Rowand44

Fantastic move imo. Bengie is the best defensive catcher in the al, is fantastic at handling a pitching staff, and is a terrific clutch hitter. I'm a huge fan of Molina and think this move could payoff big time for the jays.

Speaking of nova, I'll throw out an interesting topic: Curtis Sumpter. What do you guys think he's going to do and what do you think he should do?

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 12:48 PM) Gonzaga doesn't deserve a 1, I agree Rowand. But they aren't going to lose in that weak ass league, and with the weak landscape overall this year, I like their chances to get a 1. And also, Gonzaga is really turning into Duke west with their fans and the refs in their league, I used to think they were cute but now it's annoying. And at least Duke plays tough teams in their league. Here's how I see it playing out: I think Duke and Uconn are pretty much locks to get 1's, then at most I see Texas and Memphis losing 1 game in conference. While I agree that the zags are going to go undefeated in conf, if texas and memphis each lose only 1 game then I believe those two will get the 1's. Also, Nova will have a shot to jump in there depending on how they do in the tourny, plus the home and home they still have left with Uconn. I really just can't see the zags getting a 1, I think they'll end up as a 2.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 12:44 PM) Plus Shelden Williams can't defend without fouling, which goes back to my refs comment. Plus, Duke's guards are all slow and white. I really could go on all day here, but Duke and Gonzaga are both going to get #1 seeds and neither will go very far. I highly doubt the zags get a 1 but I do agree that neither is going to get very far. Duke can lose in the 2nd round depending on their matchup and I'd be shocked if the Zags did get past the 2nd round.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 12:41 PM) I want to be in whaever bracket Puke is the #1 seed in, they aren't going anywhere without the Cameron/ACC refs. Man, the creative nicknames for teams/players on here is just fantastic.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 12:24 PM) LSU should move into the polls, but instead Colorado holds the 25th spot. LSU is no doubt better then Colorado in my mind but because they lost to bama this week it was going to be hard for them to get in the top 25.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Feb 6, 2006 -> 02:42 AM) I want no part of Crawford though. I think every Bulls fan here would tell you that you're exactly right there. You want no part of jamal.

Mark Buehrle is about as untouchable as any player in baseball.

Bmac's fastball had a ton more movement on it when he came back up for the 2nd stint. His arm angle was all out of sorts when he first came up hence why he wasn't throwing his change at all and why his fb was as straight as an arrow.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 5, 2006 -> 10:21 PM) They showed the replay of that holding call. There was nothing that struck my eyes as holding either. Nothing even close. The Steelers line had a bunch of plays that would have been called holding if that standard was their holding standard. Don't care what Madden says except in that it agrees with what my eyes saw. Extending your arm does not equal a pushoff. You can extend your arm without pushing off. If there was a push...it was incredibly minor. He gave him a little shove, was it minor? Sure, but it caused seperation allowing the catch.

I'll also throw out the game 1 in the ws performance by Neal and Bobby.

Yikes, I'm absolutely shocked there is such an outrage about the officiating. That pass interference call in the endzone was pass interference, period. He extended his arm giving him room to make that catch. The Ben play can go either way the aj comparison is perfect. The only horrible call I saw was the chop block by Matt, I didn't see that. Pitt won this game, I guess when your team doesn't win there is just always going to be complaining about officials. Also whoever verified that there wasn't holding because John Madden says there wasn't...HELLO, it's John f***in Madden.

The duke takes this easily for me.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Feb 5, 2006 -> 03:29 PM) I should ad, not only did I pick the Seahawks to win...its pretty much a lock in my book. Note to self..bet on steelers.

How the hell did this guy get a job writing about baseball?

Well since I predicted the exact score correctly from last superbowl I mine as well throw my prediction in there again. Pitt 24-Seattle 20.

Iowa State up 15 on Colorado. I'll just throw that out there as a conversation starter once heads gets back from the game.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Feb 3, 2006 -> 11:56 PM) I remember a certain poster calling him "Jermaine Die" but he was banned long ago . . . or was he?

KU wins.

Back and forth lead changes, OU with the ball down 1 with 19 secs left.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Feb 5, 2006 -> 01:33 PM) They are coming on strong. Very. As far as parody goes, Duke is not a great team if they face the right opponent they could be gone in the sweet 16. People might think I'm crazy for this second team but the two best teams I've seen play this year are UCONN and Florida.

Georgetown beats Pitt by the way.

Well I was one of those people who thought Florida was overrated. I'll say right now..this team is not overrated. This is a really, really good team and Taurean Green is special. He also makes very good decisions for a sophomore pg.

I got no problem with the new ads for the most part but that wrigleyville one has to go.

Great game on espn right now. That was a fantastic first half of basketball.