IlliniKrush

Part of me thinks he's somewhat trolling Illinois fans and loving the social media buzz and he'll end up picking OSU, and may have known this for a long time. Hopefully I'm wrong.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 7, 2014 -> 01:42 PM) That is the whole point. The guys who were most "successful" still washed out and are working at second rate jobs trying to keep a toehold in the industry. That is what a dead end job is Huh? I'm not sure if you understand how coaching generally works. You get fired, you generally go backwards. You have success, you go forwards. Were Zook and Turner supposed to take over Alabama afterwards?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 7, 2014 -> 01:17 PM) He's at Florida International. He took a large step backwards. Zook is an assistant special teams coach, again a large step backwards. Illinois just isn't a destination school. So now we're changing the argument from "Illinois isn't a step up from Memphis" to "Illinois isn't a DESTINATION school" which no one has ever said. Illinois is a clear step up from Memphis.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 2, 2014 -> 12:25 PM) It's one of those shows that I'll watch if it's on and nothing else is. My mom was/is obsessed with it so when I was living with her I basically had to watch it. My wife is the exact same way. Every episode, new or old. QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 3, 2014 -> 07:18 AM) First two episodes of the new BlackList season were great Agreed, going to watch 3rd one shortly. Great show. Wife is obsessed with this one too.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Oct 6, 2014 -> 01:06 PM) I'm rooting for Morin to have a great season, cuz if Carcillo has to start for this team I might just lose it #freemorin

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 6, 2014 -> 02:03 PM) Beckman says that if Illinois wins out, they will have 9 wins. Good to know! Bailey will compete with O'Toole for the starting job this week, guess that might be one positive thing. That's a negative, now it wastes the red shirt year that he should have used last year.

Guys it could have been worse for you, you could have been at the game like I was. Good Lord. Starting all over. Again. So depressing. Please make a decent hire.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 3, 2014 -> 09:53 AM) Or poor. Then the whole 3 or 4 paycheck rule would be pretty low. 5-6 years away from buying the ring and being engaged, I gotta say the whole ring thing is a lot like the wedding. Is it awesome to spend a lot of money and buy something fancy and have your wives friends be jealous of the size/look of her ring? Yes. But that wears off. And you (and your wife, maybe) will eventually come to realize that that money could have been spent in SO many better ways that would improve your day to day life and marriage; a better house, better appliances/furnishings, etc. The ring and the wedding are great, and it's important to do what makes you both happy. But don't forget about the big picture too. As long as you spend within your means and don't go overboard I think it's fine. Let's face it Jenks, women by nature are more materialistic and want nice things, and this is probably one of the most important material things they'll ever get. You don't buy the ring to impress other people, IMO you buy it because it's what she wants/deserves/what you want to give.That doesn't mean it has to come with a certain dollar amount attached to it, but you want to get something she'll be proud to wear for the rest of her life. You want it to look good and you want her to feel good about that. You can do that on various budgets. You just don't want to purposely go cheap and try to spin it as "well honey this will help with a better dishwasher 10 years from now!" Sure, it's the thought that counts and what it represents, and if it was me I'd be fine wearing something out of a cracker jack box and buying something else, but it's different for a woman when it's something of this magnitude.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 3, 2014 -> 11:06 AM) Carcillo back. Again. He'd better not f***ing play. SOMEONE'S GOTTA REPLACE BOLLIG'S 2:30 PER GAME DUMBASS

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Oct 3, 2014 -> 12:18 AM) Is there a best time of the year to buy engagement rings? When you're feeling particularly rich.

And down goes Oregon. Tied late 4th, Arizona gets stopped on 3rd down to force a FG try...but on the way off the field on that stop, Oregon gets an excessive celebration penalty. Touchdown Arizona after that. Oregon gets ball back with under 3 minutes left, Mariota is tackled and stripped of the ball in their own territory. Arizona gets a first down, game over.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 28, 2014 -> 05:54 PM) And if he slid he would have crashed into the wall maybe breaking a leg or ankle or screwing up a knee. Yes, as opposed to diving face first into some seats? You can slide without breaking a leg, I believe. The reason the catch is "good" and is shown so much is because of the absolutely pointless dive afterwards. Because again, TOUGHNESS.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 1, 2014 -> 01:53 PM) The origin of Rafi and Dirty Randy? It's not saying much, but I though it was one of the better episodes in a while. Had some legitimate LOL moments. Sadly, this once hilarious show has gone the way of It's Always Sunny - gags are, old, stale and repetitive, and the characters don't even act like real people anymore. Rafi is good in short bursts. The episode was way too long, didn't involve the other characters, and was overall very weird. Multiple times my wife and I were saying "what the hell is this?"

Rock lost his scholarship: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/...ses-scholarship

I can only hope The League never has as bad of an episode as they had last week. That was brutal and a complete waste of time.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 1, 2014 -> 12:57 PM) Well that and 464 losses over a 5 year period. And the same number of playoff wins as the Sox.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Oct 1, 2014 -> 07:29 AM) Still think it would be a huge mistake to give up on a 23 year old who is actually younger than some of the Hawks D prospects still and is by far your best PP QB. But Quenneville likes his vets (Oduya, Roszival, Versteeg etc.) so it's inevitable. He's an RFA after this year and he's still lost in his own zone. He's a replaceable 3rd pairing guy. You saw how little Q trusted him last year in the playoffs. And Keith's the best PP QB. And I disagree that Q likes Versteeg, but he's likely harder to move.

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 30, 2014 -> 05:01 PM) I imagine the % of hardcore to casual fans for white sox is pretty similar to elsewhere. I just don't think there is a large amount of sox fans so it becomes exaggerated. This is where I'm at. There just aren't a lot of "real" Sox fans. As far as bandwagon/fair weather, most fan bases are like that. Win and more people show up, lose and attendance dwindles. It's not anything that only Sox fans do. When they are good, you get the bandwagoners/casual fans out. Even so, IMO most "casual" baseball fans are Cubs fans anyway. There aren't a ton to pull from. In the mean time, you only get the hard core fans out, and there simply aren't enough of them to fill up a park for 81 games. And obviously they'll go to more games when they are good, so that makes attendance spike even more.

Unless there's some surprise, Evans to OK St tomorrow morning. Stay on Thomas, hope to get Murray. At worst, this is a really good 3 man class. Go after a 2016 PG. Between Tate/Abrams/JCL, we're fine in 2015-2016.

Terrible clock management by Trestman.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 02:52 AM) You need to look at it again. While not the greatest play of all time, it is closer to that than the event you described. The guy made a running catch that shortstops make every year (and a better one may have been almost standing under), took million steps and stupidly dove face first into a seat, because TOUGHNESS AND LEADERSHIP. Please.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 12:07 PM) Patrick Mannelly has been much better than I expected Agreed.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Sep 26, 2014 -> 10:38 AM) Good news Illini fans...you guys made the Championship! I don't know which team is the best to not have ever won a title, but Illinois is the best program to have never won a title. Woo.

He's involved in the most overrated catch of all time. You know, the one where he caught a pop up, took 27 steps and then stupidly dove into the stands face first and hit a chair. OMG WHAT A PLAY

@aroux94: Jawun Evans' mentor tells me there won't be any "prima donna" press conference announcement for Evans, decision likely next Wed or Thurs.