Non-Hockey Sports Thread XVI

[Wabit]

So has anyone been to the Indy 500? I'm thinking of making a somewhat last minute trip there this year.

 

[HollaHaula]

So has anyone been to the Indy 500? I'm thinking of making a somewhat last minute trip there this year.

I had a friend that went last year. It looked like a blast. There's a lot of cool things to see and do besides the race, which is awesome in itself.

I hope you decided to go.

 

[Wabit]

I had a friend that went last year. It looked like a blast. There's a lot of cool things to see and do besides the race, which is awesome in itself.

I hope you decided to go.

I'm thinking of going to Carb Day (Friday) and the 500. I'm just unsure if I'm going to get a hotel or drive back home (~300 miles) in between.

 

[thestonedkoala]

So, out of the big four, which team will win a championship first? Wild are in perpetual retooling mode. Vikings have no offensive line, and questions are about on their offense. Timberwolves...just suck. Twins...just suck. My bet is the Vikings.

 

[Digitalbooya]

It’ll be the Wild. Put my bet down for them.

 

[Minnesnota]

So, out of the big four, which team will win a championship first? Wild are in perpetual retooling mode. Vikings have no offensive line, and questions are about on their offense. Timberwolves...just suck. Twins...just suck. My bet is the Vikings.

Yea, Vikings are the best bet.

Twins suck.
Wild suck.
Timberwolves suck (until they get a new coach).
Vikings are really good.

Vikings are a top 5 team this year and I expect them to be back in the NFC championship game.

 

[Wabit]

Yea, Vikings are the best bet.

Twins suck.
Wild suck.
Timberwolves suck (until they get a new coach).
Vikings are really good.

Vikings are a top 5 team this year and I expect them to be back in the NFC championship game.

If Rodgers is healthy GB wins the Division and MN is a WC team; both teams finish between 12-4 and 10-6. GB has an easier/better balanced schedule and that's the big difference.
-GB gets to break-in their new players/systems against weaker teams the first 5 weeks of the season than MN.
-GB gets their mini bye week before the 2nd GB/MN game (@.MN, the game that decides the Division imo).

 

[Minnesnota]

If Rodgers is healthy GB wins the Division and MN is a WC team; both teams finish between 12-4 and 10-6. GB has an easier/better balanced schedule and that's the big difference.
-GB gets to break-in their new players/systems against weaker teams the first 5 weeks of the season than MN.
-GB gets their mini bye week before the 2nd GB/MN game (@.MN, the game that decides the Division imo).

????

The Packers have the toughest SOS this season.

 

[Wabit]

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The Packers have the toughest SOS this season.

I'll take GB's over MN just because of the way it balances out. They play the same teams except GB is @.Redskins and ATL at home (in Dec). MN gets @.Philly and NO at home. Both teams are at NE, Jets, SEA, and Rams.

GB get Rams after their bye week and MN after their mini-bye. MN gets Philly after their mini-bye week and Bears after their bye week.

Of course everything goes out the window if either Rodgers or Cousins gets injured and misses extended time.

 

[Minnesnota]

I'll take GB's over MN just because of the way it balances out. They play the same teams except GB is @.Redskins and ATL at home (in Dec). MN gets @.Philly and NO at home. Both teams are at NE, Jets, SEA, and Rams.

GB get Rams after their bye week and MN after their mini-bye. MN gets Philly after their mini-bye week and Bears after their bye week.

Of course everything goes out the window if either Rodgers or Cousins gets injured and misses extended time.

Minnesota has the better team. Schedule will play very little into things, you're reaching.

Vikings win the NFC North again, not worried. You can trash me if I'm wrong.

 

[Wabit]

Minnesota has the better team. Schedule will play very little into things, you're reaching.

Vikings win the NFC North again, not worried. You can trash me if I'm wrong.

MN has the better defense (pretty much everywhere), GB has the better offense (o-line and QB for sure). Schedule plays into how teams do almost every season (stupid Thursday night and London games).

 

[HollaHaula]

I'm thinking of going to Carb Day (Friday) and the 500. I'm just unsure if I'm going to get a hotel or drive back home (~300 miles) in between.

Oh god, find some place to stay lol 600 miles is so much driving.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Packers with a healthy Rodgers over Minnesota every day. No question about it.

 

[puckMAN]

Packers with a healthy Rodgers over Minnesota every day. No question about it.

Lol

 

[Wabit]

How is Angel Hernandez still employed as a MLB umpire? He's awful behind the plate and has been for years.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Lol

Care to explain the hilarity...?

