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QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 27, 2013 -> 11:37 PM) It was actually a great article. Good points besides the fire breathing OMG FIRE THE COACH! people. Look, I railed Beckman as much as anyone here last year. And yeah, I don't think he's the guy for the long haul. But let's face it. They've improved, which is what we wanted, and minus a f***ing awful half against MSU, it hasn't been clown shoes this year. We have 5 BT games left, so there's a lot to be decided, good or bad. Beckman inherited one terrible football team. Everyone's flipping out over an awful half yesterday. One half does not a season make. We weren't going to beat Wisky or Nebraska, so what exactly is surprising so far? If they play dead the rest of the year, like yesterday's 2nd half, fine. But there's way too much football to say he's for sure gone. It couldn't be further from the truth, at this moment in time. To think it's a foregone conclusion is hilarious. No, what's hilarious, again, is that people keep citing "improvement" as some sort of reason to keep him around. The guy is maybe a genius, setting the bar so incredibly low for himself and the program that he may actually convince people to keep him around. We are not just losing games, we aren't being remotely competitive against a terrible Big Ten slate. It's really humorous just how bad they are, losing 3 conference games by an average of 28 games. Barring a bowl game appearance(lol), there's zero reason to go forward with who we all know is the wrong guy by now.

I named everyone immediately except for the Jizz Can. I'm glad I completely forgot about him.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Oct 27, 2013 -> 05:41 PM) [urseason as justificationttp://www.thechampaignroom.com/2013/10/27/5034484/the-day-aapparently he-solution-isnt-that-easy"]http://www.thechampaignroom.com/2013/10/27...somehow -that-easy[/url] Terrible article there. I like how the author uses Beckman's ineptitude last season as justification to keep him around a third year. I mean what? Beckman has apparently set the bar incredibly low for himself that not winning Big Ten games is somehow meaningful improvement. That author is suffering from Stockholm syndrome, but even he ultimately agrees Beckman is going to need to go when we dont win another game.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 27, 2013 -> 09:44 PM) Good lord. What? What he said is 100% true. Beckman is done at Illinois if he can't win a Big Ten game, and rightfully so. He is very likely gone regardless.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Oct 27, 2013 -> 12:06 AM) No way Tim Beckman gets a 3rd year. Yep.

QUOTE (SpainSOXfan09 @ Oct 25, 2013 -> 08:00 PM) Well, I controlled ill get binned just like everyone else but I would want Baez and Bryant (He wowouldn't ave to be a PTBNL). With those 2 and 1-2 lesser prospects I would find it hard to say no. Like Loxas said, will not happen but hey we can dream right? This would be a horrific deal for the Sox. The Cubs make no sense as a trade partner since they dont really have a young, cost costrolled all star position player. The Cubs could offer their top 8 prospects and Rick wouldn't bother to pick up the phone.

Jaylon Tate has looked really good so far in the scrimmage and exhibition. It's still early though, Brian.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Oct 23, 2013 -> 02:25 PM) Watched Halloween 3 last night. One of most underrated horror movies of all time. This is one of the worst movies ever. So bad. I have no idea why it was ever even made.

Wow this Cardinals defense is horrendous. Like a little league team.

Cardinals choking hard. Three errors in 1.0 innings so far.

It's really not lopsided at all. Brett Lawrie isn't good and Sanchez will be fortunate to be as good as Quintana.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 23, 2013 -> 09:17 PM) illinoisloyalty.com cracks me up. Some guy posts a stupid picture of the chief logo with some comment like "everyone be happy" and the whole board thinks a commitment is coming. These are probably grown ass men acting like little school girls over a vague post. Sports fans are weird. It is such an awful website. Bunch of posters pretending to have inside info information and the ones that do are copy pasting from the scout premium board.

Our pitching depth is grossly overstated on this board. We should not be looking to trade Santiago or Q unless we bet blown away by an offer. You trade one, and a strength is no longer a strength.

Either the FA market is about to explode or the Giants love giving truckloads of cash to average players.

Black List is fantastic. It's worth watching for Spader alone. I wish it had a more overall story rather than a problem of the week setup, but thats a problem with a lot network tv shows. Other than that, it's a great show.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 22, 2013 -> 10:08 PM) This is now a Chase Headley thread not a rumor catch all. Doing God's work. Catch-alls are the worst, particularly during the offseason On Headley, I don't think the ten mil or so should be a major deal for us to help us plug a huge hole. We do have money to blow, pay for every cent. But yeah since it's only for a year, I dont want us giving up anything of note. And that probably means a deal isn't happening.

Next year's QB class is really deep and pretty good.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 21, 2013 -> 07:12 PM) 2005, the Orioles' offer was about $4,000,000 higher than the Sox offer. Angels offered more money too than the Sox.

Sox that Homeland twist

I bid ten bucks on Keppinger. Since I'm far and away the high bid, I now own him and forbid him from playing baseball again.

How is that not a huge risk? And hector has already panned out. This would be a terrible return.

Wow, worst call ever to screw the Patriots. Unbelievable.

WHAT A GAME BY FORCIER! THAT PROGRAM IS SURE TO DO SOME DAMAGE THE NEXT FEW YEARS UNDER RICHROD WITH TALENT LIKE TATE AND DENARD

This game is a joke.

He's got a bad contract and they want him out of there. If we want him we should give up NOTHING of value, especially nothing close to Santiago. Think of trading Alex Rios, except this case is for an arguably worse player with a worse contract.