Rex Hudler

Its not legit. There is no such thing as an email tracking program and emails such as these have been circulating for several years now. Somebody just changes the words or the story and recirculates it. There is a web site that lists all of these, but I cannot recall the address off the top of my head.

Malone will start the season in extended spring training and will not be ready to start in the rotation at Birmingham.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Feb 1, 2005 -> 08:55 PM) Rudy T has supposedly resigned from the Lakers coaching job. Yeah, the Lakers are playing so bad it is making him sick.

QUOTE(TheDybber @ Feb 2, 2005 -> 05:05 PM) i thought it was good guard play that wins championships? isn't that what dickie v was saying last year? Yeah, that's what I thought Dickie. Ever since he had to stand on his head at halfcourt, he hasn't liked the Illini. I thought he was quite complimentary of the Illini last night. So he likes North Carolina's potential as well. Who cares? What does it matter whether he "likes" the Illini or not? Sometimes I think he could say Illinois is the best basketball team to ever exist on this earth and someone would find fault with something he said about them last year. You guys have a great team. Lighten up!!

The Super Bowl is much more than a football game. If only the diehard football fans watched, they wouldn't have 1/3 of the audience they get. The Super Bowl is a party. You don't have to be a football fan to want to go and socialize. Hell, half the time the game itself sucks and the commercials and the pre-game food and drink are the highlights. I say let the women come. The more the merrier! It's a hell of a lot better than staring at a room full of ugly assed guys.

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Jan 30, 2005 -> 09:39 PM) lol do they ever talk about Richard Hendrix? One of the top 5 basketball players in the nation that committed to Bama? Or are they talking about "that power forward that sure would look good at DE for Bama"? lol I hear about him a little.... He played in a game here in Bham on MLK Jr. Day and I almost went. They held a HS triple header at UAB Arena. I hear he is very good. Haven't heard of any movement to get him to change over to football........ yet.

You guys are bringing back memories of my old beer can collection. lol Only ones I can think of that I did not see you list are Phieffer (sp?) and Little Kings. Did anyone mention Carling's Black Label?

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Jan 30, 2005 -> 05:49 PM) Yep I brought it back up because the trial started 7 days ago for it. It's been a lead story on the news and in the paper almost daily. Between that one and Richard Scrushy's (HealthSouth) trial, everything around here is centered around the courtroom right now. That, and why Spencer Pennington quit football. Backup QB's are huge news here. lol

QUOTE(qwerty @ Jan 30, 2005 -> 05:14 AM) If anything they will renegotiate with him, not by him out. They would not do that to thomas after all these years. Well they may, i just highly doubt it. Who are you kidding? KW has hoped to get rid of Frank for the last several years, beginning with the new contract. The Sox have hoped Frank would gamble and not exercise his option so they could cut him loose. If Frank comes back and has a great year, then they might find a way to keep him. If not, I'd be willing to bet they buy him out. Now they may try to resign him to a lesser deal or more incentive-laden deal, if they do so, but I think unless FT bounces back big, you may have seen the last of Frank in a Sox uniform unless he plays at a serious discount. Just my opinion........

QUOTE(Palehosefan @ Jan 30, 2005 -> 05:00 PM) Good stuff. That doesn't even include the illegal payments that certain schools make for players. Here is an article that could cause trouble for Tenn or Bama in the future. There is a reason alot of people call the SEC (So? Everyone Cheats) http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctime...intstory.jsp&1c That's old news palehose.... That is one of the infractions that put Alabama on their most recent probation. Believe it or not, Alabama has had three new coaches since that happened. It was a huge story a few years ago down here. Some Alabama people think Tennessee conspired to hurt Alabama's program and got away with things they were doing because they gave up info about Bama. I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but there is still a lawsuit pending against the NCAA filed by an Alabama lawyer and on behalf of two Bama assistants who were named and have not been able to get jobs since. The NCAA sanctions did not specifically penalize either coach, but their names came out in the investigation that they knew what was going on and one of them even told the coach who to contact to get the money. It was really a sad case. The coach was offering (selling) to get his player to sign with whatever school gave him the most money, yet no money ever went to the player or his family.

For all of you that think college athletic programs are swimming in "profits", this is from an article on football recruiting that was posted as its own thread. The plain fact is that most programs don't make "tons of profits" overall, especially when you factor in the building of better facilities and that debt load. The concept of paying college athletes, while it sounds lovely, still has to be considered equally for all sports and all athletic programs. The argument does not wash if you are just looking at the top 20-30 schools that bring in the most cake. You have to consider not only the Michigan State or LSU's of the college world, but also the Southern Illinois and Drexel's too. Paying the players just is not feasible or necessary in my mind. Those that are good enough to move on get paid handsomely. Those that are not, are still given priority in the business world in most cases. Athletes have it good as it is.

