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QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 10:36 PM) The Chiefs' rookies are doing work with the punt returns. The NFL analysts liked them as a playoff (surprise) team this year. Looks like a pretty exciting team in this game so far, McCluster and Arenas have had some sick returns.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 06:05 PM) It did happen to the Bears last season I believe. And I'm pretty sure 90 percent of Bears fans know that it was a bulls*** call, but we'll still take the W It happened in a Bears game when Greg Jennings was catching the pass at Soldier Field, I dont remember what exactly happened.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 09:54 AM) The difference for the RB crossing the plane and fumbling is that the running back would already have firmly established possession before fumbling the ball. If a receiver goes up outside of the end zone and does exactly what Johnson does; catches the ball but goes to the ground and loses the football on the ground by extending his arm/showboating a bit too much, they're not going to call it a catch and I don't think they should. If you go up for the ball you need to keep it in your control the whole way through your landing for it to be a catch. Being in the end zone shouldn't save you. If he didn't have possession when he initially caught it but fell to the ground while regaining possession towards the end and then the ball comes loose once he hits the ground, yes I agree it is not a catch. I'm arguing he had possession from the very beginning, clearly had the ball in both hands with two feet, I mean heck, he even had possession with 1 hand till he let it go when going to celebrate. Idk if he made a football move but 2 feet and possession should be enough imo. To me rules need to be consistent across the whole field of play and the end zone shouldn't be an exception. I feel that had this same play happened on the 20 yard line (lets say) it would be a catch because the ground can't cause a fumble. Whatever, all that matters is GB won and should have a cakewalk next week vs. the Bills.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 13, 2010 -> 09:28 AM) I really disagree that it's a dumb rule...I think 95% of the times I can think of that the rule has been applied it's probably prevented things that I think weren't touchdowns. If a guy goes up for the ball, gets control of the ball, comes down hard, and the ball comes out because he hits the ground, i don't think of that as a catch in the field of play and I don't think of that as a touchdown in the end zone. The only thing that was different in this case is that the ball came out because Johnson carelessly let it out of his hands rather than having it jarred out of his hands, but nonetheless...I think you should have to hold onto the ball through the whole catch process for it to be a catch. If Johnson had done exactly that same thing on a catch in the middle of the field, it would probably have been ruled incomplete The rule kind of conflicts with other rules too, I like what the announcers said at the end that it is just like a guy crossing the plain and losing the ball. An RB dives in and the ball crosses the plain but he loses the ball, technically a TD but now I'm not so sure. On a side note, they should have never gotten rid of the force out rule.

Gotta go with my team this week, Packers. Teams used to date: Wk 1 Titans

Stop Vick already, geez.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 05:19 PM) I agree. As I mentioned before, the Bears definitely have the talent to beat some good teams. They also have the propensity for mistakes and turnovers that will make them lose the easy games too. It should be a very interesting season. The healthy LB crew definitely makes a difference though, as does #90 with the game changing play. Lol, we'll see how optimistic you are after the Cowboys game tonight. Even with the turnovers it is not like the Bears were moving the ball on a crappy Lions pass defense. The Lions are half the offensive team the Cowboys are.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 08:47 AM) What I don't like is that, once I move files from iTunes to my iPod, I can't move them back. Only delete them. Actually, once you connect your iPod to your computer, go into computer go to your mp3 device, go into properties (or options dont remmber) and click the option that says show all hidden files. Then you can drag and drop your songs from you iPod to your computer, only catch is there will be no song or artist title. Im speaking towards older generation iPod devices (non touch screen);.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 04:17 PM) I know, except he picked a really bad time to prove otherwise. It reminded me of two years ago, when we had the ball on the 1 in Minnesota and didn't score. The Vikings ended up getting a 97 yard touch down on the ensuing play. Thank god this was the Lions and not a better team. Nothing wrong with the 4th down call when the Bears had it on the goal line, although you would have thought they'd run it up the gut or try sneaking it. With how bad Detroit was offensively after Stafford was knocked out a safety seemed likely.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Sep 12, 2010 -> 03:32 PM) The Eagles should go back to these old uniforms. They are ok, seems to me the color should be a little darker.

How is that not a DET TD? Had clear possession of that ball. Seems like a sketchy rule.

Thank god football season is starting because this baseball season is a lost cause, there is no way we are coming back from a 6 game deficit. I hope I'm wrong.

Titans

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Sep 1, 2010 -> 09:04 AM) All right place your bets place your bets place yours bets: Mannys first AB with the White Sox, Hit, Walk, or Out? Prop Bet: Does Mannys first AB produce an RBI? I say single up the middle that scores a run.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 03:07 PM) I think it won't be an interesting year. LOL, well correct me if I'm wrong but your a Raiders fan? If so I understand...

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 03:05 PM) I think Green Bay is going to win the superbowl I hope your prediction is not the kiss of death.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Aug 30, 2010 -> 02:46 PM) The Bears are a 8-8 team if they are lucky. Should be an interesting year, I feel Minnesota, Chicago and Green Bay's schedules are all tougher than last year.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 26, 2010 -> 08:45 PM) I think Aaron Rodgers is ready for the season, unfortunately. I'm psyched about the Packer offense, line came around towards end of last year and Bulaga has been a real nice addition so far.

