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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 27, 2013 -> 08:55 AM) No the Risk is they suck and that s***ty OOC game costs you with the polls. Or is schedule not one of the qualifiers you've used to discount team rankings? Im not discounting anything Rock. I know the pecking order of teams/conferences, its just funny when people get their panties in a bunch when a lesser conference dares step foot in the circle of awesome. I hope for these lesser teams to build on the exposure they get when they get to where NIU has gotten the past couple years, much in the way Boise State did. I want more parity in college football, not "Well they got here now they will get destroyed by the team that has been here for the past 30 years". Wite is correct, the system is broken. No easy fix, no rational fix at this point. It will continue on, SEC will dominate, other conferences like Big Ten/12/Pac will have challengers, and we will all keep watching.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Nov 27, 2013 -> 08:15 AM) Because that's a no win situation, plus schedules being set so far in advance, they could easily suck when you play them. But really, why should that matter? When they get teams like Middle Tennessee St to come to their place and blow them out, its not that big a deal. There is only one risk for the big conferences, a loss. They arent refusing because the competition might suck(unless you mean your own team might suck. Which I understand for some teams like the current Illini. But SEC teams should never worry about those things)

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Nov 27, 2013 -> 01:15 AM) Work, for the most part. If something is going on in the sports world that I'm interested in, I'll find a way to mix it in with my music while I drive as well. I'm also one of those people that fall asleep better with background noise, so while I bought an air purifier that has a nice, steady hum for that reason, I'll sometimes have The Les Grobstein Takes Calls From the Stupid Show that airs overnights on 670. Most of my my sports talk consumption, though, takes place leading up to and during the baseball season. With the Bears/NFL- after the third or fourth day of talking about the same game, it's just not that riveting anymore. No denying that they are and will be for the foreseeable future, it's just not my cup of tea. I wouldn't be pouncing on my radio to absorb every second of Chicago Sky or Chicago Bandits talk if they were dominating their respective leagues either. Sheesh, you can listen to Grobstein but you cant stand Holmes?

QUOTE (Jake @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 11:28 PM) Under what cirucmstances are you guys listening to so much sports radio? At work? On the way there/home? Just for funzies? In the car and at work. I have the TuneIn app on my phone, so I listen a lot

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Nov 27, 2013 -> 12:08 AM) Dude, come on. No one wants to see NIU play Baylor or Mizzou or Auburn or Clemson and be totally outmatched. It's annoying. Yes, they "hung in there" for a while against FSU last year, but Lynch averaged 4.3 yards/pass and 1.9 yards/rush and NIU was outgained 534-259. If FSU didn't have so many penalties and EJ Manuel knew how to finish a drive, they'd have gotten blown out. FSU's fullback ran for 134 yards on 5 carries and outran everyone on NIU's D. I don't blame NIU one bit. It's not their fault the system is the way it is. But on behalf of everyone in the world that isn't an NIU fan, keep these guys out of the BCS. Hey, if they wanted to design a system to keep these guys out, then they should have. NIU has played their games and earned their spot according to the rules the system set up, and people still get pissed. I don want to see them get blown out anymore than I wanted to see ND get stomped by Bama or Zooks Illini get kicked around by USC, but hey, that's how it goes sometimes. And every once in a while these teams surprise you and actually win like Boise State did.

QUOTE (Donaldo @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 08:52 PM) McNeil has been out for about a month now, and the show was renamed "Spiegel And Holmes." Hmmmm. Yea he left saying he was getting treatment for depression but it is starting to look permanent. Probably for the best for the station. McNeil would come back, then leave for a few weeks, then repeat

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 04:05 PM) ChiTribSports ‏@ChiTribSports 5m Ex-Illini Jereme Richmond headed to prison http://trib.in/1cN1nXr Quite a dramatic fall from grace. Just a stupid kid though. Threatening your probation officer? Wtf is wrong with you

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 07:02 PM) At least those teams deserved to be there. Lol. Ok

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 06:42 PM) Because we saw it, and it sucked. Many a BCS bowl have sucked that have had big conference teams

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 06:02 PM) Does somebody that cheated really deserve that much money?? Even taking cheating out of the equation, does Peralta deserve that kind of money? Dude is 1 year removed from a pretty s***ty season, and it isn't like he is young

I am still in disbelief that Peralta got the money he did, from the Cardinals of all places.

