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QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Jan 1, 2008 -> 08:33 PM) If we're going to lose by that score I wish Mendenhall would have had 20 carries for -5 yards. f***, he's totally gone now... This offense will struggle more than people realize without him next year, Juice cannot carry this offense. I want Mendenhall on the Bears in the 2nd round, unfortunately I don't know if he will last that long after today's performance. I also want to thank the Illini for helping me win my only bet of bowl season

QUOTE(maggsmaggs @ Jan 1, 2008 -> 07:13 PM) Who is then? OSU: lost to ILL. LSU: lost to Arkansas who got killed by Mizzou. Booty broke his finger during the Stanford game. When healthy, I am not sure any team is better than USC. Maybe Georgia. I'd love to see Georgia, USC, OU all in a playoff with LSU and Ohio State (don't ask me how you do it) but those 5 teams you could argue are the top team in the country. I hate to put Ohio State on the outside but the first three teams I listed are my top 3 (in no particular order).

That outdoor game was f***ing cool to watch.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Dec 31, 2007 -> 04:01 PM) There's a woman or two that would debate Seau's classiness. I have no idea if there is a bigger story that I don't know, but I'm pretty sure there is a women somewhere that would debate my classiness or your classiness or anyone's classiness let alone a professional athlete who is probably (even if married) getting with countless girls a month (in there cases depending on the player per day or per week).

QUOTE(Steff @ Dec 29, 2007 -> 08:53 AM) She's only 5 weeks old. All he needs to be sure of is that the bottle makes it in her mouth and the diaper into the trash. Exactly....thats far more than Krush should ever be counted on for

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Dec 28, 2007 -> 04:32 PM) In Pasadena unable to drink since I'm on coumadin, but with the game being the next day I have no desire to feel like s*** on the 1st anyway, so I guess it works out. Nice, you'll get to see the Illini whooping up close and in person.

And turner will not be fired.

Oh and I'd love to see the Bulls get rid of Ben Wallace. I wouldn't care at all what they took back because I feel his offensive inabilities have really stifled this team (in the sense that he completely kills any offensive momentum and really allows other teams to have 5 guys guarding 4 (and at times with the ineptness of the Bulls low post game you can practically have 5 guys guarding 3 of the Bulls players).

I'm hoping Gordon's play off the bench will parlay to increased trade value and the Bulls will make a swap that gets them some more talent. I really want the Bulls to turn into a high octane, up tempo offensive team (ala Suns because I really think TT and Noah would really flourish in that sort of system, plus Deng/Hinrich both seem to be solid fits for it). Gordon technically is a solid fit as well as he is quick, but defensively he is weak and he is a poor passer as I feel those run and gun systems need to have multiple guards that are decent shooters and great passers. I'd really like to see the Bulls move Nocioni and Ben Gordon (and I'm a Noc fan). Maybe not in the same deal, but in a couple seperate deals. I like the new up tempo mentality Boylan is preaching too.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Dec 30, 2007 -> 11:42 AM) The O-line doesn't break tackles. Apparently you haven't noticed, but that has more to do with the Bears piss poor tackling that has occurred all season. That said, I was impressed with the way the Saints rookie back played (I already like him a lot more than that prick Bush).

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Dec 29, 2007 -> 08:57 PM) To each their own I guess. I prefer a class organization that still wins all of the time. Throw in the fact that the Colts had a bevy of injuries against NE and for much of the season, and I still think it's anyone's game when they meet up in Foxboro. Manning still had his 49 in 15 games, which Brady did not, but Tom can keep the record. I'd still rather have Peyton and we have just as good of a shot to upset the Patriots as anyone. It should make a difference with Harrison, Sanders and Gonzalez back. Brady, Seau, Troy Brown, Bruschi are just a few of the complete class acts that have been inovlved in the Patriots organization. You can say what you want about the coach but lets not act like the team is full of a bunch of thugs or pricks that play the game, the Pats have tons of classy players/individuals and they have busted there ass to get to this point and deserve all the credit as well. The Colts are a class organization, no doubting that, but I'm not going to let spygate tell me that the Pats aren't a quality organization as well.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Dec 28, 2007 -> 09:35 PM) Ya, so Juno rocked my socks off. What a fantastic movie. I saw it last night as well and enjoyed the hell out of it. That girl should win actress of the year awards.

