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QUOTE(fathom @ Feb 27, 2008 -> 02:06 AM) Rock....that game can't help your chances of KK returning. You think he's gone? a lot of scouts there tonight.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Feb 27, 2008 -> 01:34 AM) I never saw Evan Turner play high school ball, but he may end up being a nice college player. when all is said and done i think turner will be the most valuable player out of this recruiting class for the program.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Feb 27, 2008 -> 01:16 AM) Someone woke up koufos finally. Diebler travels for the 5th time this game. Who did that kid play against in HS? 5'4" kids? He outscored LeBron in HS and he looks like this? I wouldnt look at another player from that area again seriously if I was Matta. it's like someone finally told koufos he was 7-feet-tall. diebler played in division three, which is the third-smallest division in ohio. i think he was mislabeled as a great shooter coming into ohio state. in high school he was a nice shooter, but more of a scorer. he scored a lot of points on free throws and was effective driving the ball. because of that his 3-point percentage was high because guys had to play off him, but i never felt he was the deadeye shooter some made him out to be.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Feb 25, 2008 -> 12:27 AM) Question for Bears fans. McFadden sounds as if he's got some serious character issues, and he's slipping. Atlanta probably ain't going to take him at #3, who knows what the Raiders will do at #4. My question is, if he's there at #14, do you take him? oh, hell yeah, but i have a hard time seeing that happen.

QUOTE(Brian @ Feb 24, 2008 -> 11:14 PM) I grew up with the 2 class system in Illinois. I hate change. I fear it will water things down. That is one angle. The other is that this is high school and these are kids. It is a unique experience to get down state and if more kids experience playing on a big floor, isn't that a good thing? It's been over 10 years and I still hate they moved it from Champaign to Peoria. i tend to go with the latter opinion. i think adding more classes absolutely waters things down (by definition it would) but i think that giving more kids the experience of competing in a state tournament outweighs the negatives.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Feb 24, 2008 -> 11:05 PM) I dont think you will find too many people that disagree with you. Their only saving grace is the tough schedule, which doesnt do much. Losing 78 percent of their scoring obviously hurt the team. Next year the Buckeyes will be one of the teams to beat in the Big Ten however. yeah, it is really difficult to replace what osu replaced and just come back strong. losing those guys, coupled with the team's point guard problems have made this team inherently flawed. still, i don't think matta has done his best job with this group. this is the first matta team i've seen that has regressed as the season moved along.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Feb 24, 2008 -> 10:50 PM) Lots of booing from OSU fans, but lots of cheering from me. Strange end to that game, just glad that Wisconsin some how escaped. Hopefully OSU plays better the rest of the year beats MSU, Indiana, and Purdue? (The announcers said they still play all 3, I dont know and i havent checked so if thats wrong blame CBS not me) osu's schedule finishes up like this: at indiana at minnesota vs. purdue vs. michigan state

big game this afternoon with osu and wisconsin. this game and osu's tuesday game against indiana could go a long way toward determining their tournament hopes.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Feb 24, 2008 -> 05:27 AM) Basically, they looked like they have finally quit. They have played a ton of close games against good teams this year but haven't been able to close. I think it has taken a toll on the team and the close loss against PSU broke the team's back. yep, pretty much agree. there's maybe one or two wins left in the season and then we can finally end it. gosh this season has sucked.

