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QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 23, 2010 -> 09:00 AM) Glad the Rangers won. I would've taken the Rays too, but it's nice to see some new blood in the World Series for a change. I'm not one who vehemently hates everything the Yankees do, but to me there is no entertainment value in seeing the Yankees in the World Series (or very close to it) seemingly every other year, on the heels of whatever brand new $150 million contract they just gave to the latest free agent superstar that the other 29 teams desperately wanted to give but couldn't. It just gets old and stale. And the Yankees consistently doing this ruins and hurts baseball in the bigger picture because there spending sprees prevent other teams from having more fair shots at playing post-season ball and as a result of baseballs inequitable system you have cities that haven't experienced post-season ball in forever and because of that you have lost generations of fans. Yes, some of those teams just make poor decisions, but good or poor, you have to run things pretty darn perfect if you don't have a big payroll, especially when you are in a division with some of the big boys in baseball (i.e., the big markets/payrolls).

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 23, 2010 -> 08:44 PM) Another thing? Did this game start before 7? It's a damn shame a 3-2 game lasted this f***ing long. These playoffs games are honestly starting to bore the f*** outta me. Maybe its because I'm in India, but I've thoroughly enjoyed all of the games. I've been waking up a little early out here in the AM to make sure I can catch em all. Both series were fun to watch, imo.

I'm sure it is just one of those timeshare things and is probably legit, but might be one of those things that is very hard to actually book. Plus sitting through those things can be annoying. I've done one and they tried to hard sell, luckily I'm a rock and just kept telling the guy, no matter what you say I have zero interest. Must have repeated that 25 times until he finally gave up on me.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Oct 23, 2010 -> 03:02 PM) another team(Iowa) f***s themselves by crappy time management. Coming out of a TO, how does Iowa not be ready to spike it once the play starts? Amazing how many teams screw themselves in the final seconds of these games. On top of it, Iowa f***ed itself on both of its losses by missing extra points. Uggh. Nice job by Wiscy though, s*** though, what a heartbreaker.

Happy belated Bday Ace!!! And the wishes come from all the way in Mumba, India, haha.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 09:30 PM) Gotta like what Oregon showed tonight. Really impressive stuff. UCLA is absolutely terrible though. I still have no idea how they beat Texas and the fact that Texas than beat Nebraska stunned me, because any team which loses to UCLA has some sort of problems (especially when you lose to a team who threw the ball like 6 times total).

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 12:06 PM) When I was at SIU, there were no good barbers so I shaved my head for the first time. Let's just say I wore a hat for the next two weeks most of the time. I've never shaved my head (like full bick shave), but I just buzzed my hair prior to heading out to India. I look like a cuetip.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 21, 2010 -> 05:42 AM) yeah, I got the bam part alright. Yeesh. Between Delhi Belly, not eating much, and working out in the hotel gym, I lost about 15 pounds during the month I was over there. I've been real careful but not careful enough. Finally decided I should take whatever my doctor gave me prior to traveling (said if my stomach problems persist, just take it cause you probably have some sort of bacterial thing). Lets just say the last 2 hours have been easily the worse case of the *cr*ps* I've ever had. And prior to this I'd been working out at the gym here every day and have been pretty regularly working out in general so I've been in pretty good shape, but after this bout, I might drop down to below 160 pounds, which would be the lightest I've weighed since I was like 15. Hopefully it settles down in the next day or so.

I am suffering from some India belly right now.

Until he pitches well and for a sustained period of time, there is no reason not to doubt Peavy.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 08:35 AM) I don't think I have ever seen a kid get made a free agent and sign for cheaper than they could have been paid by their original team. In other words if we weren't willing to draft him and pay him as a mid first rounder, I doubt we bid against the rest of the league for him. It sounds like that will be the case this go-round. He'll probably sign for anywhere between 500K and 1.5M, which is less than the contract he had initially agreed to from the Dbacks, IIRC. The reason is his arm problems.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 06:01 PM) Haha yeah I'm the other Chiefs fan. That's ironic. Finally I think this girl and I are done talking. Which is probably a good thing. She's been wanting to stop talking and on Saturday our convo didn't end well. But she showed her true immaturity when I was trying to have a good convo because I like to try to end things on a good note, but not this time. It's looking like her friend likes me but I'm done with teenagers for good hopefully. Although her friend loves the Chiefs, so that's something we have in common. Her friend is a red head and I've never been into them but she is really cool and pretty cute, but once again I don't feel like getting into that young drama. Let me say this as delicately as possible, 24 and 18 or so doesn't go well together. Yes, it is legal, but if you are expecting anything worthwhile out of it, you should pass. Most likely you will have zero things in common with each other.

