RockRaines

Like I said.

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 12:59 PM) 1. Place phone call to any mom and pop Texas BBQ joint 2. Hop in pick up and take out 3. While there, buy a 1/2 pound of brisket You fake ass Texan!!!!! For the record, I love ribs, but I prefer a good brisket. f***ing awesome. I wish I had room for a smoker and I would make those all summer long.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 12:19 PM) http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/footb...0,7747007.story Briggs piles on fans Have these guys never watched a sport in their lives? Home fans boo when the performance sucks, happens in college as well. You are a professional, the fans paid a pretty penny to come and see you millionaires perform on the field. If you dont, they get upset. And you have a problem with that?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 12:19 PM) out of curiosity, who anointed you the messenger?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 08:54 AM) Cubs keep spending money on starters................thought they would wait 1 more year to start spending again. Its going to be a complete waste of money. By all means they should completely tank this season if they were smart, however they are signing middling players which will pull them up out of the basement to the mediocre level of teams which will almost guarantee missing out on a real impact prospect.

Kirk would really help us out if he would just hurt his groin and sit down for 6 months or so.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 12:07 PM) That is the most expensive platoon in the league. It's also not going to happen. Unless its fantasy baseball. That would also mean you need another OF'er which you have to sign as a FA (not likely) or trade for. And you have also taken your most promising young bat and one of your most valuable trade chips and limited his at bats severely while also stunting his development. I would say that is textbook poor management.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 04:52 PM) Also, Ruh Roh Oregon. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--oregon...-215913743.html Word has it as a bowl ban, loss of schollies, recruiting limitations and possibly Kelly leaving is all a possibility.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 07:33 AM) I'm hoping for a WWE like heel turn. Turn down each school, one by one, and than pick Michigan. Than hug Beilein maniacally and laugh! I still think its MSU

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 11:18 AM) Nope, although I do believe that without AJ, the team takes a big step back as a contender, and leave the team with very little left handed power. How much lefthanded power do you need exactly? We have a power-only DH that is a lefty. I'm sure they will address a bat off the bench or even in the field, but I am not sure we are severely lacking power from that spot.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 20, 2012 -> 10:40 AM) The way it's sold to consumers, it's doesn't really exist. You aren't confusing anything. Overloading a muscle is what makes the muscle grow, period. You don't have to change up your workout to continue making a specific muscle grow...all you have to do is continue overloading the target muscle. Changing workouts prevents people from getting bored of the same routines, thus they stop pushing themselves without really realizing it. The problem with the term is that it's sold as a method of "preventing plateau", by "confusing" the muscle, when that's not what it really does. If you want to consider muscle confusion as simply changing up to different exercising, that's fine...but that's not what they sell it as. Bored or something? Because you are seriously splitting hairs on marketing terminology.

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 04:00 PM) True! Unfortunately, the Tigers will be better with Torii Hunter and a healthy Victor Martinez, and the Royals have vastly improved. The Sox...not so much. one would probably say getting a healthy John Danks back is a huge improvement in the rotation. Also, the Sox arent done, you can bank on that.

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 04:56 PM) I kind of can't believe that you are surprised that Wisconsin pulled a coach from Utah State. Nobody dreams about coaching at Utah State. Every coach is looking for a job at a top tier school in one of the 3 stable conferences in the country. It be more surprising if he had stayed at Utah St. He was also offered the DC job at Ohio State last year and turned it down. I would say he was waiting for exactly this opportunity.

Also, Ruh Roh Oregon. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--oregon...-215913743.html

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 04:05 PM) Then we disagree. Notre Dame under Rockne used to have 3 rbs in the backfield, which is the opposite of the spread. Nebraska ran the triple option, which had a fb/rb in backfield, which is also not a spread. You would have to show me some evidence, because the teams you are talking about always had TE's and used multiple rb's in the backfield. Rockne used the "T" formation, which is about as unspread as you can go. I'm hoping you dont mind me using Ohio State as an example of why the spread is derived from those offenses. This guy also happens to be a great resource overall for dissecting teams. First link, check out the formation in the second video, 2RB, and TE in the backfield http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2012/02/not-...reads-are-alike Last diagram shows a very basic triple option play used by those schools noted above. The difference these days is the players at times run more motion and line up in different spots, however the basic option power run game is the same. http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2012/08/1302...-meyers-offense The last video here shows the common pro-style power play with option/spread tendencies. You can see a few times that the backfield is FB RB QB and TE running an ISO game with constraint options. http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2012/08/1354...g-and-love-dave Here's an overall view of our offense which since you are looking at formations operated mostly out of 10 or 11 personnel with some wrinkles. However its pretty easy to see the option and blocking basics are that of the old triple option with a much more modern shotgun look. We also employed an empty-set modern day air raid scheme at times on 3rd down (seemed to never work). Our base offense was generally very option-centric with either 2RB's or an RB and an H back. http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2012/12/1745...ffensive-scheme Spread is more of a philosophy than a scheme and it does reply upon establishing the entire field. However the type of offense that a team plays off of that varies. The spread option offense derives its blocking schemes and contraint running plays from those schools I already mentioned, however in modern times they have also integrated adding additional receivers as well as the screen play.

