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QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 08:06 AM) I'm so done with "experts," like Mike Golic knows anything more about the NFL these days than anyone else. All of those people are just ex-players who mostly sucked (apologies to Theisman). Bradshaw...Howie Long...Mark Schlereth...Shannon Sharpe....are other experts that are some of the greatest to ever play there position and they say hello. Oh and don't forget Chris Carter. They may be wrong from time to time, but these guys all played the game and as such they know more of the nuances than any amateur fan ever will (and I'm including myself in that one).

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 10:11 PM) Actually Hunter appears to be a staple on the defense since he signed that nice sized deal in the offseason, he's a damn good player and Lovie/Rivera seem to love him. The most replaceable player would probably be Tank since he likely won't be back next year followed by one of A. Brown and Adawale considering their contract size and the awesomeness that is Mark Anderson and the safeties are pretty damn replaceable as well. Talk about a f***ing gamer, the guy is a pretty good RB but is sticking it out on special teams and has actually become the second best special teamer behind Ayanbadajo. He'll be in the running for my second jersey along with Mark Anderson and P-Nut Tillman. Tillman is emerging as one of the elite CB's in the NFL, imo.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 09:25 PM) Makes sense seeing as how that's the only jersey I own and I am heroic in many ways. #4 MAYNARD, I got it for my 19th birthday from my brother. Now that he's officially the sexiest man on the Bears I do expect the jersey to go up in value. I'll take a picture of it tonight. And that is why you are awesome.

QUOTE(bmags @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 09:07 PM) rex was getting pressured a lot in the first half, when he got time, he had that great drive with the berrian catch. He also made a lot of good reads and overall (sans the Packer game) he's been making the right reads on a pretty consistent basis these past 5-6 weeks or so. All I ask is that he keeps doing that, trusting his eyes and being calm, confident and poised to make the throws. Oh and Turner had a real good gameplan, imo. We really stuck with the run, aside from the one drive where Rex really needed to make plays (and he did) as the Saints began to completely stack the line.

QUOTE(redandwhite @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 09:08 PM) Whats this Gamestop deal where they give you a hundred dollars off? Right before the new year...Toys R Us gave you 100 bucks in store credit. I heard Gamestop did something similar (also with the PS3 I think). Circuit City does like a 30 buck online gift card and you get a free game. Micro Center for about 2 months had a 100 buck mail in rebate (it was only supposed to be for Black Thursday but they ended up doing it up till the New Year). Now stores went back to 399 for the most part, but if you look around you can still find it for close to 299 (just takes a bit of patience). For the Ps3 I am not sure what the 100 buck gamestop deal was but one of my friends mentioned it and than I saw it mentioned in here.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 08:51 PM) I thought faceguarding was only illegal in NCAA? I'm 99% sure that is the case. I looked it up and found this from an NFL ref (dated in 01 though): 3) What is the official rule against "face-guarding" when a defender is trying to break up a pass? Is there a certain amount of space he must be within of the receiver for this penalty to be called? There is no such thing as face-guarding in the National Football League. It is legal to face-guard a receiver. In order to have pass interference you must have contact. Any act without contact is not considered a foul. Just to verify, I found a 06 source that said the same thing. Faceguarding is completely legal in the NFL. The only thing that can cause PI is contact.

Considering there is a lot of talk about Metal Gear being on both systems eventually, and GTA is both systems...I'd say that the main games that Sony used to own that were specific to one system are no longer the case. Throw in HALO 3 and well I'm sold (but I don't play Final Fantasy). And I want to point out that yes, I think if you want a BluRay player than the PS3 is a bargain, but I'd rather wait until the dust has settled and get a quality player. Oh and the PS3, the one where I have to pay extra money to get either component cables or HDMI cable (albeit I give em credit for offering HDMI at its release). I am not talking about release games though, I've looked at the list of games exclusive to both systems (future releases) and vastly prefer those that are on Microsoft's console (thats obviously personal preference though). And I want to point one thing out...you can buy an Xbox 360 platinum for 299 (you just may have to wait a week or two, but Microcenter & Toys R'us have had this deal and I have heard a couple other places did for a while too)...so even if you wanted wireless, thats 399. Thats 200 bucks less than the PS3 with those features. Thats a big difference. And the Microsoft online is superior to that of PS3, imo. Again, statement of opinion and I'm a cheapo so I hate the idea of having to pay 50 a month, but in the end its a bargain if you play games online a lot (or if you get a few buddies over and than all of you play online).