QUOTE (3E8 @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 01:24 PM) I believe I know what you're getting at. It is a close friend, and she's a 6 or 7. Not worth it I was in that situation before. I told my friend, he denied it and was pretty upset for a while. I told her I wasn't interested. Finally one of my other friends who was very aware of the situation spoke with my friend (who at the time thought I was making stuff up and was not happy with my what-so-ever. I finally got a text message from her that point blank asked if I wanted to hook up and I showed it to my friend and it was hard for him at first but he finally came around. He said at the time he really liked the girl and she was hot (very hot) so I don't think he wanted to give it up. He came around into telling me how he appreciated my honesty about the situation but when I first told him things got really really ugly. And I would never, in no way shape or form, ever do anything to a friend of mine's girl.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 08:54 PM) Hard to predict where Iowa will end up because of how BRUTAL their remaining home schedule is. Even the game at Northwestern isn't a walk in the park either. Outside of absolutely s***ting their pants in the 1st half at Arizona though, Iowa has been very impressive, so they're capable of winning out. But if they dent the loss column again with that schedule, it would be understandable, even with the three toughest games at home. If they win those games, they should shoot up the rankings. Only mistake they have made this year was that deplorable first half to Arizona and even than they almost won the game. And it isn't like Arizona is some s*** team. When the season is done, Iowa is going to have one hell of a tough schedule which should help them in the BCS (if they play well and finish strong). But it is going to be one serious gauntlet, even though the toughest games are at home. Oh and NU scares me because there offense matches up very well against Iowa and they historically have been a thorn in Iowa's side.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 08:47 PM) Well Illinois has Indiana and Purdue at home the next two weeks, so we'll find out some things. I fully expect Illinois to win both of those though, and with the defense Illinois has, I think it's more than reasonable to say they'll win at Michigan too. Illinois really should finish with no less than 7 wins based on what they've shown so far and the schedule they have left, and they're capable of winning any game left. I don't think they will though, and 7-5 or 8-4 seems more reasonable (although anything from 6-6 to 9-3 wouldn't surprise me, even though those assume either 0-3 or 3-0 on the road to finish out, and both of those would be a mild upset). I'd be pretty surprised if Illinois loses again at home though. Either way, Illinois is CLEARLY better than Penn State, just for starters. If that happens, I'll change my stance.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 08:33 PM) I'm not letting this slide. s*** I mean I know we aren't great or anything, but we're the 2nd worst team in the conference? Penn St (beat them on the road), Indiana (beat nobody, rolled by OSU when we weren't), Northwestern (should have lost to Minnesota)? Cmon Jason. Illinois is not better than Nothwestern. I did state that I thought Illinois could pass OSU and I still think PSU is better, they are just hindered by there freshman QB.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 03:02 PM) I really doubt Iowa "beats down" Wisconsin. Iowa may win (Wisconsin historically does not play Iowa well), but I cant see a beat down. Wisconsin's offense has just to many weapons. Barring a complete mental breakdown it most likely ends as a 1 possession game. Iowa doesn't have much depth in the backfield so anything happens to Robinson and they are in trouble. I'd bet on Iowa but I expect it to be a tough, physical game, and if Iowa doesn't protect the ball they will lose.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 18, 2010 -> 06:24 AM) You are trying to make something black and white, that isn't. First, yes, obviously, the systems need improvement. Second, do you really think that any institution dealing with something as complex as mortgages and foreclosures and HAMP is going to get everything right, every time? Third, you have these banks taking on all these new programs and regulations, and it takes time to adjust to them. In the meantime, people will get hurt, I never said otherwise. Still, this particular situation is weird to me. It sounds as if, if she missed just one payment, but kept paying, she'd be at worst a month behind. That one month of mortgage payment is not enough to make financial sense of the bank to foreclose - it would cost them a lot more than that just to handle a foreclosure. Yep and this is why I don't really believe some of these articles (some situations, clearly are horrible, but the bank f***ed up and I still can't imagine there aren't ways and people to contact to ensure that the action is corrected. I've been way too involved and have too many people that I'm very very close to that have been involved in the real estate business for significant time and are very familiar with what is going on with the foreclosures and what you are saying Brian just isn't the case. That isn't to say situations aren't happening improperly, but I find it hard to believe that it is a systematic problem and some trillion dollar class-action is awaiting. This is a huge fundemental problem, but in no way shape or form are you going to be able to ever convince me that the banks are getting rich of this. The biggest reason the banks are paying little to not attention to this is because it is not there main business or strategic input and as a result they don't have the people capable of handling things in this value appropriately and more importantly, these loans have already been pretty much written-off well below the value of the actual property at this point so it isn't as if they are going to take any additional financial losses so to speak. While it might sound stupid, the reality is, sometimes companies get in a position where they hold stuff they don't want, don't have the resources to handle, and as a result take losses on the stuff or make inappropriate decisions to try and get away from the situation as fast as possible (i.e., these banks not always making the smartest sales). And than there is the fact that the people deciding what price to take are making decisions that I'm sure investors would vomit about.

