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You're trying to set this team up for the future yet you're trading Brandon and Jon? The two starters who are under contract for the longest. I'm confused. EDIT: Nevermind, I didn't read it all the way through. Still, trading Brandon to make us better for the future, doesn't. And as already been mentioned, supposedly the Angels turned down the Freddy/Crede for Santana/Figgins.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Dec 3, 2006 -> 12:11 AM) Didn't ND State Beat Wisconsin last year? Yes.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 11:31 PM) Just want to throw this out there: I'd only be in favor of a 4 team playoff if a playoff ever arises in the future. Any more and college football will lose all its excitement. So here's your matchups for the 4 team playoff: Michigan vs Florida OSU vs ?????????????? I realize trying to decide the #4 team isn't as quite as important as deciding the #2 team, but my point is that every year you'd more than likely have some problems/debates. Whether the system is perfect or not (well it's not perfect), one thing is for sure: from week to week, college football is exciting as all hell. You never know what's going to happen, and losses are huge. I mean, if there was an 8 or 16 team playoff, that UCLA win would have meant relatively nothing. USC's in the playoffs anyway. How cool was it to watch that upset today? I don't know what the solution is, but at least the sport is compelling. It's exciting and no one is going to argue that but I want to see an actual champion, some team earn it on the field. If we see OSU-Mich and Mich wins we might be looking at a split national championship again and that's just ridiculous.

Leinart.

QUOTE(Brian @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 10:41 PM) This guy doing Michael Richards on SNL sounds just like him. Why the heck are you watching SNL? I didn't know people still watched that.

QUOTE(WHarris1 @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 10:29 PM) I'm over tired, I apologize.

QUOTE(AssHatSoxFan @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 10:27 PM) yeah it was funny when it happened like 3 years ago Well I obviously knew it happened a while ago, but I never saw it. So I saw it and I laughed, so I thought I'd share my laughs. What the hell did I just say?

This is pretty funny, I gotta admit: QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 10:24 PM) If he ends up in the hospital, you won't be laughing Or will I?

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 10:19 PM) Sent him a text. McCarthy for Gaithright and the 3rd baseman the Royals have that was kicking ass last year Crede for Figgins (no Santana in the deal). Hahahahhahaha

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 09:45 PM) Keith text message: "I think we're going down tonight, down 6 with 2:42 to go" Tell him we traded Brandon McCarthy, see what happens.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 09:04 PM) I have a feeling the locker would hurt his hand more. Touche.

North Dakota State up 4 on Marquette at halftime. If ND State some how holds on, I'd hate to be a locker in the Milwaukee area.

GATORS FOR TITLE GAME

Pssh, Florida can't have "Winning Ugly" . This game is confusing.

Shockers choked away a 17 point lead the quickest I've ever seen before, but they end up hanging on to win. Thanks in big part to a missed break away layup by Demetris Nichols with about 21 seconds left.

Shockers trying to pull off one of the biggest choke jobs of all time right now.

And just for Brian: Shocks beating 'Cuse by 17 with about 8 left.

QUOTE(Brian @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 04:25 PM) Dawgs win against St. Louis 65-56! SIU! Western Kentucky here we come!! Good to see some offense on the boards. Interesting game, the refs literally tried to keep SLU in it, it was brutal officiating(seems to be the theme of today). Matt Shaw again was very good, Falker was fantastic and Mr. Mullins has finally realized when he gets into the lane he can go up and doesn't need to kick it out every darn time. Also the bench played a ton of quality minutes today, Falker and TY got into foul trouble and didn't play much in the first half and thankfully the bench was able to play some good minutes. Young is still MIA, once he gets going again(and he will) we might have actually have a...here goes....solid offense.

GATORS FOR NATIONAL TITLE. God I hope they get in now, but they wont.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 12:46 PM) FWIW, Gammons said this morning that Manny Ramirez to the White Sox is still a possibilty. He claims OG has convinced KW that Manny would not be a distraction. He also said McCarthy is who Boston wants. Everyone wants McCarthy except Ozzie. I'd like Manny on this team but for Brandon they can stick it.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 12:42 PM) Are you an SIU fan or just a MVC fan? Funny, any ooc wins by the Valley end up helping out the Dawgs a lot in the long run, hence why I root for all those teams before the conference sched starts. When you don't get a chance to play elite programs all the time cause no one will schedule you, any ooc wins that your conference can get will be big for your own program come March.

QUOTE(Dick Allen @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 12:32 PM) But you could fill that roll with a journeyman or young guy making close to if not minimum. I think a lot of people think Riske is the David Riske of 3 or 4 years ago. Cleveland insisted Boston take him in the Crisp trade. Guys that go to arbitration or get offered it generally get raises, and Riske would be in line for a significant raise, not based on what he is, but based on what he was, and some misleading numbers. KW doesn't want to pay him what the cost would be to keep him and I don't blame him. I think he has his sights set higher. At least I hope he does. Riske has probably been one of the more consistant middle relievers over the last 5 years as there has been in baseball. Like I said before, he's not great but at this point I'd much rather have him than Haeger in the pen(I know that's not going to be popular around here) and there isn't much out there that'd Id rather have than Riske. Would I like better? Sure I would, but what can we acquire at this point. We can afford the 3 mill or whatever it'd cost Riske for one year if he did indeed accept arbitration. You either get a pretty decent reliever back at 3 mill(ish) or you get compensation, to me you offer arbitration and it makes no sense to me why it wasn't done.

So another big day for the valley: We play a pretty darn good SLU team, the Shocks have another huge game at 'Cuse, UNI is playing Bucknell right now and Dan I wouldn't overlook Evansville, they're a solid team. Our game today basically is going to come down to who gets the other team to play to their style. SLU likes to run and obviously we're a halfcourt team. Hopefully our guys aren't too tired as this is our 5th game in like 2 days . GO DAWGS!!!!

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 03:55 AM) In a conference that over the past few weeks has proved it's not as good as some people originally thought. ************************** Why exactly is that? Because a pretty good South Florida team beat WVU? If anything that just proves the conference is deeper than thought, to me. Rex basically just compared Louisville and ND's schedule and wins and concluded they're pretty close to equal, if that's the case why would you take the 2 loss team over the 1 loss team?

Here goes... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/bask...n.ap/index.html