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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 23, 2010 -> 03:27 PM) More importantly though, the battle for best team in Illinois is starting to heat up again. lol

Thank you, thank you.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Feb 18, 2010 -> 09:04 PM) Ted Lilly threw off flat ground, felt some knee pain and is getting a MRI on it. So according to my Cubs injury translator, he dislocated his patella and will miss 5 starts.

I forgot how the national media painted all Sox fans as stock yard workers.

DeRozan's dunk was sick.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Feb 14, 2010 -> 03:30 AM) Shannon Brown should be ashamed. He should be killing everyone. His first dunk attempt would have been nuts if he made it.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Feb 13, 2010 -> 07:49 AM) It's interesting that you say new markets and have Notre Dame on the list. Notre Dame to the Big Ten wouldn't add a ton more BTN subscribers because most Notre Dame fans are already in the Midwest and have (or can have) BTN. Obviously Notre Dame is the top pick for the Big Ten. I also don't think Syracuse is that great of a pick. It's a medium size school and may not bring the NYC market as much as you think. Also, Mizzou brings new markets (St. Louis and Kansas City) and millions more subscribers (6 million in the state, only FBS school in the state). As a Mizzou alum I don't want to see the Tigers switch to the Big Ten from an athletics perspective, however, the Big Ten currently offers more money. I'm just saying your qualifications "Any school that would actually provide new markets and millions more of BTN subscribers" don't eliminate Mizzou. You're not adding BTN subscribers with ND, no, but ND is probably the biggest college football brand in the country, no? Either way ND is a lot more of a national thing than any current school in the Big Ten. It definitely increases the brand of the conference. As for' Cuse, yeah I agree, but I think it still makes the most sense out of any of the Eastern schools mentioned. And I still think they go East, because that's where most of the rumors have been circulating. As for Mizzou, I figure StL is already a decent Big Ten market, especially with the amount Illini fans. And I figure most of the state (Eastern side at least) already gets the BTN. I think you'd be essentially adding KC, which is what, 5th or 6th biggest market in the Big 12 alone? Mizzou is nice, I just figure they'll want to do better.

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 13, 2010 -> 08:18 AM) Texas and Syracuse don't make sense geographically, though. Iowa St., Missouri, Louisville, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Kentucky are the only reasonable options. It's 2010. Geographics don't matter, especially when there's talk of a football only move. If the Big Ten is going to make a move, it's going to be for a home run. Missouri and Pittsburgh are far from that and don't really provide any new revenue streams (other than the ability for a championship game). I think people get confuse over thinking this is a move to get a championship football game. It's not that more than it is expanding the Big Ten brand (and network).

QUOTE (danman31 @ Feb 13, 2010 -> 07:04 AM) Who does make sense then? Texas. Notre Dame. Syracuse. Any school that would actually provide new markets and millions more of BTN subscribers. Those 3 are about the only ones I could come up with.

Missouri would probably make the least sense if they're looking at just 12 teams. Pitt doesn't make any sense either.

ESPN reported it as an American. Georgia...are they that stupid?

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20...rtnerId=rss_cws Presser tomorrow.

QUOTE (bmags @ Feb 10, 2010 -> 01:41 AM) the person i was most excited to get was widger but apparenntly nobody ever forgot the widge Never doubt the Widgenation.

Hitless, can you now concede that Illinois has a much better team than Indiana (and Penn State)?

They still have a hard schedule left, but it's pretty shocking that the Illini can realistically talk about a Big Ten championship. Would help them a ton if Purdue takes care of business tonight.

I think our team may be more motivated playing behind Mark on Opening Day. He's our de facto captain and face of the franchise. He deserves it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 28, 2010 -> 10:26 PM) How much have we typically outperformed PECOTA? Wasn't it by like 2-3 games on average, or more if you excluded 2007 where we vasltly underplayed it? I could have sworn PECOTA has nailed our win total exactly a couple times in the last few years

Law said were the definitive division favorites on TV today fwiw.

I think soxtalk has ruined kimmyh enough

QUOTE (beckham15 @ Jan 13, 2010 -> 01:12 AM) just saw this and all i can say is wow.........lets pray nothing happens to AJ this season Not that we should ever want AJ hurt but this move doesn't really affect that anyway. Castro still wouldn't be the starter.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Jan 11, 2010 -> 11:10 PM) I really hope the Sox resign Alexei or give him a contract extension. I believe we have him for 4 more years. I don't think we have to do that right now.

Lillibridge is a god awful baseball player who has absolutely no business being near a MLB roster. Period.

Brian Zoubek is the worst college basketball player of all time.

What a terrible move. Mariners are really running their franchise into the ground.

Coke was very good to me.