IlliniKrush

alright, i'll go with a 6-3 sox winner buerhle 7 ip, 3 er, 6 h, 2 bb, 3 k carlos lee goes yard koch with his first save B)

no way, they have some good young arms and some decent bats...while not great, nowhere near the lack of talent found on the staffs of kc or tampa, or maybe even milwaukee kc's rotation is a joke, and tampa bay is a major league team made up of basically AAA players, so i think a 3 game series with our AAA team would be pretty interesting. how bad is tampa's AAA team considering all their players are on the big league roster? lol

t minus just over 10 hours til first pitch...i can't sleep i'm so excited, though i don't think staying up makes the time go by any faster...

3 catchers is pretty ridiculous. If alomar does indeed get hurt, you can find someone else that can backup olivo that is just as good as Paul. The guy is nothing special, i don't see why KW is afraid to lose him. 3 catchers and one infielder is a joke...it would be nice to have harris who could play outfield and infield, and if not miles certainly seemed to play his way onto the team. I don't like going into the year with only graffanino able to play 2,3, and ss. That's kinda dicey. I'm completely against this and don't see the positives in this situation...it seems as if it's supposed to be not losing Paul. However, i don't think i'd lose too much sleep over losing Paul. And i mean you can't even use the guy as a pinch hitter either...this is pretty pointles.

Big ten....Uh, MSU vs #2 Florida....and your precious SEC....BLOWOUT...not to mention purdue gives texas bigtime run for their money, wisconsin in sweet 16, although my illini are now out thanks to miller and nd's 11/16 in the first half...and dee not making layups.

Purdue over higher ranked SEC LSU, blowout! MSU over Big 12 Colorado Indiana over SEC Alabama Wisconsin and Illinois with wins also.... 5-0, i don't like the matchups next round for 3 of the teams, but 5-0 opening round, you both probly expected 1-4, so shut it.

YASNY, SPIFF... AHEM BIG TEN = 5-0 IN OPENING ROUND PLAY....EAT IT WHAT WAS THAT AN SEC TEAM LOSING TO A MID MAJOR? OH, THAT'S RIGHT I'LL BE AT ILLINOIS/ND TODAY TOO, LET'S GO ILLINI!!!!!!

I had that problem also, but when i inquired about it, i found out that you can't run your audio and video inputs through a vcr, they have to go directly to a TV. It protects against people somehow recording the video onto a tape basically. Don't know if that's the problem or if the PS2 just sucks, but worth a try And a few months ago my disc tray would not come out for whatever reason, i had to send it to a sony place in mich for repairment, really pissed me off cuz it took about a month and about 90 bucks.

With Esteban lighting it up...it's a good move. Get him some innings and make him learn how to be a true pitcher. A contending team can't have a 5th starter with little experience and only a decent shot at success. Just can't afford it. I'll trust Esteban in this situation.

I got it today, and i think i played it for like 5-6 hours with kids on my floor, cuz i don't have any work to do really, and the game is addicting as hell. I will also write a review soon, but all i gotta say right now is that this game rocks, and it's the best baseball game i've ever played....chisoxfn, if u have any work to do, don't open this...you'll never get back to your work.

whine whine whine someone get this kid a pacifier. Someone get this kid a brain Someone get this kid a better comeback. wow, matmok, good one...NOPE Right back at ya! and the comebacks just get better and better

whine whine whine someone get this kid a pacifier. Someone get this kid a brain Someone get this kid a better comeback. wow, matmok, good one...NOPE

Fatigue, or playing like s***, you decide. Apparently doublem(oron) knows more than all the espn folks who follow this stuff like it's their job...oh wait it is...if you think you are proving some great point, you aren't, as we all know you aren't above espn, though you seem to think you are. Now that's hilarious Dude... Half the posters here are more intelligent than ESPN writers. Get a clue, my god. Big ego buddy?

whine whine whine someone get this kid a pacifier. Someone get this kid a brain

Mark Kotsay anyone...Jose Vidro...Mike Sweeney to name a few

showtime, have you played world series?

Fatigue, or playing like s***, you decide. Apparently doublem(oron) knows more than all the espn folks who follow this stuff like it's their job...oh wait it is...if you think you are proving some great point, you aren't, as we all know you aren't above espn, though you seem to think you are. Now that's hilarious

The whole freakin Big 10 tournament was a home game, against weak teams. The ACC is not weak. Look at Wake, Maryland, Duke, NC State (even UNC, a team you bragged about U of I beating) etc you do not know s*** about the ACC. How many of their games did you watch all year? Also, you keep calling the people on tv, "so-called experts", as if you don't even believe it yourself. If you don't believe they are experts why are you listening to them, and how can you use them for support? You can't have it both ways. The experts are the ones who gave Illinois a 4 seed now stop b****ing. Moron, I watched more bball than you this year, guaranteed The ACC is overrated, though better than the Big Ten I say so-called experts becuz when i've just said "experts" before, people would say what makes them the experts. Simple. And no, the committee sucks, they aren't the experts, they screwed up a lot of stuff this year, tell me you are intelligent enough to see this.

