for the title soon B# hell a USF vs. Hawaii game would be just fine by me B# just cause they arenB)t the biggest schools doesnB)t mean they shouldnB)t make it. if USC wanted to play for the title they shouldnB)t have lost to Stanford, If Michigan wanted to play its too bad they couldnB)t beat a 1AA team. The list could go on and on. This is the same thing that could happen in a playoff but itB)s happening in the regular season and every game still means something. People need to remember that even though itB)s a huge million or billion dollar industry B# the ones actually playing the game are not supposed to be getting paid. Asking them to do more and further risk injury to their lives or careers just isnB)t right. Go Bulls!!!
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Its obviously worse. The BCS fucking blows. I love that South Florida is currently the number two team in the BCS, they could win the rest of their games, but because of a convaluded system a one-loss team could still get in to the championship game ahead of them. So basically, the Bulls are not in charge of their own destiny. So whats the point here? BCS backers say that a playoff would kill the intrigue of the college football season where every game is like an elimination, one loss and youre done playoff tree. Well, if USF goes 11-0, beats West Virginia, Rutgers, Louisville, and others en route to a perfect season, and LSU or Oklahoma get in ahead of the Bulls, whats the point of the whole every week is a playoff argument? Lets say the Bulls lose, and then there is 7 or 8 one loss teamswhos to say who deserves a chance at the title? Only in college football would the title continue to be decided by writers votes and a computer, and people would say thats fair.
5. Should the NHL just give it up and quit?
Everyone Is On Steroids:
HELL NO!! Just because its not as popular as the big 3? Tell me you have a better reason than that. Take this for example, how many people do you know? How many of the people you know are idiots? I willing to bet that more than 3/4s of the people you know are idiots. So the majority of people out there are idiots B# do you really wanna do something just cause everyone else is? Hockey is one of the most athletic games around. Imagine playing golf on ice skates while someone is coming at you full steam to knock you over before you can even tee up the ball. Then if you ever do get a shot off there is some asshole standing in front of the hole with an even bigger stick knocking it away or just jumping on it before can even get close. Sounds pretty difficult doesnB)t it? I wasnB)t much of a fan before living in Michigan for a few years and really learning about the sport. College hockey is still better but NHL is coming around its getting faster and they need to do away with the shootout. It took something that was the most dramatic part of a game and turned it into everyday occurance. They are trying to appeal to an audience that wont like it anyway so they should cater to their fans and aim to be more like college and Olympic hockey with faster play (they donB)t need big players and trying to create NFL on skates), smaller rinks and automatic icing.
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Back in the late 80s and early 90s, the Blackhawks were a really good team and I loved following the squad. 15 years later, I would rather watch football, baseball, basketball, boxing, golf, college basketball, college football, and college baseball over hockey. So that means hockey is somewhere around 10th on my TV sports wish list. And Im not alone here. The leagues TV contract is with the Versus Network, whatever the hell that is. Outside of newcomer Sidney Crosby, there arent any NHL stars kids can look to and emulate. Maybe hockey shouldnt just fold up shop entirely; Canadians and Russians still love it. But here in America, until the NHL eliminates about 6 teams in markets who dont care, thus elevating the quality of playthere wont be interest in the sport. And its a shame, because there is not many things in sports more exciting than playoff hockey.
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