I've gotten that a few times over the last few years and every time I respond with, sounds like a nightmare, glad I didnt have that dream.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 03:06 PM) The spread was definitively created for the purpose I explained. The idea was that a small school maybe had 1 or 2 players who had the talent to compete with the big school and thus you wanted to spread the field to take advantage of your 1 or 2 good match ups. Rusty Russell and his Mighty Mites are pretty legendary. I disagree. The basics of the spread offense were originated with super powerhouse teams like Notre Dame and Navy in the early 1900's. It was then modified even in the modern times by powerhouses like Nebraska and Oklahoma in the 80's and even Houston in the 60's. Nowadays its a mix of run n shoot and the basics of those triple option teams into wht DickRod and Snyder deployed but its roots were way back when big time teams were using it. Now some of the pass-heavy spreads were probably designed for mid level teams to even out the playing field since it negates a weakness on the O-line and perhaps speed in space, but the basic spread is a modified triple option run-oriented offense. My opinion of where that modern-day spread originated was for sure Randy Walker at Northwestern. In that case it was definitely designed to enhance your 1 or 2 advantages with built in counters and constraint plays. My team runs the power-run oriented spread offense with some of the hurry up from Oregon and the pass-counters of those NW teams. I can show video of running plays this season that are directly out of the very early Notre Dame days.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 02:09 PM) GAAH "the dream" text is a ask for sex.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 11:46 AM) Does it truly matter what Alvarez's philosophy is, though? The AD can't tell his Head Coach what scheme to run. And if he did, it would be such a horrible idea to hire a guy and then make him change what he does. I just can't fathom that this would actually happen. To me, this looks like Alvarez is deciding to change things up (even if that isn't "his style" of football). That said, it may be a slow transition to the spread that Andersen runs. Because as we know, any good coach will adapt his scheme to fit the players. So I imagine you'll see more pro-style elements until he gets his own guys in. Anderson is more of a defensive coach, but the first question was answered by Alvarez himself when he came out and said BB ran his scheme and that they have a plan coaches follow. I am thinking he is bringing his defensive philosophy to Madison and the offense will be similar to what they've been running.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 11:38 AM) I think that Wisconsin fans are stupid if they dont recognize that when Canada started to be more successful he was using spread principles in pro-set formations. He actually implemented a version of the wildcat as well. Also its important to remember that just because someone ran a spread at a smaller program does not mean that they will run a spread at a bigger program. The entire purpose of the spread was to help teams that did not have the talent to line up 1 on 1. When Andersen gets to Wisconsin, he will get much better O-line talent. When you have guys averaging 320 lbs you tend to want to take advantage of your strength. I really dont care and I think that Alvarez understands it doesnt matter what you label the offense, what matters is how many points you score. Not 1 Wisconsin fan was complaining about style when they decimated Nebraska. Winning is all that matters, go figure. I completely disagree with the bolded. I would argue the spread actually places more emphasis on winning 1 on 1 battles as it forces players to play both east/west and north/south and exploits man coverage. The term "spread" is also extremely generic and broad.

QUOTE (Lamar Johnson 23 @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 09:49 AM) IMO a 1 year/$4 million offer to AJ is insulting, and sends a bad message as to how some players are "taken care of" by ownership. Eh, he's been taken care of by the Sox more than any other team was willing to do. AJP owes a lot to the Sox. They simply consider him a bad investment at this point and I agree.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 10:28 AM) That's dumb. If you bring in a leopard, you shouldn't expect it to change it's spots to stripes. Badge will have to confirm this but apparently Matt Canada their OC this year came from a spread and changed to fit the Wisconsin style. Their fans seem to think that in recruiting you only get Pro-style OL and thats why they do what they do.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 10:06 AM) yeah understood - i think that even if we're not on the same page, we're in the same chapter, probably only a few pages apart right now. and like i've said before, i'm willing to wait a little bit, work on me, focus on my life/career/goals, to see if we'll get to that same place. and I'd rather do that and know for sure, than look back and say what if. Maybe, things just work out better when you dont force them IMO. If someone is forced to "change" or speed up their process it causes friction which ultimately ends badly. It's better just to stay close and see what happens instead of trying to make something out of it at the wrong time.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 09:20 AM) Probably not much, but who knows...I think the TOS may have been written improperly, because Instagram backtracked and said it was never their intention to sell anybody's photos. I think it's more likely they wanted very loose customer agreements in place for their own protection, and didn't realize it went a bit too far. It's standard T's and C's for any hosting company. It either goes one way, the customer owns all of the data stored and hosted or the hosting company claims that as property. For most enterprise or commercial SaaS or hosting companies the agreements will go the way of the subscriber but for retail or consumer it happens to tilt the other way particularly in this situation. I dont think its a big deal at all.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 19, 2012 -> 09:19 AM) Schemes are constantly changing though and it's better to try something new to stay ahead of the curve than to stick with tradition and fall behind. Besides that, you can still have a power running game out of a spread offense. I'm aware of that as my team had that this year. However Wisconsin isnt a spread power running program or team, they are pro-style and their fans are saying that he will have to change to fit Alvarez's methodology.