LOL... You just proved how much you know... ESPN... Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Yes, cuz u know more than andy katz and digger phelps HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh and cbs was talking about it too

Creighton over Duke, maybe, but over Kansas also? Ehhhhhhhhh I like your Mizzou pick, they are hot right now. See, i think Miss St. could make a run at the final four, so i don't think Butler will oust them. They gave kentucky a helluva game. I question louisville in the final four...they stumbled down the stretch, and i don't know if they'll get by Miss St, but who knows, Pitino is a damn good coach. Most of your upset picks are pretty solid. I kind of like Tulsa over Dayton, but who knows.

First off, we got screwed because Western Kentucky is better than a 13 seed. Any team could beat us except Michigan? Yes, ROAD GAMES. Not at home. In any conference, and especially the big ten, you expect to lose a decent amount of road games. That's how college bball is. Fans, like me, have an impact on the games because of the hostile environments. It's simple. And you say oh well, go play the games...well hell in that case, why not give us a 16 seed and make it even harder...you are supposed to be rewarded FAIRLY for what you accomplished in the regular season, that's the whole point of the seedings!!!! And you say we got lucky we didn't play wisconsin?! Oh, COME ON! Ohio St. beat them cuz Wisconsin sucked! they didn't deserve to be there! i was more afraid of playing indiana before the tourney started than i was wisconsin, easy. We almos tbeat wisconsin on the road, a place where they win games by 20 on average. And while the Big Ten isn't great, you don't punish the Illini for that. And it's not like the Big Ten sucks either, the ACC and one side of the SEC isn't all that great. And about this whole Illini fans b****ing thing...do you people not watch tv, or read stuff online....the so called "experts" know we got screwed also. It's not just Illini fans. Certainly any team in this situation would b****, be real people.

Arizona lost their first game in the Pac-10, are you gonna argue they don't deserve that #1? Probably better that ND does lose because it gives them a week or so to rest instead of getting beat up. You're school spirit is admirable, but in the light of facts... It just doesn't hold up. Illinois is NOT that good. Illini is not that good? in comparison to whom? Kentucky? certainly you aren't trying to tell me Illinois is not good in comparison to ND, i mean that would be absolutely ridiculous man. Illinois is not that good. Hell, you probly didn't watch them play one game this year did ya.

you obviously know more than any expert at espn becuz u are the only one that thinks the illini deserved a 4 seed. in that case, let me bow down to you...ya, right...u obviously don't know s*** if you think illinois deserved a 4 after what they just did. Illinois barely deserves that 4-seed and probably got it because they won their conference tourney. BARELY????????!!!!!!!!!! wow, you just proved to me how much you know about sports. go read and watch espn.com and espn, they all say we deserve a 3, not deserve a 5! you've got to be kidding me. we were one of the hottest teams the last month, and the committee rewards that. we lost the regular season title by a free throw or two. ur a joke

That's a ridiculous statement, i'll give you pitt and probly syracuse, but we can play with uconn and ND, ya right, they can't take care of business at home, let alone win a game on the road. you couldn't win road games in the big ten. i'll take my chances in a game against any of those except pitt.

I think we both know that KochThis knows nothing, he is a homer that won't stop crying and look at the facts. Notre Dame beat Marquette, Maryland and Texas in the same week. They could take Illinois. Well we all know Spiff is an assclown, as he hasn't noticed Notre Dame's complete collapse at the end of the season. Hey Spiff, be prepared to eat a ton of s*** after Illinois beats ND in the 2nd round, providing ND doesn't get beat first, which could easily happen against milwaukee. Notre Dame is one of the coldest teams right now, and we are one of the hottest. Right now, would ND beat texas? or maryland? that's a strong hell no, and you damn well know it. Illinois will dominate ND with our inside game. Just wait buddy. By the way who is ur team buddy? oh i don't follow college basketball, i don't have a team. nice to see you getting all worked up though, buddy. Nice to see you've lost the argument buddy I'd say Spiff buried ya by using facts. All you've been able to do is talk up Illinois by putting other teams down. I gotta get outta here before I overdose on all this horses***. My ass he has...he just said that 5 teams could beat illinois out of the big east, but not by using facts, however i brought up the point that nd has collapsed down the stretch and were 1 and done in the big east tournament, which is pathetic. in the meantime, we won. notice how he had not response to that. thanks for playing