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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 10, 2010 -> 10:19 AM) Cell phone video of shooting surfaces The guy shot a 14 year old who was 60 feet away. That video doesn't really do much for me. You can't see what those kids are doing. The cop is totally exposed in the open when he grabs the one kid. When he "drags" him it looks to me like he's ducking, so he could have been getting hit by rocks at that point from the group of kids under the bridge. And then the video goes out. Also, what excellent journalism in claiming that the video differs from the what the officer said. At best, the video is inconclusive since it goes to crap during the key moment of the incident (edited?).

QUOTE (T R U @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 09:27 PM) My biggest concern over this is if NCAA 2011 the video game is going to be able to patch the conferences to update them to whatever this new alignment brings.. I don't wanna play it the old way.. I don't think any of the changes will happen until the 2012 season.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 10:28 PM) Jeremy Roenick is crying. I actually was a Hawks fan and knew all about hockey in 1992 and followed that team closely "it's Chicago man." that was really cool.

Playing not to lose, not playing to win

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 05:09 PM) If the Pac10 grab Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&m, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State... where do Colorado, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, and Kansas State go? I dunno why the rest of the big 12 has to leave just because nebraska goes. they still have 2-3 solid football programs. If they do though, some reports think the remaining members of the big 12 will hook up with the mountain west.

not the "home run" pick, but still a solid addition, especially for football. Guess we'll see what this does for Texas, Oklahoma and the rest of the Big 12.

http://www.waitingfornextyear.com/?p=29584 Random internet site says Izzo is gone. He let his players know, with a press conference to come later. I don't get it. He's one of the best college coaches around, already makes tons of money, and is going to a franchise in complete turmoil? Unless Lebron has promised to stick around, there's no way I'd go to Cleveland.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 12:59 PM) Its illegal to offer employment - a senate seat in this case - in exchange for legislative action. I doubt he's dumb enough to come out and say "here's the deal!" It was pressure from the White House to stop blocking Blago's stuff, followed with an "oh yeah, and he plans to name your daughter to the Senate" wink, wink. http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/06/th...gle_in_the.html Clearly that has to be proven, but still.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 12:39 PM) Lisa Madigan didn't even want that seat. Also doesn't seem like the typical Rahm move - he would have handled that differently, I think. If Rahm did indeed make that call, and it was recorded, he'd be under investigation or headed for trial now. I thought he was, and for what? It's not illegal to make political deals.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 12:03 PM) Teh defense has been a circus before the trial, and from what I am reading, the opening statements have continued down that road. The lead defense attorney apparently did a lot of shouting, whispering, fist-pounding, and going off on wild tangents. And by the way, I've had my avatar since his arrest, and pledged to keep it until the case was resolved. I might need a new avatar soon. Yeah apparently he's known for doing that. But he makes a good impression. Reports were that he got the jurors attention and even made a few of them laugh. I'm sure it's a bit different than the dry and serious tone the government took. I thought it was interesting that as a defense Adams basically said that Blago used the seat in order to get his Illinois legislation passed. Blago tried to cut a deal with Obama/Rahm to put pressure on Mike Madigan to pass his legislation here at home. As a threat, he said he was going to appoint Jesse Jackson Jr, who the White House knew wouldn't get re-elected. So I guess Rahm calls Mike Madigan and basically says to pass Blago's stuff and he'll appoint Lisa Madigan to the senate seat. The following morning Blago was arrested. The timing seems a little fishy to me. I wonder if the Feds decided to pounce before a grand conspiracy (involving every major Democrat in Illinois and the White House) really got rolling.

