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QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 03:48 AM) The best two QB's at rice and Marist are sophomores. Marist soph will probably start next game or after Simeon. Rice could be great but it will come down to coaching while fails them often. Best talent in Illinois is at east st Louis with good coaching they could win 8A. That's very interesting about the sophomore QBs at both schools. I wonder if they'll move Marist QB to RB if another kid takes over soon. I do get worried cause you've mentioned Rice's poor coaching before. Do you know if Rice switched anything on defense this year re. coaching? That defense looked pretty good. Marist couldn't do squat. Any reason Rice's defense would be improved? I did notice they had a pretty big kid playing defensive line or LB. Looked like a good player.

Pardon my Brother Rice homerism ... I watched the replay Sunday night not knowing the score. Rice won, 31-7 over Marist. I thought the defense was surprisingly good and the story of the evening. Marist had no chance running the ball, except when its QB, a former Rice player, ran the ball. However, he had no chance of breaking one. He would get a few positive yards though. Next, unfortunately I was not impressed with Rice's QB. First year he's starting. I thought he did OK. His best throw was a deep pass up the middle for a TD in which he stood in the pocket and got drilled. He made some very poor decisions and a strong opponent would have picked a few of them off. Marist may ultimately be good, right now they are not a good team IMO. Smalling looked very good as advertised. They are gonna have to get him the ball. I'm not trying to be a dick. These are just high school kids and I am proud of the easy victory over a rival. My hope is the QB improves (hell it was the season opener) and the running back who broke a long one is the real deal along with Smalling. I'll give Bro Rice an A for the opening victory. Marist gets a C (no apparent stud playmakers; suspect defense). Rice BTW appears to have an excellent placekicker.

QUOTE (Tony @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 12:45 AM) A presidential candidate just recently called our former Secretary of State "The Founder of ISIS", and Colin Kapernick is getting roasted and told to leave the country if he won't stand for the National Anthem. We've got much bigger problems than the QB for the 49ers He not only didn't stand for the Anthem he blasted the USA in his quotes. This country is full of good people as well as bad. We've had a lot of heroes in recent natural disasters like floods and his comments are insulting to the USA.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Aug 29, 2016 -> 06:49 PM) You know if we all met each other in person we would probably get along or at least not hold each other in contempt so much. I have met one guy on this board who you called out and can say he's a good guy. I am sure most posters are. I guarantee you would not hate me in real life. I'm not a dick yet I am not beloved on here.

As hot as the Royals have been they only crept to 3 games of the wild card. The wild card is impossible to attain. That's why you have to win your division. Some year the Sox will figure that out again. Sox would have to win 85 percent of their games the rest of the way to sniff the wild card.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Aug 30, 2016 -> 02:39 AM) Ventura, Williams, Hahn and Cooper live in la la land. They are not grounded on planet earth. These dim bulbs think the Sox are in the race and run the org/team as such. I can't believe they all thought we had a contender. What we had was a one and a half month wonder. As far as tonight ... ho hum we are patsies of Detroit, Cleveland and KC. At least my guy Saladino excelled again and Anderson is hot again. Love that. Nate is a 6 out of 10 folks. That's all he is. A 6.

I want them to sell desperately, but to remain in Chicago. Can we get a rich rich rich owner? Willing to spend Red Sox and Cub like money?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 07:14 PM) It's not like he went to a military event and told people to go f*** themselves. His employer provides him with the right to not stand during the anthem. It's his American right. Yes but the National Anthem is about our military who protected our freedoms. If you are going to sit during the anthem you better expect a knuckle sandwich when you go out in public and run into some military men and women who lost buddies in wartime. Basicallly Colin is flipping the bird at the USA which is not a great idea when you live in the USA. It's pretty lazy to just sit down during the anthem as a protest for the treatment of African Americans and minorities. s***, why aren't hordes of African American players joining him seated on the bench?? He's the only one so far. QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 07:45 PM) Athletes get criticized when they don't take stands (Michael Jordan) and when they do (Muhammad Ali). Whether they are correct or wrong, it is their right to protest. That is one of the freedoms that our soldiers have afforded us. You can disagree with him. That is your right. The flag represents both things. Good point except this stand is pretty childish. There are better ways to protest this issue than flip the bird at members of the military. He's not even a starter. My guess is the Niners would like to dump his ass. I hope you guys take the time to read what this army vet said about Colin. He lists things he could do in protest instead of insult the military. http://ijr.com//2016/08/681907-army-ranger...ut-natl-anthem/

