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I got to be honest, I got zero problem with TO the player. In fact, I'd sign him to a 1 year deal and take my chances. I'd tell him if he played well and kept his mouth shut (don't talk to anyone) that we'd think about offering him a long term deal. But I don't hate TO.

I actually see the Tribe regressing next year because I think they are going to lose out on most of there in-house guys and are not going to be able to find equally talented replacements.

I still say I'd give up any of our prospects for Manny.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 09:18 AM) Falcons perhaps? Touche. Heck, the Bears have caproom, although I can't see them doing it. I think he would kill Orton or Grossman for the lack of agressiveness and of course the missed passes.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 23, 2005 -> 05:32 AM) How exactly is it irresponsible to not give Las Vegas a team? Ya, I think it would be irrisponsible to give a team to Las Vegas. Far too many pressures there, plus I really don't see them having a consistent fan base. They would sell out because all the casino's would buy up season tix so they could comp there customers (ie gamblers). Vegas is a growing down but I don't think its worth risking and we all know Selig will do everything in his power to make sure a team isn't in Vegas. Think of the pressures on gambling.

Its going to be really interesting to see who goes after him. My guess is either the Bronco's or Seahawks and I'm leaning towards the Seahawks.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 04:54 PM) Would that actually be scarier than Ramirez and Ortiz back to back? I dunno. Imo, yes.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 08:37 PM) I'd rather have Duncan over Garnett, but Garnett's not going anywhere. He's realized that they don't have a chance at winning anything outside the division with their roster as of now. I always thought the Marbury trade was stupid, why would you want to leave an up and coming team? To be closer to home I guess, but still. Marbury is a freaking loser. Tell me one player he's ever made better. The guy has never won anywhere he went and if you notice teams tend to do better after he leaves.

Looks like Texas is going to get this one. Ticks me off because Iowa was totally off shooting tonight and was winning for a good amount of the game. Fouls trouble had an effect and I've never seen Horner miss that many open shots in a 2 game stretch (between yesterday and today). Still even if/when they lose tonight, I'm really impressed with this squad. They aren't playing good yet were totally in this game. f*** it, they are going to get hot late and come back and win this baby.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 03:35 PM) Who knows... Right location and B-Day, though. So it's either him, or an extremely obsessed fan. It is him.

QUOTE(Soxy @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 07:44 AM) Just wondering. And, if you picked food--make sure to tell us which one is your fave! Definately the food, with football and seeing my friends and family a close second (if it weren't for some of my family it may rank 1st, lol). Most important food groups of thanksgiving...Turkey, mashed potatoes, yams with brown sugar and marshmellows, scalloped corn, pumpkin pie....LEFTOVERS.

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 02:31 PM) The value of my house has gone up a whopping 35% in the last 5 years... Still not bad at all. Like I said, certain areas you will almost see zero appreciation. A lot depends on the types of companies in the area and how the economy is doing in the local area. I mean a lot of states real estate markets have been down for 10-15 years. However, sometimes one states market creates an impact on a few states. For example, the California real estate market has went insane. People in the LA/Orange County areas that don't own homes have pushed out towards the Riverside county which has driven up the price of homes there. Many people in the Socal area have also decided to cash out and move out of the state. A lot of those people have moved East to Arizona, whose real estate market was incredibly low as opposed to the price of homes in Southern California. Yet these homes were still located in a major city (the Phoenix area) and are very nice. The cash being brought in from California homesellers has sent the prices up in Arizona. I know of a few areas where really nice homes were going for 500,000 about 2 years ago and now they just finished off and have put the models up for sale right around the 1.8 million range (they will not sell at that price, but they will go for 1.5 minimum). With all the increase in prices in Arizona, many Arizona homeowners (long time homeowners) have decided to cash out since there homes have really increased the past couple years. These people have moved to Texas and now the same effect that just happened in Texas could happen in there area. I'm not all that familiar with real estate in Texas, but I know it had been down for a long time, but I'm guessing that the money going into Texas from Arizona, California (and other places mixed with the oil industry doing well) is going to have an impact on the Texas real estate market (how much, I don't know), but they'll probably see prices go up a bit since people are coming in and putting there money into homes that they see as very affordable (based on where they are coming from). Thats just one example that I know have and have first hand looked at. What happens in Texas, I'm not sure, but I guess we'll see if it will end up being similar to Arizona where the price of homes in Texas increase due to this shift of new homeowners. That said Texas is a lot larger than Arizona and there are more places to live in Texas which means the net effect could/will be a whole lot less than the effect in the Phoenix area.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 02:11 PM) Oh come on, you're saying that the A-Team one was better than the Stewie Episode this weekend? Not even close. That last one was amazing. Go Check Knight's Avatar if you want to know one of the many reasons why. "You know, somewhere in this state right now Jeb Bush is eating a live puppy" -Stewie Not sure yet, haven't watched this past weekends yet. I'm about 2 weeks behind on my shows that are Dvr'd. I finally watched the family guy I was talking about today during my lunch break.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 02:08 PM) Wasn't that perfect? That whole episode had me laughing my ass off. How about the handicap ramp in the van? They were all pumped to go out and then had to wait for Joe to get in the van. You're right, man. Family Guy is back on top. That had to be my favorite new episdoe by far. Ya, I loved the handicap ramp. That was great. Plus when they show up and shoot down the tree and it falls on the house. THe guys like get off my property and Peter's like, we should probably leave. Oh man I was rolling and when It started I immediately thought of the Vanagon.