QUOTE(fathom @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 11:54 PM) Jamar had numerous drinking tickets prior to the arrest, so please don't make it seem like this was the first time he'd ever been in trouble. it's really not all that difficult to get a drinking "ticket" at the u of i.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 10:27 PM) there has to be a return to the "mystery of the island" at some point. The Others 1.0, the 4 toed statue, the smoke monster, etc have yet to be explained. There seems to be a battle looming between Ben and "the wealthy guy trying to find him" who sent Miles and co. Penny still needs to play back into things along with her meddling super rich father who has to play into the Hanso/Ben/Dharma thing. i also recall in the last episode of last season ben told richard to take everyone to the "temple." so all those people are still on the island.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 09:43 PM) did it ever explain who the people were living on the island before Dharma showed up? nope, that neither. and that one really has me scratching my head, particularly since the only other original islander who was covered extensively was richard alpert, and that guy never aged from the time he met ben as a kid until when we last left him. weird.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 09:35 PM) I suppose you guys also had no problem with the way Iowa handled Pierre Pierce. i think there's a big difference between beating women and dui. that's just me.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 09:17 PM) and fwiw... Ben said he didn't know what the smoke monster was... and coming from the guy who knows all and sees all, that worries me. and wtf with the polar bear in North Africa? maybe a previous dharma experiment? i dunno. there was never any real explanation of dharma/hanso and what they were getting at by putting the hatches on the island. but it stands to reason it was part of a grander plan/scheme.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 09:14 PM) How about this one: Another football player at a distinguished college program is also dealing with the consequences of a DUI. University of Tennessee freshman tight end Lee Smith was charged with DUI, and was subsequently dismissed from the team. Smith was arrested after he was found driving on the sidewalk along the university's campus. Coach Phillip Fulmer made the decision to dismiss Smith, telling the Sporting News that he had "embarrassed this great university and not presented [himself] in a manner that appropriately represents our program." First offense. Do you really think if the 12th man on the team was the driver he would have received the same "penalty" as Smith? again, you've left out information regarding smith: again, this was the first time jamar smith had run afoul of anything. listen, we can do this all day but you can save it. maybe you come up with someone who had an otherwise sterling record and was launched after a single dui incident. google is good that way. you've made it clear what your stance is and i respect that. i don't agree, but that's cool.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 09:06 PM) The Tennessee punter got suspended for 5 games and lost his scholarship and his accident didn't hurt anybody, and he didn't compound his mistake like Smith did. From USA Today: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee punter Britton Colquitt was suspended for five games and lost his scholarship after he was arrested on charges of DUI and leaving the scene of an accident early Sunday morning. The 22-year-old hit a parked car around 2 a.m. ET and then fled the scene, said Lt. Mark Pressley, a Knoxville police spokesman. "I am very disappointed that Britton doesn't appreciate the blessings he has been given from his family and his team," coach Phillip Fulmer said in a press release announcing the suspension Sunday evening. "Along with the five-game suspension, I am taking his scholarship away and he will be required to undergo alcohol counseling as well as other internal punishments." Pressley said Monday night that Colquitt was visibly intoxicated and could not complete field sobriety tests. you left the end of the story out, not surprisingly. here it is: again, this was smith's first offense.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 08:38 PM) that number, like everything in Lost, has a purpose. I think at some point (the last episode of the season is my guess) we will catch up to the flashback of the last year's season finale...and then present a whole new mystery. which is the beauty of this show. i love how this year they've gone with flashforwards, but ones that are before last year's finale. so you've had a glimpse that something goes really wrong with jack, but now they'll use this season (and next?) to build toward that, all the while keeping us in the "present" time on the island. the story is really working on three tracks now: the island time, the near future, and the far future. it is brilliantly conceived and makes me further believe the writers know exactly where they are going. there's no way to have this complex of a storytelling model without knowing the overriding conclusion.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 08:06 PM) The University still could have stepped in and took away his scholarship. It would be interesting to see how many students have been kicked out of the U of I the past couple of years and what their offenses were. Someone getting a free ride should be held to even a higher standard IMO to keep the free ride. I think Smith's punishment was weak, but he really wasn't punished by the University. He had a redshirt year, big deal. I think Smith should have been thrown off the team, or at the very least, had his scholarship taken away and let him stay on the team and in school if he wanted to pay his way. Who knows maybe the same booster who paid for his defense would pay for his tuition. i don't think the code of conduct specifies immediate expulsion for a student who is convicted of drunken driving, which is the offense they would review in regards to any punishment since that is his charge. in fact, if the university hasn't made practice of dismissing first-time dui offenders, they would likely be setting themselves up for a lawsuit. now, i understand the circumstances surrounding the incident (although i think people have taken many, many liberties with what happened that not, mainly off of hearsay and message board chatter) have made it exceptionally unsavory. i get that. but again, as i stated earlier on this issue, if smith knowingly and willingly "left a teammate to die" then why was he so roundly supported by the people who were there and knew what happened that night, including brian carlwell himself? to me, that reaction speaks volumes about what happened. none of that is to absolve smith of anything. but i also think it's bunk to suggest he wasn't punished or got off easy in the context of how college athletes are routinely punished for dui's. i'd say there are very, very few occasions where players are suspended for an entire year, let alone a year and a half. certainly the circumstances of the night dictated a more severe penalty than normal, but to me the penalty he received is above and beyond any punishment i've seen for a dui case at any other school. if you can cite other instances where a similar penalty was dispensed, i'm all for hearing about it.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 07:29 PM) Didn't some fugitive who shot a cop and left him partially paralyzed 40 years ago get sentenced to 30 days? The punishment doesn't often match the crime. There are flaws in the system. Smith probably got a little break for being an Illini basketball player considered to be a nice piece of the team. If Weber had thrown him off the team like Zook did McPhearson, it wouldn't surprise me that Smith wouldn't have even been offered a plea, or if he was, one that was a little more harsh. The university could still have taken action. People get thrown off teams all the time for things less serious than almost killing someone. I once was injured in a head on collision with a drunk driver. He crossed the center line and nailed me directly. There actually was a cop right behind me that saw the whole thing. It turned out my car was totalled, he had no insurance. I went to observe his court appearance and actually talked to the prosecutor who informed me he had no prior convictions, that they were dropping the charges. I was disgusted. I asked her how he would ever get an offense if it required a prior to procede. He probably would have had to kill me, just like Smith probably would have had to kill Carwell for any type of real justice to be served. flaws in the system? sure. it's still the best one out there. as i am sure i don't have to tell you, in our country "justice" is dictated by the judicial system, not the wants, opinions, or wishes of individuals. considering the concept of "justice" probably would get a different answer from just about anyone, i think it's absolutely just that flawed or not, our judicial system makes those calls. and in that regard, in our system, america's system, smith most certainly received a just punishment as defined by the laws of our country. now, if you want to debate the validity of that system, that's another topic probably best off for the filibuster.

