Kyyle23

Haha, Melina just called Micki James a whore. Good catfight

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 03:04 PM) Last 5 years at Kansas: 2 final fours 1 elite 8 1 national championship game 0 titles, comes with the territory. SIU is just another midlevel school who has no implication after the sweet 16, if you even get that far. ESPN is at the Phog on Saturday night...Prime TIme Kansas!!!

QUOTE(MarlinFan84 @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 02:31 PM) Kyyle23 and Rowand44, what are your screen names at ST? Im kyyle23 everywhere I post, aside from one place(and thats because I forgot my kyyle23 password and cannot get into the acct). I think Rowand is BMull10 iirc. QUOTE(Jimbo @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 02:26 PM) do you want to take my tradition against yours....i can fight this all day long too.....i just have no army, im a one man napoleon. Im sorry I see SIU, and i say next!!! I see a nice upgrade lately, but nothing to go crazy about. yada yada yada. What has Kansas done lately besides flameout against subpar teams in the first round? We can yap at each other all day long, but stop acting pompous because you are Kansas fan, there is no need for that here. We like our conference, we admire the respect you get for your tradition in your conference, and we want to get to that level of consistency. Thats all, end of story. I have never said Kansas is overrated, why do you feel the need to dump on SIU?

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 02:12 PM) for once i got your back krush, this guy is way over his head. SIU is good, they have no history, and have not done that much. IF you want to hang your hat on Virginia Tech or Arkansas, go right ahead. I Not entirely true. SIU actually has a pretty deep basketball history, a smattering of NBA players here and there, an NIT championship over Duke before the NCAA tournament was the big one. You may scoff at it, but they do have a pretty interesting history.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 01:59 PM) Cornelius is very ahead of schedule and might actually be cleared to practice sometime in February, so we'll see what happens. I don't think anyone is "putting all their eggs into Cornelius's basket," but if he can heal from his injury he's going to be a player, just watch. You're right though, we'll see if he can get back from that injury, not easy. As far as Butler goes, ESPN isn't going to care about their scheduling issues, they want the best and most marketable matchup and right now that's definitely SIU-Butler. Now, I still wouldn't be overly shocked if we somehow get Nevada but Butler is definitely the most likely scenario imo. EDIT: Haha, you're Patoka from the other ST aren't you? If so, I've had this BB argument with your for about 2 months now, so we can continue it over there if you wish but I'll drop it here, as I'm sure most here are tired of the SIU/Valley talk. LOL, I suspected that as well, but I thought I would let it lie. IlliniKrush, I take offense to the fact that you think Rowand44 is the biggest SIU fan on this site, I have been cheering on the Salukis since I was a freshman at SIU in 96, and I had to introduce R44 to salukitalk to expand his knowledge on Saluki folklore. We are interchangeable 1 and 1A. . If anything, he has the step up on me because he is actually on Campus and I am outta there. And I agree, tSIU is pretty lame.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 01:44 PM) Finally, if this was someone's dog, they would have been put to sleep a long time ago. The suffering they put this horse through was ridiculous. agreed, this was long overdue. Even Secratariat would have been put down months ago. QUOTE(Jimbo @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 01:48 PM) Headline ESPN, Payton Manning visits Barabaro grave, the colts are heroes. Lovie Smith orders horse meat for villanous bears. LOL!

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 11:00 AM) on the flipside if you were to have 4 teams make it this year and all lose first round, all argument for respect is thrown out the door. you need Dukey V's endormsment So goes the story. They need to win, this is for sure. But the league is just getting out of baby-steps and starting to stride, sometimes you take a step back and you just cannot help it. Ill tell you what though, the battle for the top of the MVC has been a heavyweight cruncher. UNI had it in hand, and came to Carbondale and lost by two, and now they are sputtering. SIU had it by themselves, and ran into a brick wall in Evansville, Creighton had a chance to grab it and lost to SIU in Omaha, Missouri State seems to have gotten caught up in their great RPI and hasnt really caught stride since they got spanked by SIU in Carbondale by 20. Its really fun (and stressful) watching this league battle it out. Im really looking forward to the Bracket Buster this year because it was predicted to be a down year for the MVC in the BB, and it is traditionally dominated by the MVC. BTW, has the Bracket Buster been announced yet?