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 08:25 PM) Jason f***ing Gage showing some emotion. I love it. That was my PG13 version rant. During the game I was probably at NC-17 rating with my Reggie Bush rant. In two weeks I could get into trouble, my best buddy is a Colt fan so I told him if Manning throws for 500 yards and I hear trash talking he may get a fist to the face (and I'm the least violent person ever). I fear how I may react in two weeks. But I got faith in the Bears. We've gotten to this point, now they need to step up and play the best game of their careers in the biggest game of their careers.

QUOTE(JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 08:12 PM) do you guys agree with this assessment? http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writ...ents/index.html I've heard it all season long and I'll continue to say what I have said. I believe in Rex Grossman as the Bears QB and I Believe in this Bears football team. I'd comment on how most of Rex's incomplete passes in the first half were on blitzes where he made the right call and threw the ball away (aside from his missed TD pass to Clark) but I won't get myself all fired up about this. I'll just wait and go with my belief that Rex and the Bears will come out and play good football in 2 weeks.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 03:44 PM) I love how the first question the media asks Urlacher is about Reggie Bush showing him up by pointing and flipping into the endzone. Coward fell down several occasions rather than take a hit, and just took advantage of the touchdown to showboat. That guy is f***ing scum. I will never ever ever root for that piece of s***. The smug asshole deserves the asswhooping the Bears gave him. Freaking pansy. Learn to play with class. Oh and if anyone is wondering, I said s*** about Hester when he did that stupid finger point during one of his returns earlier in the season. So Reggie...PISS OFF YOU PRICK. I hope the NCAA finds a way to take away your heisman.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 08:06 PM) And dont forget the other one, where he was actually in the endzone with noone covering him. Caldwell left 14 points on the field in a crucial time of the game. I wonder if Brady is missing Deion Branch right now? Technically they left 4 points on the field as they ended up getting a TD on Caldwell's first drop (the one in the endzone) and a field goal out of his 2nd drop. However, those 4 points were crucial. You got to hand it to the Colts, they had there backs to the wall and found a way to come back and win and its no secret that it started with them being able to run the ball because that makes Peyton so dangerous (the LB's have to come closer and it means he'll have seams all over the field in addition to him being the best play action QB in NFL history). Well the Bears have played great to get to the place they need, but this is the game that matters and they'll have to play there best game of the season. This is the game that will define this Bears squad (and the Colts squad). QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 07:09 PM) That is not a f***ing roughing call That call and the pass interference call in the end zone were horrific calls. Face-guarding, unless I'm greatly mistaken (and I dno't think I am) there is no penalty for face guarding and since the CB made no contact that should not have been a pass interference. That call was absolute horses*** (again unless I've been dead wrong about this not being an NFL penalty cause I could swear that face guarding was completely legal in the NFL).

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 10:01 AM) Details/Link? Gates announced it. I may be a bit premature with the 2 month thing, but Gates said that is one of the next things so there will be an update patch. They are also going to be coming out with an HDMI cord for it sometime relatively soon. QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 10:03 AM) So Jason, you returned a 360 to get a PS3, sold the PS3 and used the money to get a 360? Was all that hassle worth the $50? Yes, cause I bought the Xbox for about 100 bucks cheaper than when I originally paid for it. So I saved 150 bucks in the end. And I got to make sure that I bought the system I really want.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 05:26 AM) not 2 mention if you buy the 360 and the wireless internet adapter and the fee to payonline... your virtually paying the same price as you would for a ps3. Lets see, in two months the Xbox will be a full fledged DVR, the thing is amazing as a media extender already (when networked with a media computer). The games on the system are infinitely better (and the exclusive Microsoft games >>>> exclusive PS3 games). And the Xbox online mode is so much better because its subscription (I never thought I'd say that but it is). And I don't need a wireless adapter anymore so I'm not too concerned with that. Oh and the Xbox Platinum can be found for about 299 (depending on when you are buying it) or you can find a way to get Cosco to give it a discount (which is what I did because I love Cosco's warranty). Oh and the PS3 controller is a piece of s*** compared to that of the Xbox. The Xbox one is so much more ergonomic its not even funny. I can't believe Sony scrapped building there new controller because I think the PS3 controller is very flawed. Plus the wireless controller on the Xbox is far better (PS3's has had a lot of problems, I'm sure they'll fix it, but they've had tons of interference issues).

