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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 12:55 PM) On 2nd thought, you said, student loans carried by a bank. Those are similar to personal loans and a Chapter 7 would wipe them away. In fact, if any student was taking on a ton of debt, I could see significant reasons for why I wouldn't take a ton of government debt. God forbit you end up 200K in debt and its owed to Uncle Sam...you'll never get away from it (unless you land a big time gig). Bankruptcy is probably something more people should do now a days. Especially if they are severely under-water. They wouldn't waste money paying stuff that theyll eventually lose or won't recover for a period of 7 years, where as the bankruptcy would free them from most things (the exception to this would be if you had a lot of cash or savings/liquid assets; your 401k I believe is protected in a bankruptcy). And your credit would eventually recover (something like 7 years later, but it would recover). But it is still an absolute last resort. If you can somehow find a way out from the mess, it's much better to do that than to file bankruptcy. The killing of credit portion, as well as that being on background checks, will be a big burden. It's not a true starting over point, but some people leave themselves with not much of a choice, and sometimes it is the right "answer." And yeah, they can't touch 401k's in bankruptcy to my knowledge.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Apr 28, 2011 -> 09:58 AM) If anybody was wondering, I'm okay. My brother in law was in Tuscaloosa, he almost died. His apartment was hit directly. He was blown out of it and tossed several feet, he saved a woman and her child, but got more hurt in the process. Numerous injuries, lost a lot of blood from a laceration on his foot, concussion, etc. It completely missed us, but came close. Damn. Wow. Listening to all of you talk about this stuff makes it seem more "real" and hit closer to home, even though I know none of you. I hope all of you and yours stay safe.

Just curious...how many regular posters do we have? Not trying to be negative, just trying to put in perspective how many "regulars" we have here.

My original name was Koch This. Then he sucked.

I don't think my body is shaking, I think it's just my heart shaking. Is this what it's like to be on drugs?

What f***ing heart. What a f***ing drive. That is your f***ing captain. Holy f***. As far as OT is concerned, 2 general rules: 1) No shot is a bad shot. 2) You almost never move the puck backwards in the neutral zone or your defensive zone. Everything is going toward their end. My only concern is we played basically 2 lines the last 15 minutes of the period, not going to have legs very long especially playing 2, sometimes 3 lines in OT. Need to end it early. These things usually end in the first 10 minutes of OT. After that it usually goes to another OT unless a mistake/slop creates a goal because no one has any legs to create themselves.

The Cubs are the first team in MLB history to go 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, 8-8, 9-9, and 10-10 to start a season.

Oh my God, can we please beat the f*** out of these idiots' team tonight? http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Send+Can...4012/story.html

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 04:30 PM) Good opening talking about their stupid statue. What other team immortalizes a 2-year coach who didnt win anything and is famous only for complaining? Its really crazy. And those fans take pictures next to the damn statue like he's Michael Jordan. Because he started the "awesome" white towel thing!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 03:45 PM) I assume you mean won't, right? Forgot to type the word "never".

Scratch Scott, he serves zero purpose in this game, and would play 3:00 at most. Waste of a roster spot - even though Pisani is also awful.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 02:50 PM) The only thing I have seen that compares is a World Cup shootout. The problem is that shootouts in soccer aren't a part of the game, so it's really not even close. In sudden death hockey, you're playing the exact same game (which is why a shootout in the regular season sucks, but why it will be implemented for the playoffs. Ever.)

Yes, that game was solid. Not quite as epic as game 3 of that series, but good nonetheless. Playoff hockey is the best theater in sports, the end.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 07:43 AM) More than that, they need to attack Luongo. Hell even run him early. Get in his head ASAP. No.

