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QUOTE (Soxfest @ Sep 7, 2014 -> 03:16 PM) Jared Allen MIA all day. But but but, he's better than Peppers!!!

QUOTE (daa84 @ Sep 7, 2014 -> 03:40 PM) Seriously, the guy didn't even have a pedigree before coming to Chicago. Was with Jax, and Cle before, didn't exactly light the world on fire. That said, This loss is on Jay, can't turn the ball over like that. He could have had at least 4 picks and almost certainly should have 3 at minimum. I would say the loss is on the whole offense. Not just Jay.

I hate how Candace Dupree is great with PHX, but was an underachiever with the Sky.

As a non-fan, I say this one falls on the offense. Two really stupid turnovers in the first half. Ending up with FGs over touchdowns for an offense that even ESPN commented on how supercharged they are. I honestly think they are trying to get too cute with the offense. Stay vertical on the passing game as that'll open up the underneath for Forte and Bennett to go to work. Defensively, they did a lot better than expected. Can't blame the defense when they don't have the horses.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Sep 7, 2014 -> 10:06 AM) Ryan Baker @RyanBakerSports · 44m It could be a VERY good morning for @JohnGroce & @IlliniHoops with Jawun Evans @Hungry_humble0 #Illini Ryan Baker @RyanBakerSports · 27m Tough decision for #IlliniHoops to make with in-state star Jalen Brunson still hanging & Jawun Evans ready to bite. Why can't we get them both again?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 4, 2014 -> 09:18 PM) You're nuts. Gilaspie is not being moved to a corner OF slot. I agree with you, but he's not that nuts. Besides Gillaspie in LF, my only other issue with the lineup is Conor batting 5th instead of 2nd. I would swap Conor and Avi.

QUOTE (TRU @ Sep 4, 2014 -> 09:25 PM) I already feel sick to my stomach watching Harvin get all these touches. I dropped him down my rankings because of the injury concerns but damn, the guy is going to beast if he stays healthy. Problem is, just when you start depending on him, he'll get hurt. In terms of lineup, you shouldn't have regrets Week 1.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 03:42 PM) When you play with people dumb enough not to go Manning at number 1 in a 2 qb league, I guess it's possible. I had the 2nd overall pick finally after always having a bottom 3 pick every year. Usually, my QBs are gone by then. This year, I lucked out. My only concern is if Denver runs away with the division, I know they'll rest Manning. For that reason, I was thinking Rodgers since he should be in a lot of shootouts.

One and only draft. 12 Team, PPR H2H - ESPN 2 Peyton Manning, Den QB 23 A.J. Green, Cin WR 26 Dez Bryant, Dal WR 47 Montee Ball, Den RB 50 DeSean Jackson, Wsh WR 71 Jordan Cameron, Cle TE 74 Ben Roethlisberger, Pit QB 95 Maurice Jones-Drew, Oak RB 98 Wes Welker, Den WR 119 Broncos D/ST D/ST 122 Lavonte David, TB LB 143 Paul Posluszny, Jac LB 146 Robert Quinn, StL DE 167 Harrison Smith, Min S 170 Joe Haden, Cle CB 191 Phil Dawson, SF K 194 Gerald McCoy, TB DT 215 Dex McDougle, NYJ CB 218 James Starks, GB RB 239 Levine Toilolo, Atl TE 242 Marqise Lee, Jac WR 263 Devonta Freeman, Atl RB 266 James White, NE RB 287 Tyler Eifert, Cin TE 290 Ahmad Bradshaw, Ind RB So Breakdown is: QB Peyton Manning RB Maurice Jones Drew RB Montee Ball WR DeSean Jackson WR AJ Green RB/WR Dez Bryant TE Jordan Cameron OP Ben Roethlisberger D/ST Denver Broncos K Phil Dawson DT Gerald Mccoy DE Robert Quinn LB LaVonte David LB Paul Posluszny S Harrison Smith CB Dex McDougle CB Joe Haden Backups: 98 Wes Welker, Den WR 218 James Starks, GB RB 239 Levine Toilolo, Atl TE 242 Marqise Lee, Jac WR 263 Devonta Freeman, Atl RB 266 James White, NE RB 287 Tyler Eifert, Cin TE 290 Ahmad Bradshaw, Ind RB Can't carry backup QBs.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 3, 2014 -> 01:17 PM) all this talk of the terrible Cowboy's D has me wondering, Luck (against Denver) or Kapernick this week? I always say go with your best players to start off the season. Wait for trends. If it was a one week league like on FD, then I would say Kaepernick.

