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QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 18, 2008 -> 06:50 PM) Also, impressive win for Ohio State. Michigan State is STILL a joke in big games, and Ohio State is still going to lose to Penn State next week in Columbus, but the Buckeyes deserve credit for their performance today. Michigan State is over-rated. Decent QB play by Iowa and they probably beat MSU. Of course Iowa is a few turnovers away from being undefeated with all of there losses being close games to quality opponents (MSU, NU, Pitt).

QUOTE (zenryan @ Oct 18, 2008 -> 05:59 PM) looks like Missouri was a fraud. they better find a defense if they ever want to be a serious national contender. I think it has more to do with just how good Texas and OU are. Those are the two best teams in the country right now, imo. McCoy is just playing out of his mind.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Oct 18, 2008 -> 12:12 PM) Yeah that's why I have a hard time believing Peavy will go anywhere for a couple of years. The Padres would be foolish to trade him, IMO, a young guy who is an Ace, signed to a great contract. Why would you take that away? Prospects are prospects, here you have an ACE at only 27 years old. You should be building around him not trying to trade him. I think it has more to do with the team being so far away from being competitive. They have a poor farm system and are really just in a mess. Moving Peavy is probably the quickest way to help the rebuilding process and I wouldn't be shocked to see Adrian Gonzalez moved as well (even though he is a young player as well).

Hawkeyes have had some tough losses this year but they seem to be getting there s*** together. Shonne Greene is a freaking beast and I assume he'll be back next year (as opposed to entering the draft). Nice to see Wiscy getting drubbed at the hand of Iowa.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 10:09 PM) You sir are a genius. Finally Marky...10,000 POSTS!!!

Peavy should command a whole hell of a lot. He's in his prime and signed to a well below market value contract. San Diego papers are saying it'll take 4 upper echelon major league ready type of prospects.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 10:49 AM) I don't know about that. I am leaning towards saying he won't. But, I can't guarantee that. I bet you would have said arod won't get 252 M over 10 ( as would I ) . There are worse ways to spend 30 million . (count,Javy and Jim quickly comes to mind) I wouldn't have guessed that much money for Arod, but that was also a different market.

QUOTE (rangercal @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 11:12 AM) The receiving corp is not a problem this year. I would rank Oline, secondary and Tommie Harris ahead in the Bears Problems. Tommie Harris shouldn't even see the field. He's f***ing terrible and was over-rated all of last year. If he's heatlhy fine, but he clearly isn't and I question whether he ever will be again. Go with Harrison/Dvoraceck.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 01:53 PM) The Big Book of British Smiles

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 10:31 AM) Lisa needs braces Dental Plan

Manny won't get 30M a year though.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 15, 2008 -> 08:05 PM) David Eckstein also wins rings. Because he's not the only one that always sucks in the playoffs for the Yankees? I understand the whole "he's making 5 billion dollars a year so he should produce" argument, but when you get little to no help from your teammates, it tends to be hard. Anyways, Alex Rodriguez plays 3B, doesn't need to be traded to be motivated, and he annually puts up better regular season numbers than Manny Ramirez. Alex Rodriguez is easily more valuable than Manny Ramirez. Rodriguez is more valuabe because of his all around abilities but Manny is the greatest run producer of all time. Bonds had his run with the most dominant years in baseball history but what Manny does is downright amazing. He's also easily one of my all time favorite ball players.

Terrible Tampa...Terrible. I hope you respond well.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 08:40 AM) I heard on the news last night that NHL sources expect Tallon to lose his job anytime now. Bout damn time. He's had some solid moves and decent drafts but he's been piss poor with the finances of the club.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Oct 17, 2008 -> 01:57 AM) Lisa needs braces. Dental Plan

Pretty much everyone of my friends refers to me as Gage or Ten Gage. Ten Gage has a perveted meaning where as Gage is simply my last name but it rolls off the tongue very smoothly.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 04:54 AM) Next time, I'll add my scale of how to rank players in the NFL. /green I go from awful, to medicore, to solid, to good, to great. To me, Williams isn't even good. You can say "He will be now that he's leaving Detroit", but how do you know? He's suddenly going to limit his drops? How much better is Johnson then Kitna/Orlovsky? Are you kidding me. Williams is a borderline elite receiver. He has amazing physical abilities and has put up great numbers when healthy in the NFL. And he's done it while on the freaking Lions. If he's not even good than I don't even want to know your definition of good. He'd be the best WR the Bears ever had (EVER).

QUOTE (Gage Loves Me @ Oct 10, 2008 -> 06:08 PM) Wooooooooooooooo Dubinsky is a beast. Danny Boy!!!

He's getting lose. We'll see him use more secondary pitches once his arm is armed up. I'm glad to see that the reports are that his fastball has really good life. We could be talking about a left handed Kevin Brown. You don't see too many POWER sinkers.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Oct 13, 2008 -> 06:48 PM) Same here, usually at bars i've had girls hit on me...I find it easier to make moves at parties. I have horrendous game at bars, but parties always seem easier. YOu tend to know mutual people and it makes things easier. However, I will agree that girls do hit on guys. It may not happen a ton but I know i've had it happen to me on multiple ocassions. It makes things easier but in general I have no advice when it comes to picking up girls from bars (never really done it). I will say this, be friendly and start up a conversation. At the end of the day thats all it takes. Oh and try to be funny if you can. Not over the top funny but it helps prevent you from coming off as a creep.

I actually just got back from Atlanta on Monday. I went up to Helen Georgia over the weekend for an Octoberfest and that was a ton of fun. It's about an hour and 20 minute drive and is a german town. There is an awesome fried chicken place in Roswold called Greenwood's (my friends from Atlanta say its the best fried chicken around and it was pretty delicious). Went out to the bars two nights and we went to this one area but I don't remember what the hell it was called (it was in downtown). Buckhead also has a solid set of bars but I didn't go there this time (I was in Atlanta one other time for a wedding and we went there and it was pretty badass). Note: I won't speak of the Bears f***up I saw in person.

Red Airheads = DAs***

I opted for 4. But there's definitely the potential for a 5. I'm a very lucky man.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 12:36 PM) there's a reason I called it drastic. The real point of this thread, not made clear by my (my fault), is to talk about solutions. Honestly, its scary, but let the market handle things. It'll all settle out, you just hope the government/fed can smooth things to an extent. They cna't fix it, there was a bubble in real estate and in the market and this was inevitable. You just have to make sure enough players survive the bubble burst so that things can continue and build again when the dust settles.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 9, 2008 -> 12:33 PM) Decreased demand. That's not a good sign in this case. Also the speculators have just not been as involved. Things got pushed up to a point and there were obviously other factors, specifically the media causing phony runs on the pricing but right now oil is sitting at a pretty good price structure compared with the supply/demand curves. I think you'll see a 20 buck flux either way but nothing too significant in the near future. Gold has done as well as I'd expect given this is a time where I could see a lot of investors pulling a s***load of cash and sticking it into checking accounts. Oh if people want a little stock recommendation...IDC. Its an independent pricing company that should see a huge boom. I've been preaching it to buddies the past couple months and they should be pretty much recession proof because the recession actually will give them more business as there is a lot more high $ value investments with no readily ascertainable market value so IDC will come in and do its independent pricing.