The 2018 SX Title

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kiwifan 8/29/2017 12:18am
8/29/2017 12:18am Edited Date/Time 8/29/2017 12:20am
Sully wrote:
Over? Nothing is over until we say it is! Was it over when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor?
kiwifan wrote:
pssst .... the Germans did not bomb Pearl Harbour...
jemcee wrote:
I'm not huge on US history and I've only seen that movie once about 25 years ago but have been here long enough to get that...
I'm not huge on US history and I've only seen that movie once about 25 years ago but have been here long enough to get that joke
and I'll add you have too haha
yeah he might be referring the Animal House joke...I wasnt 100% sure
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kkawboy14 8/29/2017 3:03am
8/29/2017 3:03am Edited Date/Time 8/29/2017 3:09am
Tomac was 1 stuck front brake away from winning last year.

Roczen will be a surprise to me if he even finishes top 5 in any race next year but I do like surprises!
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Sully 8/29/2017 3:23am
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kiwifan wrote:
pssst .... the Germans did not bomb Pearl Harbour...
jemcee wrote:
I'm not huge on US history and I've only seen that movie once about 25 years ago but have been here long enough to get that...
I'm not huge on US history and I've only seen that movie once about 25 years ago but have been here long enough to get that joke
and I'll add you have too haha
kiwifan wrote:
yeah he might be referring the Animal House joke...I wasnt 100% sure
100%
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downard254 8/29/2017 4:25am
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I think it will go down to Eli and Marvin. I think Marvin will be mentally strong, but I'm just not 100% sold that Eli has shed the mental tick that costs him a bit for a race or two. As for Kenny, something about him since his accident has my gut telling me that the kid wants to race and win, and his recovery is going better than expected due to this drive. I think he'll be at A1, maybe not 100% fit, but close. He'll manage the points between the two front runners for the first 1/3 of the season, and keep the title in sight when the front two have a race mishap or two. Then the second half of the season, he'll build and start winning races. How this pans out at season's end is anybody's guess, but I'm going to bookmark this post because, well, I'm a genius and I think I'm right.Laughing
As for the rest of the class, I honestly don't see anyone else challenging to be in the points past the first 6 races. Hope I'm wrong there as I'd love to see a surprise Cinderella story here from someone.

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HenryA 8/29/2017 4:35am
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ET will edge out marvin in raw speed but will probably end up doing something silly like last season so my pick will be MM
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kiwifan 8/29/2017 11:23pm
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jemcee wrote:
I'm not huge on US history and I've only seen that movie once about 25 years ago but have been here long enough to get that...
I'm not huge on US history and I've only seen that movie once about 25 years ago but have been here long enough to get that joke
and I'll add you have too haha
kiwifan wrote:
yeah he might be referring the Animal House joke...I wasnt 100% sure
Sully wrote:
100%
ah, nice one then! Smile
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bd 8/29/2017 11:46pm
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WCRider 8/30/2017 3:07am
8/30/2017 3:07am Edited Date/Time 8/30/2017 3:12am
Hum I think Marv vs Eli, i dont know that's close.

Roczen never, his arm will not support the intensity, the big series of whoops and a future crash on it. I see him come back and leave fairly quickly and announce the end of his career.
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Rowlands 8/30/2017 3:32am
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Tomac's to lose.

Musquin will be up there fighting for the championship waiting for a silly Eli mistake/mechanical. Ensure about Roczen, perhaps cruise the first few rounds and rustle some feathers later on in the season with some wins.
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PRM31 8/30/2017 5:50am
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mxb2 wrote:
Let it go man. It's over, move on.
Sully wrote:
Over? Nothing is over until we say it is! Was it over when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor?
kiwifan wrote:
pssst .... the Germans did not bomb Pearl Harbour...
It's a movie line from Animal House.

As for '18.

Tomac. I think a confident Eli will be hard to bet against.

Marvin will be tough.

Kenny will be tough too, but he was healthy starting last year and didn't win and he has not shown great consistency at SX as demonstrated by his get-offs. Add to that an injury and a year off of racing and it's not helping his cause.

As for the rest, there be a winner here or there, but the three above will take the lion's share of events.
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gabrielito 8/30/2017 6:47am
8/30/2017 6:47am
If Roczen is a go he will win the title. It will probably take several rounds for him to get his groove but if he dials back until then, Eli will eventually crumble as his point lead dwindles once Roczen s strings together several wins in a row.

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