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QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Nov 28, 2012 -> 12:11 PM) I honestly don't like Barkley that much. He's not a bad QB, but I don't feel he shows great poise and awareness in the pocket. I think he is more on the lines of someone like Sam Bradford. But I agree otherwise, it can be one or two breaks a game. The Bills are 2 plays away from being 6-5 right now as opposed to 4-7 and, for all intents and purposes, out of the playoffs. They're also 2 plays away from being 2-9 instead of 4-7 and a new coaching staff and front office management team coming in. You can pretty much do this for every single team in the NFL. It's a tight margin. I'm personally hoping the Chiefs prefer Smith over Barkley and then draft someone like Hopkins/Austin/Woods/Patterson at WR in the 2nd

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 04:43 PM) The Chiefs aren't that far away, honestly. They just need a QB and a new coaching staff. Very true. Their defense looked very impressive on Sunday. Very young team.

For those interested, these are potential lines from Vegas ND vs Bame (-8.5) Georgia (-4) Florida (-1.5) LSU (Pick) A&M (-3.5) So. Carolina (+1) They list Bovada beneath and that line has Bama (-9.5)

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 03:25 PM) Both had instances where the player came down in bounds, a split second before landing out of bounds. Spaeth had his foot come down a couple milliseconds before his knee did. Bryant had the side of his hand come down a millisecond before his pinky finger did. Both were very similar plays. I saw it one, you guys saw it the other way. If I called people out for trolling everytime they said Notre Dame shouldn't be in the National Championship game, or they don't deserve it, or whatever, I could rack up a list too. It's clear that you an whoever else that are accusing me of disagreeing, I mean trolling, do no spend time on any other forums because then you would see what actual trolling is. Disagreeing with Bears fans is NOT trolling, sorry. Why do you keep saying this like it's a fact when it clearly was not. Bryant's hand (FINGER!) hit out of bounds PRIOR and it was not even debatable.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 03:22 PM) Why would you admit that? LOL. It is what it is. Spending a few years growing up in Germany with a father who doesn't watch sports leads to crazy rooting interests. I'm not alone, there's 2 or 3 more here

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 03:22 PM) He's a RS Freshman, and USC hordes QBs. They turn to s*** in the NFL, but they are amazing at USC. I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that he would have started for 90% of teams. Hell, he would have started for ND and they're #1. Ok, I would put the number closer to half of that personally, but my point was even if that was true, there is a big difference in starting as a talented freshman all season rather than getting thrown in to arguably USC's biggest game of the year (at least one of) on a week's notice with zero prior experience.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 03:19 PM) The Spaeth play was a matter of whether his second foot came down in the end zone prior to his knee being down out of bounds...there was one angle which very clearly showed his second foot came down in the end zone before the knee hit down out of bounds. The question was not whether the touchdown should count regardless of whether the second foot came down first, as you seemed to imply in the Dez Bryant catch, where it was entirely clear and obvious that his right hand came down out of bounds first. The two catches were not at all similar except for the fact that they both occurred in or around the end zone. I don't have a clue why you would bring up the Dez Bryant situation as a result of seeing the Spaeth play, if not just for the sake of trolling, which about six other people seem to think you were. One was a clear touchdown, one was clearly not a touchdown, both were ruled upon conclusively by the referees without controversy. It's not even worth trying. It's fairly obvious the NFL was just out to get the Cowboys during that game.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 03:17 PM) Unanimously being called a troll by Bears fans who disagree with my viewpoint because it wouldn't be in favor of the Bears. Yep. I don't see the problem there. And my bad, I forgot I was arguing with an Admin. I realize it's not tolerated to disagree with you, for fear of being banned or "put on a break." Sometimes I forget the class levels of hierarchy here and who I can and cannot disagree with. I'm a Chiefs fan.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 03:11 PM) The backup was inexperienced for sure, but he's awfully talented. Probably would have started for 90% of FBS teams. Maybe not the 16th best team, but certainly no pushover given the circumstances and pressure ND was facing. Not exactly like beating Auburn to reach the SEC title game. Of course he's talented if he's the backup at a program like USC, but there's no way in hell he'd be starting for 90% of FBS teams right now as a freshman. And, for arguments sake, even if he was, he would have been all year and this would have been his 10th/11th/12th game, not his first game ever. And speaking of Auburn, what the hell happened to them?

QUOTE (Boogua @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 02:30 PM) It really depends on how you look at it. First of all, I count 3 ranked teams for both of them (Michigan, Oklahoma, and Stanford for ND and Michigan, TAMU, and LSU for Bama). Second of all, Pitt (who was the let down game and a game that ND should have lost) came after Oklahoma. LSU was followed by TAMU for Bama. To me that's tougher. Just my opinion though. I think when teams play an FCS school it kills their SOS

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 01:04 PM) Apparently the Leprechaun saw his shadow, because we get another six weeks of this... And Mike Golic has turned in to the most annoying person on the planet (although he didn't have far to go to get there)

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 26, 2012 -> 12:16 PM) LOL. Is Cutler as a possible MVP or best QB in the league really being discussed here? Yes, because he is the only player to date that has been able to successfully challenge that silly and ridiculous NFL rule of being out of bounds when it's only by a slight amount.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 23, 2012 -> 02:04 PM) Just FWIW, we can't figure out what this might be. SAM can give some interesting data but none of us can figure out what groin-grabbingly amazing result they might have gotten out that would justify this level of hype... Which makes me at least concerned that they're overhyping a result that won't be easily communicated to the public. But if nothing else, I'll be in Grotz's talk on Monday the 3rd and I'll let y'all know. Any guesses?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 02:19 PM) His knee hit out-of-bounds about 1/50th of a second after his foot hit in bounds, and according to the ruling on the Dez Bryant finger roll, it shouldn't be a TD. LOL, no.