QUOTE(fathom @ Feb 23, 2008 -> 06:06 PM) Rex is back for one more year!!!!! it won't make anyone happy to hear but this was probably the best option. also, the cowboys signed zach thomas today.

i just got to watch this week's episode last night and wow. i really enjoy their writers' ability to lead you one way the whole episode then drop a snake in your lap right at the end. i also loved hurley's line to kate: "you totally scooby doo'ed me." LOL.

richmond kicked off waukegan team not a good year for richmond. kid obviously has some growing up to do.

sampson, six players absent from indiana practice today

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Feb 22, 2008 -> 04:32 PM) If Carwell was driving that night and the same thing happened and he left Smith to die, he would have been gone long ago. As far as transferring, it happens all the time. It is ironic that Carwell will wind up gone long before Smith. Weber wanted Carwell to put in time. Apparently Smith's requirement was to do time. Its ridiculous he's still on scholarship. Make him pay his way through schol and let him be a walk on if he desires. He is going to get hazed next year, and all the people who threw crap at Gordon's family will call it a travesty. Such is Illinois athletics. personally, this illinois fan/graduate thinks jamar will deserve whatever he gets from anyone next year. then again, i also think the way gordon was treated was way overplayed and overhyped by media. your "all the people who threw crap at Gordon's family" numbered probably two or three, btw.

just another example of how dayn perry hates the whi...oh, wait.