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QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 7, 2012 -> 05:44 PM) I've read food trucks are even more difficult to profit from than restaurants. Right, but if you fail you aren't in 400k worth of debt

QUOTE (lostfan @ Dec 8, 2012 -> 07:00 PM) When people reflexively shout "both sides do it!" to everything it muddies the water, and actually excuses this kind of behavior from one side since we can't have an actual discussion about who really is the problem. While they both may be "to blame" this just by default says they are both 50-50 when it's more like 80-20 or even higher than that. What? We all know the healthy way to argue is to ignore the issue at hand and bring in every other grievance associated to gain leverage.

@ dasox24, Rumor is former Vols OC Chaney is moving to MIzzou as OC. I certainly liked your offense more than ours, what would you think about that hire?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 8, 2012 -> 07:12 PM) The coaching carousel continues, Tommy Tuberville leaves TX Tech for Cincinnati. Aw that sucks for Texas Tech, terrible year to hunt for head coaches. I've always liked that program.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Dec 8, 2012 -> 04:28 AM) Joakim Noah putting up Dwight-like numbers better than Dwight because Dwight can only wish to get 6 assists along with 30 points and 23 rebounds woo boy! That's monstrous. I was laughing so hard when I saw KC Johnson tweet: First bull to hit 30 points and 20 rebounds since Marcus Fizer in 2004. Definitely wouldn't have guessed that

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 7, 2012 -> 06:24 PM) you cant tell me you didnt expect that I was just hoping to get a few good games out of him this year. I got 2 "average" games. I can't believe an exclusive back with good hands has as few points as he has. But watching their games, they don't utilize him well at all anymore.

Finally get a decent (not even good) game from mcfadden, and dude injures himself. I'm in the playoffs, so no guarantee i even move on, but very annoyed.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Dec 6, 2012 -> 07:03 PM) Couple of things, Are they rushing the punter or is this like a safety? If it is not like a safety are they kicking from the 30 or the 19? How do you fake it? I have to imagine it's rushing the punter, a safety punt is very similar to a kick off in terms of players going full speed at stationary players.

$$$ I like how he implies he can better lead a conservative movement via a thinktank than as a leading Senator. Him and Evan Bayh should team up!

Not gonna lie, I like it.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 6, 2012 -> 06:44 PM) I hated that f*** in his best years, so I knew I'd dislike slower, injured Kirk a lot more. You'd think he would be like "Okay, I'm older, have less speed if that's possible, and even less quickness, I should develop a deadly jump shot, and become a great 3 point shooter"... instead he's gotten WORSE at that as well.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Dec 6, 2012 -> 05:10 AM) Meh. Two people that need to start playing better are Noah and Deng. They're our all-stars and they need to play liek all-stars: consistently good. Noah seems to have found a better offensive game but it doesn't show up every night. Deng needs to step up but he's trying to do things he's never been that great at: dribbling, creating, going iso. Yesterday I thought his poor play cost us the game. He let Paul George go off and he caused many key turnovers. Today, while he played pretty well, he's still turning the ball over as much as he's assisting buckets. He's got to play better, a 15 PER (and I know some of you don't like PER) is just not good enough from a guy who is supposed to be our 2nd best player Same can be said for Boozer, but I've given up on Boozer. He's a goner soon any way. Re: Deng, not to dismiss his criticism, but he's playing with a few new players and he's handling the ball way more than he's used to. This is a recipe for turnovers. Especially when your point guard is awful.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Dec 5, 2012 -> 11:55 PM) There's a 0% we crush you. Honestly if I had to put money down today, I'd pick Mizzou to win by a few. Well, crushed is subjective. Games have been tight against Stanford and VCU, and we just have not dealt well with pressure at all. BUt also it's a perspective shift, because this time last year, we were beating teams by like 40-50 points.