Tonite NIU takes another step towards angering everyone that does not want to share the precious BCS

days like this i just turn off sports radio. people calling in saying the Bulls should amnesty Rose. SMH, try and understand the process before you call in and say dumb things

I saw Reigns do a little standoffish stuff with the other two guys also. a few things were put in motion

The purple shell is pretty brutal, but i still love it

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 10:45 AM) And as I have pointed out, they aren't going to be able to free up the money most think they can free up even if they dump a ton. The other problem is, even if they can agree to a sign and trade, wintering in Chicago doesn't seem to hold much appeal to NBA players. The Bulls only hope IMO is if Rose comes back as the Derrick Rose we saw win an MVP. Then many of the problems are solved. Its not going to be a one step process, it certainly isnt as easy as merely tanking the season and trading players

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 10:37 AM) The problem is he will still probably be too good to let them be real bad, and too expensive to let them add a max or near max guy. They should start trying to re-build, but they have a lot of stuff in their way. decisions have to be made, players have to be moved. You dont sit there and worry "what if Mirotic isnt a star?" and "what if Rose isnt the same?". You start freeing up money and trying to build from the floor up. This front office got into the trouble they are in by over valuing their core and being unwilling to change it.

I cant wait for "Lazy Booking!" when Cena unifies the titles, lol

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 09:54 AM) Why wouldn't he on that team in that system? You think he's gonna just suddenly say, "f*** off LeBron, this is my team." LOL, i could totally see Beasley saying "My time now. Ball is in my hands, shoot" because that is what he has done his entire career He probably wont, but i could see it happening

QUOTE (Jake @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 09:45 AM) We didn't let him go for nothing, we let him go in order to not pay him $15 million next year. I think it is presumptuous to say that we didn't try to sign him or arrange an S&T it isnt presumptious at all. They spent all season saying they planned on signing him after the season, he hit the market and was immediately signed to a poison pill contract. They had the entire season to sign him and chose not to, then were unable to because of the Houston contract. This is on the Bulls front office.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 09:18 AM) Asik wouldn't have been a starter here either. Noah and Boozer would have. That is perfectly fine, but in reality with Noahs injury issues last season Asik would have been starting for a good portion of the year. And in the end, Asik signed for less years and less money than Gibson. Like I said, they let an asset walk away for absolutely nothing. No sign and trade, no attempt to sign him. Nothing.

QUOTE (Jake @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 08:39 AM) I'm not really a fan of Asik and the Gibson deal isn't horrible, but I think we could have kept him more cheaply if we let him reach the open market. I know that we want him on the team under most circumstances, but the money takes away from otherwise really good cap position. You dont have to be a fan of Asik, he was an asset that they let walk for nothing. And Gibson is getting paid starter money as a 6th man, while this team is snug against the cap with no wiggle room. The way the whole thing broke down pissed me off. You dont spend all season saying you are going to re-sign Asik and then let him sign a poison pill deal like that. And even worse, Asik became more than a mere serviceable player last season.

QUOTE (Jake @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 08:18 AM) In a league where you're essentially just waiting for a superstar to make your team good, GarPax have done a really good job of leaving us in a position where we should have some talent around. Butler, Mirotic, Charlotte 1st, perhaps Snell, plus the higher earner Gibson are all nice pieces to have around when you're building the team back up. Gibson is probably the worst recent move. Losing Asik for nothing combined with all the money thrown at Gibson is the worst recent move

Anyone see the special "The Town that caught Tourrette's"? Terrifying

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 01:47 AM) Other than the 2 staring actors, what's interesting about this show? Maybe I'm missing the storyline, but it just seems like a show about 2 detectives who solve murders, possibly a serial killer? There is nothing to it, just a show about 2 detectives that solve murders, and possibly a serial killer.