Balta1701

I knew I shouldn't have picked against Izzo.

McRoberts seems to be having a hell of a game.

I don't think I can remember any game where I've heard the announcers spend as much time talking about how tired 1 team looks as they have with Duke in this game.

SI

Yawn.

I have been amazed at the poor shooting of the lower seeds so far today.

Michigan State going for the shutout...

QUOTE(3 BeWareTheNewSox 5 @ Mar 15, 2007 -> 04:08 PM) 2nd straight year I've done it same day, early on the wait isn't that long, and throughout the day it's nothing. This is great by them, they could easily charge for something like this Took me about a half hour to get in this morning and that was with the VIP access. It opened up a lot more later in the day. And yes, this is ungodly sweet.

Well, here we go, finally a first round where Duke has a legit chance to lose...and of course, I picked Duke. And this is sweet...Billy Packer thinking he's on a commercial break...not realizing he's still being broadcast online: "Did Texas Tech win or lose? Man, how many first round losses has that guy had?" I find that Mt. Rushmore Bud Light commercial unbelievably offensive. This is starting to look like a normal Duke first round game.

And today I hope everyone has taken the time to be wary of the Ides of March.

We're on the verge of going half a day without a single upset...and none of the #1's have played yet.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 15, 2007 -> 01:47 PM) It shouldn't effect Dye, Buehrle, or Iguchi unless they're right on the cusp of A/B or B/C. David Riske would have been a class A free agent last year I'm told. All of those guys should be squarely in teh A category. Link.

These horror movies are getting stupider and stupider.

17-0 run, man this is pathetic, remind me never to pick an upset again.

QUOTE(chimpy2121 @ Mar 15, 2007 -> 01:23 PM) It reminds me of a Big 10 game. Big 10 games usually at least have 1 team get to 50.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 15, 2007 -> 12:51 PM) http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/fe...ml?id=110009784 Oh I know. Investigating Clinton bad, investigating Bush good. In a lot of those cases, the Clintons fully deserved to be investigated, just as in a lot of these cases, the Bush Administration deserved to be investigated. But the reality is...only 1 of those actually happened.

Good lord is this game ever low scoring.

QUOTE(maggliopipe @ Mar 15, 2007 -> 12:16 PM) I'm getting nothing. My waiting room meter has remained non-functional for about 3 hours. I guess I'm missing an extension or something (I'm using Camino) but I was looking forward to enjoying some ball at work. Larry Bird doesn't do as much ball-handling in one night as I do in an hour. gratuitous John Candy quotez 4-eva What browser are you using? IE was doing that for me...I could only get it to work on firefox.

Ohh goodie, even more cherries!

QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 15, 2007 -> 12:12 PM) the first games were ok, but I can't get it to play anything now. it's just buffering... It does appear to log you out of you're inactive for a while also.

QUOTE(tigerfan @ Mar 15, 2007 -> 12:03 PM) Anyone else having issues with it? I can't get the games to play. I get audio but no video (sans ads). Just a frozen screen. It took me quite a while to get it working this morning. It wouldn't play on the new Internet explorer at all, no idea why. I got it to work on Firefox by re-installing an extension I removed a while back - media player connectivity - it allowed the games to start playing in an actual windows media player window. Seems to be working well so far, except for CBS having some audio troubles.

Yesterday, Hillarity was asked whether or not she agreed with the remarks of General Pace, that homosexuality was immoral. Her answer: And of course, this promoked a backlash from the homosexual interest groups within the Dem caucus...and it took what, 24 hours, for her office to issue this statement. For crying out loud, just answer the damn question honestly. If you think it's immoral...say so. If you don't, say so. Don't try to have it both ways until the interest groups chime in. I think this is one of the things I hate the most about the Dem party...in the Republican side, the interest groups make noise when someone does something they don't like, but it never seems to matter. On the Dem side, every single time they seem to be kowtowing to one group or another. The Republican interest groups get mad when Bush doesn't push the gay-hate amendment, but Bush tosses them some fig leaf statements during election season and they're placated and still vote. Clinton makes an indecisive statement on an issue, the interest groups chime in, and 24 hours later she's issuing a correction.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 15, 2007 -> 11:51 AM) Realistically, you figure we'll receive three compensation picks; perhaps four if both Dye and Buehrle have great seasons. These many draft picks in the early rounds shouldn't be overlooked unless both players were to give us an obvious advantage through trade. Problem is, these last two summers, how many true blockbusters have occured? One or two? People just don't seem to remember all the discussions around here about general managers asking the moon for 1/2 year rental players. I know people have hounded me on this belief in the past, (including you several days ago ) but I rather our team be within 5 games of first place/wild card or completely out of it (ie, 10 games). No where in between. The problem I foresee is local media members and the baseball retarded bringing up talks of how Cleveland and Houston overcame their odds. Or the dreaded words, White Flag trade. I honestly believe we'll be 7 games out come midseason. Just to annoy the hell out of me. If it were to occur, you'll hear everything I'm mentioning here and more. People saying "sell," others suggesting players with first bad halves could turn it around. You do have a point on pretty much all of those. If you're giving up Dye or Buehrle, you have to be getting talent back that is more valuable than 2 top-level draft picks, and that means you need to get back 2 players who are on the cusp. I just hope that if we do wind up in a sellers position, we find someone who's really wanting to make this year be the year. There are some teams that would match up really well with Buehrle or Dye who have talent they could offer up (Angels, Dodgers, Mets come to mind immediately)

And now it's time to test out one of my 5-12 upsets.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Mar 15, 2007 -> 11:30 AM) Oral Roberts clap clap clap clap clap That was the other "Below 12 seed" I considered picking, but I decided to go with Davidson. Given that the one I did pick just lost, I'd say Oral Roberts is in good shape.