From now on Face has his own thread to talk about sports in.

If you want to give a reply with actual thought in it i might respond. If not, I won't.

This screens out the trolling I get since I am one of the few thoughtful posters on tww.

7/17/2012 6:17:35 AM

Does this mean you won't post in other ST threads?

7/17/2012 6:49:54 AM

NyM isn't going to like this

7/17/2012 6:53:30 AM

LOL. Face is the best thing going in ST followed closely by Ernie and Slave Famous.

7/17/2012 7:36:29 AM

Be thoughtful/humorous - Hundreds of people browse the message board each day. Before you post something, think to yourself, "would the majority of the users want to read this?". If the answer is "no", then don't post it.

7/17/2012 7:43:56 AM

Why would I not be happy. I have no issues with him. I like to dabble with sports lines a bit still and he's Vegas-savvy. I just kind of make fun of taking the stats to a different level and claiming bit players are superstars.

7/17/2012 7:51:29 AM

face gets his own thread and Marbury doesn't? outlandish!!

7/17/2012 7:55:11 AM

^^^ I try to be thoughtful and humorous in each post I make.

If you don't want to read my posts, click on another thread bulldyke


Since we are on the subject of sports, is everyone looking forward to the men's gymnastics??

[Edited on July 17, 2012 at 8:22 AM. Reason : a]

7/17/2012 8:20:05 AM

this probably deserves to be in the section drop down, but between Study Hall and Feedback Forum.

7/17/2012 8:43:48 AM

thank god

now convince Shoot to join you

7/17/2012 9:02:16 AM

Phsychologists say that people who refer to themselves in third person are usually narcissistic, and often times suffer mild to severe psychosis.

7/17/2012 9:08:45 AM

Just keep shoot out of here.

7/17/2012 9:09:48 AM

Quote :

" Does this mean you won't post in other ST threads?"

for the love of god, I hope so.

Shoot can stay in here as well.

7/17/2012 9:45:09 AM

Since I'm certain that face has other aliases, can we use this thread to speculate on who is who's alias?

7/17/2012 10:09:59 AM

This is Martin's best idea since his Caribbean political talk show Face The Haitian

7/17/2012 10:12:37 AM

Can we have a shoot face thread?

7/17/2012 11:10:26 AM

lolololololololololollolololololololololol

7/17/2012 11:48:55 AM

7/17/2012 11:54:59 AM

will you and HOOPS have a weekly podcast?

7/17/2012 1:16:31 PM

Sad Times In TWW Moderation

May need to go above the chain of command on this one, McNulty style.

7/17/2012 1:26:56 PM

face lives off points inside the arc. I doubt he gets those against us.

He doesn't shoot threes at all. That's our main weakness defensively.

Defensively he is horrid.

He is hopelessly short and has zero depth.

I like NC State vs the spread. This has all the makings of a 30+ point game that might only be a 15 point spread.

7/17/2012 7:17:37 PM

Miles Plumlee is a hidden gem in this year's rookie class

7/18/2012 8:38:58 AM

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7/18/2012 9:17:27 AM

What did you expect?

7/18/2012 11:42:43 AM

so who is shoot? is it martin/rally/face? ncstatetke? tt? hn?

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7/18/2012 12:25:55 PM

7/18/2012 1:55:49 PM

Hey fuckface, stay in your thread

7/19/2012 8:05:57 PM

I think a more fitting title would have been "Sports Talk from The Authority"

7/19/2012 8:24:03 PM

Ok, I'm gonna list a pair of NBA players & you tell me which was better since I never have any clue who you think is a total scrub or a waste of a roster spot (& I don't think I'm alone here)


Rudy Gay or Landry Fields?

7/20/2012 10:48:40 AM

Gay hasn't done much for most of his career but last year he was solid (though overpaid).

Fields was awesome his rookie year but slipped a little last year. Still there's a reason he got a big contract he's one of the top young SG in the league. Needs to improve his shooting a little, but he's a big pickup for Toronto. If they could just get rid of bargnani and derozan they'd be onto something there.

7/20/2012 1:12:35 PM

7/20/2012 1:43:01 PM

how do you feel about all of these NFL players having offseason problems? marshawn, dez, now kenny britt the latest member of the offseason arrest club.

Quote :

"Kenny Britt has been arrested for driving under the influence, according to WUZ Radio in Nashville. Britt and teammate Tommie Campbell were reportedly with a female soldier when they tried to enter Fort Campbell, which is just north of the Tennessee/Kentucky border. Their vehicle was stopped at the gate and the police were presumably called. We'll wait for more details, but this almost certainly won't end well for Britt. He's already had seven incidents involving police since coming into the league in 2009. "

7/20/2012 1:52:13 PM

Never understood why these guys don't have a buddy that can drive them. Even a one game suspension would cost more than several years worth of personal drivers and taxis

7/20/2012 2:03:48 PM

So lets get crazzzzy.

If one could combine the Dream Team with the 2012 squad. Who would make your starting 5?

Magic
LeBron
Jordan
Durant
Robinson

Magic had HIV at this point, so I'd consider starting Westbrook in his place. Plenty of better players than Russell, but I would love to see him run the court with those other 4 gazelles.

