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QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 21, 2013 -> 02:11 PM) DRose apparently wasn't required to take any English classes at Memphis: "I really don't know right now," Rose said. "I don't want to place no percentage on it, but I just know that I'm close and I'm taking every day serious and just becoming a professional." Not quite up to the best quote of all time when Rickey Henderson was asked about playing with injuries, he responded and like the deal with Paulie, I will never forget: "When I'm injury, I'm totally concentrated of my mind." I googled that quote because I wanted to hear him say it, and all I could find was a post from you in 2010 and a post from you in 2005. Impressive memory, lulz

My favorite games were those Urlacher-Vick showdowns. It seemed a legitimate question whether Brian or Vick was the faster player.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 21, 2013 -> 01:41 PM) Will you sign my boobs?

Can my favorite teams ever let a franchise player go without that player making the team look bad in the media? Can't it ever just be "it was mutual and I love them and especially the fans on Soxtalk"? PK is our greatest hope, he's not much of a s***-talker. I could see him retiring at the end of the year and I could also see him being stubborn and wanting to play for a few more.

Alexander County must be purged from the state of Illinois

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 09:08 PM) Heres what I got: Ville, OSU, Florida, Indiana Vill v Florida Florida champs For some reason I was thinking Vill = Villanova and I was super confused

PFF had Urlacher as horrible last year, great in 2011, bad in 2010 HE'S DUE I'm torn. I actually think our offer was at market value, though I would have been happy to guarantee the second million for this season. I probably wouldn't have freaked out about $3M either, though. I understand where Brian is coming from, he's thinking about that $5M that Ray Lewis got last year. It's difficult to conceptualize that kind of paycut when you're Brian f***ing Urlacher. I hope he retires if we can't have him, it's almost Buehrle-level weird to think of him in another uniform. I'm not mad at either side. I just hope we can get something going in our LB corps, it is absolutely decimated at this point. There's just nobody there, not even last year's backups. We'll probably need to go MLB in round 1 and we need to find another OLB too unless we want Kelvin Hayden (if we can get him!) on the field half the time.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 03:27 PM) Yes please. Not as the base offense, but as an added package to get on film for opponents? Yeah that'd be pretty awesome. Trestman is thinking of everything, I like it. Cutler isn't Wilson or Griffin but he does have wheels, and if you leave an open lane for him he'll run off 20 yards before your defense can recover. He only has to do this 2-3 times per game for it to be effective. I guess it's not really known that Cutler has above average athleticism because Tice ran a remedial first-grade offense, and moving the QB wasn't an integral part of the Martzfense. Cutler's best when he's on the move and not stationary reading defenses. I'm more or less ambivalent. If implemented as you describe, I can try to just trust our "guru." With that said, nobody will be happy when Cutler gets hurt because we ran designed run plays for the QB. The film is no good if Josh McCown ends up in the game. On the other hand, he does need to move. I know he wasn't eager to do it himself last year, but I think that is because had some nagging issues. Now that he's fresh, it is something he's good at and is generally a good way to open a bad offense (especially a bad one with bad pass protection). QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 04:08 PM) Either way Im not a fan of putting a QB at risk of getting injured. I dont even like that RGIII is doing it that often because I think its a recipe for disaster and injury. I mean I have no problem with them calling a play out of shotgun and giving Cutler the option of handing off to Forte or going play action pass. I just think that you do not want QBs taking RB hits. For example, Russel Wilson almost never actually runs read option. Most of his running comes off of boot/option or broken passing plays. In college he never used the read one time, and in the pros Ive only seen it as a decoy, hes never actually kept the ball. When well-executed, these plays can be absolutely deadly.

Since there is a fair amount of uncertainty with Quintana, I want Hector to get a chance. If it was a more sure bet as the 4th starter, I'd be okay with leaving Hector in the bullpen for continuity's sake. I'm afraid that we'll need to replace Q -- I'm not certain that we'll need to, but he has a relatively high risk of failure given his limited track record. I don't see why we'd want to keep our most ML ready starter in our own bullpen with this level of uncertainty.