Here is a really good article on football recruiting and its costs. Below is one excerpt, but the entire article is worth the read. The high price of recruiting Some examples from the 2003-04 football recruiting period, all of which would still be legal: • IU spent $61,177 on the use of private university planes for coaches' recruiting travel. That included a $3,762 trip by Curt Mallory, then an assistant coach, to Hays, Kan., where the plane waited while Mallory visited a recruit and then flew the coach back to Bloomington. • Purdue spent nearly $40,000 on independent businesses that produce regional scouting reports, recruiting news and video. The Boilermakers also spent more than $120,000 on coaches' recruiting travel. • After Purdue's season opener, recruits dined on a $62.95-per-person dinner buffet, featuring New York Strip steaks, jumbo shrimp and a dessert bar. They had started the day with a $19.95-per-person breakfast buffet. • On the weekend Reynaud visited IU, recruits received a police escort from off-duty officers, at a cost of $240, from a basketball game at Assembly Hall to Janko's Little Zagreb restaurant. They dined on steak, lobster and rib appetizers. The bill, which included parents, player hosts, coaches and coaches' wives: $3,436. Such expenditures are hardly unique to IU and Purdue. Through decades of changes in recruiting rules, one constant has been teams pushing the limit -- and sometimes going beyond -- to attract large, fast teenagers. "If you're Purdue and Indiana's doing it, and it's legal, you have to do it, too," said Randy Rodgers, a former recruiting coordinator at the universities of Illinois and Texas who runs the Rodgers Recruiting Report.

I apologize for the confusion, but the second Mitts/Hill poll has not yet been deleted. I have changed the text and deleted the photos in the incorrect poll so that it is obvious. There were 8 votes cast in that poll, however. Please check the correct pol to make sure you do not need to recast your vote. If you do, I apologize for the inconvenience.

Cruz and Shue tied in Round 1, so I figured I'd bring them both back for Round 2 and do a threesome with Carmen Electra. Does an extra option make your choice more difficult? Elisabeth Shue - Actress... Cocktail, Karate Kid, Leaving Las Vegas Penelope Cruz - Actress... Vanilla Sky, Gothika Carmen Electra - Model/Actress

Jennie Finch - Team USA Softball Player Denise Richards

Nikki Cox - Actress... Las Vegas TV series Jill Arrington - Television Sports Reporter

Elsa Benitez - Model from Mexico.... married to Rony Seikaly Amber Brkich

Round 2 being posted today. The matchups are below. This round will go for one week and voting will be closed sometime on Friday so be sure to vote before then. There was a mistake when posting the poll for Heather Mitts vs. Lauren Michelle Hill (posted twice). I have asked danman to delete the original poll so if you voted right after it was posted, please go back to the new thread and see if you need to vote again. Happy voting and thanks to all for participating.

Heather Mitts - Professional Soccer Player, Philadelphia Charge, UF grad, ex-gf of Brad Wilkerson Lauren Michelle Hill - Former South Carolina Cheerleader, Playboy Playmate, February 2001

Catherine Zeta-Jones - Actress... Traffic, Ocean's Twelve, Chicago Jenny McCarthy - Model, TV Personality, Playboy Playmate

Krista Allen - Krista Allen - actress..... Stacy in Anger Management... episode roles on shows such as Friends, Two and a Half Men, Smallville, Just Shoot Me, Frasier and others... Heidi Klum - Supermodel

Shannon Elizabeth - Actress... American Pie Shania Twain - Country Music Artist

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jan 28, 2005 -> 08:08 PM) If Mags plays near his usual level 5 years $55 is a steal for the Tigers. I'm not a Doctor, so I will not assume to know just how bad his knee is. I guess opinions vary. I don't see Maggs at a bargain at $11 million per for 5 years with his regular production. Maggs is a great hitter, but he isn't a 50 HR guy, nor a huge OBP guy along with his power, he is an average OF and doesn't run particularly well. Perhaps $11 mil per is the top of the salary bracket in which he belongs, but I just can't see him being a bargain at that level or making that great of a percentage of a team's overall payroll.

QUOTE(CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Jan 28, 2005 -> 03:13 AM) I've heard talk of a movie possibly being filmed in Chicago about 16 inch softball. Anyone else heard anything about it ? I like the idea . Hope it's true. Yeah it was filmed back in 1986 and called About Last Night. Good movie and it featured Demi Moore pre-breast augmentation.

QUOTE(dasox24 @ Jan 26, 2005 -> 11:46 PM) I love the Orgeron hire for Ole Miss. My brother and sister went there, and I might too, so I'm happy that it looks like they're turning things around. He's already got some darn good recruits for not being there very long. I.e. Michael Oher Btw, Saturday's in Oxford, Ms. are so badass. There's nothing like Grovin' on gameday. A lot of people never even make it in the game b/c they have so much fun in the Grove. It's funny b/c everyone dresses up so nice. All the fans, including students, wear a polo or dress shirt with khakis or dress pants to the games. It sounds weird for a football game these days, but the atmosphere is really a lot of fun. Your sister must be hot then........ because I don't think they allow ugly girls at Ole Miss. Some schools have academic admission standards. Ole Miss has attractiveness admission standards. ;-)