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QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 4, 2014 -> 01:24 PM) Um, yeah. Winter Soldier was really fn awesome. In the Avengers universe it might be my favorite behind the Avengers.

Captain America 2 is great!

I've been saying this for years. The Twins more often then not, seem to always score against us right after we score. It's incredibly annoying.

I think it's going to be hard for Michigan to win. Even going back to the Big Ten tournament they haven't played well in the 2nd half.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 28, 2014 -> 08:31 PM) Worst half he's played all year. I would agree besides when he throws the inbound passes. During the Big Ten tournament he had like 4 TO's in 3 games throwing them in.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Mar 28, 2014 -> 08:29 PM) Vegas knows all. lol crazy how it came down to Stauskas' last free throw.

Michigan should've gotten that tipped ball out of bounds but that doesn't change the fact they've let up and at this pace will lose. I like Lavert but he just doesn't make smart decisions.

QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 15, 2014 -> 03:55 PM) Girl at the gym I have a crush on, found out yesterday she has a 1.5 year old daughter. Does it make me an ass that my first thought was, "Aw man."? I don't think it makes you a jerk at all. It's totally your choice. Getting involved with her means you're involved with her child too and that's a huge step. Pardon the pun with step, haha. I've felt exactly how you feel, but being a single father it'd be extremely hypocritical of myself to still have the same view. But I know I subliminally do have the mindset of not wanting to date someone with a daughter. And it's partially because of my own situation I guess. Just would rather focus on one child, and that's my own for now. But I will say for whoever the next person I date, the #1 priority for me is "will she be a good role model for my current 14 month old daughter." It's definitely not fair to whoever she is, just like it's not fair for you either, but I guess it comes with the territory. Only you can make that choice! And who knows, if you do end up getting serious with this lady, her daughter may end up stealing your heart. I don't know what the current father situation is with this lady, whether he's a proactive father or a dead beat dad, or somewhere in the middle. But if he's definitely unstable, having some sort of stability from a male would be a great for the child. But as I'm sure you know, there's always a chance for the mother to give the father another chance, which usually don't end well anyway. So just be on the lookout! If you do get involved I expect you to make her a Wolverine fan!

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Mar 16, 2014 -> 05:28 PM) Good luck, Wichita St. 2nd and 3rd games vs Kentucky and then Louisville. Which is exactly why Louisville got a 4 seed and exactly why this bracket is loaded. Apparently they want to make sure the Shockers get shocked.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 13, 2014 -> 10:24 PM) I'll stick with Iowa. Maybe if Fran wouldn't have banned Twitter I would stick with them too! Seriously they've been terrible since that happened........and somewhat terrible before.

Bruce Pearl got it right when he said Iowa plays too many players. It's great to have depth, but having a 10 man rotation is hard to get a lineup to gel especially in crunch time. Either way it was the starters besides Marble that sunk Iowa along with Northwestern controlling the tempo. It'll be interesting to see where Iowa gets seeded now after that loss. It probably will be hard for them to keep the #9 projected seed but I wouldn't put it past the selection committee to have an #8 Oklahoma State/#9 Iowa match up where the winner takes on #1 Wichita State in the Midwest Region. Whether the argument about Wichita State playing no one is warranted or not, I'm guessing the selection committee will have them face a team that when they play at their best, they can beat just about anyone, and I feel Oklahoma State and Iowa fit that mold. Just my opinion though.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 5, 2014 -> 09:26 AM) If all that happened on the major league level, they would win more than 74-78. As of now I'm prediction right in the middle of those numbers with 76 wins. I guess to me this year is all about the improvement and development of the younger players. How's Sale and Quintana going to do? Will Eaton and Davidson help us instantly? Will Garcia and Abreu be factors as well? I'm not banking on postseason at all this year, so if they don't make it to the playoffs I'm not automatically going to say this season was a bust. I'm looking for individual improvement and overall success as a team. But if we have a repeat of last year, then there's going to be bigger issues to address next year, starting with the coaching staff in my opinion.