Yes...played some basketball (shooting around, not playing an actual game) on my knee today...no complications. WHOOOO, slowly yet surely getting closer to 100%.

Happy Belated Bday AJ!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!!

Thats a ton of money for a safety, who is great when he's healthy, but is injury prone. The Patrick Crayton signing was a steal for the Cowboys.

I'll throw out a quick top 5: 1. Gio Gonzalez - Gio is here due to a combination of performance, stuff, and liklihood to have success. He possesses three major league pitches (FB, Change, Curve) with the curve being his best pitch. He has had improved command and has continously increased his workload over the past couple seasons. He has also had minor league success to go along with major league stuff and seems to be a very good bet to see the major league fields and have major league success. However, as far as a system goes, he isn't the high-upside #1 prospect you'd like, considering right now he grades out as a #3 starter (he would have to turn his change into a plus pitch as well as improve his command for him to grade out any higher). I would be surprised if he wasn't at worse a solid 4th/5th starter. 2. Faustino De Los Santos - Faustino could be higher, I think his two pitchers are better than Gio's two best pitches, but Gio has a good third pitch and Faustino doesn't. I like Faustino more than most because I think he has plenty of time to develop a third pitch and possesses a live arm (a trait you can't teach). The one major question-mark when it comes to Faustino is that he has yet to hit the high levels and with that it means he is a bit farther away from the majors so there are more things that could end up happening to prevent him from having major league success. Still, he has the arm to be an impact reliever and with a better 3rd/4th pitch he definitely has the stuff to be a mid-rotation starter (and if he could turn in an additional good to plus pitch...I'd grade him as a potential #2). Ie, similar to Gio, but less of a sure thing, pushes him down on the board. 3. Ryan Sweeney - Sweeney has the tools, has a pretty swing, and really pure scouting wise may be the best talent in the Sox system. He has good speed, strong arm, good range and projects to develop power. The one concern is that statistically he hasn't put up the numbers that someone with his skill-set should put up. However, he seems to be a smart baseball player and is still a very young ball-player (something a lot of us seem to forget, due to the hype he got at 18/19 years old). I think Sweeney has a good chance of being a .290/20HR/.360 OBP type guy long term (with a lot of doubles while playing above average defense). I grade him out similarly to Garret Anderson (always have as I feel they have very similar swings and skillsets, with Sweeney grading out a bit better defensively). 4. Lance Broadway - Broadway doesn't have near the stuff of Santos/Gonzalez, but he has a bevy of pitches and every one of those pitches moves like crazy. I liken Broadway to a Brad Radke type and if he can gain better command of his pitches I think he will have a lot of major league success. At worse he will be a 5th starter at the major league level but I think he could surprise and turn into a valuable #3 starter (who will throw a lot of innings and keep the club in games). Tools wise, he wouldn't grade out that well, but I think at times scouts under-rate movement and Broadway doesn't throw a straight pitch. 5. John Shelby - Shelby is a good athlete with a real nice bat. I think he can hit for a high average at the major league level, with decent power numbers. All in all I think he has a chance to turn into a damn good prospect and a borderline all star.

QUOTE(shipps @ Dec 26, 2007 -> 11:29 AM) Happy Holidays dude,did santa bring you a new knee just like you asked? Same knee, but its starting to feel like the old one. Shot some hoops today without any pain.

