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This has been the most fun I've had watching Illinois in about 7 years. Even last year when we started out hot, we were just an excruciating team to watch.

Cutler for MVP Nate Robinson for NBA MVP

Now we HAVE to beat Mizzou

As a White Sox, Mark Teahen couldn't do anything well. Keppinger does one thing just about better than anyone else -- it's nice to have a tool that good.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 8, 2012 -> 11:17 PM) Wow, bp3! The most impressive player in the big ten so far this year. I have no idea how he learned to finish so well. For 3 years he could get to the rim like no other and NEVER make the shot.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Dec 8, 2012 -> 11:16 PM) My goodness BP3!

John Groce = Robin Ventura

And then Egwu does that. Really terrible, have to be smarter than that.

That call on Tyler Griffey was just truly awful. They've been bad both ways for sure, but the fouls on our big guys could be what really affects the result.

Bardo doing a pretty good job of veiling his excitement at how well the Illini are playing.

The Brandon Paul Wooden campaign marches on.

All due on Tuesday: Spanish Cinema final paper German Cinema final essays History final paper (American Film Ratings) Did a pretty simple Spanish final yesterday.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 8, 2012 -> 03:41 PM) http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/...ead-of-rodgers/ It's an incredibly flawed statistic and shouldn't be used by anyone It's an incredibly flawed way to evaluate it, one game in which one player offered very limited sample size. I take QBR with a giant grain of salt, though

I haven't followed this closely enough to even know what the points of contention are. Who is RIGHT in this deal? I have always had the sense that hockey isn't making enough money for the players to get paid the way they do.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 7, 2012 -> 02:24 PM) ohhhh boy.... Psy of ‘Gangnam Style’ Fame Once Rapped About Torturing and Killing American Soldiers and Their Families While the song he quoted (wasn't actually his own song, it was another Korean band's) was pretty f***ed up and you probably shouldn't talk about anyone that way...we have done some f***ed up s*** to South Korea and they remain basically an American colony.

I would have liked BMac at that price.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 7, 2012 -> 01:02 PM) I actually told my wife this once...and I believe it's 100% true. I was happy to have met her when I did (when I was 31), because she ended up with the version of me that was no longer interested in games/learning/experience...I was at the point where I understood myself, what I wanted, and why. There are a few of my ex-girlfriends (still friends), that if I had met at a different time in my life, everything would be different today...and I wouldn't have ended up with my wife (or daughters). At the time, I couldn't have foreseen, or understood anything that complex unfolding...but it was. It was the wrong "us" at the wrong time...nothing more. But that opened the possibility of the family I have and love now. So the Hawkeroo was right. It's not who you play, it's when you play 'em

I have to think 162 games of baseball is far worse for the long-term health of your joints/muscles than wasting a couple years of your life on drugs. Once you've built your body back up to playing shape (which he has clearly done), IMO he just saved himself from a couple years of wear and tear. Mentally, maybe not.

What these people who have been all hockey, all the time, all their lives don't realize...the survival of their sport is at stake. It may even be too late.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 6, 2012 -> 07:30 PM) Is his contract insurable? That's my biggest Q; you can't spend $30 mil a year on him then have him miss a whole season, either because of injury or other. I assumed if he was kicked out of baseball his contract would be voided. Injury risk is inherent with any big dollar players so I'm not going to get too worked about that

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 6, 2012 -> 02:08 PM) Of course if you did something one way and completely changed it around, it would be weird. If you grew up eating lasagna for breakfast and bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits for dinner, it'd be weird to switch it around too. Except the proposed change makes perfect sense despite being different while in reverse it wouldn't make sense.

Good riddance.

I'd say it becomes MORE of a football play. If this was always the way change of possession worked and you suggested the kickoff instead, people would say huh? And this doesn't eliminate contact. It's a fourth down play and one player in particular is likely to get licked.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 6, 2012 -> 12:31 PM) If the Sox can get something of value for Morel, they should leap at the chance. Sign me up to drive him to the airport. Hope he likes Southwest.

QUOTE (spiderman @ Dec 6, 2012 -> 12:17 PM) Way too many outs in this lineup. OBP needs to improve, specifically from 6-9 in the lineup. Is Konerko still a #4 hitter? On this team, he probably is, but the 2nd half of the season was ugly and he's now a year older. Alex Rios has been up/down/up/down...he's coming off an up season. I'm fairly comfortable with De Aza and Dunn in the lineup in their spots. Dunn will frustrate with his K's and low average, but on the hole, this is a poor lineup that the pitching will need to cover for. I'd like Dunn at 4, Rios 3, PK 5