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QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 15, 2014 -> 09:34 AM) I have a feeling your Illini compatriots on this board will disagree with this.... I like Groce, but I just don't think he was a big enough name to close the deals, nor did he take over a program that was at very least consistently a tourney team when he took over. Usually that is a bad mix. Crean, even if pushed out, will always be seen as a big time head coach who's proven he can turn around a program.

Why has everyone turned on Crean so suddenly? Hell, if available, I'd fire Groce in a heartbeat and hire him.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Mar 11, 2014 -> 11:31 PM) Has the horrific winter in Chicago made any of you make any life decisions? By that I mean ... a.) you have now decided that "someday" in the future you will retire somewhere outside of frigid/snowy Chicago or b.) you've decided to immediately, at this stage of your life, look for work in a warm weather climate (Cali, Texas, Nevada)? It just seems you've gotten snow after snow; arctic blast after arctic blast. Our winter sucked here as well. I do hate the cold and ice. It did before, but now moreso than ever. My SO and I have dreamed about relocating to Southern Cali for the longest and actually planned to do so when our son graduates from middle school which is in 3 more years. We want to make sure we set ourselves up properly financially(move with no debt other than student loans and have cash and reserves saved up) since we have no family there. This winter, however, has made me think, I'd rather even deal with living in Miami or Houston as well even though it gets really hot.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 12, 2014 -> 10:53 AM) Each shovel was supposed to be upwards of 15-20lbs. If do your driveway you can lift over 3,000 lbs. Pretty good cardio this morning. I'm contemplating myself whether I should since it should be high 30's tomorrow and 40's the following day. We'll see.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Feb 25, 2014 -> 05:38 AM) Southwest is great. Virgin America is also pretty awesome. This this this Virgin America is by far the best experience.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 2, 2014 -> 11:45 AM) Look at the first week of the baseball season. Promise? http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/chicago-i...eather/26466_pc I find it to be highly inaccurate, but maybe you'll have better luck. I actually just searched it two weeks ago when there was reports of flooding. It said the following week would be chilly, but then 40's and 50's average afterwards. That never happened.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Feb 19, 2014 -> 11:16 AM) Showtime Anytime is now available on Roku. http://blog.roku.com/blog/2014/02/18/showt...unches-on-roku/ Crap, and my Roku just broke last week.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 21, 2014 -> 08:20 AM) Yes, I've stayed on site, and yes the hotels on site were "average" at best. I have not tried the "Sandcastle Suites" property because it's all suites, but never was impressed by Breakers. One option I haven't tried is "Breakers express". It's a very large complex just outside the Causeway entrance that they built more recently than the ones actually on the island/peninsula, and I believe you can get the same package options and possibly early-entrance onto Raptor with it. You still have to drive across the Peninsula in the morning. The last time I was there, the hotels surrounding that weren't affiliated weren't bad at all either. Nothing particularly special though, I just found one that offered a continental breakfast and took it, it worked well as a "Standard hotel room". The packages I saw to be on site weren't anything all that special and there's usually coupons available to get small to moderate discounts on your actual park entrance fees if you look for them, either online or make sure you sign up to receive their mailed pamphlet, there will be entrance coupons on those. Last time I think I bought 2 of the 2-day combo Cedar Point/Soak City passes and thanks to the continental breakfast there wouldn't have been much of a savings compared to staying on site and getting their packages. Maybe like $25 either way but not enough for me to overcome the fact that my family stayed at Breakers once and said never again. Soak City is very underrated.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Feb 22, 2014 -> 08:08 AM) The best case scenario for the White Sox and Konerko this year would be for Dunn to have a monster April and May. If Dunn can increase his trade value by then, we can possibly deal him to a contender by mid to late June. I'm all for giving Dunn as many ABs in April and May. I'm not too concerned about giving Konerko adequate ABs in the first half as I do believe he will finish the year as the sole full time DH. Another possibility is an injury to another team's 1B or DH. This will open the door for a potential Dunn deal as well. I'm calling it now, Dunn will be dealt by July 31st. This will definitely make all the romantic white sox fans happy as it means more Pauly in his final season. If Dunn is having a monster first two months, then this team is a contender. At that point, it wouldn't be smart to trade him. Also, count me in for starting the best opening day lineup, not the most sentimental one. Don't put one guy above the team. Until this team is out of it, I don't want to start Paul just because it's his last opening day or it's his final game in Kansas City or Tampa or whereever the hell else.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 19, 2014 -> 06:17 PM) He's not going to be on the court enough to make a major difference offensively. They need another playmaker. I feel they don't have enough either. I don't know if playmaker is the word I would use. They need someone who will snap, can trade buckets with the best of them, and then actually want to do that. George still seemingly disappears too much for me to call him that type of guy. I honestly see no problem for the Heat until the Finals. Even then, I think they win in 6.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 18, 2014 -> 02:36 PM) It was kind of hard to call it factual when the first page had this paragraph. How is that not factual? Half the people don't even know who Amanda Knox is accused of killing.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 17, 2014 -> 07:46 PM) He is still with CBS, I think they allowed him to go to Atlanta in order to let him get his feet wet while Boers rides out his contract I don't forsee that. Unless the Score gives him a deal he can't refuse and Atlanta doesn't match up, I think he stays. With the Score, he would be Bernstein's sidekick unless they put Bernstein at a different slot.