Barret Loux, who was the 6th overall pick by the Dbacks this year who ended up not signing and was actually made a FA (he failed his physical with a torn labrum and elbow problems) has thrown in front of scouts recently and is taking offers. I haven't read anything talking about how he threw or his recovery time, but the Sox were not one of the teams in attendance. Still, I always like the idea of getting in quality arms and Loux had some nice upside (even though he should have never been taken 6th overall). Loux was a stud at Texas A&M. Edit: It sounds like scouts generally came away impressed with his throwing session. http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id...tent_id=7243405 (Scouting Report - Pre Draft)

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 17, 2010 -> 10:53 AM) A couple points. First, I'm afraid the last paragraph doesn't make any sense to me. The loans are kept at a reduced rate, somehow making government-backed loans cheaper? Doesn't that mean that the taxpayer's losses on the taxpayer mortage portfolio is increased? Secondly, there's no difference between industry and government on this issue. The industry easily beat back the effort to allow for courts to alter the principal value. They made sure it went this way. And the government waltzed along there with them. Here's a great example story of how this mess has worked. People have gone into it whether they're on the path to losing their houses or not. But the trial payments don't wind up counting towards the loan principal, so if the trial modification is denied, the House is immediately behind on its payments and ont he path to foreclosure. Just one example Balta, that article tells me nothing. It tells me she renegotiated, but nowhere does it say why she got foreclosed? Maybe it is because she decided to stop making the payments. I see nothing to show me that anything was done improperly. Additionally, when you renegotiate with a bank you need to agree to something before it works and if what you agree to isn't something you can do or afford than you shouldn't agree to it. Essentially the government has guaranteed a huge chunk of the loans that exist right now. So, if these loans are fully foreclosed upon and than sold at a reduce value, the government (and ultimately the taxpayers) will pay the burdon of these transactions ultimately due to the federal guarantees out there. However, if a program was properly handled, the banks would reduce the principal while ensuring they receive payments (basically, actually having a good loan assistance program which would actually allow people to afford and stay in there homes), the actual loan default that is guaranteed would be at a much reduced rate, thus, ultimately, there is a major benefit behind the government backing a much more aggressive program. There are a ton of other positive trade-offs regarding a much more beneficial program.

WTF, another tackle doesn't block anyone and Jay gets killed. Worse of all, we had a shot at a FG to tie this thing. Absolutely f***ing disgraceful.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Oct 17, 2010 -> 12:06 PM) Right, but he can study film and have some more awareness presnap and point out potential blitzes. Did you see Billick break it down....Omilaye should have been handling that. It had nothing to do with Jay, nothing.

Another series of s***ty calls by Martz, combined by our feeble oline. Martz + Bears oline = death to Jay. I'm horribly regreting this Martz decision right now. He said he's learned from sitting out, but it sure as hell doesn't look like it.

Omilaye caused that one. Awful

Can the oline pick up a corner blitz. This is f***ing ridiculous.