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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 02:53 PM) The US just dominated that first period, despite Eddie O saying the period was "even". It could have easily been 3-0. One puck hit the cross bar.

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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 11:32 AM) Still trying to figure out why he's so widely respected on this forum. LINK "I suspended my campaign -- as did Senator Obama" Just for the sake of benefit of the doubt, could he have meant Obama suspended campaigning? McCain said he shut down his operation. Obama stopped campaigning (if my memory servers me right), but kept his organization running at full steam ahead.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 01:22 PM) Now he's spewing Spanish. Who can decipher? Google Translate: Greetings to my Latino people thanks for special support to my country Venezuela but did not know what brought me dolres head with people

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QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 09:19 AM) Football is designed to be a mockery of itself? Parity D'OH!!! lol

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 09:07 AM) I see football as being much different than baseball because of how the two sports are structured economically. Football currently has a salary floor and ceiling with revenue sharing. Baseball has nothing other than revenue sharing to make it SEEM as if they actually care about Tampa or KC. Baseball's financial structure is based on haves and have nots. Football is designed for Parity.

QUOTE (juddling @ Feb 24, 2010 -> 02:49 AM) well...if Wallace is crossed out than why would jacob try to call him back to the island???? I still think it relates to Desmond somehow. he's got to come back sooner or later. Jacob didnt want Hurley to actually get to 108. He told Hurley that he wanted Jack to see that Jacob was watching him... that Jack had a larger purpose.

QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 10:10 PM) In the Bible wasn't Jacob David's father............... David's father was Jesse

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 08:51 PM) Jack the baby is back. I like the subtle hints that the two timelines are connected somehow. the producers have said flat out that there is no alternate reality. So, they are linked in some way.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 11:11 PM) Although some would argue that's part of their problem right now, they have no reason to care about winning. They actually have far less incentive to try and win than the Cubs even do. I see football as being much different than baseball because of how the two sports are structured economically. Football currently has a salary floor and ceiling with revenue sharing. Baseball has nothing other than revenue sharing to make it SEEM as if they actually care about Tampa or KC. Baseball's financial structure is based on haves and have nots. Football is designed for parody.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 07:31 PM) The Bears threatened to move to Arlington Heights many many years ago near Arlington Park. I dont know if people really know JUST how close the Bears were to moving to Elk Grove. I have few "inside sources" on anything, but on this I do... they were extremely close.

QUOTE (MattZakrowski @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 12:29 PM) I was always under the impression that wjen JR built the UC, he had a handshake deal that Chicago wouldn't build another domed stadium, but I could be wrong. In my simplistic mind, places like the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates (oh what a DUMB idea it was to build that!) and the Rosemont Horizon (excuse me, AllState Arean) are more direct competition to the UC than a domed football stadium.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 01:59 PM) I would hate it if the Bears went to a domed stadium. I would actually hope that they change the name to something lame and girlish, because football is supposed to be played outdoors in the open air. I get kind of tired about that whole "it was ment to be played outdoors" argument people use. Ice hockey started outside, but they felt it would work better INSIDE. QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 01:59 PM) In the last 3 seasons I have been to 2 of the coldest games at Soldier Field, it was an amazing time and it gives the Bears home field advantage. Going to a dome would destroy their identity. I don't care about identity. I care about winning. QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 01:59 PM) As for moving to the suburbs, If the Cubs move, it will be the beginning of the end for that franchise. Wrigley Field, Wrigleyville and the whole atmosphere draw in a lot of the crowd to that park. They will have to decide whether they will rebuild Wrigley or renovate, but I cant imagine giving up a stadium that is more popular than the team itself. That if a completely fair argument, but I think the whole "Wrigleyville " thing is over blown. Put the emphasis on quality of play, not location of park. QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 01:59 PM) The Bears arent going anywhere, they could get away with moving, but it would hurt their prestige on a national level. What "prestige" would be hurt by moving to a suburb? Is it some how less "prestigious" to play in a suburb? It's not like they have a long history at Soldier Field. Hell, the YANKEES torn down probably the most historic sports building in American history.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 01:06 PM) The Sox...? Well.....I'm just saying, if the Bears and the Sox ever did get together like they almost did in the late 80's...one never knows. Forgive me, for I was but a small child in the late 80s, but what almost happened int he 80s?

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I say in 10 years the Bears and Cubs (gasp! yes the Cubs) move to Schaumburg on what is now the Schaumburg Golf Course. There is plenty of room for two stadiums and parking. Just sayin. PS: It'll never happen. The neighbors around here are too whiny. On a side note: I just read this little bit of info I never knew: "Schaumburg (IL) investors were so convinced Wrigley WOULD actually move, they purchased land off I-355 to host a new ballpark. When Wrigley eventually stayed put, that land eventually became the site of Alexian Field and the Schaumburg Flyers. "

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 09:04 AM) No way the city of Chicago spends money on another renovation so soon after. Hey, Chicago wont pay for it. Plus the Bears and the Park District already have a strained relationship. For $400 million the Bears could get a really nice "plain" stadium in the suburbs. No need to get flashy like the $1 billion for the Cowboys. University of Phoenix Stadium cost $455 million and they got a roof! We payed $600 million and got a spaceship.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 09:02 AM) In that case, its more complex. The bank in that case "owns" 160k (what he owed). The land itself may be worth that much anyway, so they'll just take the land and move on, most likely. So really, that's even more stupid, because what he basically did was take $190,000 of his own money, throw it in a pile, and burned it. See, once the bank seized the property, they could only take $160k of take from it, and any further money would have to go back to the homeowner (which he could use to pay off the IRS, or whatever). Having now destroyed that asset, in a way that his insurance will not cover... he just threw $190,000 in the trash to make a point. Furthermore, if he had instead decided to declare bankruptcy, he'd get some of those funds even faster, and REALLY screwed the bank over - which would have been more effective. Stupid isn't a strong enough word to describe this man's actions. Well thought out. And yes, stupid is not a strong enough word.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 08:58 AM) I don't want to spend one tax dollar on a new football stadium. That's my only concern about this issue. I don't care if they get a new stadium or not, I just don't want to contribute one dollar to it. That actually might be an interesting topic for another thread: Tax payer financed stadiums. I have a few thoughts on this as well.