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QUOTE(KJean @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 08:09 PM) I'm a Accounting and Finance major. I went there knowing I wanted to major in Accounting, but just recently decided to double major. The College of Business is great with exposing you to all different types of majors (well they actually require you to take a bunch of different classes in and out of the college of business) and it's "easy" to pick up a second major or minor the way the programs are set up. I can't speak from personal experience about the university helping with deciding majors. But they give you the flexibility to take a huge variety of classes that sound appealing to you, esp. if you're undecided cause then you'll probably go into the College of Arts and Sciences. My roommate started as a Journalism major but switched to Broadcast Communication this past year and she didn't loose any credits or have any go to waste. Plus it doesn't really matter if you're undecided your frosh or soph year, it actually can be quite good because then you can take a variety of different classes and such. Wooo sorry that was long, hope it helped. Thats exactly what I'm majoring in. Got one accounting class left and a whole lot of finance classes left.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 06:31 PM) CS1, I'm looking at Marquette and University of Wisconsin right now. I've visited Marquette, loved the campus. It reminded me of Chicago -- except, a little bit shrunk down -- and I love Chicago. I'm also looking at UofW, because I've had a teacher who said she loved the campus and the whole aspect of it, and she's extremely down to earth, and fairly young, too. I want to be close to Illinois -- close enough for me to be able to drive home if I feel like it, yet far enough to where my parents will have to call if they're visiting. If your talking about UDub...ie University of Washington its an awesome school. I was very very close to going there or Michigan State (both have great business programs). In the end I stayed local and have been quite happy with it. Fullerton's been a great program, especially for business and teaching. But I think the key is coming up with a few things your interested in doing and than finding schools that are good in those areas (sometimes multiple) that way if for osme reason your first choice isn't what you want it to be you can always go to a 2nd. For me I always knew I wanted to do business so all I looked for was a good business program and than narrowed it down from there (Based on the campus atmosphere and alll that good stuff).

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 10:21 AM) At 10 am...?!?! Drunks. Its past noon somewhere in the world

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 03:14 PM) Fastball, curveball and change from what I can tell. I don't see him enough these days to know if he has added a cut fastball. Ya, he throws a cutter. He considers it a big reason for his improvement this season.

Recorded both (was working in LA) got home and watched the Bears game while taking care of some stuff and than watched the Sox game and fell asleep in the 3rd inning woke up at about 3 AM and the tv was just a nice black screen.

Raul Ibanez would be a nice fit. Lefty bat whose put up good numbers for the Mariners this year. Don't know if this is the last year on his contract or not, but I do recall he had a decent sized contract and prior to this year they were planning on moving him if he could. I was at Mariners spring training for a day and people were talking about what a great guy Ibanez is (charities and community involvement). It was funny cause IIRC he was awful for a few years for them (after they gave him a good size deal) but the fans didn't hate him, which leads me to believe he's a quality clubhouse guy. Would he pass through waivers, that I don't know. I know someone else has suggested Ibanez as well (Fisk72??)

Nothing other than Griffey...everything has been quiet.

And if he wins the world series...he's a lying prick that doesn't deserve the HOF, but would get my applause for helping the Sox cause I do think he makes them a better team. Plus as much as I hate the fact that he was juicing, I also must admit he's known as a very classy guy whose well liked in the clubhouse.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 10:18 AM) I'll have my softball stuff in the trunk most likely. We'll at least play catch. Also I can grab my frisbee and we can see if there is any interest in playing some Ultimate? Or we can just drink beer and eat! All of the above

Heck ya Mike, cause If you guys say softball and Sox games than I'll be on the 1st flight out to Chicago Regardless, bring your mits for the tailgate and maybe we can bring some whiffle ball stuff or something as well???

