Buehrle>Wood

Great win. Was at the game. Seemed the whole building was expecting a three at the end, including the Illini d who seemed to stop playing at the line. Malcolm Hill was filthy. Morgan played very well.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 31, 2015 -> 11:17 AM) Awesome, Rice and Crosby suspended from the team indefinitely. Probably got drunk/high last night. What a s*** show of a season. Sounds worse than that

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 30, 2015 -> 06:06 PM) Total opposite, can't stand kap and haugh, and Manelly and Speigel were developing good chemistry I don't mean to say I think a lot of Kap and Haugh, because I dont. But I'll just say I don't think it's a coincidence Manelly leaving coincided with the end of the football season. I know it's a Bears town but the thought that you only need to talk Bears is ridiculous. See B and B. Love them or hate them they are some of the most successful Chicago sports radio hosts of all time, and they are all over with their topics.

Please don't tell me he brought up Jared Mitchell

Glad Manelly is gone. Hope it's Kaplan and Haugh. Don't respect Kaplans opinion but god it'd be nice to have someone other than B and B who aren't all Bears talk.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 30, 2015 -> 09:47 AM) He was eligible at Oregon but didnt make it because of their sanctions at the time Where did this comefrom anyways? They have like negative scholarship players on their roster. Pretty sure he was just inelgible

30 is way too much. I say 26 at most. But honestly would just rather see it stay. Game will become way too specialized if it gets any bigger.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 30, 2015 -> 07:57 AM) Blast from the past. The Buckeyes picked up Jaquan Lyle after the game. That's embarrassing for Ohio State

Oh man that match was really really bad. I know it's hard to have a great match with Big Show but still.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jan 29, 2015 -> 07:14 PM) Yeah that was great. Wonder what his major announcement is going to be Monday? Any rumors out there? Well sounds like they muted the crowd when he came out. Just because it was a hit crowd booing before but then nothing either way when Reigns actually showed up. I'd say that's a good sign Reigns is staying "face" and the match is on. Probably put him in a match for it on the line at Fast Lane though.

Great promo by HHH to start the show.

I can't buy Rondon above Saladino. He was a near lock for the club. That changed yesterday but he's still probably the first position player up. Of course I'd probably Rondon outside the top 25 unless he can hit even just a little.

Jody was the best character on Shameless. Miss him.

Hopefully we pass so we don't have to put up with awful Seinfeld jokes all year.

Meltzer speculation The next few weeks will be interesting. The key is what happens at the next few TV’s. In the fans’ eyes, Lesnar was turned last week and the Rumble match, where he dominated, only made him that much more of a face. There is the obvious easy answer to do a flip before Mania, where Heyman (who was praising Reigns heavily on television) turns and use Heyman’s talking as part of Reigns act as a heel champion for a year, or however long, leading to the inevitable split, somewhat similar to how C.M. Punk’s story played out. Then again, if Reigns is top heel and champion, because he’s the real guy in the company’s mind because of how he looks, he’s walking around with HHH and Stephanie, not Heyman. Or you could do the flip at Mania. That would be better since it’s the bigger stage and also, provided Lesnar stays, gives you a solid series of potential foes for Reigns as champion–Lesnar (for a big show), Cena, Bryan, Ambrose and Orton, and even Rollins. Who does a face champion Reigns have to face? Show? Kane? Rusev? Rollins? Wyatt, who himself is a half face anyway and almost has to lose to Undertaker? The list isn’t as strong to say the least, and that also requires protecting Rusev from losing in the Cena program, and with Cena having lost to Lesnar, never getting the win, because he’s still the biggest revenue mover, it’s one thing for Cena to lose to Rusev at Fast Lane since everyone will forget it a week later. It’s very different for him to lose at Mania. The thing is, the fans may force the double turn because we’ve got nearly two months before the show. In 2008 they forced it with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and big show, and last year they forced the Batista turn. As noted, the big difference is with Floyd, it didn’t matter, he was a one-shot deal, and with Batista, it did change the dynamic of his last run but it was near the end of his career. With Reigns, this is their guy to carry the company for years. But if they make him the next Cena in demeanor, as his interview on Raw indicated is the direction, that will be a double problem. First, it’s a huge mistake to have the new top guy be a copy of the old one. Second, he’s a different guy. What he is he hasn’t been able to truly show on TV. But if people don’t buy it’s him, it’s a tough road.

Lesnar vs. Reigns and HHH vs. Sting are the only locked in stone matches for Mania, but Cena vs. Rusev was planned, and the heavy Wyatt protection leads one to believe Undertaker is coming back. Also planned was Orton vs. Rollins, so Bryan was not even figured into the top five matches on the show. We were flat out told there was no chance of Bryan being added and making it a three-way, because Vince McMahon felt that already was done last year. Bryan and Ziggler set up a match on Twitter, and that wasn’t fooling around, but the actual plan, so that’s the top six right there. That lets them be happy because they’ll have a shot at having the best match on the show if they don’t have their time sliced. Throw in the Battle Royal, a Divas match and you may get a tag title or something else but that’s pretty much the top of the card. Wrestling Observer. Guessing Dean wins the battle royale.

Surely I can't be the only one who loves Lucha Underground.

Matches for Mania according to the Observer: Lesnar vs. Reigns HHH vs. Sting Cena vs. Rusev Orton vs. Rollins Ziggler vs. Bryan Wyatt vs. Taker

Why do we like JB Shuck again? He's awful. Would much rather see Danks back.

I don't have any faith in Sox management in making him a backup, even if that's what was agreed upon when he signed. Or even if he's not the opening day starter.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 28, 2015 -> 09:17 AM) I disagree with part of this. I generally think that people don't want to know things. If you want to hear thoughts from Marshawn Lynch, well I have some s*** to sell you. Not only do I not want to hear from Marshawn Lynch, I don't want to hear anything from any of these guys. Play the damn game. I hate SB week. Maybe you don't but I'm sure fans of the teams want to hear what he says. Just like we still want to hear 10 years later from the 05 Sox.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 27, 2015 -> 06:13 PM) Those figures were before the rumble fyi. Their numbers actually went up after the rumble, lol.

All aboard the Kottaras train.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 26, 2015 -> 03:54 PM) So the solution is to put him in a situation where it is painfully obvious that he was winning and generate bad heat? Come on, it's ok to call a spade a spade here. That was a s*** ending to further a terrible storyline that they are death marching to the finish Well I agree the real solution is not to be in that situation in the first place. It should not have been Reigns to begin with. But they handled the disaster the best they could...and it was still a disaster. That should say something to ccreative but it won't.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 26, 2015 -> 03:51 PM) No way, if Bryan makes it to top four and the finale is good, reigns comes out looking strong. They eliminated the best possible contestant before he even got a chance It didn't matter how strong Reigns looked, he was getting booed to hell.