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The play calling was yet again awful. I hate how Rex gets the blame when we drop back consistently against a defense that rocks. Real f***ing smart. Rex made some mistakes but at the same time he was rocking early in this game and we would than s*** all over it with terrible plays. This falls straight on Rex's shoulders and Turners play calling. Oh and Lovie for being a dumbass and not going for it on that 4th down (even though we did end up getting the ball back and would have had a shot to win the game).

QUOTE(Felix @ Nov 25, 2006 -> 09:02 PM) Why should he be the #1 draft pick when he's not even the best senior QB? Haha...I love people who think Troy Smith is the best QB in the country. Brady Quinn is the best QB in the country and is by far the best pro prospect in the country. The guy has absolutely every tool an NFL team would want for its QB. He has a strong, accurate arm, is tall, has proven he can take a beating, and can use his feet very well to buy time or take off and grab the occasional first down. Oh and if it weren't for a ton of drops this would have been a far closer game. That said I think USC has proven they deserve a shot at OSU if they beat UCLA.

Oh ya, we blew the lead but still a s***ty call. They hit what 4 three's in the final minute as well while Iowa's offense looked awful. We went on a 31-12 run to finish the first half too after starting off down 13-0 and dominated a large chunk of the 2nd half. God, talk about a pathetic loss. Now a 3 game losing streak.

Are you f***ing kidding me. With no time left on the shot clock and about 10 seconds left in the game ASU hits a long range 3 (with a guy all over him) and takes a 3 point lead. RIDICULOUS Upon watching a replay....that was an illegal pick as ASU's player threw his entire shoulder into Haluska and the Hawkeyes lose. HORSEs***

Iowa up 7 on ASU with 4:44 left. Game is on Fox Sports Pacific.

ND has blown a couple golden opportunities to be only down by 4 points so USC is lucky right now it ain't a closer game. That said USC should be able to constantly score on the Irish.

Crap...SC already has a TD. ND's defense is going to get destroyed by USC's speed. I just hope our offense can come through and that the defense somehow finds a way to force a couple of turnovers. ND had a prime scoring opportunity that they blew on there opening drive.

I always liked Davis. He had a down year but this is a lefty that had 200 strikeouts a year ago. Plus he has a couple seasons with an ERA under 4.

QUOTE(earthshiner @ Nov 25, 2006 -> 11:36 AM) Why not lead off? The last five years he has not had on OBP lower than .356. Because I want Ozzie to get his stolen base guy that fits in at the top of the order, if he doesn't, than he will push the envelope and run guys like Crede/AJPand Konerko and I want to make sure he doesn't get those ideas. Get me Durham as a FA, trade for Figgins (give up Brian Anderson for him and I think the Angels bite on that or at least heavily consider it) and than you have a nice 1-2 with some speed and guys that can handle the bat. We have enough power at other positions to accept a drop off in CF/LF. Sadly though, we may have an increase in power considering how little Pods had and how useless BA was with the bat. Than do what you go to do with the rotation/pen. Iguchi goes down in the lineup and now that horrendous hole in the back of the lineup is just Uribe (instead of Uribe and BA) so really our lineup is all around strong with a lot of speed at the top of the order. You have Sweeney back up and play ocassionally all over the outfield as well as Mack. Figgins Durham Dye Thome Konerko Crede AJP Iguchi Uribe Thats not a bad looking lineup if you ask me and its one with a lot more speed than last years, just as good of defense, imo, and it shouldn't cost much money to do. Plus we have two switch hitters at the top of our lineup which is nice. Our rotation is still fine, but Kenny can tweak and get prospects and do what he wants with that and maybe get yet another reliever.

