Does it really take 17 rounds to decide this thing?

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Sandberm 1/19/2016 11:44am
1/19/2016 11:44am
Guys winning the championship with a couple of races left changes my feelings from the excitent ofthe championship to an apreciation of the champion and watching him apply his craft.
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stangkag 1/19/2016 12:19pm
1/19/2016 12:19pm
Reefer Sutherland wrote:
two races into the series and this is what i learned on vital. dungey is the champion no one can hang with him its over, bring...
two races into the series and this is what i learned on vital.

dungey is the champion
no one can hang with him
its over, bring on the outdoors
we need to rewrite the rule book because football has playoffs
dungey is burned out
dungey is on PEDs
dungey wants to start a family
suzukis are junk
suzukis are cursed
RCH sucks
roczen is just counting the days until he goes to hrc
aldon baker is awesome
aldon baker is evil and sacrifices orphans by tossing them into the sun
barcia is flaccid
if barcia does it, its dirty
if anyone else does it, its aggressive.

Nailed it brother
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mauidex 1/19/2016 12:36pm
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there should be BIG points for heats and semis..........short races.........keep the pack tight...........2 more hole shots that mean something..............either the HAVES will win and make the championship more boring OR normal 5 - 15 place guys make some points............ 5,4,3,2,1.......1st to 5th in heats and semis Cool Cool

and Rock...........good to see ya here again..............play nice Laughing Laughing
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ktmdan 1/19/2016 12:51pm
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moto455va wrote:
If the racers knew it was going to reset, they wouldnt work so hard in the beginning parts of the season.
TripleFive wrote:
Not if they have to qualify for the playoff.
RPM68 wrote:
Then we're stuck with Texans go 30-0 to the cheifs, and the cheifs getting smoked by whoever beat em.... But it gave Texans hope after starting...
Then we're stuck with Texans go 30-0 to the cheifs, and the cheifs getting smoked by whoever beat em....

But it gave Texans hope after starting what, 2 and 5???

-disappointed Texans fan, but still better than being a cowboys fan.
I've always thought that being a cowboys fan is like being a js7 fan, they either win spectacularly (ie game one vs the Giants) or throw it away spectacularly (ie thanksgiving vs the panthers). I think js7 is about as fragile as Romo too ha. No offense to stew, I want him to win so bad it hurts.

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USMCMXer 1/19/2016 2:05pm
1/19/2016 2:05pm
Does anyone remember 01'? A certain legend won the first two, then a new legend won 13 straight! The OG never won again. Relax, it's called racing for a reason!!!
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Mit12 1/19/2016 2:06pm
1/19/2016 2:06pm
I wish they would race saturday and sunday every week. I like racing the more the better.
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ktm212 1/19/2016 2:15pm
1/19/2016 2:15pm
We could do without a handful of supercross races, no city should have the race twice or 3 times, every time they do this the attendance drops significantly. Give the guys some off weekends to heal up and recover, the offseason is just too short. they have like 2 weekends between sx and outdoors! Thats insane, give them a month, give them a weekend off every 3 races and make it 12 races, 12 sx and 12 outdoors. There is such a greater chance of riders getting hurt in sx, give them a shorter series and the points will be closer too.
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Motofinne 1/19/2016 2:42pm
1/19/2016 2:42pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2016 2:42pm
I haven't read the thread but here is my opinion.

Does it take 17 rounds to decide a sx championship? No.

Will that ever change? No, probably not.

We have a clear winner most of the seasons pretty early. We know usually after about 11-13 rounds who is going to win the title if the leader doesn't get injured or have multiple bike malfunctions. And if i'm totally honest, my attention to sx drops usually off pretty heavily after 10-14 rounds. Just because there will be many guys out with injuries or someone have just run away with the title already and if i'm going to make a bet i would bet that it will happen this year again.

Dungey is off to probably the best start of his career. The only way hi loses this is if he gets injured (not at all likely) or the KTM failing him(not at all likely). But this isn't a problem to me since i really like Dungey.
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Xavier 1/19/2016 3:01pm
1/19/2016 3:01pm
neverwasfastenuf wrote:
No changes needed in my opinion. If you really want a close batlle for the championship most every year in the end though, give every rider...
No changes needed in my opinion.

If you really want a close batlle for the championship most every year in the end though, give every rider two or three "throwaway" rounds.


Woohoo Woohoo

Edit - And watch the team tactics come into play.
This.
Simple, efficient, smart, necessary.
It used to be needed because bikes had too big of a blow up ratio.
Now it's needed because riders are suffering too big of an injury ratio (and the SX season is about one third too long).
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Mit12 1/19/2016 3:44pm
1/19/2016 3:44pm
With a guy like Dungey having a couple of throwaway races would only make it worse for his competitors. His worst finish last year during SX was a 4th.
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USMCMXer 1/19/2016 4:59pm
1/19/2016 4:59pm
He's (Dungey) at 13 in a row, 2nd place or better. That's crazy!
Sheriff245 1/19/2016 6:57pm
1/19/2016 6:57pm
I think they should make a variable length series. Reset the points every round until my favorite rider wins. Then call it a series.
coastlinecascott 1/19/2016 9:40pm
1/19/2016 9:40pm
No hole shot devices. Stock production bikes. Any mod suspension, stock ignitions, production tires. No spec tires for the chosen few.

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