IlliniKrush

Oh boy, here we go. I'm not jumping on the "let him go" bandwagon though. Also, skeptical of Duke assistants...

Yeah, I did. I did end up going that week you quoted but they didn't have their s*** in order yet, but that was understandable. I have ordered take out a couple time as well. Food selection/quality hasn't been great. Beer list is intense. It looks like it's going to be more of a place to drink and order some random food if need be, but not necessarily a place to go to dinner all the time - maybe hit up dinner before it. I do want to try a few more things on there though as far as food is concerned. Have you been there a bunch?

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 11:57 PM) Not sure if right or wrong, but when you get into punishing people on the basis of the injury of the other player, you start punishing the result of the action, not the action itself. And to me, I think the action is the most important thing granted many times that is difficult to discern. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 30, 2011 -> 08:38 AM) I don't think that makes a bit of sense. Why would you essentially punish bad luck more than intent? I'm not saying only the injury should be punished, it should be based on the act...but if there's an injury, it should be a more severe punishment. I'm not along the line of "however long that guy is out, you are out" suspensions but if the guy was injured, the act itself was definitely worse, and well there are consequences for your actions, luck or not.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 06:36 PM) Which is complete crap. You shouldn't need to injure someone to get penalized for trying to injure someone. He wasn't. That wasn't a Cooke style hit. He got a major and a game, which is what he deserved. But yes, injury/length of injury should have an affect on suspension length, and it does.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 05:11 PM) Ryan Johnson said he didn't think it was on purpose, and he isn't mad about it. But I don't believe for one second that the fact that Johnson didn't get injured didn't have everything to do w/ the ruling. Had Johnson been injured in miss the rest of the season, then Bertuzzi would be right there along w/ Cooke. Well it does factor into it...

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 29, 2011 -> 08:44 AM) But Weber isn't going anywhere. The admn likes him, and so does Guenther. Guenther probably won't be around much longer...

Clicking the link, he backed off the story.

96 teams = Job security for everyone! However, it would make getting a bracket on one sheet of paper pretty difficult.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 27, 2011 -> 10:28 PM) So for the next 5 weeks(until May 2nd) I've decided that I'm going to completely give up partying(drinking, going out, drunk meals) and 100 percent focus on my nutrition/exercise program to get me to exactly where I want to be. I'm going to allow myself to eat a slice or two of pizza once a week but besides that, it'll be completely healthy eating. I've figured I've come this far so I might as well go all out to reach my ultimate goal. And for the people that know me, giving up partying for a week let alone 5 is pretty difficult for me. Going to be real tough but I got everything set up and I'm going to get this done. Alright, I guess call me sometime in mid to late May when you can be fun again. JK, good for you. However no one could have seen this post coming like 2 years ago.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 27, 2011 -> 10:21 PM) My mom is obsessed with "Criminal Minds" and they pretty much always have a marathon on Sunday nights on a&e so that's how I learned about "Breakout Kings." I've enjoyed but didn't love the first few episodes but tonight was my favorite by far and I am pretty much in love with the chick that plays Erica. My mom fiancee is also obsessed with Criminal Minds. One thing I've found about that show is that it's ALWAYS on. It airs on about 6 different channels, and at any given time one of those channels has it on. It's ridiculous. And yeah, that chick is hot.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Mar 27, 2011 -> 10:01 PM) Breakout Kings was freakin fantastic tonight. Weird...I had never watched (or even heard of) the show before, I randomly watched it tonight, and you end up posting about just that.

OSU, not an elite team, sorry.

Yeah, that or rape.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Mar 22, 2011 -> 12:07 AM) Rusty Klesla is a f***ing menace. Dude is a miserable hockey player. This is the second time he went knee to knee with one of our guys (Ruutu in 06). I hate him. I remember the Ruutu one, you're probably one of the few that do. That was awful. This one wasn't cheap, so it's hard to be mad at him, though I did think "really, him again?" when I realized it was him.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Mar 21, 2011 -> 10:21 PM) "Ozzie and the staff have had complete control from the start," Peavy said. "I didn't beg, I didn't ask. I let those guys make the decision -- Coop, Herm and Ozzie. "They obviously know I wanted to pitch and stay on schedule. They've known that from Day 1. I certainly didn't, as it was portrayed in certain situations, try to beg to get out there. I told them I'd do whatever they wanted me to do as a staff "As a competitor, you want to play, you want to pitch. At the same time, you got to be smart and mindful and make good decisions," Peavy said. "I'm certainly going to try to do a better job than I did last year. "When I do go out and pitch and get on a Major League field, I'm going to be healthy and not go out anymore like I have for the past two years and piece it together and get through. It's not fair to myself or the team, certainly not the guy the White Sox thought they were trading for. "So I want to get healthy and do my thing, but I'm going to be smart. But I've been honest with you guys and those guys ever since I walked into camp, and they got complete control of the situation from Ozzie to Herm to Coop, and those guys make the decision that every process and step I've taken. I've put my input in, and that's that." Isolated Peavy's quotes. Sorry Peavy, but I'm calling bulls***. You didn't say anything until now. The only one that knows that you are hurting is you, plain and simple. Please stop trying to put the blame on Kenny/Ozzie/Coop. He's saying the right things about being smart, he's just not following his own words.

