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Justified great tonight.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 10, 2015 -> 12:41 PM) http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-hous...at-thibs-built/ Ha, Jake Johnson wrote that.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 9, 2015 -> 10:39 AM) There are a number of Chicago suburbs like this. Near me, the one with that rep is Northfield. Population 5k, in a very safe bedroom community. They have 19 sworn officers. To put that in perspective, that's double to triple the officers-per-population ratio of the suburbs around it, even though those other suburbs are in very well off areas with tons of money to spend (and those other suburbs also have much more in the way of large businesses, malls and major roads to cover). Happ Rd in front of New Trier West is the biggest speed trap I know.

QUOTE (LDF @ Mar 8, 2015 -> 08:47 PM) update on draft future prospect Walker Buehler RHP pitched 4 shutout innings with 1 er on 3 hits and 5 k's. Happ - 2 for 2 - 1 hr - 5 rbi's - raising his avg to 545. ?

Shameless with its best episode of the season. Also everyone should watch the John Oliver Show.

Happy for Illinois State winning yesterday...but as an Indiana fan I want as few upsets as possible, so go UNI.

Overall, I think one B1G tournament win gets Indiana in, but two would make me a lot less nervous next Sunday. QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 7, 2015 -> 10:36 PM) I saw Yogi is maybe going pro. Is he highly rated in the draft? Where'd you see that? I've seen rumors but nothing more. Last projection I saw had him as a mid-2nd round pick. I think he'd be a moron to go. I've also seen Troy Williams as a late first rounder. Of course I'm biased and want him to stay and actually develop an outside shot, but him leaving makes way more sense than Yogi. QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 7, 2015 -> 02:12 PM) Yogi is very non clutch It's funny. I've seen him hit big/clutch shots in his career so far. But this past stretch of Maryland/Purdue/MSU he has been decidedly non-clutch. I wonder if it's getting in his head. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 7, 2015 -> 02:08 PM) That was an impressive shot of Izzo. It was fantastic. I'm at the point where I expect us to lose because this stretch has been so awful, so I wasn't even that bummed yesterday. But that Izzo face was perfect. What a remarkably dumb play by Valentine.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 11:45 AM) If Marcus Mariota fell to the Bears would you want them to take him? I'm starting to think that might happen. That would be a tough call. In a heartbeat. It has nothing to do with whether I think he'll turn out to be a good NFL player. Enough people think he can be, and you don't pass up a shot to take what could be a franchise QB. The Bears need another QB soon, if not now. Even if people think he'll be a dud, he's a lot more likely to succeed than any quarterback the Bears can get in the second round or later. EDIT: Only way I'd be ok with not taking Mariota if he's there is if someone else offers good picks to trade up and get him. But just taking someone else at 8 if Mariota is on the board? Absolutely not.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 08:37 AM) How did college coaching rumors start before the availability of flight trackers? I know it's pretty great. Has there ever even been one of these that turned out to be accurate? I vaguely remember something about when Chizik left Iowa State for Auburn, but I can't remember if it was spectacularly right or spectacularly wrong.

' QUOTE (He_Gawn @ Mar 6, 2015 -> 08:16 AM) Crean and family looking to move on according to Peegs and Jeff Rabjohns. IU AD and Crean in talks with how best to move on, as he's already looking for other jobs. Peegs.com is blowing up. Knew his ego would cause him to walk. I took a look at Peegs and oh god there was a "Flight tracker says there was plane flying from Bloomington to Boston yesterday." If Stevens came here I'd happily eat my shoe, but he's not leaving Boston after only two seasons.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 3, 2015 -> 03:25 PM) It's not "she deserves it" that anyone's saying, it's more "who else?" There doesn't appear to be any strong challengers on the Democrats' side. Though that could always change--Obama didn't look strong in early 2007--but there aren't strong up-and-comers like Obama was. And rightly or wrongly, most of the media/pundits seem to be expecting a repeat of the 2012 clown show before an inevitable defeat on the Republican side. The electoral map isn't very favorable to the GOP right now, and early polls have Hillary ahead of any potential challenger. It's only March 2015 though so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ What about someone like Tim Kaine or Cory Booker? I suppose Kaine is 57 so he isn't much of an "up-and-comer."