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 08:06 PM) 1. Go on Twitter. Plenty criticizing him. 2. Ozzie's oftentimes selfish actions are not in the same stratosphere as Kapernick using his platform to point out injustice in this country. But didn't his platform of pointing out injustice in this country serve as a slap in the face to our military and those who do GOOD in this country?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 07:43 PM) If you think Kapernick is avoiding criticism for this, then you're incredibly tone deaf. It's his right to do what he believes. Let's not pretend that our country has treated people of color well throughout history. Two responses: 1. Do a google on him. Crickets. Silence. Nothing much criticizing him. 2. Why does he have a right to do what he believes? This is a team sport isn't it? I seem to remember Sox fans throwing a hissy fit anytime Ozzie did something about Ozzie. The second Colin K sat down the whole game was about him. It'll be about him all week. Are team sports fans in favor of stuff like this happening? As far as our country having a bad record treating people of color ... our country also has heroes diving into the flood waters of Louisiana to pull a woman and her pet out of her sinking car. Hell, he makes 12 mill a year. Not a bad perk for playing sports in our country. And again, the anthem signifies a lot to the military heroes.

So Colin Kaepernick sits during the National Anthem at the Niners game. He's not getting a lot of flak because of his explanation: He can't support a country that commits so many wrongdoings against African Americans and minorities in the United States. Now don't forget for a minute how Gabby Douglass got slammed on Twitter for merely not putting her hand over her heart during the Anthem (which was absurd; Gabby got unfairly hammered on that one). Now a week after the Olympics, Colin is pretty much escaping harsh criticism ostensibly because people are afraid to criticize him lest they be considered insensitive to the recent police actions against African-Americans. Hmmm. This is a tricky one. Colin should be getting roasted on many levels. 1.) Football is a team sport. He just thrust ALL the attention on himself. As they say it's a huge distraction for that team. 2.) Whenever somebody goes after the flag, it is usually an unwinnable situation because you are offending our great men and women of the military past and present. He can say all he wants about treatment of minorities but not standing at attention for the anthem?? You are attacking the soldiers who lost limbs serving our country and gave their lives. Usually these athletes that take a stand cannot survive such behavior because they are personally slapping our military personnel in the face. Watch the Military when the flag is present. Have you been to a military funeral? If the anthem is played ... wow, such respect. Should be interesting to see how this plays out. They play the anthem at sports events for a reason. He is a public figure. What if half the crowd supports him and sits. Should there be a movement now? Because of Colin, when the Anthem is played is that a challenge to all of us to SIT DOWN in support of African Americans and minorities?? You can't defend Colin on this one. At best (for him) he starts a movement where half stadiums sit during the anthem and all black playes and minorities sit in defense of his position. At the worst he gets booed/jeered/threatened if the Military people are upset enough. I give Colin an F for his efforts and I think he purposely waited until the Olympics were over to do this. Comments?

QUOTE (NCsoxfan @ Aug 27, 2016 -> 11:57 PM) Wait, there's a return we need for those guys? We're not talking about Q or Sale here. I can't imagine there'd be a substantial return deserved for either one. They waited way too long to dump both guys. It's all timing. They could have gotten something for both of them months ago.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 27, 2016 -> 08:19 PM) The fact is Jones does not get lit up a lot like you claimed. He apparently is pretty deceptive since major league hitters strike out a lot vs. his offerings, and they don't square much up. Wrong again Caulfield. Try another sport. You don't understand anything about this one. And if anything, you are getting more ridiculous by the day. I'll back Caulfield on this one. Jones is one of our best relievers but he's far from reliable. I can't see him consistently nailing down saves with his funky delivery. QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 27, 2016 -> 08:22 PM) I'll make sure to save this because Nate Jones won't last one full season as a closer with the White Sox. It really doesn't make sense to have three closers (in your idea) in Robertson, Jones and Burdi on a sub .500 team and not trade at least one of them for a position player or payroll relief or both. I don't think he'd last a full season as closer either. Out of all our relievers he's best option for the 8th though. QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 27, 2016 -> 09:49 PM) Nate Jones is fine as the Sox set up man leading to the closer, whoever that may be. We will see and have already been seeing possible bullpen arms for next year Not a bad post. QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 05:50 PM) The White Sox are so thin in the lefty reliever department that anyone bring in is a plus. Our lefty relievers do stink, though Jennings passes the eye test. I don't know what the advanced stats say. As it stands, if our starters could go seven, Jones/Jennings in theory ought to be able to get us through the eighth. Modern baseball has really hurt the White Sox. Our starters don't go seven innings that often leaving us ill equipped to cover three innings.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Aug 27, 2016 -> 09:33 PM) laurence is a nice 4a/5a team they play rita week 4 if rice doesn't get out coached again this year they should be fine. they'll never get past semis in 8a It's strange. If Rice loses to Marist, isn't Crete pretty powerful? That could be an 0-2 hole hard to climb out of.