8/3/2012 12:53:52 AM

I am too connected to Russell Westbrook
As he slips away, fades away.
Days away I still feel him
Turning it over, missing shots
Considerately killing OKC

8/3/2012 1:04:40 AM

Jordan
Kobe
Magic
Lebron
Barkley

I figure you don't need a 7-footer when you have such a dominant 1-4

8/3/2012 1:10:54 AM

best contribution to this thread

8/3/2012 1:17:58 AM

Stockton
Bird
Mullin
Love
Laettner

8/3/2012 10:26:48 AM

Dylan
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan
Dylan

8/3/2012 11:52:36 AM

from the Panthers offseason thread:

Quote :

"One solution is to award negative points for each carry but make yards worth slightly more. Each carry should have a negative value equal to ~2 yards. That way the RB is not being rewarded for the first 2 yards."

I'm interested in this system. So how would you set up your league's scoring system?

8/9/2012 12:21:26 PM

^ I don't actually use that in my league but it's an idea I've floated before.

I would go with something like

Rushing TD = 3 pts
Rushing yards = 0.2 pts
Carries = -0.4 pts

So 20 carries for 100 yards and 1 TD would be 15 points

whereas

30 carries for 100 yards and a TD would only be 11 points



You can play around with a little but that's the basic idea. It rewards guys like Sproles who only use ~10 carries to get their 50 yards and penalizes the Frank Gore's who use 30 carries because they just get run up the middle the whole game because their offense stinks.

8/9/2012 1:41:28 PM

How bout negative PPR to balance it out? Like -.2 per reception?

8/9/2012 1:49:18 PM

and so a Jerome Bettis in the red zone that runs 2 attempts for 4 yards and 1 TD is -0.8 + 0.8 + 3 = 3 points

8/9/2012 2:00:09 PM

Correct, the idea is to penalize two types of RB's.

1) The Eddie George types who rack up 100 yards just due to a ton of carries

2) The goaline backs who rack up a bunch of 1 yard TD's as they fall down in the end zone

As a result, the guys who rack up high yards per carry and high yardage totals but get benched on the 1 yard line become more valuable. Deangelo Williams shouldn't be penalized just because Cam is a wrecking ball in the red zone. Similarly, Sproles shouldn't be penalized just because the Saints spread the ball around and use 3 rb's.



For Wide receivers I think a better system than giving 1 point per reception is to give zero points for receptions but 1-2 points for a first down. You really shouldn't get a lot of credit for catching a 8 yard pass on 3rd and 12. However, a 7 yard catch on 3rd and 5 is very valuable.

Currently, our league uses 0.5 ppr and nothing for first downs though. Again, they are ideas I've floated but I don't try to rock the boat too much on the scoring system because most people want it to be fairly simple.

8/9/2012 2:19:09 PM

You should find a way to penalize tight ends who catch 1 yard comebacks and flats for touchdowns in the redzone

8/9/2012 2:26:00 PM

Why not use this thread to get the attention you seek, instead of derailing other threads?

8/29/2012 12:22:12 PM

Durrr, because it's not nearly as much fun as derailing threads.

8/29/2012 12:55:58 PM

your golden god is picking up where he left off last week

9/16/2012 1:12:10 PM

Quote :

"yeah as of right now FSU, Notre Dame, and Texas all look like worthy challengers for Alabama."

Quote :

"Oregon is alright, probably a top 10 team but they haven't been able to establish themselves with the big boys like Notre Dame yet. We'll see..."

Quote :

"Notre Dame has clearly been better than Oregon thus far. I'm not saying Oregon CAN'T get to their level but ND, FSU, and Texas are the only teams putting fear into Alabama right now."

Quote :

"Four fairly evenly matched teams still duking it out for a title shot. Can't remember it being this close lately. Wvu, Alabama, notre dame, and Kansas state."

Quote :

"Oregon is just not that good this year. They're a legitimate top 10 team but they're not amongst the elite teams like Notre Dame, WVU, Alabama, and K-State."

Quote :

"LOL, Oregon isn't in the same hemisphere as Notre Dame. Tree, you are a total nutbar. Dell Preston style"

Quote :

"Oregon isn't amongst the nation's elite yet. We have to go with what they've shown so far. Notre Dame and K-State are the main competition now..."

Quote :

"Nice to see it all work itself out since notre dame might have been left out of the title game despite being the clear cut #1 team most of the season."

Quote :

"ND and Bama should be a pick, but since everyone is all over the SEC's nuts it will be like Alabama -4. Notre Dame is better on both sides of the ball, but Alabama has an enormous advantage on special teams. All the smart money will be on ND, but the public will take Allie obviously."

Quote :

"Notre Dame's offense and defense are significantly better than Alabama's. Anything can happen in one game, but you're just being ignorant if you think Alabama will be a huge favorite in this game."

oh, face

1/7/2013 9:23:06 PM

just wait. he'll come in here and tell us all about how we should have listened to him when he was saying that Alabama was head and shoulders above everyone else this year. He'll even have five or six posts lined up to prove his point, too.

1/7/2013 9:24:11 PM