My insurance through work is awful. Doesn't pay for anything, deductible is $3250. Paid for $260 for a 30-day supply of a prescription. Premium is about $175/month. Looked on MNSure (Minnesota's state-run exchange). Got a plan with $10 prescription co-pays, $1,000 deductible and $1,000 out-of-pocket max. Only $210/month. Unfortunately I can't drop my work coverage until July so I have to pay for both until then. Not sure what will happen if the Plaintiffs prevail in King v. Burwell. I'd rather not have to deal with that fallout.

Congrats, Steve and Caulfield!

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 10:18 PM) I think I may have invented the word Creaning. Not that it's actually some genius thought but I made a thread on an illinois board when Crean took over titled "Indiana doing some Spring Creaning" and the thread blew up huge as Cream kicked every player off the team basically. I thought it was original at the time but it could have started elsewhere too. It also wasnt used negatively as it is now as he was kicking players off for being idiots. Just funny to see it used so widespread now. Yeah it's definitely common now, as that article notes. And that first mass exodus, like you say, was called for. I can't remember if Ron Patterson and Matt Roth were the first victims or it happened before that. I think those two were the first, I don't remember it happening before the 2012 offseason.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 10:02 PM) That's good. He's past his prime and seemed to be a major headache in the locker room. That being said, he was a hell of a player for the Bears. Always overshadowed by #54, he was probably just as good, if not better. Briggs was good, but let's not overdo it.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 5, 2015 -> 07:41 PM) http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/colle...hands/24370679/ Wolves are out in force baying at Creans heels. Btw, is there any example of an 11-7 or 10-6 big ten team missing? 8-10/9-9/10-8 I get that. 2013 and 1997 still sting for Iowa fans. Ha, I like how Doyel turns the Creaning phrase around. Crean could get Creaned. Because seriously, signing two guys when you have no seniors AND no clear-cut NBA players about to leave is beyond stupid, not to mention just a dick move.

QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 4, 2015 -> 04:08 PM) Hmm, that is a terrible point. Which post are you referring to?

Justified

QUOTE (He_Gawn @ Mar 4, 2015 -> 03:37 PM) We're talking about Crean here... He's very ego-centered, nothing would surprise me with him. One thing rarely mentioned is that the buyout is only in full if he does not take another D1 job (which he will). One that has become clear, IU will have another coach come next season. And the money for the buyout, nor the next coach, will be an issue. I haven't heard that, not sure if you have a source or something. I wouldn't be surprised if he's gone next year, but by no means would I call it certain or even probable. If we make the tourney, it's 80% he's back next year, if we don't it's 50%. While I wouldn't be sad to see him gone (We want to get back to being a national championship contender, and he's not the guy to do it), one negative is then I'd have to endlessly hear the pipe dream of getting Brad Stevens. That would be incredible, but I'm not going to sit around waiting for it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 3, 2015 -> 07:43 PM) All right WTF Crean? What happened to this team when February started? Started conference play 5-1. 4-7 since.

Ed Norton was great tonight in the John Oliver "Infrastructure" movie.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 28, 2015 -> 10:19 PM) Big games for MSU (at Wisky), OSU and Purdue tomorrow. Iowa at Indiana next week...a loss there puts Indiana closer to the bubble. And Illinois will have to knock off Nebraska and Purdue to go 10-8...needing to win at least one in the B10 tourney. Yeah I don't like IU playing themselves onto the bubble. Splitting MSU and Iowa is probably fine, but please win both so I don't have to worry.

Hinrich's "Spin, spin again, pass to defender" was impressive.

Heard he was just the nicest guy. Rest in peace.

QUOTE (Wanne @ Feb 26, 2015 -> 01:16 PM) I'm ridiculously excited about ASU baseball this spring. First off they've moved away from that God-awful Packard Stadium and revamped the old A's spring training digs (Phoenix Muni)...and they can sell beer there now too woohoo!!! Plus...new head coach Tracy Smith has brought back some stability to the program. It might take a year or two for ASU to get back to the upper echelon of teams...but you can just sense a completely different vibe from the team and how they play this year. Plus...it's been evident that he knows how to handle his pitchers and bullpen than with the Esmay. They started out with a nice schedule...3 with Oklahoma State and 3 with TCU...with one Oklahoma game sandwiched in there. Stated the season 4-3...but all but one game has been decided by 1 run. Smith is amazing. You will love him. Sad he left IU, but can't blame him. Excited to see what Lemonis can do. Team should still be good this year, though there will definitely be a drop after losing Schwarber/Travis/DeMuth.