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QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jan 29, 2009 -> 12:01 AM) That Northwestern/Indiana game was awfully entertaining for a game between an NIT team and a soon to be 1-17 or 2-16 Big Ten team. As for Wake/Duke, Wake Forest is CLEARLY a better basketball team head to head than Duke, by far. The problem is they are young, so they got a bit lazy and let a pretty veteran Duke team back into it as a result, but were fortunate enough to pull it out. With all the length and athletic ability Wake Forest has, they can be a nightmare as a team defensively and as a result can use that defense and athletic skill to lead to and execute on the fast break. They have to be one of the favorites to make a run to the Final Four right now, although that youth can be scary in March. This is true. Duke historically struggles with the big/physical/athletic teams. I think WF is clearly the better team.

QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Jan 28, 2009 -> 04:50 PM) Well Pete Carroll knows a little thing about football and he has gotten plenty of kids to the NFL, so thats who he is to criticize. Also most scouts believe that Sanchez would benefit greatly by spending another year in college too. Well, who really gives a s*** what Carroll or the scouts think? Is Sanchez the only player in college football history to go pro when others thought he should have stayed longer? Does Urban Meyer turn into a little b**** if Tim Tebow had decided to bolt early? All Pete cares about is what Sanchez leaving does to his chances of winning a national title next year. That is all.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 28, 2009 -> 03:41 PM) Well, they WOULD have to rebuild a great deal of their defense, but in all honestly, in the BCS era how often does USC not compete for the national title? And USC has a top class every year, its not really out of the ordinary to get top players again. And I see USC with 8 out of the top 100 with 5-5star players, thats pretty standard for them isnt it? That really has nothing to do with it. Mark Sanchez is a grown man and made a grown man's decision based on what he thought was best for him and his family. Who the hell is Pete Carroll to criticize?

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Jan 28, 2009 -> 01:17 AM) He chose Ark over Mizzou. I don't think her wanted to go to Illanoy or Minnesota because they have new offensive coordinators. KU was in his final 5, i love the growth. Going by what I read/heard it appeared we had a legitimate shot. But we all know how these kids can say one thing one day and totally flip-flop the next (not that I'm mad. I understand how difficult a decision it is to pick a school). I'm not too broken up about it. The guy I REALLY want is Michael Buchanan.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jan 28, 2009 -> 03:27 PM) Wouldn't you be mad if you knew that if your QB stayed, you'd be likely playing for the national title next year? Maybe in private I'd be a little disappointed. But this is college football. You should ALWAYS be prepared for a guy leaving early. He acted like a straight up little girl.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Jan 28, 2009 -> 01:59 PM) Thats because they know the door is all but shut on the Peavy deal(it could still happen I guess, but I dont know how). One guy who called B&B the other day(regarding my previous post) was pissed at Bernstein just for reading it, and you could tell just by how he was phrasing it that he KNEW the Cubs werent going to be spending like they were in the past 5 years, and Peavy was slowly becoming a dream I just love that they're pissed. I live for their pain.

I'm certainly not sitting here thinking "Yippie! Josh is a better defensive player now because Joey Cora says will be shocked." But it is encouraging that Josh appears to be extremely dedicated and is working his ass off to be the best player he can be. You probably say all pro athletes should have that attitude. Unfortunately, many don't.

Cubs fans are PISSED about this trade. lol.

Depending on the years/money involved, this could be a really good move for both sides. Arizona already has the best 1-2 punch in the NL. Max Scherzer is a STUD! Doug Davis is a serviceable #4. Jon would round out the staff quite nicely. From Jon's perspective, he would get to pitch in an inferior league, in an even more inferior division.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jan 27, 2009 -> 08:39 PM) Jelani Jenkins (2nd best LB), Manti Te'O (3rd best LB), and Dre Kirkpatrick (best DB) are all between USC and 2+ schools. They also have gotten committments already from Matt Barkley (best QB), Vontaze Burfict (best LB), Devon Kennard (the best DE), and Patrick Hall (2nd best "ATH"). Kennard picked USC this morning, per sportingnews.com. All the parentheses stuff is from rivals.com. Not bad. Maybe this will help your crying/whining ass coach get over his former QB bolting for the NFL.