Avi is up to .248. Hmmmm.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 28, 2016 -> 12:58 AM) How many times have we said this exact sentence I was thinking the same thing when I read that.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Aug 26, 2016 -> 05:05 PM) Brother Rice should be good. I coach at Lockport. We are at DGN tonight. Congratulations on your victory. QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 26, 2016 -> 05:24 PM) I've been covering prep sports around Chicago for about 10 years and decided to try and get a podcast rolling as prep coverage diminishes. You can check it out and subscribe and rate and praise me here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/preps-3...st/id1145670228 Shameless plug Nice show. I listened.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Aug 26, 2016 -> 05:02 PM) Greg your guys open v Marist at Soldier Field then host Crete. They have the toughest schedule in the state. Hopefully they have the players to back it up. Some really good games this weekend as well. OK, will Br Rice beat Marist Sunday? What's the verdict. I see St. Laurence won its opener at Benet and scored a lot of points. Is Laurence for real or is Laurence Loyola Light with the spread in its infancy there? Is Rice's defense any better this year?

It's a good trade cause we got rid of Navarro. One down, many more to deal.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Aug 27, 2016 -> 04:36 AM) 19th time this year the Sox lost a game when allowing an opponent three runs or less. Sale has got to be talking to himself by now. He should have 19 wins. Mark He must be pissed 14 Ks and no chance of winning. Pathetic team. Pathetic organization.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 26, 2016 -> 12:12 PM) I have no idea what trigger warnings or safe spaces are, but I still don't get how this will stop protesters from disrupting speeches. If 300 kids come in chanting and screaming and refuse to leave a speech, are they actually going to arrest them? Is that what this is hinting at? I think definitely those people busting up a speech would be kicked out or arrested.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Aug 26, 2016 -> 03:39 AM) Nice to see the Sox give me a present on my birthday! 12th game this year the Sox have won when trailing in the 7th inning or later. Mark That's more come from behind wins than I thought. I wonder how many were early in the season when we were good.

The university tells the students. ... "Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called 'trigger warnings,' we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not condone the creation of intellectual 'safe spaces' where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own," the letter said. Kids are going to have to grow up fast if they want to attend the University of Chicago. There will be no coddling of students at U of C. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/b...0825-story.html

Man, Lochte got charged. He could face 18 months in a Brazilian prison. We wouldn't be mean enough to extradite him would we? He didn't harm anybody. No way our government should make him go over there to serve his debt. I mean if he hurt somebody, yeah, but cmon. Send $10,000 bucks more over there for damages and an apology. Lochte cost himself huge sponsorship money for one night of drinking. People make mistakes. He made a big one. Here are my quick takes on the enjoyment of the Games. Please list your comments. Basketball: USA women always massacre the opposition. A plus. Men had some close games but the last game was a thing of beauty so the USA gets an A. Beach volleyball: The USA women were great sports and did a fine job. Hard to win on Brazilian sand against Brazil. I'll give them a B-plus for getting the bronze. Gymnastics women: Simone Biles is flawless gymnast. A plus. Whole team gets an A for winning team gold. Diving: Boring event. D. Swimming: Phelps is a beast. he gets a solid A. Lochte gets a B for his performance in the pool. Ladecki gets an A plus. Track: USA always does well. A solid A for Team USA. Bolt however gets an A-plus as one of the most dominant athletes in history. Can't think of any other sports. NBC: Too many commercials. D. Late night show with Ryan Secrest: Pretty upbeat. B. But too many commercials. Bob Costas: B. He's pretty solid. GO USA!

Nice comeback win by the Sox. Tons of big hits by Anderson, Frazier, etc. Horrific starting pitching by the Sox but it doesn't matter. An exciting come from behind win. I'm guessing we haven't had many combacks from three runs down that late in a game. Meaningless victory but I'll take it. Good job Sox.