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Dan Strauss's avatar

Like a good yinzer Alex knows puck. Beating Canada in my opinion will come down to a Hellybuck in net. When he’s on (and not playing behind Winnipegs D) he can stop anything.

Alex Kirshner's avatar

I just don't think the US team was built very well. I think Guerin and Sullivan overdid it with trying to be "hard to play against" and didn't try to put the most skilled possible team on the ice.

Dan Strauss's avatar

As a stars fan… yeah if we get shutout or something people are gonna rage no geekie and robo or caulfield

kevin kearns's avatar

Same thing happened to me during the 2015 World Series. Went to a "sports bar" with the fellas to watch the Royals win it. They wouldn't turn on the sound because it was trivia night lol.

Farney's avatar

Great episode. And an incredible day of Olympic hockey.

Alex Kirshner's avatar

We recorded a new episode for subscribers for tomorrow and took multiple hockey breaks in the middle of it.

Dan Klobucar's avatar

My guess is that Sac State is taking the buy rate for a 30 second ad and multiplying it by the number of minutes that they would be on TV, the same way that a McNeese State claims that it gets $40 million in free advertising by winning a game in the NCAA Tournament. The obvious flaw in that math is the notion that many people watching an NCAA tournament game aren't interested in going to college anymore since most viewers are older than college aged, and a very small percentage are considering McNeese State among their options.

Curt Ritchie's avatar

ironic to listen to the talk about 'economic impact' as the news of the Bears stadium breaks.

Jeff Neville's avatar

Listening to this episode right now and the talk about eligibility has me wondering what eligibility in a “players are employees” world looks like.

What stops college football from just becoming a minor pro league and having no eligibility rules? What’s stopping teams from keeping good players who won’t be nfl players for 7-10 years? What happens to development of high school kids coming to college?

I realize this is more than a quick answer, but would be intrigued on looking in to a potential future at what it could look like.

Alex Kirshner's avatar

In theory, a court or Congress or shame would stop it.

Scott young's avatar

IMO

Pavia is still in this eligibility suit because I think he’s going to try and come back if he goes later than the 4th round

Alex Kirshner's avatar

Mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. Man.

Scott young's avatar

Who better and loudest person to be the cfb person to try this.