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QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jan 23, 2007 -> 03:32 AM) Got to agree with you, I was really looking forward to seeing the young arms throw this Spring but just like everything else involving the Chicago Sports Media we're left disappointed by what they're supplying us. Meh, It's better than the FSN era when we got next to nothing during Spring Training. Still, these last two years have been great under CSN. What abou the radio though? That 15 seems like a reduced number too.

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Jan 23, 2007 -> 01:56 AM) Just to update us who weren't there last year (I was there the year before), what was the fiasco last year? The entire event. They decided to let about a billion people in there(the line to simply enter weaved through three floors and ended outside the building), and it just was not any fun compared to previous years. I really don't get it either, since they always claim their sold out, so why was the crowd so huge last year compared to previous years?

QUOTE(pierard @ Jan 23, 2007 -> 01:52 AM) I own a PS3 and a 360 so I honestly do not have any long term preference over either, but saying that Halo 3 and Gears of War are the only 360 exclusives worth anything is crazy. Here is a list of games exclusive to the 360 that look/are pretty damn good (note some will be out on PC -- but my PC sucks): Alan Wake Mass Effect Halo 3 Gears of War Banjo Threeie Sony has lots of great games coming out also, they just need to come out soon because I'm getting bored of playing the same game over and over. The rest are either coming to the PS3(SC, DR, GRAW), have far better franchise equivalents on other systems(Blue Dragon, FMS), need cheap ploys to help them sell(Crackdown), or will go on and become the worst game of all-time(I'm looking at you, Too Human). But Mass Effect belongs in the OMFG GREATEZT GAME EVAR category. I hope it lives up to expectations.

Illinois is going to get killed if Pruitt doesn't play. They are a completly different team with him on the court. They are horrendous without him.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 11:43 PM) Son of a b****, there's nothing I hate more than when my sports world is brought to a screeching halt due to some f***ing exclusive rights contract. Ridiculous. I could see giving away something as pointless as video game rights. But this? Well f*** this. Those behind such a move have to be mentally retarded, or else they would realize they are screwing over potentially millions of fans. And it's not like someone would go through the hassle of switching media outlets just because of this either.

I am. Hopefully it will be better than last year's miserable outing.

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Jan 22, 2007 -> 06:39 AM) Really, the only game I wish Sony could get is Metroid Prime. But I don't really know what Microsoft has beyond Halo. Gears of War...and that's it. But even that game is not developed by Microsoft, but rather Epic, who is bringing their own PS3 exclusive shooter due out this year. As for the MGS4 thing, I don't believe it could go to any other system. The game is using every single bit of memory availble on the Blu-Ray disk, which means it would be impossible to port over to the 360. Kojima has stated this many times.

QUOTE(CrimsonWeltall @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 07:28 PM) Of course they b**** and moan. Most people don't want a blu-ray player, so they're just being charged a lot extra they don't want. And then on the other hand you have the 360 which is pointless to own with online play. Of course that will cost you 50$ a year, running the price of a 360 up to about 650 instead of just giving us something that should be free.

QUOTE(NUKE @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 06:50 AM) The recent one was FAR better. 100% agreed.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 21, 2007 -> 05:57 PM) The games on the system are infinitely better (and the exclusive Microsoft games >>>> exclusive PS3 games). Well of course, PS3 has been out for two months. If you look at the 2007 line-up, however, Sony's>>>>>>>>>Microsoft's. Add that to the fact that Microsoft's in-house developers are terrible compared to the competition, and I would say PS3 is far superior to the 360 if you want to go the game route. Neither's media extensions are superior to the other, I'd say.

UCONN has yet to beat an RPI top 100 team. If the selection committee has any common sense, the Huskies won't be playing in the big dance this year.

Isn't Touristas LionsGate? Can't be that bad.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jan 20, 2007 -> 02:02 AM) I don't think so, my friend. It was decent. But nothing tops Saw. Even though the series is one of my personal favorites: The Descent>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Saw In every way, shape, and form.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 11:23 PM) He was here first, but as Mike and a few others know I have had this tag for a long time on ESPN and other sites pre 2000. I'll attest to that. ahh, the good ole ESPN boards.

"The Descent" is the greatest horrow movie of all-time. Period.

Anyone got Resitance online names that I can add?

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 02:41 AM) Got a link? I checked out SN and couldn't find these rankings. The Magazine.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 19, 2007 -> 01:49 AM) I probably should know this, but is SN, Sporting News? Yes.

SN ranked us with the 4th best bullpen in the AL. They listed us with 5 guys who throw over 100MPH when no one else has more than 3. I believe in the last issue they ranked our rotation 4th as well. Twins were number one for Bullpen, Tigers number one for rotation.

QUOTE(Rangers @ Dec 25, 2006 -> 09:34 PM) Any Socks fan's perspectives on McCarthy would be apprieciated. Was that an intentional spelling? Because I fell off my chair laughing at it, thinking it wasn't.

Wow. Colorade is AWFUL. And whe I mean awful, I mean worst team in a major conference awful.

QUOTE(Brian @ Jan 18, 2007 -> 12:11 AM) The best thing about the Bischoff showing up on Raw was that NOBODY but Eric, Vince, and Steph knew. There was no spoiler or rumor in the internet or anything! It was one of the last great shockers! Yep. HBK coming out of retirement and joining the NWO was the same way. That, IMO, was the biggest MTFO moment ever in WWE.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 17, 2007 -> 11:09 AM) Okaaaay, what it tis offisir my satnaph, thatz it, my satnav, told me to do it It was only a matter of time.

They need him back desperatly in time for WM.

We usually know by this time who will win the Rumble. Odd to see it so open. I think the E will break tradition and go with an aging vet. My 3 picks in order: 1. HBK 2. Undertaker 3. Randy Orton Also, we two months away, and no one knows for sure the main events of WrestleMania, also an odd occurence. I just hope that the E doesn't pansy out of the Rumble then and lets an ECW guy win it then.