QUOTE(earthshiner @ Nov 25, 2006 -> 07:03 AM) for some reason Ray Durham in left and leading off seems like a decent idea. I like the idea of Ray in LF and hitting 2nd (if we could find someone else to lead off). I think he'd be a solid LF. I always remember Ray being as good of a 2nd baseman as I ever saw when it came to going back on flyballs.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Nov 24, 2006 -> 11:30 AM) Im really excited for 2011 when teams are trading the Lee's and Pierre's of the world for garbage, AND having to pay some of the contract.... Or the Gary Matthews Jr cause that contract has the possibility of being the worse of the bunch. I can't see Pierre just turning into an awful player, nor can I see Lee or Soriano. Sure htey won't be quite worth all the money they get but they'll still be solid players if you look past that contract. Matthews Jr. could be a solid player but he's the one of that whole group who could just revert into being a 4th/5th outfielder and if thats the case that is an absolutely god awful signing. I know the Angels had a need and if he plays like he did last year its a pretty good move, but they had all the chips in the world to go out and get someone like Vernon Wells. If you are going to go after someone in this market and overpay, why not overpay for a legitimately good player (ie Soriano or even Caballo) or trade for Vernon Wells and give him a Caballo like deal.

The Irish slim slim hopes for a national title are on the line tonight. While USC's road to the title game could go away tonight. Lets go Irish. Oh and Arkansas proved they weren't that amazing. I still say LSU is a top 2-3 team in the country (talent wise).

I had no work and I slept in. It was great.

And he apparently has some attitude issues. That said he's a pretty solid player.

QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Nov 22, 2006 -> 12:44 PM) While I still think KW will go out and find another outfielder, I wonder if there's any chance that it ill come down to a tryout between Owens, Pods, Sweeney, Anderson and Fields in Spring Training for the 2 outfield spots...? I'd throw up if that happened.

We still have an opening a SS or CF for the top of the order. I don't expect Anderson to be here so you make a push at someone like Figgins for the top of the order or go after someone like Rollins. I'd like to think that after we move one of our starters we'll have enough chips to make a move.

Yeahhh....JUAN.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Nov 22, 2006 -> 11:02 AM) The same jackass that stuck Mack in CF for half the season was quoted as saying Podsednik might have been able to play CF on a team like the Brewers, but not on a team trying to win a title. That should tell you a little something about his D.

I watched enough of the Rangers to say he's an upper echelon defensive CF.

On a sidenote, has anyone here downloaded that firmware update that allows you to play burned games? I'm asking because I think it would be nice to be able to burn a copy of the game you own and just play that burned copy while keeping the original in perfect condition. I don't know about you all, but even when I take the best care of games (which I do) ocassionally after a year or two of hard playing the games find a way to get scratched and ocassionally freeze up when that happens. Anyway I was just curious. On a sidenote, tonight I am going to work on setting it up to stream from my computer to the tv so I can watch high def stuff I have on my computer on the tv. I'm hoping it ends up looking amazing, if it does I got to admit, the 360 is an ingenius application because not only can you play rad games on it, but you can also turn it into a total media center.

I'd much rather find a way to get a bunch of chips and go after a Vernon Wells or Torri Hunter. God, can you imagine the amount of money Hunter will get next year. That is if the market is the same in 07 as it is in 06.

Or you can go to Microcenter. It is going to be 299 with a 100 mail in rebate (the price you pay is 399 and than you mail in the rebate to make it 299). Of course its a black friday sale so you may have to wait in lines or something. They also had this deal about a week ago.

Those stats are ridiculously awful. I was just looking through a couple other positions. Pods 3rd best left fielder...need I go on. Figgins 4th best centerfielder...again a joke.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Nov 22, 2006 -> 08:11 AM) FYI you can get the premium Xbox 360 right now on dell's website for $340 with free shipping. I bought mine at Costco because I know I can return it when Microsoft releases there updated Xbox (with HDMI hookup...wireless internet...and my guess of a HDDVD player standard). I pretty much know its going to happen sometime in the future.

Ya, Jr Smith would have been our best offensive player and he's the type of offensive player that can drive and get free throws. Absolutely awful move.