My WRs have been dropping like flies in my two money leagues (Harvin, Brown, Amendola, Young) so I had to pick up Hilton in 1 and Shorts in the other. Both paid off pretty well. Need Kuechly (we use 2 IDP players in this one instead of a team defense) to get me 2.5 points to win our weekly top score pot this week

QUOTE (zenryan @ Nov 25, 2012 -> 10:14 AM) Going to Celtic right now is going to stunt his development. When are young American players going to realize its not in their best interest to jump to a major club right away. Playing time is much more important than riding the bench and being on a well known club. Unless he is for sure going to be playing 60 minutes a match, why even go to the Scottish league? Difference there is that Celtic can integrate him during SPL matches since the only other decent club at the moment without Rangers is Hibernian (Aberdeen and Hearts are alright). Celtic wouldn't play him in European comps but he'd get time in domestic league and cup play. Agudelo moving to the EPL/DEL/La Lgia etc at this point would be foolish, but this could be a decent situation.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 20, 2012 -> 09:08 AM) Brad Biggs ‏@BradBiggs 5.5 sacks by Aldon Smith is most ever vs. #Bears topping 4 by #Packers Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila in 2005 meeting. And as amazing as he was, he was still 2 sacks shy of breaking the one and only Derrick Thomas' record. Such a monster. Favorite Chief ever. Real shame the way his career and life ended. It was a tough day for Chiefs fans

QUOTE (SOXOBAMA @ Nov 20, 2012 -> 08:52 AM) Where are all the Bears fans that told me for months, how the Bears would destroyed the 49ers? Probably avoiding people trolling the thread. Be happy your team won and is one of the best in the league. This is a Chicago-centric board, who do you think the majority of people here are going to fans of?

Wow. Jon Wilner ‏@wilnerhotline Realignment source: UConn to ACC could happen as soon as Tuesday.

The five goalkeepers on the shortlist for the 2012 FIFA XI? Gianluigi Buffon (Italy, Juventus); Iker Casillas (Spain, Real Madrid); Petr Cech (Czech Republic, Chelsea); Joe Hart (England, Manchester City); Manuel Neuer (Germany, Bayern Munich) LOL at Hart and Cech - what are these people watching??? FIFA is ridiculous

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 19, 2012 -> 10:59 AM) At the end of the day, dogs are wild animals, we NEVER have control over them. The idiots who walk their dogs down the streets with no leashes are smug morons who are one incident away from losing their dogs. Any animal over 50lbs or so has the ability to kill you, and Rotty's (my last dog), pitts, mastiffs etc are stronger than ALOT of humans which makes them dangerous. However, I do not think you can generalize a law to ban a certain breed of dog especially because the variance in mixes, sub-breeds etc. It should be on a case by case basis if you want to have your dangerous breed approved. My dog we just put to sleep was a Rotty/Shepard. He LOVED his family and was extremely protective of us. Was he dangerous to others? For sure, yes. However with my elderly parents it was a huge insurance policy for when they were alone and he was docile and caring for them. Unfortunately in this world not every owner is responsible which is why licensing for animals needs to be more highly regulated IMO. This is why I love dog adoption agencies that actually take the time to meet you. That lady who just died in bolingbrook from her mastiff was a GREAT owner who socialized troubled animals and she was killed by her mastiff for who knows what reason. That could easily happen with any other breed because its a f***ing dog, who knows what they can do ay any time. My rotty got an alzheimer's-type disease at the end of his life and we put him down because he literally became a full on attack dog out of nowhere. To further that point, our first dog was a shetland sheepdog. It is a herding, watch dog, great with kids and gentle. Very non-aggressive. Towards the end of his life, he began attacking people's feet for reasons unknown to us. He also had another medical condition that caused us to put him down. But like you said, it's a dog and can happen. Shelties are not known for aggression but near the end of his life, he became one.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Nov 19, 2012 -> 10:52 AM) So Trayce Thompson had a good AFL, right? It was alright. Far from spectacular. .208/.424/.333/.758 (2 HR) Encouraging to see a 17 BB : 17 SO ratio. And his K% was 26%, which is down from the 30% he's had recently. So some encouraging contact numbers but not great results. It's AFL though so everything should be taken with a grain of salt, but it would have been nice to see some better power numbers out of him. Doesn't temper my excitement about him heading in to 2013 however.

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Nov 19, 2012 -> 10:55 AM) Georgetown and St. Johns as non-football members is a possibility for the ACC. That would seemingly push Clemson, FSU, Virginia Tech, etc to enhance their desires to leave. This might officially start the chain reaction of creating the 4 16 team superconferences, and the ACC would be the power conference left out. I tried to add my ideas on how it would shake out, and my head almost exploded. I'd love to see FSU in the SEC - but Florida and Georgia would never allow it

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 19, 2012 -> 10:48 AM) many states have made this a highly regulated issue. Especially after that chaos in Ohio a year back when that guy committed suicide and let all of his exotic animals loose. Im not sure what the comparison is here, anyone can own a pitbull, really. Not anyone can get one of the above listed animals, and all of the above listed animals are extremely dangerous under any circumstances, which you are saying a pitbull is not. The point is anyone can own a wolf/coyote/fox-dog hybrid and the other animals can be owned with permit (snakes might not even need one). I don't think dogs are inherently viciious and believe the responsibility falls completely on the owner. So, I am against the ban, but if one was in place a licensing program should be allowed to people as it does for other "pets".

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 19, 2012 -> 10:44 AM) They play Florida this week, if they destroy them, who knows what will happen. Going to be penalized, and rightly so, for Florida missing their QB