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Jan 29, 2007 -> 09:45 AM) The valley needs a final four team, without that its just a nice story every year. The Valley is making small pushes every year at Elite 8 and Final 4 status. Last year having two teams in the Sweet 16 and 4 teams in the tournament overall was pretty big for the Valley as a whole. When Bruce Weber started his plan with SIU he really had to go out and find recruits that were overlooked by other programs and could contribute. He brought in Rolen Roberts and he already had Kent Williams, but he ended up starting a Freshman (Stetson Hairston) and having the eventual 2 time offensive and defensive player of the year(Darren Brooks) as his 6th man on that Sweet 16 team, and those two carried the momentum to 5 consecutive tournament appearances. Creighton was on the way to similar success, but they stumbled hard when Korver left because their point guard ended up getting this crazy eye parasite(it literally ate away his cornea, dont ever wash your contacts with the water in Cedar falls, Iowa) and they ended up settling for NIT bids the last couple of years. Bradley could have been the one carrying the torch to the Elite 8 this year had Patrick O'Bryant stayed one more year, and from what i hear he is now rotting in the NBDL and Bradley has no consistency. Wichita St became the "darling"(I use that word sparingly, their fans think they invented the game of basketball) of the tournament last year, but they didnt count on the loss of Paul Miller hurting the team as much as it did, but they still have only made the tournament once in the last 19 years, which really isnt good. UNI always sneaks in the tournament and they are extremely solid, I think they have been in 3 straight tournaments now, and their recruiting really has taken a step up since they got their own arena to play in instead of the dome. Right now the parity in the league is what is percieved to be dragging the league down, but it really isnt the case. Evansville, Indiana St, Illinois St, and Drake have all had quality wins against OOC and against the upper tier of the MVC, and right now Evansville is making a really nice push for respect and possibly an NIT bid, even NCAA if they can somehow stun the world and win Arch Madness. I think you will see an Elite 8 team out of the MVC in the next 5 years, and possibly a final 4 team in the next 10 years. The arrow is pointing up for the MVC as a whole, and now the scheduling is starting to catch up as well. Nobody is "afraid" to play anywhere, that is plain ridiculous. But there are always disadvantages to playing an away game for any team. If Duke plays Coastal Carolina and ekes out a win at Cameron, and you can tell that CC has a good team that will be better next year, Duke may try to buy out of that away game so that they wont have to deal with the possible slide in RPI from losing to CC. They can then schedule another up and comer to play at Cameron because everyone wants "PLAYED AT DUKE" on their seasons end resume', whether they lose or win. Its just the way the business part of the college game is played now, part popularity contest(ie. RPI, SOS, rankings) and part on-the-court performance. No team can break this pattern(god knows Gonzaga has tried), they just need to play up and keep pushing the envelope until they break through and advance in the tournament.

QUOTE(MinnesotaSoxFan @ Jan 28, 2007 -> 10:32 PM) Coming into the match, I thought this would be a poorly executed match. The bumps that Umaga took especially the belly splash on the announcers table looked awesome. Umaga can take some big hits. I really like ESTRADDDDDDDA! How quick was The Great Khali eliminated from the Rumble?

I ordered the rumble tonite about a half hour late, and when i hit "BUY" on Comcast, it just went to a black screen. So I call comcast to see what can be done, and the guy tells me "Sorry, the systems are down right now and I cant do anything about it. Call us tomorrow and you will get a credit". Great customer service.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jan 28, 2007 -> 09:14 AM) Ya. They set the home/away teams before the season starts. The Salukis OOC home games next year are gonna be really tough if they draw Butler, but I really like that. If they get Butler in the bracketbuster, they already have Butler and Indiana coming to the Arena, Murray State is always in the mix, and possibly St Marys again. I hope Carlton Fay is as good as Salukitalk.net thinks he is.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jan 28, 2007 -> 08:45 AM) So the bracketbuster games are announced tomorrow, here's a list of the bajillion teams in this thing: http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/columns/060822.htm. Overall, this event is completely watered down but the top games will still be really good. The consensus is that we're going to get Butler which makes the most sense and is something I've been hoping for, so hopefully that's how it turns out. If we do indeed get them, I'll be making the trip to Indy which should be a lot of fun. Anybody have any matchups they'd like to see? A matchup I'd personally love to see is VCU-Winthrop. Is it already a given that the Salukis are getting an away game?

