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The sports media company that I work for in Northwest Indiana covers mainly IN football, but starting today, we are expanding into Illinois. At 1:30 on 820 AM we are broadcasting the St. Rita vs. Fenwick game. If you get a chance, listen in and let me know what you think, my bosses would love to get responses from Illinois fans. Thanks.

The Raiders take: Jay Cutler And in doing so eliminate any chance of Marques Tuiasasopo starting and making this Raider fan very happy.

QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 04:25 PM) This one is hard I think.. Fire in the Sky?

QUOTE(Steff @ Mar 1, 2006 -> 09:38 AM) Is that "8 Heads in a Duffle Bag"?

Even though I have only posted a few times, I usually lurk around the draft stuff and will take the Raiders, if you guys don't mind an unknown jumping in this. If you want just regular posters, that's cool too.

If anybody ever has the chance, you should go see Buck O'Neil speak. He gave a lecture here at Ball State University about three years ago and it was probably the most interesting speech on baseball I have ever heard. He told great stories about himself and Satchel Paige in the Negro Leagues and how honored he was to be one of the first black coaches in the majors. He spoke with such energy and enthusiasm that I was surprised to find out later that he was 92 at the time. After the speech, he signed autographs for every person there. I was one of the first in line and I made sure to bring a Sharpie. He asked if he could borrow it and said I should hang around til he was done with it. After everyone got their autograph, he talked to myself and a couple of friends of mine about baseball and school for another half an hour. It's great to see that a player who was never really recognized for his skills get a chance at an honor like going to the Hall of Fame. It also means I can charge a bunch for that autograph

Perfect Shatner Memorobilia! http://imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-11-17/#10

My dad gets my brothers and I a fun gift every year and last year we got the NFL Mighty Helmet Racers. Basically they are just small remote control cars that you can put any NFL helmet on and drive around trying get a velcro football past the other car to the endzone. Here is some more info about them: http://www.mightyhelmetracers.com/ This may not be what you are looking for, but I thought they were a fun present for a sports fan if only for a few days of enjoyment.

Sport Administration/Management PROS: You get to talk about sports during your classes You are entering a field in which you know you are passionate about To be honest, it's relatively easy CONS: Hard to find work right out of school Starting pay isn't very much

"Refugee" by Tom Petty I saw him and the Black Crowes in Indy this last summer and it stormed so hard, the power at the theater went out during Refugee. Petty was getting right to the chourus when this happened, so everyone in the crowd started singing. By far the best concert I have ever been to.

By the title of this thread, I thought you were going to talk about his commitment to the nuclear plant instead of concentrating on softball.

Don't know if any of you guys saw this post over there, but I thought it was pretty cool. "On a side note -- I worked today's game. One of the classiest things I've ever seen -- the White Sox bullpen coach out in right field just after their batting practice was done. That guy handed out balls to the youngest of kids, signed autograph after autograph for anyone who asked, posed for pictures and even put little kids on his shoulder and backed up to the grass so their parents could snap a shot of them. I asked a White Sox fan who he was and they explained it was their bullpen catcher, Man Soo Lee and that he does that at every home game...signing autographs for everyone that asks. Classy guy and, when their team was introduced there was an ovation from the right field stands when Lee was announced. So, if it can't be for my beloved boys (oh, how I wanted to be in the park for more excitement), then I'm rooting for the White Sox. Go Sox! "

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Sep 29, 2005 -> 09:16 AM) The Sox have 95 wins right now. My fault, I meant if the Sox ended up with 96 too.

What would happen if Cleveland won out, giving them 96 wins, Boston did the same, and the Sox drop their last four, leaving them with 96?

QUOTE(winninguglyin83 @ Apr 22, 2005 -> 05:41 AM) somebody provide news about what the talk shows are saying about this today. Cold Pizza was talking about it this morning. They went over Ozzie's comments, but they didn't say that is was in retaliation to Maggs so it looked like Ozzie was talking s*** for no reason. Of course, Skip Bayless bashed him pretty bad. I know Cold Pizza isn't the best sources for news, just something to watch while killing time before class.

QUOTE(T R U @ Apr 21, 2005 -> 07:10 PM) ROFL They had Ronnie Brown going #13 That was a HORRIBLE HORRIBLE mock draft Miami will NOT take Aaron Rodgers, its Smith or Edwards, 100% guarantee if they dont trade out... If not, Miami is the biggest smoke screen franchise in the NFL That was the ESPN.com mock draft done by John Clayton. The one they are talking about was on ESPN with a bunch of guys making the picks. The problem I had with it was having Pac-Man Jones come off the board so late. They had him going to the Vikings with their second pick, but they already have Smoot and Antoine Winfield. Jones might even go ahead of Rolle because of his speed and return ability. Don't be surprised if he goes to Tennessee at 6.

Not a bad move at all for the Raiders considering Jolley was going to lose playing time to both Courtney Anderson, an excellent blocking TE and Teyo Johnson, a big athletic TE with good hands.

Johnson will give them a good run stopper at DT to go along with Rod Coleman and his exceptional pass rush

I voted Barnes just because he's really good value here and you can never have enough depth on the O-Line.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Apr 15, 2005 -> 02:19 PM) Campbell could very easily fall to them in the 2nd...or at the vrey least, they can look at someone like Orton/Walter/Greene in the 2nd round if they feel it necessary. They will have a chance at getting a good young backup QB. Campbell would be a horrible choice at 25, considering most don't even have him as the 3rd best QB in the draft(Smith-Rodgers-Frye-Campbell) Campbell's stock keeps on rising, but maybe my hatred for Jake Plummer forces me to see this as logical. And, after seeing Charlie Frye play, I don't see what the hype is about this guy, he doesn't have that strong of an arm and is very inaccurate when throwing the deep ball, and that was playing against the s***ty Ball State Defense.

Jason Campbell because Shannahan has to be fed up with Jake Plummer by now.

Why is Davis on the list when it already has him going to the Saints? I chose "other" because I see them drafting Channing Crowder from FL.

Kyle Boller needs all the help he can get, so even though it might be a little bit of a stretch, they should draft Roddy White

I voted for Shaun Cody because he'll be moved to end because of his size and they really need to improve their pass rush.

Hey, I've only posted here a couple times, but since I go to BSU, figured I would comment. A buddy of mine is a T-Com major, he told me that this was the guy's first on air segment and also me that he had to change his major because of the amount of s*** he's gotten since the video was put on the internet. I guess the guy who sent it in is a huge asshole that nobody in the department likes and he got demoted from his position as a director from the show because he put the video on the internet.