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 10:10 AM) They ain't going as far down as Drake. Ball State and a Northern Iowa team whose QB is a poker buddy of mine. Same difference

I was really impressed with Bradley. Grossman looked solid, floated a few passes, but he looked comfortable in the pocket and flashed his quick release. Also had a few perfect balls that were dropped that had an effect on his completion %. TJ looked good, very nimble runner and the 1st string units on both ends were impressive. I did notice the officials were calling minimal contact as PI, which dissapointed me, cause I think there is some extent of incidental contact that should be disregarded (especially when a guy is going for the ball). The defense looked fantastic (the starters) and I liked the agressiveness. They were really getting pressure. Oguneley had one awesome sack where he just worked the olineman and took down Feeley with one arm (it was sweet). Simply put, the Bears looked quick and to me thats the ultimate compliment. On the negative side, too many penalties and too many missed tackles, but thats to be expected in a pre-season game and hopefully as they get more practice and game situations we'll see those numbers go down (they should). I liked Turner's game-calling. You can see he's gonna be big on play-action and I saw a few slant calls (one of my favorite play calls) and quite frankly I expect good things with this offense. Oh and Mushin....YES...oh my god, the guy has hands, he is going to make the catches and thats going to make everyone else on the field better (especially the RB and the other WR's).

QUOTE(Fotop @ Aug 9, 2005 -> 09:08 AM) Well yes, we have unranked opponents...we can't play everyone. But to say that our schedule would be harder if we were in the Big 10 is downright laughable. There are years in the big 10 where teams get to dodge other top teams (read: Purdue this year). Add in the fact that there's only about three elite teams in the big 10 (mich, iowa, ohio state) then at most you have 3 big games a year (usually dodge one of those teams, add a decent non-con game and you're set). The rest of the games are winnable. Whereas ND has to open the season at Pitt, then goto Michigan and so on. And the teams that aren't ranked are all major conference teams (sans Navy, but we have tradition to uphold there). There's no western michigan on our schedule as a "tune up." Hell I'm a Hawkeye fan but they get tuneups like Drake, etc. Big 10 teams also have some cupcakes on their schedule. I'm with you fotop, the SOS bit isn't the reason ND isn't joining a major conference like the big 10. The #1-20 reasons are finances and ND makes way too much money by being independent and has no reason to join a conference (even though as a fan I think it would be quite interesting to have them in a conference). Of course if they were in the big 10, my allegiances would be hurting with Iowa and ND battling each other (my two college teams).

QUOTE(Fotop @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 10:09 PM) Yep, we certainly fear a "tough" schedule. All those top 25 teams sure are pushovers. We consistetly have one of the hardest schedules in the nation EVERY year. The big conference teams can't really say that (Nebraska, I'm looking in your general direction). And ND will NEVER join the big 10. For many reasons: they don't NEED a conference when they're on national tv every week, they have their own tie-ins to the BCS, they DO share bowl money now but the BCS kicksback money to ND every year they don't make a BCS, and as much as everyone may think otherwise...they're still an elite program that can hang by themselves. Also, I think I specifically remember the last time this whole Big 10/ND thing was talked about (in reality) Michigan and Ohio State were highly against it since it would clog up their plans of winning the Big 10 every year. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As for greasy's post (sorry about the delay, just moved back to campus) I think we've got a good shot at 7 wins. 6 is a little more of a conservative estimate, but it's also a possibility. I think our offense will surprise some people since nearly every offensive starter is returning. The big question is the defense and the overall depth of the team. We're very thin (thank you, Tyrone Willingham) and injuries could cripple us. The secondary has always been a question mark but I think our safeties will have quality seasons. If one or two players could breakout on defense, we may be in for a great year. I know it's a lot of ifs but anything can happen in college football and I fully believe that I will see a major upset at home this year (USC is a longshot, but Tennesee can be had). Either way I'm crazy pumped for our opener against Pitt. The offense has a lot of weapons and I think that alone will lead them to pull a few bigger upsets. However, their lack of depth on defense is going to hurt them big time against a team like USC (and their offense) and potentially Michigan (I think they got a really solid looking offense with Henne). Still, I'm excited to see Weiss implimenent a hopefully effective west coast scheme (since Tyrone's scheme never really worked out). However, if Quinn gets hurt, the Irish are screwed.