Surprised no one else has started up a thread on this. What does everyone think the outcome will be? I'm guessing guilty, but I wouldn't be shocked if there's a hung jury and it needs to be retried. The defense is basically going to have to say that Blago was using the seat for political deals, not personal deals, and the fact that he's poor and in debt supports that. There's the one demand for 1.5 million, but maybe they can spin that as him joking around and not being serious. His testimony is going to be great theater.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 11:14 AM) If I'm standing out in the open and you hit me from behind at 25 feet with a rock of a few pounds, yes, I'd probably be bruised, but that's because I'm neither prepared for it nor wearing any sort of protection. Furthermore, it's not going to severely injure me. Once you start getting to the weight of rocks that would cause any actual damage beyond a small bruise on an unpadded person, you can't throw it that far. Maybe the exact number is 25 feet, maybe it's 10, but either way, there is no way that they're going to throw a rock far enough that would actually put people's lives in danger unless they're reasonably within non-lethal ordinance range. Unless those guys are wearing riot gear, which i'm assuming they're not, they probably don't even have helmets. So, if I'm one of those guys getting hit by rocks, of any size, i'm at risk for serious injury and i'm going to feel threatened.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 10:40 AM) If the police were farther than 10 feet away, then the rocks they were being hit with are non-threatening. Is that a scientific conclusion? I'm pretty sure I could take a small rock from 25 feet away and if I hit you you'd be severly injured. I'm not saying what this guy did was right, but, at some point yout gotta think throwing rocks at guys with guns is gonna end badly.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 09:38 AM) The money's been there for years and they still haven't managed to push through a playoff system. The more radical the plan, the less likely it is to get through. If you think of this as a type of politics...what's the best way to get what you want? You buy off all of the entrenched interests and then offer people something new that also makes them money. Where are all the entrenched interests currently? They're associated with the conferences and bowl games. Anything you do that takes away the guys working for the Bowl games, the value of those sponsorships, the deals between the conferences, etc., hurts people with a lot of money invested in the current system. IMO, if you want to get a College football playoff system, you build it on top of what you already have; the bowl games, and you don't make it too radical, so that the Presidents out there won't reject it. The simple solution in my eyes is a 1 game playoff 1-2 weeks after the Bowl games, primetime TV, with the top 2 teams coming out of the bowl games, on a night when the NFL isn't playing. Keep all the bowls, so that all the current people have no reason to fight against it, only add one game, so that most college presidents won't freak out about the season extending, and you've got a possible negotiable path, at least until Lindsey Graham decides to filibuster it. Adding one game doesn't solve the problem. How do you determine which of the two BCS games are the two that will decide the champion? I'm guessing teams like Boise St. would still get screwed there. IMO you gotta extend it out far enough so that you eliminate people complaining that not enough of the worthy teams get in (at least 6, maybe 10 with the top 2 getting a bye)

bah. I thought it was great. He's been the talking point of the entire series thus far. Isn't wasn't over the top or offensive. I think it added a nice element to the series.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 08:39 AM) It's all just anecdotal at this point, but USA today is running the "legal and illegal hispanics leaving Arizona" article. GMAFB.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 09:09 AM) I have an interesting thought on Super-conferences. Might this be a step in the direction of a playoff system? There are currently 11 D1 football conferences. If the Big 12 gets sucked into the Big 10 and Pac 10... that leaves 9 plus the independents. Take the conference champ from each league and include them in some sort of a structured playoff. I havent figured out how to factor in the independents, but you get the general idea. In a way, the conferences act as divisions in baseball. Maybe there could be a ranking system for the "wild card" spots that would factor int he independents. Seeding would be based on the BCS formula. No way the power conferences would accept a system that limits them to one possible slot in the playoff. I still think they should continue to use the BCS rankings and just select the top 8 teams to play in a 3 round playoff. Power conferences still have the option of getting more than one member in, and lesser conference still have a chance to get in, and you're not making it big enough where it becomes a big crap shoot. You can still have the 50 milion lesser bowls, and the BCS bowls basically remain, but rotate in "importance" like they do now.

QUOTE (T R U @ Jun 9, 2010 -> 03:22 AM) I think if Nebraska splits, then every college in Texas joins the Pac-10.. that will then force Notre Dame into joining the Big 10 as well, and they pick up Mizzou to make it an even 14 Why would Notre Dame be forced to move? IMO, the only way Notre Dame joins the Big Ten is if they manage to grab a couple of Big East teams. And even then, I'd be surprised if they did. Their football program is the money maker, and while they don't make as much as they could on TV in the Big Ten, they're essentially given a BCS birth every year. I think they become incredibly mediocre if they join a power conference and lose their special rules with the BCS.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jun 8, 2010 -> 08:14 PM) I read the articles and they are speculative like everything else. My opinion is that Texas to the the Big 10 is not going to happen. They originally talked about it, and even may have made an exception to bring 1 Texas school with UT. But once the Pac 10 offered to bring 3-4 Texas schools, the Big 10 became irrelevant. Im pretty sure that Texas has to listen to the legislature due to the oil endowment. So they are going to stick with the other Texas schools if that means more money for them. I cant imagine ISU to the Big 10. It would make no sense for the Big 10, the whole idea of adding schools was so that they could have more "footprint" states. The Big 10 network contract has language that the Big 10 gets far more money from every subscriber in a "footprint" state, than it does from a non-footprint. Iowa is already in the footprint, adding Iowa State would effectively add 0 revenue, 0 tradition and 0 prestige (no offense but Im not sure anyone outside of the midwest even knows Iowa State). The Big 10 can decide who they want to add, they have a variety of options to go to either 12, 14 or 16 schools. I just cant imagine the Big 10 deciding that one of the next 5 schools would be ISU over say Syracuse, Uconn, Rutgers, etc. Those schools would bring in new states and tremendous amounts of revenue. Im not even sure why the Big 10 is entertaining Missouri, they really dont do much in the wow factor. I think those east coast teams are low on the want list. It's Nebraska, Notre Dame and Texas they're after. Penn State already gets a pretty good chunk of New York, and none of those programs bring much to the football side of things. Ditto with Missouri...Illinois picks up most of St. Louis anyway. Though I think Missouri could easily contend in football.

