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QUOTE (since56 @ Feb 1, 2011 -> 08:31 AM) Watching him last year the eye test told me he was washed up by the end. His velocity got pathetic and a good hitter would wait for him to lay it in there. He is not a bullpen type so let the Yankees build an over the hill junk pile. I think everyone felt that way watching him but he still somehow managed to get hitters out. I'm certainly not his biggest fan at this point but he's definitely an upgrade over what we're going to have to throw out there until Peavy gets back.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 31, 2011 -> 08:10 PM) Doubt he would be there when Bulls pick. There's a possibility he'll be there but no thanks if he is. Now if he was 4 inches taller and could be a legit 2 guard in the NBA than I'd be all for it but that's not the case.

Troy is the defensive MVP not the player of the year imo, if that makes sense.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 31, 2011 -> 01:49 PM) Lindy's also picked the Sox to win the Central. I'm pretty much half optimist, half pessimist with this team. I see upside and downside up and down the roster, especially with the every day lineup. I will say I don't think we can win the division without a healthy Peavy, even if it's for half a season, and without big-time bounce-back seasons from Beckham and CQ. Beckham being better and PK regressing are two certainties in my mind. Peavy and CQ are the definite X factors, mostly Peavy. We can live with Carlos putting up similar numbers to last season but we can't with Peavy on the dl for most of the season imo.

Casual fans tailgate all the time.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 02:08 PM) Sweet. How was the trip? Did you all enjoy Horseshoe Hammond? ...and did you try the buffet? I was actually there last Sunday as well for a concert and to gamble of course. Fun time for sure.

My friends who have real jobs don't like to go out on Sunday nights. Crazy, right? Unreal.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 08:19 PM) That sucks, where did these occur? 90 percent of them seem to take place on West College. The party house we all hung out at a few years back was down there and literally the 2nd semester that year, every freakin weekend something crazy was happening. My one friend literally got beat up by 5 guys walking back home when they asked him if he was happy Obama won the election and he jokingly said "Who's Obama?" got jumped right there by all 5 of them while he was with his gf, f***in ridiculous.

Escobar still needs to prove to me he can hit over a full season anywhere in the minor leagues before I get too excited about him.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 08:52 PM) Personally, if I have 5 seconds left on the clock and I need 1 basket to win a game, I dunno about you guys, but I'd prefer the wide open dunk rather than the "Clutch" shot from outside. Of course. I'm just saying that if my team is down 1 with 10 seconds left and I need one player to have the ball, I want it to be Kobe Bryant, stats be damned.

So I was supposed to go back to Carbondale this weekend but I couldn't make it cause I couldn't get my car out of the garage(true story) but one of my best friends who was back there visiting got jumped and got his face all f***ed up, facial fractures galore. As much as I love that place it's gotten so ridiculous the last few years, unfortunately I can't even count the number of times my buddies and I have been jumped down there the last 2 or 3 years. My freshman and sophomore years, we never had any problems and all the sudden it became a weekly thing for someone in my group of friends to have to defend themselves from something ridiculous happening.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 05:42 PM) Makes me feel so much better. Coulda sworn we lost at home to them. All the loses run together. Ya I hear ya. I actually thought that game yesterday was supposed to be played today so I didn't follow it last night. That's just a sad realization to me as SIU basketball used to mean the f***in world to me and now it's to the point where I can't even get the day right when we play. It's bad.

Onto teams that actually matter now a days: Duke got taken apart today by SJU and the Jimmer mormons lost at the Pit last night which was a pretty easy upset to pick.

I'm scurred!

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 05:25 PM) Had an awful nightmare we lost to Evansville twice this year Did it feel better when you woke up and realized we lost to them only once? We're a joke.

This is one of those things where I really couldn't care less what stats say, if I need a last second shot, Kobe Bryant is the one person I want shooting the basketball.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jan 30, 2011 -> 12:03 AM) Did you eat lucky charms after the game, coach leprechaun? Drinking kills brain cells.

I like the Lions, I'm down with that.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 08:26 PM) No surprises here. System pretty much sucks. No legitimate SP prospects other than Sale, and even that's in question. Not sure how that's in question. He's obviously not a sure thing but he's absolutely an elite prospect. But yes, our system blows, everyone knows that already.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 01:37 PM) How did Howard do while Omer was in? Don't have the stats in front of me but Dwight was having his field day when Carlos was on him, that's just a stupid match up and can't happen.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 01:38 PM) Albeit it's definitely better now, but we still had to go through Boston and Cleveland, and that was without Nelson and with Skip to My Lou and Courtney Lee as our backcourt. I'll give credit to the Bulls for the way they played defensively last night. Over a 7 game series though, I don't see our perimeter guys shooting that badly as they did last night. No-one other than Dwight played well. Boston minus KG, huge difference obviously.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 01:34 PM) Wait til the parents start getting on your ass. Already happened after our first game. I accidentally forgot to play a kid in the 4th quarter and his dad let me know about it. I'm pretty good at splitting up playing time though, everyone gets pretty equal PT until the last 5 or so minutes of the game when the best kids play.

Gonna brag here for a second: Got my 5th and 6th graders to a 4 and 0 record after a blow out win today. Much more fun than I ever thought I'd have coaching, real solid experience so far!

QUOTE (sircaffey @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 10:08 AM) Gallardo strikes me as someone who puts undue pressure on himself. Now he doesn't have to be "the guy." Plus, for fantasy purposes, he will no longer be going up against the other team's ace. I can buy the mental thing but I'm almost positive that teams "aces" don't face each other as much as people believe. First game of the season for sure than it's all a mess.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 10:23 AM) The simple fact is, the Magic have earned that respect. They got to the Finals. Yes, they got trounced, but they've been at the top for years, they've won big series, and they've beaten teams they're not supposed to beat. On top of that, they've been beating the Bulls badly in recent matchups. I'm not confused by it at all. The Bulls have to earn that respect. The Magic had to earn it before they got where they are now, and they still get a decent amount of razzing (for things like Howard's offensive game). Once again, that has nothing to do with these current teams. The Magic are much different than their finals team and the Bulls are much different than they've been. Not to mention, the top of the Eastern Conference this season is about a million times better than it was when Orlando got through it. Lets just say, there's absolutely 0 reason for me to believe that Orlando is better than the Bulls at this point. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 29, 2011 -> 10:39 AM) Howard has pretty well dominated whether Joakim is around or not IIRC> They really haven't played that much to be perfectly honest because of Noah's injuries. That being said, when Noah has been around, the last two games Dwight has had something like 13 and 9 points, certainly not dominating and certainly no 40 points.