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Cincinnati game preview and weather forecast...

Game is scheduled for Tues at 6 p.m. ET at The Bart and it's a rainy day tomorrow so we need to keep an eye on the possibility of a schedule change.

Cincinnati is 5th in the Big 12 with an overall record of 27-21 and a conference record of 13-11 and they feel they can still possibly get an at-large bid with a strong finish if they don't win the Big 12 tournament. Cincy's RPI is currently 67 to IU's 62. It's the last midweek home game for IU.

Two familiar names are starting for the Bearcats: Hunter Jessee is starting in LF and he is currently hitting .250 and has 6 doubles and 3 homers. Cal Sefcik's older brother, Luke Sefcik, a redshirt soph, starts at 2B for the Bearcats and is hitting .302.

Starting pitchers:

RHP Evan Whiteaker will be on the mound for IU and he has an ERA of 12.27 in 11.0 IP and a WHIP of 2.18 with an OBA of .393. Whiteaker has really struggled this season having been charged with 15 earned runs in his 11 innings pitched. He pitched three innings back on 3/13 against Illinois State where he was charged with 8 earned runs in those three innings and then didn't pitch again until 4/21 against Minnesota where he pitched one inning giving up an earned run. He pitched again on 4/23 for an inning against Ball State giving up a double, but he wasn't charged with any runs in that one inning. Hopefully, he gets off to a good start with the Bearcats.

RHP Griffin Hugus will be on the mound for Cincy with an ERA of 4.95 in 20.0 IP and an OBA of .250.


Stat comparison:

Batting: IU is hitting .300, while the Bearcats are hitting .278 as a team.

Pitching: IU has a team ERA of 6.45, while the Bearcats have a team average of 5.88.

Fielding: IU is at .964, while the Bearcats average is .973. IU has 60 errors in 47 games, while the Bearcats have 47 errors in 48 games.

Weather forecast: It's expected to be 74 at game time (Tues at 6 p.m. ET) with mostly cloudy skies and a 34 pct chance of precip. Wind out of the SW at 12 mph. They are expecting a thunderstorm around 2 p.m. that afternoon with it tapering off going into the late afternoon/early evening with the chance of a thunderstorm starting again around 8 p.m. that evening.

Hicks vs Nicks

If anyones watching, you cant tell me the NBA is rigged! I been saying that sht for the last 25 years! Refs have made several of their usual pathetic bad calls! Turner was mauled by Brunson and they reviewed the play! Replay clearly showed Brunson all over Turner and they reverse the call saying is was legal contact!??? While Pacers defenders breathe on Brunson and get called for a foul! NBA coddles their big market teams and screw us small markets whenever they can! So, how is this not rigged??? Anyone? Anyone???…Tim Donahee/Scott Foster/Tony Brothers/Pavetta, etc are all dirty!
I dont even know why I am watching this! I guess since theres nothing else on, but i cant stop shaking my head in disgust! such a bad product!

Going to the UCLA game?

I just booked a round trip ticket on American non-stop from Charlotte to LAX on Sept 12 and return Sept 15 for 35k Frequent Flyer miles.

My wife booked her flight round trip on American, going through Chicago, from Ft Wayne, since she'll be there then. $234. Round Trip! She's taking a red eye back on Saturday night.

If you're going to the game, you might want to check out flights now - good deals!

Noticing some change

W Woodson. He stopped hockey line subbing. Looking like he will fill all roster spots this season. He has done a good job rebuilding the roster.

Now- will there be a change in his system? Time will tell. If he does, this team will be very good. I say let em run and just add some perimeter actions. We will see in December if this stuff changes too. Hoping for a great yr. Not a good one, a great one.

Booked flights to LA for the UCLA. If you're going, check out flights now

I just booked a round trip ticket on American non-stop from Charlotte to LAX on Sept 12 and return Sept 15 for 35k Frequent Flyer miles.

My wife booked her flight round trip on American, going through Chicago, from t Wayne, since she'll be there then. $234. Round Trip!

If you're going to the game, you might want to check out flights now - good deals!

Hot Rod Wilmont

I use to play poker with Rod and some other players back in the day. Rod was known for calling but not putting the right amount of money in the pot. "Rod, two reds and a blue". Somehow this does not shock me at all!! Sad though, he is going to jail.


Sunday B1G scores and B1G standings for 5/5...

Other final scores from around the B1G for today;

Minn 6 Neb 2 - The Huskers won the road series 2-1 but missed out on a chance to tie Illinois for the lead. The Gophers have managed to win at least one game in each of their conference series this season.

Illinois 12 OSU 2 - Illinois won the home series 2-1, and finished the weekend with a one game lead over IU, Purdue, and Neb.

Michigan 10 MSU 8 (12 inn) - MSU won the home series 2-1 with Michigan having to come from behind to salvage the last game of the series.

Iowa 6 NW 5 (13 inn) - Iowa swept the worst team in the B1G at home, 3-0, but had to go extra innings to get it today.

Navy 9 PSU 1 - PSU went 1-1 this weekend against non-conference opponents with a Friday win over Georgetown and today's loss to Navy. A game against Georgetown on Saturday was cancelled.

Maryland @ Rutgers - They played a DH yesterday with Maryland winning the last game of the series 6-4 to win the road series, 2-1.


Big series coming up next weekend with the top six teams in the conference playing each other.

IU @ Neb

Iowa @ Illinois (Iowa's last conference series of the season)

Purdue @ Michigan

Standings:
RankTeamConference
Record
Overall
Win %
Games
Back
RecordWin %RPI RankQ1Last
10
Streak
1Illinois13-50.722-28-160.636602-97-32 Wins
2Nebraska12-60.667130-160.652243-36-41 Loss
2Purdue12-60.667130-170.638690-46-42 Losses
2Indiana12-60.667127-19-10.585615-67-2-12 Wins
5Iowa13-80.61926-180.5911012-67-33 Wins
6Michigan11-70.611225-230.521930-87-31 Win
7Michigan State9-90.500421-230.4771032-46-41 Loss
8Maryland10-110.47631-180.633342-27-31 Win
9Ohio State8-100.444523-220.511655-54-62 Losses
10Penn State7-110.389621-200.5121520-43-71 Loss
10Minnesota7-110.389620-210.4881201-66-41 Win
12Rutgers4-140.222926-210.553642-33-71 Loss
13Northwestern2-160.1111113-300.3021351-111-97 Losses
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Dennett’s attitude towards religion

This article lists some of the high points (not even close to enough, in my mind) of Dan Dennett’s thought.


On religion:

Religion doesn’t need to be abolished—merely fixed
Does religion “poison everything,” as my dear, late friend Hitch [Christopher Hitchens] insisted on saying? Only in a very attenuated sense, I think. Many things are quite harmless in moderation and poisonous only in quantity. I understand why Hitch emphasized this view; as a foreign correspondent he had much first-hand, dangerous experience with the worst features of religion, while I know of all that only at second hand—often from his reportage. I, in contrast, have known people whose lives would be desolate and friendless if it weren’t for the non-judgemental welcome they have received in one religious organization or another. I regret the residual irrationalism valorized by almost all religion, but I don’t see the state playing the succoring, comforting role well, so until we find secular successor organizations to take up that humane task, I am not in favor of ushering churches off the scene. I would rather assist in transforming these organizations into forms that are not caught in the trap of irrational—and necessarily insincere—allegiance to patent nonsense.
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