Two excellent reads on this topic: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news...expansion060610 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writ....html?eref=sihp Sounds to me like everything is a possibility, including Texas to the Big Ten. The Big Ten is a HUGE draw to schools simply because of the groundwork Delaney set up the last 5-6 years with the BTN. Even if the Pac-10 hands Texas the keys to the conference, they still can't compete financially with what the Big Ten can promise starting the day they sign. At best the Pac-10 can offer a hope of possibly one day being able to match the kind of money the Big Ten can offer, but even assuming that's the case, Texas will have tossed away hundreds of millions in the process. Plus, it's the Pac-10. East coast and midwest TV audiences don't stay up until 11pm to watch west coast sports. As a Big Ten fan, I'm hoping they only add 1 or 3 max. I'd love Notre Dame, just so that "tradition" can be killed for good (they'd become mediocre REAL quick), but that's why they'd never join unless they absolutely have to. I'd also love Texas, and bring along Oklahoma and A&M. That'd create by far the best football conference in the country (and wouldn't hurt the basketball conference either). Option 3 is to stick with the midwest- add Nebraska, maybe Missouri and then a Big East team like Syracuse or Rutgers to round it out. Sadly, as an Illinois fan, all of this means nothing but more difficulty for my s***ty, s***ty football program.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 09:25 AM) Then let me educate you on the sport that you will hopefully soon come to love no matter the situation. You will RARELY see a fight in the playoffs, and certainly not the Stanley Cup Final. That's just how the game is played. The chance that you'll get a 2 minute instigator far outweighs the result of a fight. Normally fights are reserved to rally the troops and get momentum on your side. In the playoffs, everyone is jacked anyway. Also, goons like Burish/Carcillo don't get enough ice time and/or are scratched just do the the sheer speed of the games. I guess I just figured that since the game was basically over after 2 that Philly would send a goon out to start something. Either way, its nice to see after Game 1 that the Blackhawks can match the physical play of the Flyers.

QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Jun 7, 2010 -> 08:40 AM) Anyone get backbreaker? I got it and am very disappointed with it. I've heard it did some things well, but the overall package isn't ready to compete yet. At best we'll see EA gobble up some of the "innovations," and in 2018 we'll see them in the Madden series. Seriously though, I was hoping this game would sell like gangbusters just so EA is forced to do something with Madden. It's become such a joke the last decade.

QUOTE (SouthsideNorthsideFan @ Jun 6, 2010 -> 07:33 AM) Isn't it crazy expensive there? Eh, its not too bad. It's no Burr Ridge or Hinsdale, but its got a ton of really nice homes and you can't beat the schools, the distance to the city or the downtown. Taxes are pretty reasonable too so long as you don't move to the historic district.

As a total bandwagon fan (started with the San Jose series), this was the best game of the playoffs IMO. The attack, attack, attack mode was awesome. That first period I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. Hopefully they can keep up the physical play. Also, I was bummed there wasn't a fight last night. Looked to be some cheap shots going both ways, I was sure someone was gonna throw a punch.

QUOTE (robinventura23 @ Jun 1, 2010 -> 05:56 PM) That show was unbelievable. Parts were great, parts were awful. WTF is Michael Douglas of all people telling me how revolutionaries worked hard and how that's the American spirit? They really dropped the ball not keeping those "interviews" within the academic world, with you know, people who know wtf they are talking about. Excited this summer for: cont'd excellence from Breaking Bad (best show on TV right now IMO) Its Always Sunny Mad Men Rubicon (looks very cool and AMC has become the 2nd coming of the HBO drama) Louie DVR'ing: True Blood (totally lame I know, but whatever, lots of T&A) Last Comic Standing (w/ the dude from the Office, should be good) Wipeout (good time waster) My Boys (again, totally lame, but set in Chicago)