Ronnie Wingo chooses Arkansas. Very disappointing. I thought we had him.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 27, 2009 -> 01:52 PM) A real leadoff hitter is a guy like Roberts, or not that I'm advocating it, a guy like Pods when he was in Milwaukee. Someone who has spent time leading off in the major leagues and has been successful. He goes about it by either paying them some money if a free agent or trading players, supposedly he is now loaded with talent both major league and minor league according to this board. Not some guy like Swisher or Cabrera or Erstad. Guys who either have never led off, or really aren't equipped to do so, or are way past the time they would have be effective in that role. Not a guy like Getz. Jerry Owens is a fake leadoff man, and unfortunately it looks like I will be shocked and he will be leading off opening day. I hope Hudson is still being considered. It takes two to make a trade. Kenny, along with the Cubs and other teams, have been after Roberts for a couple years now. It's quite clear the O's have no real desire to move him. At least not without getting a heck of a package in return (you don't want to trade Gavin Floyd, do you?). And he's a FA after this year anyway. Making a trade even more difficult. Orlando Hudson would be nice. Although a big risk with his injury history. But there's a reason he's still out there. He probably wants more years/money than ANY team is willing to give him. Besides that, there's flat nothing left in FA that remotely makes sense for the Sox as far as leadoff hitters go. QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 27, 2009 -> 02:33 PM) As much as I really didn't like Pods, Owens won't match Pods bad 2004. First off, he may be entering the period where he gets nagging leg injuries. He hits with no power. He will never steal 70 bases. He's below average in CF and his numbers in 2007 are based on a .340 BA in September of that year, and even then hit .267 with a .324 OBP. Juan Uribe hit .309 that same month with a .358 OBP and an .884 OBP. Hey, it's something. Of course, every Sox fan will dismiss it because they simply don't want Jerry Owens on the team under any circumstance. And that's fine. But it doesn't mean anything. Unless something unexpected happens, Owens will be the guy. All you can do is hope that he's healthy and that he can justify the team's obvious faith (blind or not) in his abilities.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 27, 2009 -> 09:30 AM) While I agree a leadoff hitter is only guaranteed to leadoff once a game, you want guys who have a tendancy to get on base more than average hitting in front of your better hitters who can drive them in, and they usually are in the middle of the line-up. I will still be in shock if KW doesn't acquire a real leadoff hitter. Can you define who a "real leadoff" hitter would be? And how does Kenny go about acquiring this "real leadoff" hitter?

QUOTE (TheBigHurt @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 08:59 PM) I gotta go with Sizemore (passing up Pujols and a few others was VERY hard, trust me). Young, great D, great O, pretty good speed... how often do you find a player like that? The answer is simple: You don't! And yet some Sox fans can't seem to grasp this.

This thread has become A LOT more active the last couple weeks. For a while it was just me and Rex. lol.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 09:41 PM) Blake's having an amazing 2nd half so far, which is impressive considering Okl St. is double teaming him every possession. Travis Ford is a hell of a coach...just look at how much UMASS sucks this season w/o him. Blake is every bit as good as advertised. Willie Warren is also a stud. I agree with you on Ford.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 07:43 PM) Buchanan would be a great addition, he is also a pretty smart kid (football wise) so he may end up being better than Drummond who despite a ton of talent has a melon for a head. You never know how those kids turn out. Look at Martez Wilson, a great talent, but he can't get the mental game and isn't effective. Could be the same for Drummond. I concede that Wilson did disappoint somewhat. But it was his first year as a starter. I expect a much better year in '09.

Great game going on between OU/OSU. I love watching the Cowboys play. They're the Suns (the old Suns) of college hoops.

It's like when New Orleans "needed" a winner more than us in '06 because of Katrina. If somebody crashes a plane into the Sears Tower does that mean Chicago "needs" a winner more than everybody else? Hell no! And the 2001 World Series was BY FAR the best of this decade.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jan 26, 2009 -> 03:49 PM) Craig Drummond to Ole Miss. If you want to know the real reason why the SEC is the best conference in America, a guy like Drummond is it. There is no way in hell he'd EVER get into a Big 10 school (which is the real reason he isn't going to Illinois), so he just verbals to Ole Miss instead and I can almost guarantee you he'll qualify and get on the field in short order down there. That's not me being bitter or angry either, it's just the truth, skip every class is a perfect nickname for that league. Pretty much sums it up. I also read that Michael Buchanan is supposed to make a decision tonight? Landing him would more than erase the sting of losing out on Drummond. I also heard that Je'Ron Stokes' visit went very well. So we shall see. I hate the last couple weeks leading up to signing day. It's really exciting and at the same times drives you insanely mad.

Ronnie Wingo Jr. to make his final decision tomorrow at 6:20 PM. http://www.illinihq.com/blogs/recruiting_w...sion_on_tuesday

Florida putting on an amazing shooting exhibition at Vandy. Go OSU!

Hopefully Harris is alright. I love watching this year's Illini team. By far Weber's best coaching job since he's been here.

Illini better be on it today. Wisconsin is very talented and desperate right now.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 23, 2009 -> 02:09 AM) If we were to look back around the time of 1999/00/01, look at the Sox prospects who have made the biggest impact (not counting Garland, who wasn't incubated in our system). Buehrle Josh Fogg Those were two of the lowest rated in our Top 10 list around that time...and then you have Rowand, who many thought might turn out to be more like Aaron Cunningham/Jeremy Reed in terms of a big league career as a 4th OF. You could even argue that Biddle and Majewski were fringe prospects who made a bigger impact than most our top-rated guys. But look at all the busts. Kip Wells, with the Sox...and for most of his MLB career Danny Wright Aaron Myette Jon Rauch Lorenzo Barcelo Jason Stumm Brian West Corwin Malone Joe Borchard Matt Guerrier (well, it's a stretch to refer to him as a "top" prospect) Matt Ginter I remember being so giddy about all the 'impact' prospects we seemed to have at the time. I was a HUGE fan of Danny Wright, Lorenzo Barcelo and Corwin Malone.