That damn Mayo Clinic and their ability to follow the law and know the age of a fetus

Read option?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 01:10 PM) Cooper seemed pretty positive. He said he is continuing to improve, and is planning on having him start again Sunday. Also interesting to hear that Axelrod is on the same schedule as Santiago. He could be the fifth starter still if Danks can't go. Also, that was the worst interview ever.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 20, 2013 -> 07:50 AM) Kendall Gill & Tim Doyle got into a physcial altercation at CSN last night lol, I don't even know what to think. It sounds like Kendall instigated the physical part of the confrontation, but the writer was careful not to make that clear, even though he saw it. Probably doesn't want to get anyone in trouble if he can help it.

This is what I predicted all along. Give John another month. We get an extended look at our young lefties to see which are ready for the big show. There is no need for John to rush when we have this kind of depth.

Dear USA, Do any and all involvement through the UN. We don't want an American invasion of another Middle Eastern country. Use those fancy drones of yours when applicable. Sincerely, People that remember our other recent wars

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 19, 2013 -> 11:47 PM) I am 95% sure Android 5.0 will be announced at Google I/O. As for a new Nexus, that might be towards the end of the year. But a new Motorola Nexus-esque phone may be announced at Google I/O. No promises though. A new Motorola phone did get leaked by some Vietnamese site and it is sexy as hell. If the X Phone is anything like that, damn. The bezel on the phone is super thin and it's got softkey navigation. It looks about as close to stock Android as you can get. http://androidcommunity.com/motorola-devic...uatch-20130318/ Android 5.0...sounds like it could be great, but I feel like I should know better at this point. The 4.1 to 4.2 jump alone was pretty damn good for me.

I'm really pretty torn about HTC One vs Samsung S4 at this point, but I'm going to bide my time at this point. Maybe more end users b****ing and moaning about this and that will make things more obvious. And apparently we may hear about a new Nexus in May?

I don't have as much brand trust in HTC, but I think their new One is the best phone available at this point.

I have seen no evidence that Gavin Floyd is mentally weak short of the fact that he is inconsistent. Maybe that's because...he's an inconsistent player. People seem to think that you can simply will a ball into the strike zone and if you don't do that, you're a p****.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 19, 2013 -> 09:27 AM) I honestly think Miami would have a similar record, but it's impossible to know simply because you then have no idea who Rose has a small forward nor who LeBron has at "point guard." LeBron in Cleveland is really not that much different than Rose in Chicago. LeBron will have Nate Robinson and like it.

The most remarkable thing about LeBron is that he doesn't get hurt. If he got hurt, it'd be a new ballgame. Has LeBron ever missed significant time for an injury? He's hardly even had any of those nagging "it might be affecting him" injuries like Wade has for seasons at a time. His run of good health is a big part of his value that most people don't think about. A good question to ask would be: which team is hurt more by losing their best player - Bulls or Heat? The Heat have improved their bench/supporting cast a fair bit by this year, but it is worth wondering. The Bulls are in 6th place right now, which is probably not as good as the Heat would do. Then again, the Bulls have had for more injuries to deal with than just Derrick. We looked like a 2-3 seed at one point this year.

I think it is a horrendous rule regardless. I was trying to explain it to someone who doesn't really watch much basketball and it was like I was speaking Mandarin...it doesn't make sense unless someone says "this is just how it works now quit asking questions"

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 06:29 PM) Flew too close to the sun. ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? also, I'm going to start writing again soon....

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 05:29 PM) Bulls sign Malcolm Thomas to a 10-day contract as reported by Aggrey Sam. I've been tweeting at all the beat people saying we should grab him, glad somebody was listening. QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 05:33 PM) You should change your name to something worthwhile and then post more. lol QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 06:15 PM) You should get Marty to post on your site. His sources have Hahn bringing back Ozzie in a year or 2. I wondered how long this would go without that being brought up.

Okay I actually did a bracket and it came out like this: MSU OSU Kansas IU OSU over IU 65-60 in the title game. That is the culmination of about 5 minutes worth of thinking.