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December 19, 2015
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Rainieri is a genius. Why can't everyone else see that?
posted by owlhouse at 06:28 PM on December 19, 2015
Matt Cassel is putting on a clinic of bad quarterbacking tonight. First the wobble-footed interception on a pass to no one, then a retreat that turns a sack into a 20-yard mega-sack.
We all know Tony Romo is crafty. I think he's done something that ruins every other quarterback who comes to Dallas.
posted by rcade at 09:15 PM on December 19, 2015
If you're looking for an example of a "forgotten star" in sports, then Dickie Moore of the Montreal Canadiens is probably your best example. He passed away on Saturday.
posted by grum@work at 11:36 PM on December 19, 2015
We all know Tony Romo is crafty. I think he's done something that ruins every other quarterback who comes to Dallas.
Every other quarterback?
posted by Etrigan at 11:52 PM on December 19, 2015
Update from my post on December 7th about the undefeated NCAA football teams.
There are now only three undefeated teams left in all national organized NCAA football divisions (FBS, FCS, DII, DIII, NAIA).
Mount Union finished their season 15-0 after winning the DIII title at the 2015 Stagg Bowl.
Northwest Missouri State finished their season 15-0 after winning the DII title on Saturday.
Clemson is the only undefeated team left in the FBS level, and are currently sitting 13-0, with a matchup against Oklahoma on December 31st in the FBS playoff semi-finals. A win there and in the finals (against the winner of Alabama/Michigan State) would leave them undefeated for the year.
If Clemson should lose, then you can build a chain of wins for Mount Union AND NW Missouri St. over the other three teams.
Example: Mount Union over Alabama, NW Missouri State over Michigan State or Oklahoma.
posted by grum@work at 12:22 AM on December 20, 2015
Matt Cassel playing QB for the Pats in 2008 and Matt Cassel playing QB for the Cowboys in 2015 are two very different versions of "defying the oddsmakers".
Speaking of oddsmakers, I loved the quarter by quarter scoring in the Las Vegas Bowl. Not something you see every day.
posted by beaverboard at 02:33 AM on December 20, 2015
The Vegas Bowl and the Celebration Bowl (HBCU Championship) have set a very high bar for this bowl season.
posted by Etrigan at 09:36 AM on December 20, 2015
Dickie Moore of the Montreal Canadiens
Another "hated enemy" of my youth has passed, but Dickie Moore, like all of those whom we hate only because they are not wearing our team's sweater, was a class act. I believe Moore was "forgotten" only because of his teammates. When you are in the company of the Richards, Beliveaus', Geoffrions, Harveys, and Plantes, your very bright light just is not as visible.
RIP Dickie Moore.
posted by Howard_T at 01:19 PM on December 20, 2015
Leicester City become the first team in Premiership history to be bottom of the league one Christmas and top of the league the next Christmas.
Just like everyone predicted.