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 07:57 PM) Heads seems to have consumed alcohol. Bad idea. Heads and alcohol....oh my god I wish I was online to hear that hillarity.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 04:38 AM) Very interesting piece from Peter Vecsey on the Bulls and Pau Gasol; Would you pull the trigger on that deal? Deng, Gordon and Brown for Gasol and Warrick. Don't forget also that Hakim Warrick was playing some pretty nice ball earlier on in the season too. No dice. I'd consider Noc and Gordon or giving up Tyrus Thomas and a package of some other guys but no way is Deng getting dealt. And ya, Warrick wouldn't be that bad, but he has a lot of holes in his game still.

LETS GO BEARS. Have faith in the Bears!!!!

Not that impressed and as such I sold the damn thing on ebay (made 50 bucks) and picked up a 360. Oh and if anyone is interested in wireless controllers, cosco and circuit city are selling them for 38.99 and 39.99 respectively (which is 10 bucks off the normal price of 49.99).

QUOTE(T R U @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 05:14 PM) Look, most of you guys are die hard Bears fans so im not even gonna argue with you even though you are wrong.. You can sit there and talk about "What ifs" all you want but the facts are the Bears are not "Clearly" better than the Saints. I am as sick as the rest of you listening to everyone slobbing them but the fact is they arent just gonna roll over and let the Bears waltz into the Super Bowl. You could also look at it like this... the 2nd ranked offense scored 24 points on the Saints D while the 18th ranked offense scored 24 points on the Bears D. Eh, it doesnt matter anyways itll all be settled Sunday. You won't here mee saying the Bears are clearly better than the Saints. I think this is a pretty even matchup. If the Bears have Tommie Harris and Mike Brown, we are clearly the better team but we don't and with that the Saints offense (which is the most balanced offense in the NFL, imo) will have a chance to score points on us and that means Rex and the offense will have to come through (and while the offense is fully capable of that, it hasn't proven that they can consistently do so). So the defense is going to have to deliver, play at its best, wrap up guys, force turnovers and the offense is going to have to play very well (not turn the ball over, make the ocassional big play, & dominate the LOS). I really think we are going to see a darn good game on Sunday (in fact two of them). QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 05:16 PM) Actually the Bears' pass defense is better than their run defense. The Bears have pretty brutal against the run on more than one occasion this year (Gore, Brown, Alexander, Barber, C. Taylor have all run rough shot over this D) with the loss of Mike Brown who is an outstanding run stopping SS and Tommie Harris who is a better pass rusher than run stopper but still does an excellent job getting to the running back, the Bears have had some serious trouble bringing down the runner. Just watching the Seahawks game they were having some serious problems stopping Alexander late in the game, it was getting pretty pathetic there. I don't know what the stats say and frankly I don't really care the Bears have been pretty good against the pass this season they may give up some yards but that has more to do with the bend don't break nature of the Cover 2 than anything else. They'll allow for the opponent to pick up 3-4 yards on a pass but they're going to immediately drop him, you'll rarely see the Bears give up big plays through the air that is saved for the running backs. At the end of the season with Tillman, Vasher and Todd Johnson went down they actually had Cameron Worrell and *gag* Devin Hester playing in the secondary at the same time this is a recipe for disaster seeing as how they're both terrible defensive players (studs on ST however) and will never see the field under normal circumstances. Now that Todd Johnson, Tillman and Vasher are all healthy and the D-Line being mostly in-tact with the exception of Harris (huge loss) I fully expect the Bears to give Brees and the Saints passing game lots of trouble on Sunday. McCallister on the other hand could be a problem given this Defense's history of giving up huge plays to big backs (they tend to get lackadaisical and stop wrapping up, instead they go for the big hit and end up bouncing off the back.) Strong post as usual.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 04:17 PM) Aww come on fellas, it ain't that hard. Use the 'Y' pass, or lead pass, to spring your guys for a breakaway. Or go to the corner, make a hard stop, move to the middle of the penalty box and 'Bend it like Beckham' (literally for me -- Real Madrid). Keep tryin, once you learn how to bend it real nasty, it becomes fun as hell. My problem is that I had no idea what the heck the controls were or even how to bend it. When I got my goal I was ready to quit and retire with greatness (having lost 4-1 or something like that, lol).