That's basically Ohio St as well, who didn't look tired and made a million shots this weekend...

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 21, 2011 -> 03:14 PM) I don't see what's so dumb about it. A foul is a foul no matter what point of the game it's during. Should a baseball umpire call pitches differently in the bottom of the 9th than in the top of the 2nd? That's not a good example. Of course you don't call pitches differently. Well, unless the game is a complete route. At which point even the coaches want the zone bigger on both sides. However, do you want to call a balk with the winning run on 3rd for some minor violation that doesn't affect the baserunner? That's the judgment I'm talking about. As an official, I would say that's poor judgment to balk that run in. It does happen in games all the time, across every sport. It happens in overtime of NHL playoff games. You try to make the calls that effect scoring plays or things that are must-calls (high sticks), and let the rest go. You don't want to give one team a huge advantage when that advantage wasn't earned and the act by the other team didn't hurt anything. The player was a complete dumbass for putting the official in a position to make that call. But put it this way, had their been no foul called, I don't think the talk would have been "how could he not call a foul?!?!? Butler should have won on free throws?!?!?!" I HIGHLY doubt this. No one would have talked about it because there was no way anything was coming out of that play. They play OT, and that's that. Note I am only talking about the last call. I completely agree 2nd to last foul had to be made. To me the difference between the two plays is significant.

I'm getting really sick of Jake Peavy's bulls***. Not the fact that he's always hurt - the fact that he thinks he's the toughest man on the face of the Earth and that he'll pitch through anything. When you're hurt, f***ing say something, and stop throwing. Stop the whole macho man routine - it's getting old and it's not helping you or the team. We didn't need you for opening day - and that was a long shot anyway. Not for one minute did I think he'd be ready for the start of the season - nor should he have even tried, really. This is the result. The Sox are giving you all the time you need to get healthy. It's not their fault you've got this problem now, it's yours. Peavy is being selfish here - he's not putting himself in the best position to help the White Sox. Ozzie's comments are pretty telling. Now Peavy has to start from square one? Way to help everything out, Jake.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 20, 2011 -> 11:18 AM) If it's a foul with 19 minutes left, then it's a foul with 1 second left. You're actually taught differently as a ref/umpire. Use judgment, don't be a robot.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 20, 2011 -> 08:36 AM) I was explaining to the wife that I wouldn't have made either call in the last two seconds. I know there is the call it by the rules people out there, but for my two cents, why change the game in a material way, when both of those plays involved players that had no chance at scoring, and putting them into situations where they could win or lose the game? I hated those calls. The kids were 50 and 90 feet away from the basket. They had no chance at scoring. Let it go. See I think you could and should call the first one. Pitt had a chance to catch the ball and at least get an attempt at the basket from just over half court. It's not likely it goes in, but it's a chance. On the second one, there was a 0% chance his effort was going anywhere near the rim. It's not like he had time to dribble, or was trying to pass that up quickly. He felt a hand on him and just flailed the ball hoping a ref would see a foul, and it worked. Honestly even if Illinois won in that fashion I'd be happy they won but I'd kind of have this weird feeling that we got away with one and should still be playing.

Someone is offering to give me Illinois +19.5 (actual line is +8.5). I'm not trying to be a homer but think I have to take it...

You can't make that foul call with under a second left. Let them play OT. No one was going anywhere with the ball or making any sort of shot from there. I know it was stupid to even be down there in a position to foul, but use some judgment and don't call that. What a joke.

Is Kansas ready for this? Yeah, I think they are.

Well look who came to their senses.

They are play-in games.