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 1, 2014 -> 08:35 AM) It turns out that I do get reasonably close to promised battery life if I use Safari. What browser did you use before? Curious because we are implementing Macs at my job.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 05:38 PM) Next time read before you reply. First, certain software is only available on Windows, so maybe that's why you'd run Parallels or VMware? You're right, Apple hasn't introduced a touch centric OS onto devices that don't support touch, probably because that makes no sense whatsoever? I never said Windows 8 or 8.1 was a bad OS for touch screen devices (and if you actually bothered to read my post you'd have known that), such as the Surface, for which it was actually designed. For THOSE devices, it's a really good OS. And last but not least, I never took a shot for someone using something they enjoy using. You're paying for it, use it. But I absolutely can have the OPINION that Windows 8 sucks, whether you like it or not, and share said opinion when asked...which I was. Seems like I struck a nerve there. The only valuable thing you said in the original post was VMware or fusion. Everything else was you talking about how Windows is the worst so hell love his switch to Mac. Worry about Apples servers being hacked and what you're going to do once you find out your info was compromised.

QUOTE (peavy44 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 10:45 AM) We need too protect abreu hello. I rather explore another avenue or trade.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 10:48 AM) Victor Martinez isn't a catcher any more, he's a DH. I understand. But the point I was making is, eventually your bat speed goes, your strength and your eye. I'm not interested in guys who just had a career year at 34 or 35 and are up for a contract unless they're coming for cheap. For Victor, the absolute most I would pay is 2 years - 16 million. He won't sign for that.