QUOTE (maggliopipe @ Feb 18, 2014 -> 05:15 PM) So what's Chris Bosh get this summer if he opts out to become a free agent? He was obviously viewed as a max contract guy 4 summers ago but how have his 4 seasons with the Heat affected his value? On one hand, statistically he had some very nice seasons as a third piece on championship teams. And coaches obviously still rate him highly as he was chosen for the all star team every year IIRC despite not having huge numbers. On the other hand, maybe he showed that he's not the guy to lead your team on a max contract, but as a complementary piece he's great. In which case, he's not a guy that deserves a max contract at 30. He wouldn't be a Bulls target obviously but just curious what others think the Bostrich gets. I think he'll still land a max deal. He'd easily land a max deal. Most people recognize that he's just not used to half his potential in Miami. The thing is, he seems like he's okay with that and wants to stay in Miami.

BTW, Here's a good read about the case which doesn't know have opinions one way or the other on what happened. Just presents the facts in the case. I usually go to this site to read about big time crimes like this: http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murd...nda_knox/1.html

I personally think she is guilty. All the evidence suggests she is. All the arguments against it are funny, in that they're more circumstantial and guessing than any evidence suggesting she is guilty. It's possible measurements were off I need an air tight motive She lied about 80% of what actually went on, but so what? I think we as Americans have become elitist snobs about everything we do. Fact is, if the crime happened in the US, and it was Italians who were tried, we wouldn't care or we would come to a conclusion that she's guilty and the Italians need to extradite their own because our system is better than theirs. I also don't think this will stop tourism or slow it down one bit in Italy unless you're scared with the person you're traveling with.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Feb 2, 2014 -> 10:40 PM) Mayweather claims now he didn't bey the game. I don't believe that for a second. I don't either. He's a huge gambler, but usually only will post his winnings or if it's a sure bet. He probably made this bet, lost, and never spoke of it again.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 30, 2014 -> 09:21 PM) Well, his point is that the coverage wasn't as great as Sherman would like to think...he's trying to put the blame on himself instead of Crabtree. Yeah, I don't think this is hard to realize. He's taking the blame, but essentially he's saying that Crabtree had Sherman beat, the play developed like the 49ers thought it would, and there was a nice sized hole for Kaep to throw the ball through, but he missed his spot badly by underthrowing it allowing an out of position Sherman to get his fingers on it and tip it.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 11:56 AM) Some think the site may not be enough land for a stadium and the required parking. It's also GREAT leverage against St. Louis to say you already own the land. I think it cost them close to $100m. Compare that to the $500m they are trying o get out of St Louis, it's a great investment you can turn around and sell if you get what you want. I think it's a waste anyway considering LA is already building Farmer's Field.

QUOTE (Mr. Showtime @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 01:45 PM) I saw a ton of great reviews about it online. From the video's I saw it does look like a fun game. For the longest time I just played GTA 4 without doing the missions and just causing havoc. I really enjoyed the story and seeing what happened to Niko and Roman in that game. Many people didn't enjoy Niko and Roman. I thought it was different and it wasn't so bad. I did like some of the characters. You should really play The Ballad of Gay Tony for that game. Very very fun. As far as GTAV, I play as much as I can. Hard with two kids, one being a newborn. It's the only game I pick up and play though.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 05:07 PM) I forgot what grass looks like. As did I. We plan on moving to LA in about 3 years, and my son, who loves LA said he'll miss the snow. I told him, after awhile, you won't. This winter, I've had him help me shovel(no snowblowing) the snow. After about the 3rd time, he tells me he can't wait for LA and this weather could kick rocks. Now, everyday he's asking when are we moving. Chicago summers are the best, but the inconsistency of weather, day to day, makes it too miserable for me and my family.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Jan 30, 2014 -> 02:02 PM) They shoulda had Jake Peavy perform at halftime. It's a big game....oh wait, I get it, you want to see choking. Either way, I don't see Seattle being able to keep up with Denver's offense, even after slowing them down. I also hope D Thomas goes for 250 yards receiving over that sorry CB. Sherman is not a thug, he's a grade a idiot. I didn't see him do that talking when Crabtree burned him in prior games.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 26, 2014 -> 09:18 PM) It was pathetic. Bob Costas was going on and on about how Derrek Mckey was limited athletically/lateral movement wise but was still such a great defender because he knew how to utilize hand-checking. GMAFB. Paul George, Tony Allen, Andre Igudala without handechecking >>> Derrek Mckey with handchecking. Defense should be played with your feet and should be about challenging shots. Also, bigs had no responsibility back then other than to stay in the paint and challenge short shots. Now you have to be able to cover the pick and roll, cover the weakside and challenge long-range shooters (love, Anderson, etc). Joakim Noah > Alonzo Mourning defensively Disagree strongly. You have zone defense now which stops guys from getting into the paint, not George or Iguodala. Allen would be a great defender in any era. But it's ridiculous how you can pack the paint and play the passing lanes all day long. It's how Larry Hughes made his money. He was an awful one on one defender. And Joakim Noah > Mourning? Really. That's a friggin joke.

It's easy to sum up last night. If you are buddies with Triple H, then you ate good last night. Even Nash got a payday last night. New Age Outlawz win the titles. Orton keeps his title. Batista is going to main event WM. This has Triple H all over it, not Vinny Mac. What they really need, especially if Vinny can't handle the everyday writing, is to get Shane back and check Triple H. Until that happens, it's going to continue to go down hill unless we get more pipebombs from AJ, Punk and a bunch of others like Ziggler and Bryan.

I wouldn't mike Dice K or Tommy Hanson on this team.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 21, 2014 -> 07:57 PM) Pretty sure that belly button tat has been around since before he left Yeah, the belly button has been around. Also, Vinny Mac also hated the tight jeans look he was rocking, so I wouldn't expect that to last long.