QUOTE (jasonxctf @ Aug 18, 2010 -> 12:59 PM) At Schaumburg we followed the philosophy of Al Carius from North Central. http://northcentralcardinals.com/coaches.aspx?rc=121 My coach excelled under Al and passed it along to us. Not sure how similar this is to York's program. As for ideas.. I've always embraced the Run for Fun or Run for PR's idea. I think too often coaches focus on their Top 7 too much while neglecting the rest of the team. For fun, at the junior high level we had a few things... - 1x per year we did a 7-Eleven slurpie run. We all brought $2 ran a 3 mile loop to 7-Eleven and walked back. - 1x per year we did a Baskin Robbins/Dairy Queen run. Same idea. - We had the 100 mile club. So we all set goals of running 100 miles in meets/practices over a 2 month period. At the end, whoever achieved the goal got a t-shirt and some kind of certificate. - We run on Saturday mornings too. Not mandatory, but strongly encouraged. Little bit more relaxing then the after school practices. Coach would always bring doughnuts/chocolate milk for the team afterwards. We also made a point, through brothers/sisters of teammates, to go watch the local high school kids or college kids at meets in the area. We looked up to those guys and they embraced us too. I ran for 4 years and was in the top 7 all four years and I can tell you that eating junk like slurpies and DQ at the end of a run just brings you back to square one. The key is to stay in shape and eat well during the season, obviously 7/8 graders are not really going to take this to heart and they shouldn't. The 100 mile club is only so effective, we got t shirts for achieving so many miles ran over the summer in high school, half the kids lied on their mile sheets just to get the shirt. One of the evident problems I noticed is that most the kids going into cross country just used it to get into shape, numerous kids in my high school ran with our team but really could care less how they did as long as they were in shape for winter or spring sports. This makes it hard to build a team because they just end up coming back next year out of shape because they don't continue to run after the season ends. Also, make sure you practice on the course your team will run on, we hardly did. As far as fun things... We played ultimate frisbee/soccer at the end of practice sometimes Ran relay races We also did bike runs, run so long then bike and switch off with a teammate Even running different routes and to different places is nice, I always hated running in the same areas each day, a change of scenery is nice As

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 12, 2010 -> 07:51 AM) It is intentionally never made fully clear why the world went bad, though in the book, the hints seem to point mostly towards nuclear war. Not sure what you mean by a family following them - I don't recall that from the book (haven't seen the film). South, and more importantly, to the water - that was what kept them going, though I think it was always inentionally unclear as to why exactly they chose that path. I was disappointed in the movie as a whole, was really looking forward to it. Went to the south for water, that is correct. I also don't recall a family following them, they just happened to be there at the end to pick the boy up. Nuclear war sounds right.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 13, 2010 -> 08:25 AM) So I have a question. For a dollar I can make one player healthy for the rest of my franchise season. This begs the question, did Madden make it so more players get injured in games, just so we minions spend our money to make them healthy? I don't like this idea of charging for such things, because they could have done anything to the algorithms to alter the frequency of such events just to extort money from users who already dropped 60 bucks on their video game. I think we have an ethical dilemma here. I am seeing a bunch of injuries as well, I'll probably move the slider for injuries down because it seems every drive one of my players sprains something. I am curious, have any of you had any freezing issues? I have not but continue to see people have issues when creating a gameplan and I'd really like to create one. I do not know how many people, on a side note I kinda like gameflow, it definitely speeds things up. What I don't like is that the cpu hikes the ball too damn fast and I can never set my defense.

So far I am already impressed with Madden '11, even though I haven't owned the game since '08. I am annoyed by franchise mode, in one with my brother and I hate how you can't set your game plan/coaching options unless it is your team's game of the week and on top of that I wish you could choose which game you play week 1 like in the past. I miss training camp, that was something I always enjoyed. Just small issues, seems to me that the past madden games had more features in franchise mode. Also, I'm reading about a bunch of freezing issues, hope this doesn't happen, been fine so far.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 6, 2010 -> 07:44 PM) I quit buying the football games when they quit allowing you to save during a game. I never played games that were long enough that I needed this feature but it was convenient back when I had Madden. Is saving in the middle of games no longer available?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 5, 2010 -> 09:54 AM) So let me get this straight. The single-most appealing thing about Madden 10, the online franchise mode, had bugs aplenty (including incorrect aging, no contracts, none of the deep, intuitive features we all love from regular franchise), yet they do nothing about it? From what I have read, the only changes to Madden 11 are updated rosters, new pre-snap controls (something that bugs me because they were fine), and a new way of "playcalling" which is basically permanent "Ask Madden" which takes half the fun out of playing, imo. Seriously, I like selecting plays, not being told by a computer what to do and mindlessly trying to pull it off. Then they ignore the online franchise, stating it will go "largely unchanged". This monopoly gets really old. Yet, of course, like the drone I am I'll walk like a Zombie, drooling, into GameStop come Tuesday and pick up my copy. Ugh. I'm dumb. I haven't had madden since '08 but I hear that they will be providing an update so that you can choose to call your own plays or let madden do it. I want to say October 3rd is the date for the update, but don't quote me. I got a quick question regarding Amazon's pre order. I pre-ordered madden and will get it on release date with the 20 dollar video game credit, am I then able to use that credit on another video game I am going to pre order (reach) and then receive another 20 dollar credit? Can't believe it would work that way but if it does that is sick.

Your friendly Packer update: Jolly suspended for the season, that seems really harsh imo. Keep hearing great things about Mike Neal, DT out of Purdue, I saw him play at Purdue and apparently he is stronger and looking good in camp. I'm looking forward to Rajii this year and seeing how he develops. Bigby is having ankle surgery, idk what is eta is but I like our backup rookie safety Burnett better anyways, although for depth this hurts. I am still annoyed a CB was not signed or drafted.