 

[SupremeNachos]

How is Angel Hernandez still employed as a MLB umpire? He's awful behind the plate and has been for years.

It's a mix of the Old Boys Club and the league not wanting to change things. He is the kind of umpire that makes me want a robot/computer to call the game even if it's too strict.

 

[puckMAN]

Care to explain the hilarity...?

I'll laugh at any packers fan who honestly believes that a fully healthy packers team,is miles better then a fully healthy Vikings team.Wake up call that's not the case.

 

[Digitalbooya]

I'll laugh at any packers fan who honestly believes that a fully healthy packers team,is miles better then a fully healthy Vikings team.Wake up call that's not the case.

Miles better, maybe not. But better nonetheless. Dom Capers is out as D coordinator. Don't expect the same trash defenses like years past. Rodgers already has a healthy W/L record in his favor. Discounting that he was injured this past year, I'm sure you'd love to compare against Hundley led teams cause he sucks, Rodgers has gone 11-3-0 against Minnesota since 2010. Minnesota's three victories were by a combined 13 points (37-34, 20-13, 17-14).

 

[TaLoN]

Miles better, maybe not. But better nonetheless. Dom Capers is out as D coordinator. Don't expect the same trash defenses like years past. Rodgers already has a healthy W/L record in his favor. Discounting that he was injured this past year, I'm sure you'd love to compare against Hundley led teams cause he sucks, Rodgers has gone 11-3-0 against Minnesota since 2010. Minnesota's three victories were by a combined 13 points (37-34, 20-13, 17-14).

Dom Capers being gone doesn't solve the talent gap on defense.

 

[SupremeNachos]

But if one of those wins was from a team with Christian Ponder that has to count for like at least 10 by itself.

 

[gphr513]

Miles better, maybe not. But better nonetheless. Dom Capers is out as D coordinator. Don't expect the same trash defenses like years past. Rodgers already has a healthy W/L record in his favor. Discounting that he was injured this past year, I'm sure you'd love to compare against Hundley led teams cause he sucks, Rodgers has gone 11-3-0 against Minnesota since 2010. Minnesota's three victories were by a combined 13 points (37-34, 20-13, 17-14).

5 of those 11 wins also came against some really trash Vikings teams in the lean Frazier years. Those 3 Vikings teams he beat five times had a combined record of 14-33-1.

Since Zimmer has turned the team around in 2015, when I think the teams have at least been in the same stratosphere in terms of ability, he's 2-2 against the Vikings. Giving him the BOTD and not crediting last year's loss where he got hurt against him.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Dom Capers being gone doesn't solve the talent gap on defense.

The packers have plenty of talent on defense. They just need better structure. Even going from a bottom 10 defense to a middle 10 defense makes a huge difference when you have one of the best offenses in the league. The last time the packers had a top 10 defense they won a Super Bowl.

5 of those 11 wins also came against some really trash Vikings teams in the lean Frazier years. Those 3 Vikings teams he beat five times had a combined record of 14-33-1.

Since Zimmer has turned the team around in 2015, when I think the teams have at least been in the same stratosphere in terms of ability, he's 2-2 against the Vikings. Giving him the BOTD and not crediting last year's loss where he got hurt against him.

I still have a problem with the Vikings offense and the last time Rodgers played against the Vikings in a full game he dropped 38 points on the best unit the Vikings have to offer.

Idk why it would even be benefit of the doubt for last year. He was injured 8* minutes into a 0-0 game.

 

[gphr513]

Idk why it would even be benefit of the doubt for last year. He was injured 7 minutes into a 0-0 game.

I didn't remember the circumstances and how much of the game he actually played, hence the BOTD

I still have a problem with the Vikings offense and the last time Rodgers played against the Vikings in a full game he dropped 38 points on the best unit the Vikings have to offer.

Yeah, dude's a HOF QB, there's gonna be times when he's just on his game, and there's not much anyone can do to stop that when it happens. That same year when we played him at home, we held him to 14 points and a very pedestrian 20/36, 213 yards, TD, INT line

 

[HollaHaula]

Yeah, dude's a HOF QB, there's gonna be times when he's just on his game, and there's not much anyone can do to stop that when it happens. That same year when we played him at home, we held him to 14 points and a very pedestrian 20/36, 213 yards, TD, INT line

To emphasize how bad those Vikings' offenses were under Ponder, this would have been a career game for him.