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11-20-2010 , 05:45 AM

#26

Sti1gar

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Oh come on, TK was funny there.

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11-23-2010 , 03:50 PM

#27

Jimmy Proffett

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Bill Simmons is currently running a chat on ESPN. Someone sent him a message pretending to be Josh Freeman b/c Bill has a hard-on for him. Here's how Bill responded:

"JAAAAAAAAAAAASH FREEMAN! BTW - why is he never mentioned in the MVP discussions? The Bucs are 7-3, San Diego is 5-5, but Phil Rivers is more valuable????"

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11-23-2010 , 03:56 PM

#28

g-bebe

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I used to hate BS but now I pretty consistently listen to his podcasts since I think he's got some pretty funny angles sometimes. His most recent one though is pretty homerific-armchair-QB-ish when he's talking to Aaron Schatz from FO and refuses to anoint Rivers as the top MVP candidate at this point.

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11-23-2010 , 05:00 PM

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Kneel B4 Zod

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I listened to that podcast, Simmons is such a weird guy. he is really inconsistent in his use of stats.sometimes they are useless, sometimes great

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11-23-2010 , 05:02 PM

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nath

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Did anyone ask him if he reads TZ

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11-23-2010 , 05:05 PM

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would have to more subtle than outright asking him. gotta lead him on in some way where he reveals knowledge of a tz meme or idea.

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11-23-2010 , 05:10 PM

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Kneel B4 Zod

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can someone cliff me whats up with Simmons and tz? does he steal stuff from there or something?

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11-23-2010 , 05:12 PM

#33

g-bebe

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cliffs: there's some evidence to suggest he does read it, content crossover, but it's probably pretty unlikely

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11-23-2010 , 05:34 PM

#34

nath

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Originally Posted by Victor

would have to more subtle than outright asking him. gotta lead him on in some way where he reveals knowledge of a tz meme or idea.

Right, because if the answer is ambiguous enough TZers can convince themselves it's evidence.

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11-23-2010 , 05:35 PM

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Victor

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cliffs: there's some evidence to suggest he does read it, content crossover, but it's probably pretty unlikely

right, i mean, tz talks about the going ons in the nba. so does simmons. ofc theres gonna be a lot of overlap.

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11-23-2010 , 05:40 PM

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Kneel B4 Zod

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tz is impenetrable for regular SE posters like me, I can't imagine an outsider like Simmons trying to digest it

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11-23-2010 , 05:42 PM

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Chilltown

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Bill Simmons read a Bobbo post which consisted of him multi quoting 10 people from 5 pages earlier. That ended the experience for him.

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11-23-2010 , 05:44 PM

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Victor

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Originally Posted by Kneel B4 Zod

tz is impenetrable for regular SE posters like me, I can't imagine an outsider like Simmons trying to digest it

agree that its mostly a caricature of itself at this point. cant be easy to wade thru the levels and inside jokes and bobboisms to find morsels of content.

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11-23-2010 , 06:13 PM

#39

g-bebe

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considering his job he's probably got the time to do it

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11-23-2010 , 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by g-bebe

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I listened to that podcast, Simmons is such a weird guy. he is really inconsistent in his use of stats.sometimes they are useless, sometimes great

yeah, it's funny to go from completely praising Felix Hernandez getting the Cy Young to completely discounting Rivers' season.

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11-24-2010 , 01:43 AM

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aufan91

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simmons' voice tilts the **** out of me.

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I do like to listen to his shows though. I'd take Simmons over any other ESPN personality any day.

I listen to TK's radio show also. He's possibly the most self-centered human being. He acts like he realizes it and it's just his shtick, but from what I read/hear, he truly is a very vile person.

His radio show is pretty funny, though. Plus, you get to listen to them talk confidently about things they have no clue about, which leads to more hilarity. He truly is out of touch with normal people.

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01-02-2011 , 05:24 PM

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Bump to sweat Simmons' run at a top-10 finish in the LVH Super Contest

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01-06-2011 , 01:26 AM

#43

kkcountry

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Bump to sweat Simmons' run at a top-10 finish in the LVH Super Contest

heh

another guy involved with the contest/espn has a podcast interviewing the winner of it (jan 5th)

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/e...an/id383711194

pretty awesome imo won't spoil it, but there's some awesome hedging involved

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01-06-2011 , 01:54 AM

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gehrig

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i feel like i need to do something to promote chad millman

he seems like he could be a good vehicle to get lots of ultrasquare money into gambling markets

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01-06-2011 , 01:56 AM

#45

kkcountry

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i feel like i need to do something to promote chad millman

he seems like he could be a good vehicle to get lots of ultrasquare money into gambling markets

is this a compliment/diss? what's the sportsbetting elite's take on the guy? i had never heard of him/listened to his podcast before today fwiw

edit - i searched SB and i LOL'd

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01-06-2011 , 02:01 AM

#46

gehrig

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oh he's a total idiot. he gets some good guests on his podcasts though

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01-18-2011 , 12:31 AM

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Yeti

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just searched 'millman' and ended up here. god this guy is a complete idiot. i just tried to describe him to someone and said 'he's basically a vegas railbird'. seems about right.

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01-18-2011 , 01:38 AM

#48

g-bebe

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Simmons podcasts have been uber weak lately.

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01-18-2011 , 01:42 AM

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just searched 'millman' and ended up here. god this guy is a complete idiot. i just tried to describe him to someone and said 'he's basically a vegas railbird'. seems about right.

ha. yup.