Recent content by JSpence

It wouldn't be shocking to see UK or UM try to nab an up-and-comer. Do you think Goff at KU has enough leash to make that kind of change without HCBS forcing their hand? While I'd applaud the boldness, the biggest unknown they've hired in the past century was Roy Williams... in an emergency.

As someone rooting for Paraguay.. yeah. France felt the physicality and let themselves go here and there, but the disparity is wrong both broadly and on many individual plays. I wouldn't weigh in on something so obvious, but: I was rooting for Paraguay around others rooting for Paraguay with...

Pardon me, I can and did call you out for incorrectly calling this shoulder-to-shoulder independent of what he posted. I'm not so insane as to use one angle of stills to find out what happened. This wasn't shoulder-to-shoulder. Even the crappy slow-mo shows that. Neither the initial contact...

You implied that it wasn't a foul because it was shoulder-to-shoulder, but now you attack his experience. Kinda telling that you didn't try to mount a technical defense for a hip check. So, wait, your argument is now that he had enough time and control of his body to make a soccer play...

Ah, yeah, you aren't watching the whole replay at speed while saying this. That helps me understand where you're coming from. People watching that same tired slo-mo clip can make their brains see almost anything. Like Balogan having time to play for the ball or there being...

What should Balogan have done differently? What did he HAVE TIME to do differently? When did his serious recklessness begin?

You're talking like being in front of someone or winning a challenge automatically puts that person in the right, when that is definitionally untrue. The BiH player initiated a violent challenge getting under Balogun. Balogun was not playing recklessly in the instant prior to that challenge...

Soccer prides itself on having few rules that never change. It's not about balance and fairness, it's about how minutely play can be measured to ensure that the pure and inerrant rules are followed. End of story, because it's out of the referees hands (but really not at all) and out of FIBA's...

Perhaps Andrej informed staff that he'll be deciding today, and he's waiting for so-and-so to decide. It sure is hard to see a tangible benefit to him or the coaches of withholding a decision that's been made. He's far from alone, but most players don't have circumstances like his. Maybe by...

After being outrebounded in each of the first five games and by an average of 7.0, the Wolves managed to get torched 60 to 29 in this one. The starters had 14 in 125 minutes. TEN Spurs had four or more boards. Only two Wolves can say that.

Yup, it still seems like lots of playing time might get him over the hump. It wouldn't be a shock to see him have options after a big Junior year at JMU.

Holy crap... and it's not even stacked against them - they played every team and went 1-2 in each series.

I love the honest truth that this was a no-hitter against what turned out to be one of that year's best teams and probably the second-nastiest line-up. Unreal. Then a bunch of hulks and The Kid hit some homers.

Holy moly, I'm not panicking, guys. It's just a wild, momentary blip that's probably rare to see an eighth of the way into the season or whatever. If anything, it's just an endorsement of how solid a spring the Central has had. The Cubs are fine. It's April. Enjoy the nerd stuff and early...

Call Vegas. Where will they set the over/under for how many SECONDS before student tickets sell out? I'll say 299. :illinois: :ah: :illinois: