RockRaines

I heard that interview yesterday on my way to Ride Chicago. I loved it, especially when he said the best HR were the ones in an Oakland Uni.

Thanks BTN, I miss watching college Evan Turner.

What about Westbrook+Durant+Dwight

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 1, 2011 -> 04:53 PM) I have no idea because of salary cap/rest-of-roster concerns. But Miami automatically gets a differential status because they have the most talented player in the league as part of their three. Dwight+Kobe+rest of Lakers roster is probably better. Paul+Carmelo+Amare is pretty damn good.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 1, 2011 -> 04:48 PM) What would prevent another 3 headed monster team to form like the one in Miami? There should be one in NYC pretty soon.. The disparity between the top few teams and the bottom teams is going to grow larger with the next few years and pretty weak drafts.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 1, 2011 -> 04:25 PM) I truly think most people would be stunned at how athletes on a college campus behave, and the illegal stuff they get away with. I'm not even talking about improper financial benefits. Academic fraud is even a bigger issue, in my opinion. For sure. At Miami all of the athletes (mostly football players) got to take all of their classes with the coach's wife. She also administered all tests. My buddy who was a starting CB got to modify his course schedule and sometimes was given tests as take homes when the rest of us had to write in blue books with an hour deadline. It was unreal.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 1, 2011 -> 03:31 PM) That's a solid point as well. My wife and I will be moving to Florida int he next 5 years and you wont get me changing my alliances from the Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, and Sox. There are a s***load of chicagoans down there. Thats why a bunch of Geno's etc opened up. Alot of east coasters as well, which is why you see alot of jewish delis and even Primanti bros sandwich shops. Its kind of like Cali and AZ in that nobody grew up there.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 1, 2011 -> 03:28 PM) White > Red Racist.

Stealth Elf should have had 3 bombs in this series. I hope he finally "figured it out."

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jun 1, 2011 -> 02:47 PM) No they won't. They'll continue to do it, just like every major college program continues to do it. The idea that institutions can be 100% in accordance with the rules is a joke. Not even every major program. My small MAC school had players getting "improper benefits" all over town and within the school. All it takes is one vendor giving you a free meal once and its against the rules. LIke I posted before, how in the hell did every single college basketball player across the country afford a $300 pair of headphones?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jun 1, 2011 -> 12:13 PM) Awesome, I'll shoot you a text when it gets closer to race time. It really takes a toll mentally when you have to take any time off for whatever reason. Just when you can, get right back into it and you'll start to feel much better again. Its awful. I went to my workouts last week and literally couldnt walk afterwards but still kept going back because I need that outlet. So instead this week to take my mind off I am going to motorcycle school to finally get my M class cert.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jun 1, 2011 -> 10:55 AM) Stone has more than eluded to this several times. Walking off the mound, Jackson has twice this season showed up his teammates by glaring out to them after an error or misplay and throwing his glove into the dugout when he's been removed. Guys don't take that sh*t well that they haven't in the clubhouse. Coop has just flat out stopped trying to help the guy a couple games and just left him out there to burn when he typically visits. Such bulls***. You are making conclusions based on your opinion of watching games on TV.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 1, 2011 -> 10:18 AM) You still have to admit that the .225 BABIP he's given up suggests that he's due for a few bad outings. Oh yeah, he's not a sub 3 ERA guy either, but I surely think he's a good mid rotation guy finally.

Humber added a pitch this year, therefor he isnt the same guy he has been for the last several years. Because of that, his historical numbers dont mean all that much. Its pretty clear by the teams he's beat that he's a legit pitcher.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 31, 2011 -> 03:49 PM) Plyometrics in the books. Lord have mercy. I have a severe case of patellar tendonitis in my left knee and my doc said I have to not workout for at least a week or maybe two. Its literally driving me crazy and today is only day 4.