Mizzou vs. U of I will be quite the game, as it used to be (and was last year, great game). I think mizzou will get crushed. Our team I thought would get better at guarding the perimeter on 3s this year, but our rotations are just horrid. I'm anxious to see Jabari Brown's addition to the team, a lot landed on his shoulders with Mike Dixon's departure. We need a second ball-handler, a dynamic one. Keion Bell and Webster-Chan are just at best capable. Our turnovers are extreme and our 3 point shooting is gone. But there's so much there, it just needs to come together.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 5, 2012 -> 07:41 PM) I am fairly certain that I have yet to see Kirk Hinrich make an actual shot while I am watching. I know he has, but I have not seen one yet. I have, he tried to drive the lane, got stopped immediately, stumbled and whipped the ball by his hip to hit the front of the rim.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Dec 5, 2012 -> 08:21 PM) It makes me sad that the Bulls could have had OJ Mayo for the same price as Kirk Hinrich. Instead of having a 25 year old SG with upside who has played extremely well this year we signed a guy who was clearly declining and has been amongst the worst players in the NBA. Awesome. I decided to really watch, undistracted, last night. WOW was it terrible. edit: I can't even imagine the times when he was starting anymore, and why he was considered good. He just doesn't push our offense, and our offense needs a dynamic point guard.

A douchey coach at Arkansas? That's unpossible

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 4, 2012 -> 09:45 PM) Your dismissal of them doing that crap doesn't help either. At this point those people are rabble-rousers and nothing more. I remember when I was in high school 6-7 black kids went to a high school football game and started a brawl in Decatur. The school expelled them (as they should have). Jackson went down with his coalition, screaming racism and injustice. It shut the school down for a few days, became a huge thing, and he bullied the school into putting the kids into alternative school instead. They were a bunch of dickheads that deserved to be expelled, but they were black so the punishment was immediately too harsh and wrong. That was my first exposure to Jackson being the problem with racism, not the solution. And yet, I find that much less concerning than black teenagers getting killed because they are automatically viewed as a threat.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Dec 4, 2012 -> 10:39 PM) I agree. To this point, Illinois' reliance on the three-ball reminds me too much of last year. And to put the rankings in perspective, I certainly wouldn't be optimistic about an Illini v. Kentucky contest. I don't know, a college team relying on the 3 really isn't the worst thing in the world. I'm very scared of Illinois for Mizzou. Unless Jabari Brown comes and shows great handles, we really are prone to turnovers, and aren't really creating many. Very impressed by Illinois realizing the athletes they have and unleashing them.

The amazing thing is this is the 3rd coach that Arkansas has poached where nobody really saw it coming. Petrino from the Falcons (right?), Mike Anderson from Mizzou (despite the background), and now Bieliema. It's such a strange hire, especially trying to recruit down there with no ties.

Calling a white man racist is the worst crime in America.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Dec 4, 2012 -> 05:41 PM) And too many people screaming that racism exists in each and every action taken by a white man. (no reference to the guy shooting the kids because of music, more in general) No.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Dec 4, 2012 -> 04:39 PM) Fun fact: Marco Bellineli is shooting better from 3 than J.j. Reddick is. I think Marco can still be the dead-eye 3pt shooter we so badly need Frankly, he has to be, because otherwise he is worthless.

Snuck into the playoffs as well in one league. Excited that perhaps McFadden might have a redemption at the end of the season.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Dec 3, 2012 -> 02:34 PM) I don't necessarily disagree in terms of team quality, but that is absurd. ND has zero losses, they deserve to have the #1 ranking. yeah but so what. I'm impressed by a number of ND wins, but as has been discussed many times, it's really f***ing hard to get through a really good conference with just 1-2 losses. In the Big 10 (most years), Pac 12, Big 12, SEC, you not only face a lot of good teams in a row, but a number of teams with very different looks. Anyone of them might be a really great matchup to exploit you. It's just a lot easier to go tough matchup - cupcake - cupcake - tough matchup - cupcake - cupcake etc etc then to go through 4 top 25 teams in 5 weeks. That's where that bias is going to come from.