The Talk Chicago Sports Network (TCSN) and Soxtalk.com would like to announce a revoluationary change which will be happening to all of the sites sometime in Q1 2008 (ETA March 15th, 2008). That change will be a content driven network based front page which will have original news and content on all of your favorite Chicago Sports Teams. You may be wondering what will change on the forums and the answer is nothing (unless of course there are new features you'd like to see on the forums). Soxtalk.com will still take you directly to these forums, just like TalkBears.com will take you to the Bears forum. However, when you go to talkchicagosports.com you will be taken to a media driven front page which will provide the forum members with unique Chicago Sports content and articles. The articles will be provided through a partnership with CSweekly, which is a weekly Chicago Sports Magazine (ran in part by one Mario Scalise, who is the founding member of SoxNet.net, which was the precursor to Soxtalk.com). CSWeekly has full press credentials, which means CSWeekly will be able to request interviews that Soxtalk would have never been able to get. This will enable Soxtalk.com to post interviews with any player, including front office personell, which are performed by CSWeekly for the TalkChicagoSports sites. We want to point out that not only will CSweekly do Sox interviews, but Blackhawk fans can now have a way to get there questions (on a random basis, we will PM members privately for questions) answered by one Dale Tallon. This means in the future, if you are curious about what goes on in the MLB draft or NFL draft, well we now will have the resources to get out there and find out (and these resources will include questions that come directly from the forum members). These interviews will not only be text written, but the new front page will have audio outputs of such interviews, plus podcasts, and hopefully one day video clips as well. The site will not only have original articles & interviews specifically for the members here, but it will also have a blog portion (for breaking news stories and more blog-driven pieces) & RSS Feeds (syndication of other stories surrounding all of your favorite teams). Our goal is to be able to complete what will be a place where if a person wanted to, they could hop onto TCSN's front page, see a brief overview (which could be as in-depth as they want it) of what is going on with their teams (both our network stories as well as ESPN/Tribune/Yahoo/ETC) and than pop onto the specific forums to discuss the news and get further information (as only die hard fans like ourselves would be privvy/curious about). The features above are what we have implemented in our early design process, but I'd also like to reach out to all of the members that have made this network even possible and see if there are any other features they would like to see on the front page (aside from the stories, blog, media (ie podcasts/audio clips), and RSS Feeds). In addition to the features found on the web, we hope in the future, to be able to hold viewing parties at specific Chicagoland bars (where Soxtalk members can gather to catch a Sox game...TalkBears members can gather to catch a Bears game....TalkBhawks members can catch a Blackhawk game) which will include prizes/raffles and all sorts of cool stuff. Also, if you take a look at top, you will see a survey which is being performed by CSWeekly. The winner of the raffle will get a Sox jersey.

Monday Night Football Game....to see the Broncos get there asses beat in. Felt more like a Raider game given the ridiculous amount of fights (including one fight that happened in the row behind us with about 4 guys getting escorted out). I don't think I've ever seen more fights at a sporting event (that I was at) in my life.

Prayers go out to you and Angie!!! Hope it isn't too much longer till Alexi is home with the two of you :prayers

I was at the Holiday Bowl and it was a total blast (first time where my job paid off, cause Pac Life is my main client so I got hooked up with free tickets, free food, massive tailgate parties galore). I don't go to many football games but I was glad to see Texas give a old fashion beatdown to an overrated Pac 10 team.

QUOTE(shipps @ Dec 25, 2007 -> 07:14 AM) Thanx for the help guys I finally got it.And thanx for the patience.Happy holidays. Noob. Merry Christmas Jeff!!!

I just want to thank Skiles for making the Bulls a real fun team to watch for three seasons. I won't forget how the team was transformed from the laughing stock of the entire NBA to one of the most respected teams in the NBA (they may not have been the best, but for 3 seasons they played harder and more fundementally sound than practically any team in the league). I hope Skiles gets a job next season and does what he did in Chicago, rebuild someone elses franchise to the point of respectability. However, I do think the time was probably right for the move and I would like the Bulls to bring in a guy who has a history of developing bigs. Bottom line this team is going to go as far as Tyrus Thomas/Joakim Noah can take them (we know what we have in the other guys and for this team to make it to the next level they will need to get something pretty productive out of the two big men lottery picks). I suspect we will see some changes to the roster by the trade deadline as well, which may include a trade involving at least one of the core players.

QUOTE(RME JICO @ Dec 21, 2007 -> 01:20 PM) http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/r...ses/?id=3572600 They tried to add a positive spin to his brutal stats: Excellent...Kenny's plan is starting to work. Tribe signs Gonzalez...no longer a contender. Next up, Tigers trade for Toby Hall. Get er done Kenny...get er done.