Survive the first wave the Canucks throw at you in the first. The crowd will probably be in it at the start, survive the first 10 or so and at least be 0-0. If you can somehow get a lead, you might take the air out of the place, Vancouver might start to panic, etc. I feel like in all the game 7's I've watched, the games are generally low scoring. Penalty calls are a bit lower, kind of like OT, but not that drastic. So... Stay out of the penalty box. The only acceptable calls are trips or hooks in your defensive zone when there's a scoring opportunity at hand. The Scott punch, the Kane high stick, any other retaliatory or stupid stick fouls in the offensive zone will kill you. Goals will probably be at a premium in this game, so don't give them PP opportunities that they don't "earn." Keep your hands and stick down when receiving/giving a check. The few PP chances we do get, need to score on one of them. Vancouver has done a good job having their weak side D and/or weak side forward cut off the cross ice pass to the back door or far point. Don't force it. Work the one timer to the strong side D who can move towards the slot, or do a give and go down low with two forwards off the strong side if they are going to take that option away. You are right in one respect, Crawford has to play well. If either goalie has a sloppy game, that team will lose, the end. I don't know that he has to steal it, but Crawford needs to stop everything he's supposed to stop, and maybe steal a few. Limit the turnovers in the defensive and neutral zone. When in doubt, the safe play needs to be made. Off the glass, high out of the zone, etc. Also, keep getting out to the points to get some shot blocks. Last game our forwards got sucked down too much because of the Van cycle game. You can't cheat too much, you've got to rely on your 2 d and centers to take care of them down low. Can't let them sneak in and/or get good alleys for shots with no chance of a block. That started to kill us last game. Luckily, Vancouver missed the net on a bunch of them, and missed some tip opportunities. They took a lot more shots than we did. s*** like that goes in off tips and skates and everything else, as we've seen a few times, so limit it. Last night we got into trouble with too much "puck staring." Man to man down low, and man to man up high. Weak side winger can cheat a bit to the slot to help out, but you can't have such a cushion on their D. That's what resulted in the possession clinics at times. If Vancouver takes the lead, don't panic, they've proven they can get back in it. The key last night was never falling behind by 2. They take the lead, you have to figure out a way to get the next one. Bottom line, like I mentioned earlier, stars and leaders usually win game 7's. That's not to say Ben Smith won't somehow be a hero again. But to win these big games, your star players have to outplay (or at least match) their star players. That goes for goaltending, too. Toews and Kane (even Sharp) have yet to really dominate a game. This would be a great time to do so, and they are WAY overdue. Also, hope the puck bounces our way a time or two. Rebounds, odd deflections, posts, etc.

Maybe that will give him more time to write a book about winning at life. LMFAO.

It's a bit of the pot calling the kettle black is all. It's just ironic an ISU fan is the first person to jump on that.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6424573

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 12:03 PM) Sorry, I disagree 100% and has nothing to do with bias. We can be talking about these same hits between other teams and I'd feel the same. Almost the exact hit does not = exact hit. The main point of contact was not the head...it was the shoulder. Yes he was trying to drill him and he had his head down, but the brunt of the contact was at the side of his shoulder with incidental contact made to the head on the follow through. Torres was straight to the head. If you can't see it...you're not looking and Bickell left he's feet after initial contact to jump against the boards. Bickell appeared to go at Bieksa in the exact same way Torres went at Seabrook, so whatever. He also got most of his head with the hit, as his head snaps hard. Far from incidental. Also, just because part of the shoulder got hit doesn't mean it wouldn't be classified at a head shot. Furthermore, Bickell did leave his feet as he delivered the hit, not after it, so that could have been a charging call. This happened because he was raising up his whole body in an effort to get his shoulder to...Bieksa's head. The intent is the exact same, the hit is almost the exact same (it doesn't have to be 100% the exact same for the comparison to be made...yet it almost is). Use whatever semantics you want, but your bias is clearly there. You also need to stop freeze framing everything, because that's not how the league looks at it, and that's not how it happens on the ice. Whatever, go Hawks in game 7.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 11:21 AM) Except seabs didn't have the puck, which is why it was a penalty. That's not at all what the debate was/is about.

QUOTE (Controlled Chaos @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 10:28 AM) The first thing Bickell hit was his shoulder...he didn't try to avoid Bieksa's shoulder and only hit his head. Clearly 2 different hits...not sure why you can't see that. LOL. There's the bias. Clearly the main point of contact was the head, which looked it looked like Bickell was going for, in the same fashion you say Torres was head hunting. Exact same thing. It was actually almost the same exact hit. Plus, Bickell left his feet. Oops. You can't have it both ways, but I guess you can try.

BTW, Controlled Chaos, I assume you will be clamoring for a Bickell suspension today for his hit on Bieksa.

One game season. Take it to them early again in Vancouver and I think they'll fold again. The best players on either team usually win game 7's. They need to outplay Vancouver's top guns. Interesting to see who AV goes with in net, if Schneider is even an option. Luongo didn't sit because he was injured, AV was just trying to put it on Schneider to get it done.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 23, 2011 -> 10:34 AM) I drank for the first time in a month and a half last night, oh how I missed the... And you were up by 10:30, that a boy.

ISU hasn't done anything questionable recently...