The travel by Lebron in their second to last possession lat night was comical. He jump stopped, established his left leg as his pivot, then switched to his right, then jump stopped again to shoot.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Jun 1, 2011 -> 09:54 AM) I don't see how he plays again. There also could be more players (quite a few more) suspended next year if we find out all of the names of active players trading memorabilia for tats. I wouldn't be surprised if several players try to get into the supplmental draft that it's been confirmed will happen, and that list starts with Pryor. The 5 players in trouble for tats arent going to get more punishment with the possible exception of Pryor. The Car dealership has signed an affidavit that they didnt give any deals or special privileges to OSU players beyond what the public is offered, so if they bust Pryor, it will have to be some concrete proof of something. Regardless the guy is going to get the s*** booed out of him this season. Most of us are ready to just hand the reigns over to Braxton Miller/ Taylor Graham and close the book finally on the Pryor saga. The kid has been a headache from the start apparently, and frankly there is a clear difference between the way that kid lives and kids like Cam Heyward, Anthony Gonzalez, and even current guys like Tyler Moeller behave and respect their roles as OSU football players. I'd rather just purge the program of all of this bulls*** and focus on getting the right types of kids into the program. Woody would have beat the living s*** out of these kids for feeling so entitled.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 30, 2011 -> 02:46 AM) http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/vide...47cry4hr42v83Vs Heh, Tim Donaghy. Finally got to watch this, that was a play I was screaming about as it was happening. Lebron never establishes a pivot foot when he plays, he drags them both all the time.

Marty was nails tonight.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ May 30, 2011 -> 01:49 PM) I wonder if Jim Tressel regrets the day he signed Terrelle Pryor. Obviously, lying/covering up is what cost Tressel his job. This stuff also obviously started before Pryor arrived, but I think a lot of things would have gone differently and been handled differently were that kid not in the program. It was obvious from day 1 he's pretty dumb, and it played a big role in all of this. Rumor has it Pryor is done at OSU, so probably.

SI article is out, the things I have heard arent even in it. They are alleging more players traded things for tats, even though the items they traded werent recovered with the tons of stuff that was. The total number is 28 players over 10 years that they are alleging.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 30, 2011 -> 05:31 PM) Hey Rock, when you were there, were there any whispers of the program being dirty? It seems like, at least over here in Big 12 land, that he ran as honest of a top 25 program as could be run. Dirty as in pay for play and stuff like that, no. It was pretty well known that players would get handed things by local vendors and stuff like a free meal or gatorade at the corner store. I figured thats just life of a big time college athlete. When Cooper was there, some whispers about housing costs and stuff like that were pretty rampant, of course he was run out of town on a rail and nobody really cared much about it after that. Jim O'Brien obviously was pretty dirty and crippled the bball program for awhile.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 30, 2011 -> 03:03 PM) Im pretty sure the school has a responsibility to oversee the athletes under scholarship. Seeing how SI knew about all these things happening, I have a hard time believing that the school didnt know it was happening. But go ahead and keep saying the school didnt know. I know you will Si knew about what things happening? They have 8 compliance peoplle supervising 1100 student athletes. If they did know about it, then they will be cited for lack of institutional control and will be hit with severe sanctions. We will both find that out in August. As of right now you are just guessing, as is everyone else.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 30, 2011 -> 02:54 PM) So he would be a perfect guy to succeed Jim Tressel. Zing! I hope you didn't think too hard about that one.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 30, 2011 -> 01:24 PM) Its like you know that something bad happened, and has been happening for a while(Maurice Clarett, cough cough), but you are such a homer that you cant admit it even when you plainly state that the s*** is about to hit the fan. Just read through some of this http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/tag/ohio_state_buckeyes This stuff has been happening for a while Tell me which one of those involves the school and was covered up by the school. Everything you posted was a player who was clearly educated of the rules, breaking them. You are barking up the wrong tree with those awful articles. And if a homer means a fan, then yes I am an OSU fan. I also know what s*** is coming out in the next week or so and t's pretty damaging and embarrassing for such a great school and program. At the end of the day I will always be a fan of Ohio State, so I'll take my medicine as it comes. Tressel being called a "scumbag" is laughable to me mostly because the people calling him that haven't contributed one percent of what the guy did to his community and the men he worked with, but I guess we can all judge one person by a mistake they made in bad judgement instead of the rest of their lives. Haters can hate, but it won't take away the last 10 years of just unreal college football experiences that I had watching my team. When the sanctions come down and OSU is relegated to football purgatory like USC (one of the other dynasties of the last many years) it will be painful but warranted, and hopefully what comes out of this is a better NCAA governing body and defnately a stronger OSU. At least I can still watch Matta and company win titles on the hardwood.