Rawls if he can hang onto it, I'd guesss
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| Date | Title | Body |
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| 41 weeks 3 days ago | Not quite free agents |
I think the rule in Spain is you can't sign a professional contract until you are 18 but in England (and possibly other European countries) you can sign a professional contract at the age of 16. This means that clubs like Barcelona sometimes have to compete to keep players that have been training at La Masia for years. In the case of Hector Bellerin and Jon Toral, two Barca academy prospects who turned down Barca to sign with Arsenal this summer, there is a "development fee" paid as compensation by Arsenal to Barca (roughly Eur 1 million for the two of them). |
| 42 weeks 4 days ago | A few thoughts |
If I'm not mistaken it's the ABC primetime matchup so there's a decent chance that the game will be broadcast live in the UK on ESPN America and/or ESPN America HD (for which you need a subscription). The September schedule should be up on their website later in August (espnamerica.com). If it's on ESPN America, there might be a few bars with late licenses that would show the game. It's not the classiest venue but you could try the Sports Cafe near Piccadilly. It's open til 3am according to their website which would get you the first half and maybe even second half kickoff before bouncers throw you out. There's a slightly longer list of bar candidates here (http://www.londonrelocationservices.com/blog/tag/london-pubs-with-espn-a...) although I doubt any of them would be open late enough for you to catch the entire game. If it's not on TV then use one of the other recommended methods above or you can get a daily subscription for ESPN College Pass (a bargain at just £8.99 for 24 hours). Another place to look for streams would be myp2p.eu. Failing all that, you might be able to get a radio stream through mgoblue.com. |
| 48 weeks 3 days ago | Bergkamp vs Argentina 98 |
That was Bergkamp's legendary goal vs Argentina in the 98 World Cup. Just for fun, in this video you can compare Dutch commentary against BBC and ABC.
Sorry, haven't mastered embedding yet. For some EPL games, Sky broadcast alternate audio called Fanzone where you get commentary from two commentators (one for each team) who are just regular fans. Some of the banter is hilarious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y56quTJ88O0&feature=related
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| 1 year 24 weeks ago | Eligibility |
8 does seem low but bear in mind that you have to play enough to win a letter and you can't be a true freshman. According to the roster, 29 out of 116 were not eligible because they were true freshmen. Not sure what proportion of the 87 played enough to win a letter. |
| 1 year 34 weeks ago | RR comment |
I watched the postgame presser and RR said that all three had much higher ceilings than where they performed today. Nice to hear but hard to imagine them playing much better as a unit. |
| 1 year 35 weeks ago | Me too |
London, as the handle suggests. |
| 1 year 36 weeks ago | Snowflakes |
"schadenfreude-laden snowflakes, each expression of agony is unique." Great line. +1 |
| 1 year 36 weeks ago | A few caveats |
You're right, we gave up 532 yards yesterday. But about 150 of those yards came on the Rudolph TD and ND's last drive when we were in "prevent" mode. Not to say the Rudolph TD doesn't count but I for one am hoping that Cam Gordon has learned his lesson about never letting a receiver get behind him. We'd all like to see a return game on punts but I for one am happy to have Gallon just fair catch balls back there provided he doesn't fumble. I think Hagerup will come good. As poorly as he punted yesterday, he averaged 38.3 yards. Let's just hope he doesn't actually kick one of those low line drives directly at someone. The field goal kicking is another matter and my biggest concern. True freshman holder in Dileo and RS Freshman kicker. 1 of 4 FGs and a botched PAT is not a good start to the season. If we can maintain our new found focus on holding on to the ball it may help to make up for one or more of our |
| 1 year 36 weeks ago | Sad face |
Maybe we can trademark it as sad leprechaun face? |
| 1 year 36 weeks ago | Denard's throwing |
Denard seems to be missing "touch" on some of the downfield passes. All the downfield throws seem to be pretty flat and pretty high velocity. I'm sure he'll learn this as he goes along. The throw that is sticking in my mind is when he had the seam route to Roundtree wide open and the ball got knocked down by Teo who was 5+ yards behind Roundtree. A bit of elevation and he would have cleared Teo and had an easy touchdown. But, then again, we wouldn't have had the last second heroics for the second year in a row. |
