IlliniKrush

I collect all the tickets from sporting events I've attended since I was about 14, so I have quite the collection right now. One day I'm going to put them under the glass on a bar or something of the like. I have a decent collection of sports memorabilia. I used to collect a ton of hockey cards, still have them. Lots of late 80's early 90's sets. I have a lot of auto'd hockey pucks (I also have a smaller collection of auto'd baseballs). Some of the more significant ones I have are Howe, Hull (Bobby and Brett) Richard, Mahovlich, Savard, Roy, Bure, Lemieux, Jagr, Roenick, Bourque, Belfour, Chelios, and Eric Daze The most valuable thing I own is probably the autographed Michael Jordan gold wilson basketball. There's a funny story behind this one... Michael at one time in the early 90's rented some space in a building downtown that my uncle part owns. Michael auto'd some basketballs for some of the 'big' people who worked there, including my uncle. Well since my other uncle and my dad wanted one, this 'other' uncle bought 2 of the identical basketballs, auto'd them 'michael jordan', and put them back in the box with all the other ones. You apparently could not tell the difference by looking at them, as this is a skill he has (being able to forge sigs well). So I'm 100% positive I have a legit Jordan bball. However, somewhere out there 2 poor souls have a ball that is autographed by my uncle.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Sep 30, 2007 -> 07:29 PM) I don't care to comment on the Griese/Grossman f***fest that will certainly pop-up over the next couple days. What I will comment on, however, is Ron Turner. I hope to hell this guy starts taking a LOT of heat. The Lions defense allowed 56 (!) points last weekend and you put up 13?!?!?! 13 f***ing points? Are you kidding me? There is absolutely no creativity on Turner's part. Bears line up in the i-formation? Probably a run. Do the Bears ever run counter plays? Do they ever run quick hitters out of a one back set? What happened to running Hester around on the reverse on those handoffs, even if you have no intention of giving him the ball? At the very least, every time you run Hester around, you take their DE out of the play (or their OLB) because one of the two will have to play contain. More absurdly, where was Greg Olsen today? Why is he only on the field one out of every ten plays? For anyone who has listened to OB and Doug, was that question answered? I can't help but chuckle, Keith, as I was this upset with Ron Turner when he was calling plays at Illinois (as well as recruiting...yikes). Now it's your turn.

4-1 baby, McGee better start next week. Juice blows, per usual.

By 3rd grade I would have made the decision on my own to wear Sox stuff. Send him in a Marlins 2003 WS Champs shirt.

Pulp sucks.

Deck chairs on titanic.

They broadcasted 5 or so home games in HD last year. Certainly not 41, but there were a few. This year, zero. I can't stand to listen to any more 'Wirtz was a great guy' stories. Hell I'm sure he was a nice guy in person. However I really don't care, as he ruined the thing that actually affected me and thousands of others. He ran a hockey town into the ground. Being a 'good guy' doesn't change that. Period. No one wants somebody to outright die, but a passing of ownership is reason to celebrate. And Steve, that's kind of funny about the front office. Again, that's gotta be Wirtz's choice just to skimp out on having more people on board and doing things the right way. He can say all he wants about how he wanted to win, blah blah, but it's a bunch of bulls***. If he truly wanted to win he could have done dozens of things differently over the past 15 years alone. By 'wanting to win' I think of it as he just would have rather won than lost. The Blackhawks were a sideshow toy to him compared to his other businesses. At least now there is reason for optimism. Nothing's guaranteed to change, but with Bill nothing was ever going to change. At least the door is open. Someone walk in.

Keith just woke me up with this news. I agree with Critic, that's as much as I can say.

The man, the myth, the legend...Rowand44.

Happy bday Steff My prayers are with Jim B)

No one will accept this 50 dollar bill!

My guess is way too expensive to bring HD equpiment on the road. The Sox don't do it either, I don't think many teams do on the road, maybe i'm wrong.

QUOTE(Steve9347 @ Sep 24, 2007 -> 06:33 PM) well, soon anyway... Does anyone know if hawks road games on csn will be HD. I'd be really pissed if I couldnt watch any hawks in HD except the few on VS and nbc (and like the 4 home games wirtz allows on csn) no and no csn home games this year.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Sep 23, 2007 -> 10:53 PM) That's sort of how I feel about it. The only time I can remember being even close to drunk for a sporting event was a Marquette game last year, and that was because none of my close friends were going so I had to tag along with some "acquaintances" on the floor -- these guys were drinking lots and lots of rum and I ended up having a swig or two. Yeah, I agree for sporting events in general. I hated s*** like 'football block' back at school.

Does getting wasted really add that much more enjoyment to a college football game? I've never understood it.

Turner=Ozzie

The entire offense sucks, but Grossman will surely take 95% of the blame this week because it's easy, fun, and takes less thinking. He should get as much as anyone else, but inserting griese or rowand or whomever else won't just fix it all.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Sep 23, 2007 -> 09:52 PM) How many "Rex is our quarterback" will we hear tonight? Over/Under is 3. People saying it? Because Lovie might double that by himself.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 23, 2007 -> 07:06 PM) I was wondering who would take that the wrong way. The White Sox were the best team in 2005, and they got to face a team that they matched up very well against. The Astros had some easy outs at the bottom of their order in Ausmus and Everett, and weren't an instant offense type of team. Meanwhile, the Yanks and Red Sox have loaded rosters. I have confidence in the lineup of both teams, as they have no easy outs in their lineup, especially if Manny can return. Put it this way.....I was not rooting for the Illini a couple of years ago, and it was comforting knowing that the loaded Tar Heels were waiting for them in the finals. If it was possible that there would have been a team that was less talented/explosive, such as Kentucky, I wouldn't have been as confident heading into the championship game. Yeah, as the illini clearly weren't in that game and it was a foregone conclusion they would get beat by the 'loaded' tarheels. WTF?

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 18, 2007 -> 11:55 PM) Him and Brouwer may be competiting for 1 spot possibly. And that's quite interesting, because Brouwer is basically where Bourque was a couple of season ago, after they both had really good seasons for Norfolk. Brouwer sent to Rockford today

QUOTE(Brian @ Sep 22, 2007 -> 10:10 PM) I hate Mike Patrick. Georgia misses a 48 yard FG to win it. The wind was heavy diagonally and it pushes it wide left and he screams his stupid line, "Can you believe this?" STFU. Not like it was blocked or he missed a 20 yarder. Damn I am irritated easily today. That's nothing. Bama nails the OT FG. "What has happend to Britney" Way to be relevant, whatsoever, to college football, while in overtime.

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Sep 22, 2007 -> 08:58 PM) IT's too bad since the first two games of the season the rushing attack has really fallen off. This defense teamed up with any sort of offense would make the Hawkeyes contenders against almost any team in the country (excluding probably 5 to 7 teams). Too bad the offense is just horrid right now. They do go back down the field with under 40 seconds thanks to a nice kickoff return and get a TD with 4 seconds left to retake the lead entering the half (10-7 Iowa). A td made possible by some sweet offensive pass interference

QUOTE(SnB @ Sep 22, 2007 -> 05:27 PM) Juice still blows, but good god, the rest of the team is really talented. Pretty sure we won't win any of the next 4 games by not being able to complete a pass. Mendenhall isn't taking these other teams for 200.

Huge win. Huge.