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IN here since it involves water rights... Apparently Georgia just voted to declare war on Tennessee.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 25, 2013 -> 04:23 PM) Is he expected to be ready to go when the season starts? I was at the game when he got popped by Jared Allen, that was ugly Most reports have said yes, but there's obvious reasons for both owners and him to wait until he's nearly 100% recovered and ready to go before signing.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 25, 2013 -> 02:18 PM) And it's been nearly 3 years now. Cavs fans have the right to be pissed for eternity. Everybody else is just hating to hate. He admitted it was a mistake. Let it go. I hate that it took a competitive league and made it into an uncompetitive joke.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Mar 25, 2013 -> 10:43 AM) Y'all are just haters that can't get over the Decision. To see once thought to be untouchable records, whether it be individual or team, challenged or broken is one of the amazing things about sports. If Derek Jeter had a 48 game hitting steak going, I'm rooting like hell for him to get to 57 and break the record. I don't care that I don't like Derek Jeter. A streak like that would be just too amazing. And if the Yankees had a 22 game winning streak going in one of the years after they spent $500 million on free agents, I'd be rooting against them and the system that let them do that too. And if it came out that Jeter was using Deer Antler Spray or whatever new substance the MLB hadn't figured out how to test for yet and hadn't yet banned, I'd be calling him that substances name from that time forward. Being ahead of the rules in a system isn't an honorable way to win.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 25, 2013 -> 09:22 AM) How'd they bend the rules? I think colluding for years for a pre-plan, meeting with the GM who pulls things off months before the deals actually go down, letting half a dozen teams try to clear cap space for 3 players they never had a chance to sign, having fake meetings with them for a week so that the market itself got screwed up, and then leaving them desperately throwing money at wahtever crappy free agents were still remaining...at the very least is bending the rules to me. Every other team involved in this mess got screwed over because they didn't know about the secret deal beforehand. A dozen teams tried to clear cap space for guys they never had a shot at, and then their cap situations were screwed by signing Johnsons and Boozers.

Why is it I can't help but think "Wow, the nerds have actually won" when I see a gigantic Starfleet logo flying over the city of London?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 25, 2013 -> 09:02 AM) Hopefully Robin plays these guys a bit more this year. I think that was his biggest mistake last year, especially earlier when the bench was stronger. At least in the OF, I think he has more confidence in his backup guy. Probably at 3b also, based on the spring. I havne't seen how he's used Sanchez yet.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 25, 2013 -> 08:02 AM) I'm with you. The Heat at the least interesting team in sports for me right now. Amazing! A super team bends the rules to screw over the rest of the league, and they wind up being better than the rest of the league! Whoda ever thunk!

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 11:39 PM) In my opinion, it's one of the weakest benches I can remember the Sox having going into the season. However, I thought the one last year was going to be fantastic and it ended up being terrible until some acquisitions were made. Actually, I'd say the Sox's bench wound up being terrible after some acquisitions were made, because they traded away their bench in those deals. But anywho.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 25, 2013 -> 07:55 AM) It was desperation for the Yankees, but they have made these kind of deals work them in the past. How do you write that article without doing the math on whether or not they can still get under the luxury tax line next season while still keeping Cano/Granderson? That's really all that matters.

QUOTE (lord chas @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 04:43 PM) Interesting to see the financials of that deal link

QUOTE (zenryan @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 05:41 PM) I'm only using Indiana because for the most part they have been viewed as the top team in the country for much of the year. I think most everyone will agree there isn't a dominant team out there. But, since that's the case, whoever wins this title is going to have to pull out 4 or 5 tough wins in a row. Someone is going to have to do it.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 05:25 PM) People keep saying that but I'm not buying how poorly some teams are seeded. The parity is so great now that there isnt much difference from teams seeded 1-12. Look at these top seeds compared to previous champions. Could you imagine Indiana going up against the two Roy Williams UNC title teams or those Florida teams that went back to back? That Kansas team that beat Memphis? I can imagine this Indiana team taking on last year's Kentucky championship team

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 05:21 PM) I watched the last 10 minutes or so. I see the FT advantage was 20-8 in IU's favor. Was that legit or were they getting the benefit of the calls? I'm sure in detail you could quibble with it, but IU went inside very often when they couldn't make anything and got into the bonus very early in the 2nd half as a consequence. Got 4 fouls on both of the guys guarding Zeller. It's probably why Zeller had such a ***tty game, FWIW.

Hopefully Zeller can get his head out of his a** before the next game. Spent the whole game turning the ball over and slamming it randomly into the backboard. And failing to box out.

QUOTE (flavum @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 05:18 PM) This scout is live tweeting...has some good things to say about Johnson. https://twitter.com/BerniePleskoff

QUOTE (danman31 @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 05:08 PM) You're kidding right? Every game from here on out will be close for them. Just about every time they play a top 20 team it goes down to the wire. I see no reason why that would change now. It's why they aren't a title contender in my mind. You can't expect to win 5 close games in a row to win the title. Being able to pull out close games at the end is a real skill that some teams can develop too though. IU has had plenty of experience with that.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 05:08 PM) Temple crumbled when it got down to winning time. And I know Wyatt was the only reason Temple had a chance but there were 2 possessions in the final minutes where he didnt even try to get the ball in his hands. Give some credit to Oladipo there too for saying "you're not getting the ball anywhere other than right next to the time line".

And the Sweet 16 again. Wooo. I'm having a beer.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 05:03 PM) IU fans just lost a year of their life. You'll probably destroy Syracuse now after this escape. I would be content with that.

That shot was pretty.

THAT WAS THE SHOT I WAS WAITING FOR.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 04:59 PM) Favorable call on that Oladipo drive across mid-court...wow. I thought he nailed him with the body.

Was that a legit block by Watford? I haven't seen a view convincing me of anything.

MAKE YOUR DAMN FREE THROWS AND TIE THIS GAME UP ZELLER