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OTTOTD 10/9 - Bolt yourself In


Note to the Lightning: If you're going to copy the Tampa Bay Rays style of performing in endgame, might I suggest you mimic the 2008 Rays, and not the 2009 ones?  I've had my heart ripped out enough times for one year from them alone, I'd prefer to see you not continue the trend; I'm already dangerously close to not caring what you do anyway, this'll just push me over the edge.

I've grown to absolutely hate the overtime loss setup the NHL has; not so much shootouts preventing ties, but the 2-or-3-point system, where a team is awarded a point for a regulation tie but only 2 points for a win.  A point for a tie gives the deception that some teams are better then they actually are.  Getting one point for a loss is stupid when the winner in regulation only gets 2 points.  My preference would be that the NHL changes the scoring system so that a team gets 3 points for a win, 2 for an overtime win and 1 for an overtime loss.  You penalize teams for not winning in regulation but winning in overtime, and you take away some of the advantage that a team has for an OTL.

Another way to think about it is a team could lose 81 games in a season and finish with the same number of points as a team that goes .500.  That's not acceptable.

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FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 10:28 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh Sandy, we never play night crawlers anymore

FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"Wait...you banged my dead wife?"

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by P Brady on Oct 9, 2009 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That game was lame. 1 freaking second left

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 11:54 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Also..I hate Ranger, always have for some reason

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure is a lively thread today

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by Buc Wild on Oct 9, 2009 12:03 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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Parker or Mendenhall for the rest of the year. Who would you take?

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by Buc Wild on Oct 9, 2009 12:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Honestly? Why such doubt?

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No doubt, scouring the interwebz for opinions

I know your opinion, somehow. Not that I’ve asked…..

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by Buc Wild on Oct 9, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

We don't know what to do...It's not a Freezo Friday

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm truly touched by this boycott

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 12:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Don't touch yourself too much to this

www.thezobrists.com

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Fantastic

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Let's see some lines, though.

No work can be done after lunch on Friday. It’s a rule.

by rglass44 on Oct 9, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thats Buc Wilds job

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Welll...

I guess I could do it.

by rglass44 on Oct 9, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Want easy money?

Take MD+12.5 against Wake this weekend.

by rglass44 on Oct 9, 2009 12:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't gamble on youth sports

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Or the Special Olympics

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Explain.

In detail.

What you think all the guns is for? All purpose war, got the Rottweilers by the door. And I feed 'em gunpowder, so they can devour the criminals, tryin' to drop my decimals.

by PriceMultiCyYoungs on Oct 9, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

lines

min (-10) @ stl
dal (-8) @ kc
was (4) @ car
tb (15!!!!) @ phi
cin (8.5) @ bal
pit (-10.5) @ det
oak (14.5) @ nyg
cle (6) @ buf
atl (2.5) at sf
hou (+5.5) @ ari
ne (-3) @ den
ind (-3.5) @ ten
nyj (-2) @ mia

by rglass44 on Oct 9, 2009 12:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

min
dal
car
phi
cin
pit
nyg
cle
atl
hou
ne
IND!
nyj

I hate the TB, NE, and Dallas lines. The Indy game seems like free money.

by rglass44 on Oct 9, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah Indy screams free money

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's kinda awesome

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

suck bet

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It's a trap.

I can't wait until we trade him for a reliever.

by kericr on Oct 9, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I could see either way on the first three.

I just don’t see how Tenn wins that game. That’s what they essentially have to do.

by rglass44 on Oct 9, 2009 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No no no. 3 is the Magic # with Indy.

They will kill you as a fav when more than +3 on the road. So many wins by field goal margin.

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

hmmm

Maybe. I had it in my head it was 2 when I made that last comment.

Still, though, the way Peyton’s been clicking with the way the TEN defense has played, I find it hard to belive the Colts win by less than 5. It is the NFL though.

by rglass44 on Oct 9, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Stop giving them credit they don't deserve

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Its the matchup look within:

Tenn DLine is not the same @ stopping the run. Well iNdy passes
Indy can’t stop the run, Tenn runs well

Save your money SRQ

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And I know Tenn got torched by Garrard

But that was on the road. They will be fired up to get on track

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

If Indy gets a lead it's done

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wasn't gonna touch that one anyway

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How did
Yeah Indy screams free money

turn into

Wasn’t gonna touch that one anyway

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't know.

I’d take Indy but I’m not going NFL this week. It hurt me last week

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Like I said....easy money

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by SRQman on Oct 12, 2009 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thought you didn't touch it?

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 12, 2009 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh I got all up on it

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by SRQman on Oct 12, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Why the squirm last week?