QUOTE(T R U @ Jan 27, 2007 -> 02:02 PM) His body has taken a beating for a while, hell he has been in WWE forever.. im sure most of you know he was Isaac Yankem back in the day who?

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Jan 27, 2007 -> 06:53 PM) D-* * Row: read my post in the cbb thread Row: 2nd sentence greasy: lol greasy: i'm not a professor ...i see it greasy: no one will understand my post now greasy: since it's IM related greasy: but they'll deal Row: hahaha Since when did you have to learn defense to play in the NBA?

I dont mean to split hairs, but isnt this a case of sexual assault as opposed to molesting a kid? He was 18, is he still considered a minor in this case?

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jan 27, 2007 -> 07:40 AM) I agree, but I just think Vince botched his character up so badly that slapping the mask and wig back on him at this point won't have the same iMpact! (sorry, couldn't help myself ) that it might've before they: had him look all burnt at first and then slowly become "not burnt looking at all" done the hideously stupid "fake Kane May 19th" angle demoted him to SmackDown (even though it's been the better show lately, it IS still a demotion) It would just seem desperate to mask him up again at this point, and would also give unwarranted credibility to the mistake that is Montell Vhatever Porter. Maybe TNA is going to put a Kane mask on Sting after Jim Mitchell torched HIS face? Yeah, I agree with that, Vince definitely botched the angle. Kane probably is gonna be out of the business in a few years and wants to be known as the unstoppable monster before he goes out. From what I have read, his body has taken quite a beating in thepast few years and you can tell he doesnt get the same pop that the masked Kane gets. If he has to put the wig on to accompany the mask I will be extremely dissapointed though.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jan 25, 2007 -> 05:45 PM) Skip Bayless was arguing today that Brian Urlacher is better than Butkus and Singletary and a bunch of other stuff about how great Urlacher is. What do you guys think about that? (I don't know what to think, really, except that Urlacher is amazing.) I think that Skip Bayless is the biggest blowhard in all sports media, and that he is an awful analyst and columnist who thinks his 3 books about the Cowboys validate his existence.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jan 26, 2007 -> 10:00 PM) That'll be SUCH A SHOCK if (meaning "when") it happens. WWE "creative" team Me I really hope TNA draws a mess of new viewers when they hold that Monday night special when the WWE is pre-empted by the dog show in February. Vince needs competition badly. Still though, I like the Big Red Machine better than the current version of Kane. He is just plain now, despite sneering constantly and having cool pyrotechnics. When he had his mask on he had that Jason/Michael Myers sense about him.

Sooooo how many more shows until MVP burns Kane and he once again dons the mask as the Big Red Machine? 2 shows? Does it get past the Royal Rumble?

is there any sort of punishment that the parole board can get for releasing this guy, if he went out and did the same thing again?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/25/mountain.lion.ap/index.html Pretty sad that they have to kill two Mountain Lions to figure out which one did it, but I guess they had to do what they have to do.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Jan 25, 2007 -> 04:39 PM) Guillen was interviewed on Jim Rome last year, and sometime during their discussion replied, "psssh.........please." For what reason I don't know, because I caught the clip during an end-of-the-year compilation. I believe Axl is referring to this. How random. It still doesnt make sense

QUOTE(SoxFan562004 @ Jan 25, 2007 -> 08:25 AM) Great sig... according to my TiVO they're showing an hour block of The Office at 9 central, where ER usually is. One of them looks to be the one where Dwight "trains" Ryan, and that's the one with Dwight's bro in the beet farm barn. I think its his cousin. And thats one of the better episodes, Dwight tries to make it a fraternity hazing/initiation.

QUOTE(Brian @ Jan 24, 2007 -> 07:22 PM) Lowest scoring game ever. Two good defensive teams. Will have to type a trash talking e-mail to an old friend of mine as well. Im excited about the emergence of Bone into the lineup, he gives the Salukis a different look, a scorer alongside Tatum that will let Young defend the way he needs to. Young has taken on an offensive mindset that has made his defense suffer. Shaw and Falker have become beasts inside though, especially Falker. He is damn near unstoppable at times, although he needs to start dropping some free throws soon. Last year about this time he started hitting all of his free throws and he was able to reel off all those double double games.