QUOTE(Balance @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 02:25 PM) It saddens me to say that I probably won't buy it. I just don't play the Xbox I have very much now. I think this means I'm getting old. I will be prebuying a PS3, simply to resell. I've learned my lesson and I know they always undersell this. The thing with the Xbox release is it was probably more profitable for resellers because its right near Xmas.

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 02:21 PM) 10 times the purchase price? My parents have been in their house for 20 years and the value has probably doubled. Maybe a little bit more. That's like buying a house for $60,000 and selling it for $650,000... That type of style has happened out here over the past 5-6 years. Hell, 10 years ago a house that was than worth 200,000 in my area is now worth well over a million. Were talking about a 3000-4000 sq ft house on the hills. I think the best thing about real estate is that if you make the right investment you can profit a whole lot on it (obviously certain states and cities have real estate that appreciates more so than others) while not having to worry much about the tax burden (you don't pay taxes on the 1st 500,000 profit you make assuming you lived in the house for 2 years and are married). Heck the past 3 years in a lot of areas the real estate market has grown at 35-30% a year. Thats obviously not going to happen every year, but it definately happens. Its also why a lot of the richest people in the US are land owners and real estate moguls.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 01:54 PM) The last two games Iowa finally looks like how I expected them to look this season. They still haven't cracked the top 25, and are easily one of the most underrated teams in the country now. I can name only a handful of teams who I don't think they could beat. USC Texas Ohio State Texas Tech (just a bad matchup. They could outscore them though) Notre Dame (if they don't pressure Quinn, he'd tear them up) Virginia Tech I'd love to see them get a match up against a top 15 team in whatever bowl they're in. Head in being touchdown underdogs, and win going away. Ya, they really looked good last week and got some pressure on a Minnesota QB that was sacked something like 3 times all season. They also did a stellar job shutting down the run and offensively they are a very well balanced attack (plus that was the best Tate has looked all season, imo). Its too bad, this team was capable but it took some time for there young defensive line to get things together. The way they are playing right now is like a top 10 team and quite frankly aside from the OSU game, they should only have 1 loss and be on line for a BCS game. Unfortunately that didn't happen. Tate got hurt in the ISU game, they freaking totally blew the NU game and blew the Michigan game. Luckily they will have there QB and RB back next year (both of which are talented) and will have most of there oline back and there entire Dline back. The key will be the losses of Hinkel, Solomon and Hodges/Greenway. Those will be 4 key losses and Iowa is going to need to find some WR's and we all know they won't be able ot replace Hodges and Greenway.

What day are the new years bowls going to be played? New Years eve or will it be done on January 2nd (I'm asking that since the NFL is gonna be playing its games on New Years).

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 01:28 PM) Iowa played the top rated non-BCS bowl last year. What a game it was too. I'm still in semi shock at how we won. Its a good thing we beat LSU too, because the Hawks dominated that game start to finish (although they damn near blew it).

Ownership has two years remaining on the stadium lease and will like to move when the lease ends. They'd like to move to New Jersey (Jayson Stark said that wouldn't happen) and if that doesn't work they like the idea of moving to Vegas (personally I think we all know Selig would never let this happen).

QUOTE(hammerhead johnson @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 01:16 PM) They'd be a super bowl contender if their secondary wasn't so damn raw. I watched Bollinger of the NY Jets come in and do his best Dan Marino imitation against them. When the Chargers go up against a prolific passing team in the playoffs, they gone. Teams that I see beating, if not killing the Chargers: Indianapolis Cincinatti Chargers will beat the Colts once this year (whether its the regular season game or the playoff game).

Cripes...kicking myself http://cgi.ebay.com/Xbox-360-PREMIUM-In-Ha...1QQcmdZViewItem

That sounds sweet Addy. You may have sold me on adding this to my xmas wish list.

Minus the Bear...check em out.

QUOTE(knightni @ Nov 22, 2005 -> 12:38 PM) I thought that the idea of winning or losing a sig bet was that it had to be a sig that you wouldn't like. Oh we'll get him good.