No idea what the Vegas line for the White Sox wins is, but if it was 71.5 I'd be betting over. Otherwise I thought it was a good assessment because we definitely have some offensive concerns and hopefully there will be some improvement this year. It is fascinating that the Sox alternate between good and bad every other year though.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 1, 2014 -> 10:05 AM) The Nets grabbed only 17 rebounds in Friday's loss to the Thunder, setting a new NBA record for fewest rebounds in a game. Andrew Bogut had 17 rebounds in last night's game.

My power rankings for outside maintenance: 1. Snow Shovel 2. Push Mower 3. Riding Mower 4. Snow Blower I hate snow blowers and prefer to get a workout when shoveling or mowing!

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Jan 25, 2014 -> 07:36 PM) He and McGary both made really stupid decisions going back to school. And you're probably right from a financial standpoint. I've read stories about people saying the same thing and I'm guilty of it too on certain players. But it's a strange world we live in when we're slamming guys for actually wanting to stay in college.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 25, 2014 -> 08:39 PM) No Payne, No McGary. Dawson hurt cuz he's an idiot and guys like Ellis who don't play as much made up for him on offense. Maybe I'm in the minority for Michigan fans, but I think they play better without McGary. Obviously I'd rather have McGary than not, but this team in my opinion plays much better with only 1 post, 3 wings, and 1 point. Having McGary play Morgan/Horford made things awkward and slow. Granted McGary was just coming back from an injury, but never the less I prefer the style Michigan is playing and it's working currently.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 22, 2014 -> 08:11 PM) Nobody is going through conference play undefeated anyway. Exactly, in fact I'm guessing as of now, Iowa beats Michigan in Iowa in a couple weeks. Besides a few consecutive possessions, I thought Michigan controlled the game, and it was very close all the way through. Granted predicting Iowa to win at home isn't going out on a limb because Iowa is #10 and Michigan is #21/#25 and I'm not sure who was actually favored tonight. I was leaning towards Michigan because they're at home tonight so the result wasn't surprising to me.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 09:13 PM) Their plan is to have it go up against that film, which could totally backfire if BvS is not a good movie and bury 2 big franchises DC just doesn't seem like they have a clue as to what's going on. I'm speculating the Marvel movie would possibly be Dr. Strange but I have no idea. What I'd love to see and probably won't happen is to have Ironman 4 in that slot. I know I've heard that they might be done with Ironman, at least for now, but if Marvel wants to stay in that spot, it'd be nice to see them bring a big gun to the cinema as well. Heck even an Ironman/Hulk movie would work. I know Mark Ruffalo wants to have his own Hulk movie but it seems like Hulk can't hold a movie on its own, so adding Ironman would be great, but who knows. I'm probably more of a casual viewer with bad ideas, haha.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 03:01 PM) Batman vs superman delayed to 2016 Which really annoys me because I think Marvel has an "Unnamed Phase 3" movie coming out the same date on May 6, 2016. Plus X-Men: Apocalypse comes out May 27, 2016. Wow superhero movies....... Having a Marvel vs. DC showdown is going to only lose money for both movies in my opinion. We'll see.........I'm guessing/hoping one of them moves to another date.

Jamaican Bobsled Team! http://espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2014/bo...an-bobsled-team People have donated $25,000 to help the Jamaicans go to the Olympics. 70% of the money has come from U.S. bank accounts. Must be a lot of Cool Runnings fans out there!

I'll be upset if he approaches 200 k's. We already have Adam Dunn for that unfortunate feat. 400 k's for both combined is gross.

Congrats Big Frank!

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Jan 6, 2014 -> 01:43 PM) Kate Beckinsale is also good in action movies and hot to boot. Agreed!

Going to be outside working most of the day tomorrow in -50 to -60 wind chill potentially. Go me.