Happy Bdays fellas

QUOTE(fathom @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 09:34 PM) In your opinion, what can be done to help this offense? If KW is likely to make a move, it will be for another OF/DH type that probably won't play more than Everett would. The left side of our team (SS, 3B, and LF) has been just awful lately, but all three of those guys aren't going anywhere. What can be done to kick-start an offense that really seems flat and isn't producing. I know our pitching has been super, but in order to be successful during this very difficult stretch of our schedule, we're going to have to be able to score more than 2 or 3 runs on a given night. With Pods struggling like crazy to get on base, and then having just as much of a struggle stealing succesfully, it might be a good idea to cut down on the straight stolen base attempt, and go with more hit-and-runs to utilize Pods speed. Timo not batting 5th.

Good...I wish Frank nothing but the best, but it would be a foolish move to do anything but buyout the contract.

QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 09:21 AM) http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/NASApp...t=.jsp&c_id=ari Tony Clark gets extension D-Backs ink first baseman to two more seasons Conor Jackson anyone? He's a better prospect than Brian Anderson is, and he could probably be had for a straight up trade. Age Lvl AB .AVG/.OBP/.SLG BB K 2003 (Draft year) 21 A 257 .319/.410/.533 36 41 2004 22 A+ 258 .345/.438/.562 45 36 22 AA 226 .301/.367/.456 24 36 2005 23 AAA 333 .354/.457/.553 69 32 23 Maj 10 .300/.364/.400 1 0 Just for comparison's sake, here are Anderson's numbers Age Lvl AB .AVG/.OBP/.SLG BB K 2003 (Draft year) 21 Rk 49 .388/.492/.592 9 10 2004 22 A+ 254 .319/.394/.531 29 44 22 AA 185 .270/.346/.416 19 30 2005 23 AAA 395 .291/.359/.473 42 104 One thing I just want to quickly state and thats how Anderson is a superior defensive player. Offensively though, I tend to agree with you on Connor, although I also think Anderson will bve a very solid offensive player. The real nicde thing about Connor are his walk totals.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 10:28 AM) Dan Haren is best friends with Soxtalk's own Jim Bullard, and I remember Jim telling us exactly how good Haren was going to be, not to mention the payroll savings that the A's got, plus the certianty of knowing how long Haren will be with Oakland, and you have got to call this a win-win trade at worst, and if Mulder leaves St Louis soon, it is a difinate win for the A's. Ya, Bull was mentioning that to me over the off-season. Plus he picked him up on his fantasy league team or at least I thought he did.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Aug 6, 2005 -> 08:02 PM) That and other things. Not a whole lotta peach trees up here. Did you know Jason's mother's name is "Cooter"?

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 11:23 AM) i won't be there 1) i'll be at school and need to save up for playoffs 2) i've had an overdose of soxtalk at the park this summer. Considering i've met just about everyone i'd like to meet on the boards But Jabroni's gonna be there

QUOTE(Steff @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 11:19 AM) If it goes well this time maybe we can work with the Sox to plan it earlier in the season next year, and on a weekend if it's possible. Thats what I'm hoping. I keep debating making it out, but I'd be missing classes and it just doesn't make sense financially for me to fly in when I'm hoping to save up as much cash as possible for a potential playoff run. Next year I'm going to be get a hold of Brooks early in the year and try to set a date sometime in July when most everyone would be free and hopefully create some sort of weekend series (we'll see how that works though). Hopefully everyone who goes has a blast though, I know if I were in Chicago I'd be there. On a sidenote really looking forward to the Yanks series. Its my last weekend before school starts

I can't stand her show.

QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 10:16 AM) UIC starts on the 22nd. Man, and my vacation just started 2 weeks ago. It's okay. I like college so it's no biggie. I heard some schools in Florida start this week too and some schools in GA started last week. Thats when I start. I get back to California late on the 21st after hopefully seeing the Sox take a series from the Yanks at the cell A few more days and my internship ends, than I have roughly a week of being a bum and than school starts and I go back to my old job.

This is going to be the start of a real tough stretch...@NY, @BOS, Vs MINN, VS NY