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 12, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I go back and forth in my head usually

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by SRQman on Oct 12, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

But remember, what does Indy D suck at?

Rush defense, which is where Tenn gets you.

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by Buc Wild on Oct 9, 2009 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Last Year

@ Minn won by 3
Jax lost b y2
@ Hou won by 4
@ GB lost by 20
@ Tenn lost by 10
NE won by 3
@Pitt won by 4
@SD won by 3
@Cle won by 4
@Jax won by 7
@SD loss by 6

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Um, betting things that fly?

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Too rich for my blood

Nothing separates me from my striped polecat zorilla. How bout the title of next Fridays OTTOTD?

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sounds good to me.

Next Friday the victor gets to name the thread.

by rglass44 on Oct 9, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That is so stupid

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

But but I am not

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Better than naming each other's schmeckels

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by Buc Wild on Oct 9, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was like 6 years ago

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh SRQman....

LAN parties were never cool

FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good afternoon.

Lead singer, songwriter, and caterer for the band Suicide Phoenix. We play sitar-based anthems on real estate law. Available for weddings, birthdays (13+, please), and LAN parties.

by PlayOnWords on Oct 9, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Neurologically we all develop different pathways that lead to various emotional "addictions"

Some people get a serotonin release from acting like a butthole.

The More You Know *rainbow

FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My emotional addiction is being a goddamn winner.

Lead singer, songwriter, and caterer for the band Suicide Phoenix. We play sitar-based anthems on real estate law. Available for weddings, birthdays (13+, please), and LAN parties.

by PlayOnWords on Oct 9, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

My addiction is to grudge fuck your sister.

MY brain only releases the precious serotonin when your sister is crumpled on the ground, in the fetal position, covered in my feces and ejaculate crying her eyes out.

FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No one LIKES to salt another human

FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"I'm sexually mature now!"

YOU’RE 30 YEARS OLD, I HOPE SO.

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by P Brady on Oct 9, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

USMNT qualifier not on TV this weekend.

I blame every one of you shitbags.

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by PlayOnWords on Oct 9, 2009 2:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

In other news, whatever the fuck USMNT is doesn't matter

FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

hahaha

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hi. I'm 18.

When betting on sports online, do you bet directly through a credit/debit or what?

by vincesucks on Oct 9, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

So lame for you

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hi, I'm 14. Wanna cyber?

FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 2:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

PM sent

Get at me, missy.

by vincesucks on Oct 9, 2009 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

/is coquettish

FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I actually have neither IRL

FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

mmmm a0 year old man

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by P Brady on Oct 9, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

40*

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by P Brady on Oct 9, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

orly?

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by P Brady on Oct 9, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

This whole Yankee catcher thing is hilarious

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 2:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hockey sucks.

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by P Brady on Oct 9, 2009 2:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

So since Omama is getting teh Nobel...

I guess the above paintings are Masterpeaces.

by rglass44 on Oct 9, 2009 2:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

"Omama"

FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I can not figure out this accounting homework :(

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 3:13 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Oh my goodness you suck

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by P Brady on Oct 9, 2009 3:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Got it!

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

SRQ Banned in 3...

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by P Brady on Oct 9, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

FreeZo's big night out, can't wait

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 9, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh god

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lulz

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by SRQman on Oct 9, 2009 3:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I'll be real fucking happy when "lulz" is taken to a bunker somewhere and shot dead

FREE SPEACH is a myth. There is no such thing as 100% free speech. You cannot go into a movie theater and say "FIRE"!…"What? I have freedom of speach!" Bull. Doesnt work that way. Any real lawyer will tell you that.

by Top Gun Numba 1 on Oct 9, 2009 4:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You mean rich?

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by P Brady on Oct 9, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

As there is no new OTTOTD for today, I thought I would paste this here. From BE ( I removed the name so there wasn't an SBN blow up)

This phone sucks, and so does your blog Nico. You’re a fucking tool. Blow it out your ass.

I can’t wait until we trade him for a reliever.

by XXXXXXX on Oct 12, 2009 11:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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by Buc Wild on Oct 12, 2009 11:05 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I wonder who that is

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by SRQman on Oct 12, 2009 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And

Oh, and you don’t have to bother banning me, I’ll show myself out.

 I can’t wait until we trade him for a reliever.

by XXXXXXX on Oct 12, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

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by Buc Wild on Oct 12, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

KERICR?

J.J LOVE SPREADS while RAHEEM MORRIS'S PLAN FOR NFLDOMINECION IS COMING TO AN END.

by Some other guy who does not care on Oct 12, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

awesome

I bet it was that dick JJJE

Get well soon DM

by Sandy Kazmir on Oct 13, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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