QUOTE (DirtySox @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 10:29 AM) Couldn't agree more. I'm taking this with a huge grain of salt considering this is a Levine report. Agreed. You sign him, then what was your reasoning for letting AJ go? Not saying that wasn't the right decision(in fact, it was) and this would be the same one. The time to get Victor was his last go around IMO. Let the Red Sox bid for him.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 10:25 AM) Someone in radio broke SS2K5's heart. He doesn't trust any of them anymore He's right though. How can you be in Sports Journalism(radio, tv, print), but not watch the 4 major sports? And I'm not saying, watch everyday all day, but you should have a pulse. Jurko makes fun of the fact that he doesn't know jack about basketball by doing his stupid basketball trivia with Carmen. You'll hear Waddle just say he loves Pete rose, he should be in the HOF, how he grew up a Reds fan, and then know nothing about the sport. In fact, my pet peeve with Waddle is when he says, "I don't know too much about the situation, but I would guess" or "It sounds to me...". If you don't know what you're talking about, learn about it if it's your craft or get out of the craft.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 18, 2014 -> 06:06 PM) For wife's bday thinking of heading to Tulum Mexico. Great beaches, Mayan ruins. But there is no electric grid, most only offer electricity from 7pm-midnight. Anyone ever been in a place like this? Is the breeze enough to be comfortable at night? Depends on the person. Me? I get irritated pretty quickly when I sense my self warming up. Usually though, as long as you're in shade, you'll be fine. Sleeping at night, should be fine too. I was just in MX a few weeks ago, and the sun kills ya if you're out all day, but once you get to shade or sunset, it's smooth sailing.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Aug 19, 2014 -> 10:29 PM) So after 3 weeks of consistent communication (both face-to-face and via email) with multiple people and with everything going as absolutely perfect as possible, “I’ll be in touch next week” has now turned into 2 weeks of complete and absolute radio silence. I’m not really sure how to proceed or if I should even do anything at all. I'm debating whether it would be proper to send an email asking for an update or not. I use those types of opportunities to simply leverage against them. Say you have an offer with another organization whom you interviewed with and you would like to know whether you should take it as you haven't heard back(make it sound nicer). Puts them in a position to have to respond and gives you clarity while also possibly getting you more money.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 27, 2014 -> 04:21 PM) I wouldn't say December is necessarily the hard and fast, deals on the older model year start hot and heavy as soon as the manufacturer starts putting out the new model year, which can vary. There are a lot of 2015's that are already out. If you wait too late, the deals tend to run dry and it could be harder to find what you want as the inventory on those models gets low. You also should be careful and make sure you get the deal you really want when the new model is out and also consider new model upgrades that could impact resale value, etc. I've seen people buy older model new and then have another friend, same time frame, by newer model and just were more shrewd and actually pay less. Basically put, be cognizant to ensure you are really getting the price you feel comfortable with to justify the older model year vs. newer model year. Agreed. Also, if you're financing, there's a point in time in which banks consider buying a brand new older model more of a risk than buying a brand new new model. For example, I was at a dealership in May and they had a few brand new 2013s on the lot for the car I was looking for. They knocked off $6000 right off the bat before even looking at the car. Since I was financing though, I bought the 2014 model since it was a 4% interest rate deduction and my monthly payments came out lower. The extra cash I spent was fine with me knowing I bought a brand new car that just got delivered as opposed to one in the lot waiting around.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Aug 27, 2014 -> 07:13 AM) I've run Parallels, but I prefer VMWare Fusion over it. You shouldn't have any ghosting problems and if you did, I'm sure it's fixable under warranty anyway. You won't be a Windows fan much longer if you actually give OSX a real chance, especially Windows 8, which is a total suckfest OS on non-touch based systems. Just run a Google search for Windows users switching to OSX or Mac, there are probably 5000 websites dedicated to it. There are a few daunting changes, but after you get used to Apple's way vs Microsoft's way, you won't really notice it anymore. And for power users, OSX simply blows Windows away, as it's full UNIX. I once made this same jump from Windows to OSX myself, and at first there were things I couldn't figure out how to do, etc...but anything you can do on Windows, there is a way to do it on OSX, and after you learn it all, I doubt you'll look back. I HATE having to boot into Windows at this point, and thankfully the way the world has moved on, there isn't a lot of need to do it anymore aside from the few games that REQUIRE directX. Windows 8 isn't a total suckfest. Do you get the full capabilities if you don't have touchscreen or a Kinect? No. In the end, all you are missing is touch though. Not much of a deal breaker to anyone really as Apple, as far as I know hasn't introduced anything similar. And since he would be getting Windows 8.1(which improved greatly on whatever was wrong with 8), and a Surface Pro 3(which is touchscreen), seems like you were just fishing to take a shot at another non-Apple related product. Last, but not least, isn't Parallels a program that allows you to install a virtual instance of Windows on a Mac? If Windows sucks so much, why would you want to do that? In the end, both systems work differently and are best for different people. Both also have major flaws. No need to take shots at people who use Windows over Mac or even say an OS is crap when in reality, it's not.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 29, 2014 -> 06:15 PM) Biggest disappiontment thus far has been battery life. I'm not even getting 8 hours despite sub-50% brightness, and nothing open except Chrome or Firefox (tried both to see if it would help with battery life). I even factory reset and went back to Mavericks to make sure it wasn't just something related to the Yosemite beta. The device is rated for 12 hours and lots of reports were saying it exceeded that 12 hour claim when web browsing. I'm not power using it at this point and it's falling far short of that claim. That's weird. I would see if Apple was willing to switch out the battery for you.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Aug 28, 2014 -> 10:43 PM) Your receivers are very average. How are they average? He has Calvin Johnson and Dez Bryant. That alone makes his WR core above good. QUOTE (JUSTgottaBELIEVE @ Aug 28, 2014 -> 10:44 PM) horrible draft. waited too long on the top RBs in an auction draft and ended up grabbing murray and a bunch of third tier RBs in hopes that a couple hit. and then later rounds missed my nomination turn and got stuck with yahoo defaulting a kicker and IDP leaving me with $5 on the table that I planned on spending towards another WR3/4 (guys like decker and sanders were still available, that hurts)... 10 team standard scoring, think I stand a chance? To me it's looking like a 6th/7th place type of team... QB - Foles RB - Murray RB - Bush/J. Bell WR - Jeffrey WR - Brown Flex - VJax TE - Davis DEF - SF Bench WR - Floyd RB - Richardson RB - Tate RB - CJ2K RB - Vereen Honestly, you didn't do bad. You have to clear out your bench of RBs though and get some backups. Overall though, RBs normally are the hardest group to predict. I usually draft them last nowadays because you're bound to find at least 3 backup RBs who turn out to be the starters on their teams and end up being studs. You also have 3 highly rated RBs who just fall off the face of the earth. Outside of Foles, I like your team alot.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Aug 30, 2014 -> 08:37 AM) I think my biggest problem with them (and most hosts) is that they don't follow all of the teams very closely. Waddle doesn't follow hockey, baseball or college sports. Jurko doesn't follow nba, baseball or college (sometimes watches NCAAF). So, basically it's Bears 24/7 and uninformed conjecture on the rest. At least they're not bitter like B&B, but is it too much to expect them to casually watch some of the other stuff? That's my issue with Chicago Sports Radio as a whole. I used to think other cities did the same, but they don't. I'll listen to ESPNLA or the show down in Miami or ESPNNY and none of those stations concentrate on football anywhere near the amount of Chicago Sports Radio. Heck, even in the summer, it's all pure conversation about the NFL. You'll have some guys on ESPN like Silvy or Carmen who try to steer the conversation to basketball or baseball, but in the end, it just ends up with football.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Aug 5, 2014 -> 08:00 PM) Good points, and third place in La Liga last year probably would have won the Premier League by a wide margin last season. The top two are just so strong, although Barca's new roster doesn't impress me as much as Real this season, that it's a high standard to compete with those two. They likely take third. I really felt Barca should've went after Di Maria as opposed to Suarez so he could help setup Neymar and Messi.

San Diego is nice. Been there a couple of times. Lots of things to do, perfect weather year round, and you're right by the ocean. The Gaslamp district is happening, but not too loud or rude. Beaches are great. Zoo is the best in the world. In the end though, I would move to LA first and retire in SD. I need some grittyness and noise in my life. Plus, the abundance of sports teams. Housing is what makes living in Cali expensive. Without it, it's as expensive, if not slightly less expensive than Chicago, believe it or not.