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If the Vikings should lose, would you rather go to Seattle or to SF in 1st round? Gotta be to Seattle still, right?

Stafford completely acted and sold that hit to the head. That's just not a penalty. The one in the endzome was worse. Wright went to the ground to hit Robiski low, he can't be penalized because Robiski went down too. Absurd penalty

I am a bears fan but i hope they go 0-16 next year, because odds are they wont win the super next year, so why root for them to win any game? Even if they were to make it to the super bowl somehow, they probably wouldn't be favored to win, so id rather they just lose every single game than not win the super bowl back to reality - yes the packers are archenemy number 1. but the vikings are a close second, and the packers winning f***s the vikings more than a vikings win f***s the packers - so even if you actually go along with the boneheaded arguments, wouldn't you rather see the vikings hearts broken than the packers going home slightly disappointed?

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 26, 2012 -> 04:29 PM) Yes, but they also play it with both teams in the same city. You try getting from Chicago to Indy today and let me know how that works for you. @KCJHoop Bulls are at Conseco Fieldhouse, waiting for word. Both teams have offday tomorrow. Not saying that's when game is. I am mainly joking, as I realize its a huge blizzard there - fans can't get there, and i get that. not the first time this has happened, though i recall a couple of games the bulls played in cleveland and minnesota when there were like 400 ppl at the game due to blizzard conditions

could have sworn they play basketball indoors

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 18, 2012 -> 03:24 PM) Your cousin is nuts. i actually think what he said is very plausible - the whole thing about quinn saying "I kill bad guys" had to have more meaning to it Doesn't the released tape of brody make it a sure fire thing that he was set up? I'm not saying he had 0 involvement, but someone knew this tape existed, and used brody as the patsy (ie the Lee harvey oswald was just a patsy argument). I mean, as far as i know, only a hand full of members in the CIA knew the tape existed, and those that did know it existed all knew it pertained to the first bombing, not the most recent one. The thing I don't really like so far - is that with all the twists and all the turns, nothing has ever really changed. Since episode 1, you wonder "Is brody a terrorist? or isn't he? Did he get turned? Is he now turned back? Is Carrie nuts or isn't she? Is there a CIA Mole or isn't there? In some respects it feels a bit like Lost where nothing ever really gets answered, except where Lost answered one question with a different question, this answers one question with the exact same question again. Also the last episode felt to me like they were trying hard to force some watchers to at least consider the possibility that Saul is somehow behind this. Oh he happens to be the only one not at the CIA when it blows up? oh and he is the most senior person in the CIA now (like lennin said, look to the one who benefits and ....i am the walrus)? Oh he happens to be praying in arabic (at least i presume) over all the dead bodies? I don't think he at all that he was involved, but it seems like the show wants you to at least have to consider it

I haven't read a single post in here but I want to say a couple things. I am in favor of stiffer gun control. Not to prevent things like Shady Hook - I believe things like that would happen regardless because the people who do this are so deranged and yet at the same time have no criminal background that would pop up on background checks. The things stiffer gun control will prevent are the random dumbass 76ers fan who has no reason to have a gun on the train, but does, and shoots when some bulls fan talks trash.

While I realize that you likely understand that the steroids you took for the rash are completely different than those athletes take, i do want to take a second to clear a few things up for the inevitable future poster who tries to compare the two The steroids used for a rash (corticosteroids), and those used for performance enhancement (anabolic) purposes are completely different. the term "steroid" refers to molecules that are fat soluble and cross the cell membrane to act on an intracytoplasmic receptor, as its primary mechanism of action. most are derived from cholesterol as the parent compound. in your case you likely took a hydrocortisone cream or some derivative of it. The only real thing this has in common with the substances we colloquially know as steroids (ie anabolic steroids aka PEDs), is that they both cross a cell membrane to exert their mechanism of action. Hydrocortisone cream inhibits the immune response, and thus stops all those B and T cells in your body from causing an inappropriate immune response to some unknown noxious stimulus, and thus reducing your rash. Anabolic steroids cross the cell membrane, bind to a receptor which typically is a growth or transcription factor that causes the cell to enter the cell cycle and replicate itself causing growth (hence the name, human growth hormone) when you hear people say "doctors prescribe steroids all the time," this is technically true - but ~ 98% of those steroids function by inhibiting the immune response used for things like rashes, COPD, asthma, auto-immune disease (arthritis, lupus, inflammatory bowel diseases, etc) among others. Doctors rarely prescribe steroids like hGH except for rare circumstances where kids are born with hypothalamic-pituitary deficiencies. This common misconception is somewhat akin to saying its ok to drink alcohol, because doctors say to drink lots of water. 2 similar routes of administration, but 2 completely different mechanisms of action and thus effects

talk about a small lineup: boozer, gibson, deng, hinrich and robinson

2 and change left in the 3rd and the bulls leading defensive rebounder? nate robinson with 5 noah leads all with 9 total im surprised nazr has played only 3 minutes - probably has alot to do with the fact that noah has played so well

Can't think of a more fitting way for Peavys white sox career to end

Peavy with as good of stuff tonight as he has had all year

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 24, 2012 -> 11:30 PM) Im note sure I see the humor in that comment. These guys are doing the best that they can, its not their fault. This is squarely on the NFL. There's an enormous amount of observational bias in this as well. We know the refs are replacements, thus missed calls seem that much more obvious. What is most likely true is that we fail to realize how many calls the normal refs miss, and also tend to overreact/over estimate the number that the replacements are making That said, there is still an obvious difference

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 18, 2012 -> 09:29 PM) It would be great for the White Sox if Tampa loses a lot this week and is eliminated from wild card contention prior to the start of our 4 game series. I said the exact same thing to a friend yesterday. Would be nice if they shut price down as he had to miss a start due to fatigue already. However, even if they are out of it they might let price pitch to try to lock up the cy

btw clay matthews has the most obvious anatomy of a steroid abuser ive ever seen suppose it doesnt really matter, as i suspect 98-99% of NFLers are as well

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 13, 2012 -> 10:55 PM) I like him a lot as a draft analyst. I think he's a better college announcer than an NFL announcer. he suffers from the same thing steve stone does - overanalyzes and doesnt know that sometimes shoving the abundantly obvious down your throat is not necessary every single play

honestly, when you look at that game - the bears played as poorly as possible and lost by 13 on the road. its abundantly clear that this packers team is no longer the dominant force that they once were in the NFC - im not saying they arent better than the bears (cuz likely they still are), but they are not the clear cut best team in the league anymore

cutler is the same f***ing arrogant prick douchebag he has been for the past 10 years. He is so f***ing full of himself it makes me sick. the guy is so supremely talented, if he had an ounce of humility he'd be a hall of famer, and yet he gets so little out of his talent. Yes the O line sucked, but the last 3-4 sacks were because he didnt get rid of the ball. he threw multiple times off his back foot tonight - same dumbs*** mistakes he has made his entire career...i

the baseball season is such a mental grind and mindf***

you guys are crazy to think we cant win tomorrow though

the biggest miracle of this season is that the tigers have underperformed significantly. they are the better team, this much is obvious to me doesn't mean we cant still win the division, but that team is talented with legit superstars in the lineup and in the rotation (which to be honest - we dont have)

Man it feels like we are watching the same game night in and night out

Ugh I keep waiting for one of their fatf***s to go mo vaughn and eat himself out of baseball, and for one of their starters to reach back for a bit too much and pull a tony Saunders. Neither ever happens

Great ab so far

we had a lot of good pitches to hit there too