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Bad week for the Cowboys gets worse http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3643240 DBAHO , Where are you?

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Oct 14, 2008 -> 01:40 PM) Alright, we've got 8, just need two more for a viable league and 4 more to fill it. Come on guys! ok. I give in. Send info

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 14, 2008 -> 01:23 PM) Something I find interesting is that we've put very little money into signing Latin American players to big ($500K plus) signing bonuses...with the dearth of high first round draft picks over the years, I would think there would be of a focus here. Maybe we can attribute this to problems with Dave Wilder, but it has to go deeper than just the Dominican, because we've struggled with Venezuela as well, despite Guillen being a national hero there to many. I'm not sure where the lack of focus and attention comes from or if it is attributable to KW and JR's philosophy on spending or what it is...just kind of curious. We've invested in a Korean pitcher, Brazilian (Gomes?), we have Silverio and Martinez who may or may not eventually make an impact...but you have to go back to Ordonez and Carlos Lee for some "born and bred" Latin prospects we've incubated from age 16. Of course, we also have Alexei Ramirez, Tadahito Iguchi and Shingo Takatsu as more recent examples of international success...but no Dominicans or Venezuelans, which is about 30-40% of the MLB talent pool right now, along with the developing Asian market/s like China,Taiwan and Korea (and of course Japan). That's a good point. This needs to be addressed at Soxfest.

QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Oct 14, 2008 -> 12:02 PM) Sure, why not? Can we retire '83 as well? what about '93?

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 14, 2008 -> 01:53 AM) Why not retire 05 then? retire 05 and keep 5 available.

Sign all the Cubans!

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Oct 14, 2008 -> 08:27 AM) Arizona is good. Cleveland isn't. I disagree. If Jamal Lewis runs with that type of energy the rest of the season, Kellen Winslow comes back to health,Braylon Edwards playing like the beast that he is and Dante Stallworth back, this Cleveland team is very dangerous. They have a great shot at the playoffs. The only thing that benefits Arizona, is a weak division.

Why would the Orioles trade Adam Jones? They are very high on him.

I heard that Jerry Reinsdorf said that as long as Derrick Rose is in a Chicago Bulls Uniform, no player on the White Sox will wear #1.

QUOTE (StatManDu @ Oct 14, 2008 -> 01:21 AM) Indeed, a valid point ... HOWEVER, if that team hadn't had the year it had, the Sox could have gone bellyup. They had just come off a year where they were terrible and come within a hair of moving to Denver, Seattle or New Orleans. The franchise needed a year like that. Along with 1972 and 1990, 1977 may have been the most IMPORTANT year in team history. If that's all accurate, I would have no problem with them retiring 77 even before 05.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Oct 13, 2008 -> 11:14 PM) Maybe NYG isn't as good as they have shown... Like when the Bills lost 41-17 to arizona? It's one week.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 13, 2008 -> 05:04 PM) What about 23? Ventura/Dye day. Sorry Robin. But, The 2005 World Series MVP Stole your hopes of ever having a retired #.

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 13, 2008 -> 02:31 PM) 20 I hope not. Not for 20 Years at least.

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QUOTE (Rex Hudler @ Oct 12, 2008 -> 03:07 AM) Michigan may not win another game all year. Hold on now, Michigan did beat Miami (OH), who beat Charleston Southern. So before you make these forecasts, put that into consideration.

Romo out 4 weeks? http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3640890 Cowboy Fans=

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 13, 2008 -> 09:34 AM) Well to be honest, they dont run all that much cover-2. Cover 2 is a scheme, not an entire defensive philosophy. They prob run cover 2 MAYBE 20 percent of the time. That's a lot imo. They obviously run it on 3rd and long almost all the time.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Oct 13, 2008 -> 09:24 AM) Ron Rivera wasn't that great of a coordinator either, he flat out did not generate any pressure when the D-line wasn't getting to the QB so Babich is no different. They are running the same exact defensive scheme, pretty much the same plays and everything. I know. I thought rivera made better adjustments. Yesterday was just a frustrating game. Logic tells me that we were getting burned because our shutdown pro-bowl corners were out. But then, what about the Tampa game? The cover 2 scheme has 2 many obvious holes. It worked best in 2005 and part of 2006 when our secondary was quicker to the weak spots. Now, I don't know if we are quick enough to recover with Brown a step slower.

I prefer to do all the talk on Soxtalk. I like talking to the same group of people.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 12, 2008 -> 07:40 PM) Getting back on the topic of relevant things, Dallas is clearly quite overrated and Arizona is clearly quite good. I don't even think the Cardinals can screw up winning the awful NFC West at this point. 2 things we can agree on

Glad the Cardinals won this game. The REFS were HORRIBLE!

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 12, 2008 -> 07:36 PM) Arizona was up 10 with only a few minutes left. They had Dallas in a 4th and very long, only to allow them to hit about a 35 yard pass as time was running out. The refs have been very bad in this game, but that is only a small factor in why this game is still going right now. what ever Dallas loses.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 12, 2008 -> 07:33 PM) You know, if Arizona hadn't collapsed and allowed 10 points in about 3 minutes, most noteably allowing a slow running back who runs like a fullback go 70 yards on a screen pass, this game would be over. The officiating has been poor, but it isn't why this game is in overtime, it isn't why the Bears lost, and so on. You guys are like Hawk Harrelson, just completely overdoing the affect of the officiating (well, in that case it's the umpiriing) on a game. did you watch the 1st half of the dallas AZ game? Dallas was handed this game!

Great! Let's watch the REFS and Cowboys vs The cardinals in OT!

Wow! Refs give Dallas another Freebie! Cardinal Player was clearly hurt! Even Aikman does not understand this!