QUOTE(longshot7 @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 03:34 PM) True, but you do have to have $$, which many of them don't have. You should see the small villages that have erupted outside Home Depots out here. And they just expanded the Orange line, so I guess someoe's riding it. Thats typically where you can get day laborers (at least in OC, you have a lot of places as designated day laborer pick up points; often times it happens to be near a Home Depot). QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 04:51 PM) You know you're in Cali when you get to the toll and the cost for 2 axels is 12 dollars. I should point out that toll roads are almost completely non-existent here. Albeit, if you are in San Fran there is a toll road and there is a toll road in South Orange County that runs through to the inland empire (Riverside) but you can take free optoins if you like (Traffic can just blow on them if you are going to riverside from South OC or vice versa).

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 05:07 PM) Um, what the hell is muscle milk? And does the stuff work? Its basically really really high fat milk (think more in terms of breast milk than normal milk). At least thats my understanding of it (but I'm sure Rock or R&W can give you a better explanation). And it works good if you are doing cardio yet also trying to build mass, because the cardio would prevent you from building mass, but having something like muscle milk gives you additional fat to help you build mass (if you are looking to bulk up). Again this is an explanation from a non-body builder through stuff my body building buddy has mentioned to me (and I'm sure I botched the details up).

QUOTE(T R U @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 03:10 PM) Cam Cameron is the new Dolphins head coach.. We have needed an offensive minded coach for quite some time.. I am excited about what he is going to be able to do with Ronnie Brown, they need to just pound away with him Rowand, how you feel? I think this is a solid hire. Cameron has done a great job in San Diego. That said he has a whole heck of a lot of weapons that make things easier on an OC.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 08:33 AM) Yeah. Jon Rauch Jason Grilli Gary Majewski Kip Wells Keith Foulke Bobby Howry Scott Eyre All of them washed up former White Sox prospects, and, while I'm too lazy to look, I'm just going to assume that none of them are in the big leagues any more. I assume you are being sarcastic Balta and I want to point this out cause I think people will miss out on this. Rauch has turned into a pretty good reliever, Majewski did a pretty good job when healthy out of the pen. Kip has had a lot of injury issues but had a couple good years. Foulke was above average, closed out for the BoSox in the series. Howry and Eyre both are quality relievers that get paid well on the Northside. Basically put, a lot of those guys we had did have success elsewhere.

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 02:30 PM) 1. It's the government 2. Any recommendations won't be taken seriously (9/11 Commission what?) 3. It's the government 4. It's become too political. It's posturing. It's the Dems saying 'look at us, unlike those straight-laced money-hungry fascist pig Republicans, we care about the environment, so we're gonna create this panel to look into it. 5. It's the government 6. The scientific community, on it's own, should have ample studies/reports for Congress to use to act. A meeting or two, sure, I'll go for that. A full-fledged committee that will take time and money away from more pressing needs? A waste. 7. It's the government. Completely agree.

QUOTE(southsideirish @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 02:02 PM) I think it also gives him the right to pick and choose where he would like to play and not look like an total jerk by doing it - ala Eli Manning. Like Bo Jackson did when he came out of Auburn. He didn't want to play for TB so he signed with Kansas City to play baseball. Then Oakland traded for him? If a team drafts him that he would like to play for, then great. If he doesn't like the NFL situation then he stays in baseball. He is no a no lose situation. In my opinion I think the Cubs made a stupid move. Or John Elway using baseball as his way to never sign with the Colts (Elway is awesome).