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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 23, 2014 -> 12:25 PM) Oh yeah man I love driving in snow. Ice covered roads obviously not, but like last weekend when we got 6-8 inches of powder snow? Hell yes. That was awesome barreling through my neighborhood's unplowed streets. I have a 4WD suv though, so I don't have to worry about getting stuck. OK. Well there's a huge difference between wheeling around your neighborhood with no traffic, and trying to get somewhere like errands, work, etc where it takes you 10 times as long to get there. And more risk of accident with tons of other cars. Although, I hope your neighbors don't have kids building snowmen outside. Here comes that crazy guy barreling through...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 23, 2014 -> 12:14 PM) To some degree though you have to plan for contingencies every year I'd imagine. It's outside of hurricane season but powerful storm hitting Miami could be possible, earthquake at the Rose Bowl, dust storm in Arizona, etc. Natural disasters are something you can't plan for or expect. Cold/wind/snow in NY in February? Not a surprise. They are proactively planning around expected weather. There's your difference. QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 23, 2014 -> 12:23 PM) True, but you KNOW they'd never proactively move the game. They'll wait until gameday to decide to push it to a day when America is working. I imagine they'd have to move it in advance just based on weather reports. No way you go into Sunday and then move it. I'd guess they'd move it by Thursday or Friday, or it won't move at all.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 23, 2014 -> 10:07 AM) This is the first year that I've thought enough is enough. Normally I love winter. I like the look of snow. I like to drive in snow. I prefer 30 degree weather over 90. Maybe i'm getting older now, I dunno. But it's no longer fun. Walking to/from the union station to get to work is downright painful. Wait, you like driving in snow? WTF? My wife hates this weather and is reaching the point some of you guys are. I just can't leave (and I doubt she'd actually want to) because it's home to me and all family is here. Would be too difficult. I just try to deal with the few s***ty months and enjoy the rest of the year. If family was spread out, maybe we'd consider it. QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 23, 2014 -> 11:34 AM) In. How many bags of sand do we need?

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jan 23, 2014 -> 11:22 AM) http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-s...0,6980117.story This is bulls***. You made your bed, you gotta sleep in it. If you're dumb enough to put the super bowl in cold weather, deal with the consequences. This isn't a surprise that the weather could be awful. If you wanted to control the weather, you had opportunity to do so, like you do every other year. I hope this s*** blows up in their face. I was looking forward to a good Super Bowl, now I just hope it's miserable weather.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Jan 22, 2014 -> 11:31 PM) It's a smart move. You really can't prove he was being sarcastic and he can make a case he was just trying to shake Crabtree's hand. Yup, just another way for him to try to make Crabtree out to be the bad guy. He knew he'd be questioned about such an unsportsmanlike act, so he had a perfect cover. "I was just trying to say good game man!" Ya, no.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 22, 2014 -> 11:35 PM) Possibly or it was a quick, honest reaction on everyone's part. When I was watching live, I definitely thought Sherman went over there to taunt but in the video he sounds sincere, no sarcasm in his voice. Either way, I don't blame Crabtree one bit for his reaction either. It's entirely possible that Sherman was being sincere with that handshake attempt and when Crabtree slugged him it caused Sherman to go off in the interview but that wouldn't fit the narrative. No, it fits the narrative perfectly because he apparently already hated Crabtree, then went to rub it in. Cmon, there's no way he wasn't rubbing that in running over there. Zero doubt. Which, I have more of a problem with than any of his comments. Ran halfway across the field to make a point and act like a clown. Go celebrate with your team.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 08:35 PM) The quicksand this team is in is ridiculous. It's no where near the same team it was a month ago. You'll see. We've also lost 4 in a row. Reverse sig bet?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 08:07 PM) We will lose by 20. It's been years since an OSU team has been this s***ty. I know you're pissed, but let's cut the crazy s*** in here.

Manny being Manny

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 09:34 AM) So attitude and emotion after a highly charged football game = lack of intelligence? Suddenly he's the only college football player that couldn't have earned his degree? Don't put words in my mouth. I answered your question regarding why no one is talking about Manning at the moment.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 20, 2014 -> 06:33 AM) I didn't like the way Sherman went halfway across the field to talk more s*** to Crabtree and offer a fake handshake. You are going to the Super Bowl, go celebrate with your teammates. On the other hand, the interview was half emotion, half his schtick, but god forbid an NFLer has some fun. He's the best in the world at what he does, if he wants to be cocky, good for him. For all this talk about his education, I'd be willing to bet that his Stanford communications degree was much more difficult to obtain than Manning's Tennessee communications degree, why isn't that being discussed at length. Manning doesn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed outside of football. Why isn't it being discussed at length? Because of your first paragraph - Manning didn't run up to Brady, taunt him, tell him to f*** off or something, and then act all insulted when he got a glove to the face. So there's nothing to discuss about Manning there.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 10, 2005 -> 12:23 PM) i was at the game last night. anyone gets those two rebounds on their stick, they had better net each of them. As for the rest of the team, it was so so... the offense is definitely up in the NHL (hawks had 35 shots or so). 'Bulin is less than impressive thus far. i fear he came here to retire. You were right!

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 11:05 PM) Getting into Stanford is though. http://deadspin.com/richard-shermans-email...icele-922762394

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 09:13 PM) FOX knew what they were doing. They knew this would be the reaction. If they wanted the boring, generic response then they would have grabbed Russell Wilson. They have 2 weeks and 6 hours of pregame before kickoff. The Good vs Bad angle is more entertaining than whatever else they can find to talk about before kickoff. None of it affects anything. And you can play that angle without an interview. Everyone saw what he did. It was a dumb call putting a firecracker on that quickly afterwards, frankly they are lucky he didn't drop a bunch of f bombs.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Jan 19, 2014 -> 08:56 PM) FOX has the Super Bowl right? Pretty good call putting that jackass on after the game. Build up the Good vs Bad angle among fans. It's the super bowl. None of that matters. You're not selling anything.

LOL Fox. Worst call ever asking for Sherman there.

Wowwwwwwwwww

Is that reviewable in college? Or what's the situation where clear possession is reviewable? I thought there was one.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 09:32 PM) 2 seconds into the Vancouver/Calgary game, a line fight and 142 penalty minutes. Sedins not involved. That is the s*** that needs to go.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 10:05 PM) Just watched a leafs canadiens game from a Toronto sports bar. Pretty fun stuff. Toronto fans are so delusional about their team every year. They are a riot. I hope you weren't brainwashed.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 09:07 PM) I really dont get the love for Bertrand. He makes some athletic plays but he cant shoot, he cant drive, and hes just average on defense. Nunn is way better offensively and thats something this team desperately needs. And right now, Nunn plays like he gives a s***.

Start Morgan and Nunn for Egwu and Bertrand.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 08:37 PM) I hate Egwu. I hate him as a person even. How childish of me. I still hate him. Wtf. Pathetic.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 08:11 PM) There have been bad, there have been annoying, there have been unathletic. This is just frusrating. They continue to make dumb mistakes. They dont execute on offense. They stand around. And its been like three weeks of this. They were not doing this in the non conference part of the schedule. Yes, the talent of the opposition went up, but still. Those awful Weber teams at least felt like they were maximizing their talent. Completely disagree there.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Jan 18, 2014 -> 08:02 PM) "Years" as in two? Exactly what I was thinking. We've had plenty of them recently.