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Yea I see more greed out of the Phils here than the girl and her mother. Hopefully they can give an adequate offer to the girl for the ball so that both sides can be happy.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 02:00 PM) Illinois is a basketball school anyway. They have the fanbase though for football, why waste it?

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 12:26 PM) Hey Russ, I just noticed you're home town is Ann Arbor. How does your being an Illini sit with all of your UMich friends and families? I bet you catch a lot of cr@p for that. Go Illini! Long story but I grew up outside of Chicago, moved to Ann Arbor for 8th grade and high school and really didnt like UMich so I went to my dad's alma mater. But I have a pretty big rivalry with my brother (who just graduated from Mich) and my friends from there. Also, Ann Arbor really is a whore!

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 12:11 PM) Indeed I did. Why nobody could make a decent Chicago thin crust pie that close to Chicago still baffles me. Rosati's opened down here. Problem is everybody gets drunk and just wants cheap, filling food. And if you want to spend money get Papa Dels.

QUOTE (FlaSoxxJim @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 11:42 AM) Garcia's was never great pizza, but their brand of soft doughy, tomato sauce-soaked pizza did grow on me. When I was down there I worked at Zorba's gyro joint on Green St. next to Mabel's before it turned into Z's or whatever it turned into. Is that place still around? Yup, they do pretty good business too, its not a dead spot. Not a hugely popular place but the only place for gyros. And the place its by is Za's, which is actually really good for the price (a plateful of decent spaghetti and sausage/meatballs and garlic bread for around $6).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 11:43 AM) Stuck paying way too much money to Dontrelle Willis and consequently having to sell off players for scraps? Who says we give Willis that 3/30 extension like the Tigers did.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Oct 5, 2009 -> 11:37 AM) Is Garcia's still in Champaign? Their main location closed, but I believe they have one over the new County Market place. I heard its terrible though, atleast from my Aunt and Uncle who used to love it back when they went here.

QUOTE (son of a rude @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 06:08 PM) I think stats trump chemistry, attitude, and character. thats just me though. The 1977 yankees had pretty bad chemistry and attitude. Winning builds chemistry.

QUOTE (stretchstretch @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 06:02 PM) I'd rather get as many players like Prince who come to the plate with that "F**k Y**, I'm gonna make you pay!!" look on their face each and every at bat. I think chemistry, attitude, and character trump all this piecing together of baseball card statistics. This team has been missing that swagger for a couple seasons, TCQ had it last year, Dye in past seasons had it, AJ has it most of the time, and it's an x-factor I love to seeing in players like Beckett, Papelbon, Tori Hunter, Fielder, Cuddyer....it's contagious confidence that I think "plagues" winning teams.... Its one thing to have talent and heart, its another to only have heart. There arent to many players out there who truly are competitive and talented, atleast ones that you can acquire in FA or in a respectable trade.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 08:37 AM) you think Benn is still happy about choosing UI over ND & USC, especially after watching Golden Tate go for 200+?? i'm starting to realize why Florida was so quick to dump Zooker, i think he gets at least another year cause of the Rose Bowl season, but I dont see any light at the end of the tunnel...thankfully Bruce Weber figured out how to recruit, so we can look forward to bball season Im sure he's pretty upset with the team, but he hasnt stayed healthy throughout his career. He is very prone to little nagging injuries and his playing time and impact is hurt severely by them. Zook was almost signed to an extension I believe, Im not sure if it fell through or what but the AD seems to like him alot. I could understand last year, riding the wave of emotions from the Rose Bowl year, but Zooker was banking on Juice and all his other "key" guys to lead Illinois and they havent been close to getting the job done. Instead they regressed this year bigtime. This is Zook's team now, almost every, if not all, players are his recruits and they arent playing well. He should be gone but wont be.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 02:29 PM) I just realized 2009 were my all time lows in game thread posts, games watched on TV, and just about every other measure. I underachieved as a fan as much as this team underachieved as players, coaches, and managers. Your alphabetical game posts were through the roof though

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 4, 2009 -> 11:46 AM) That helps, only Cold Stone is near me. Also, I'm hearing about some cookie place that delivers? That'd be Insomnia Cookies, they may be a chain, not sure. Theyre a popular late night snack.

That was some terrible defense. Where the hell is the coverage on that whole drive?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 3, 2009 -> 08:39 PM) Nobody does them like LaBamba now either. That's just not that great of a statement. I havent had their chorizo, but the rest of their food is forgettable. may have to try that chorizo though since Ive been craving some Mexican food lately.

Im done with Zook. Get a new coach in after the season.

Noodles and Co, Chipotle, Potbellys, Jimmy Johns, Cold Stone, all popular chains that are on campus. I dont know if you could get her one but a GC to Cocomero would be awesome. Its a frozen yougrt and fresh fruit place, pretty good and really the hottest place for dessert now. Hope that helps.

Alot of positives to the season the but season overall was a failure due to the weakness of the division and the talent that didnt play up to its abilities this year.

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 10:02 PM) I have to admit, I am surprised, I thought he was gay. Doesnt specify gender in that article...

QUOTE (Lemon_44 @ Oct 1, 2009 -> 03:47 PM) The guy i'd like to see KW acquire is Fernando Martinez from the Mets. Maybe Jenks in a package deal? The question is are the Mets still high on him. He struggled this year and still hasn't been able to stay healthy for an entire year but he has a world of potential. He sure would fit nicely into the lineup. Then i'd sign Hank Blalock to be the DH and re-sign Kotsay and Pods for the bench. The lienup would have a nice lefty/right balance and a nice blend of speed and power. LF-Quentin CF-Rios RF-Martinez 3B-Beckham SS-Ramirez 2B-Getz 1B-Konerko C-AJ DH-Blalock bench- Kotsay, Nix, Pods, Wise, Flowers You cant just look at it from the Sox perspective, why the hell would the Mets want Jenks? They didnt want him last year for our asking price and they sure as hell wont trade on of their best young prospects for a bullpen arm that wont even be their closer (since ya know, they kinda brought in a guy for that during FA last year) and is getting expensive.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 30, 2009 -> 10:32 AM) Interesting... Id hit that

Speed kills.

So Im sick like a dog and just wiped out (didnt help that I had midterms on Monday and Tuesday and got like 3 hours of sleep), so now Ive probably slept like 17 out of the past 20 hours and Im still tired. Whats the longest youve guys slept in a 24 hour period?

QUOTE (bighurt574 @ Sep 28, 2009 -> 12:09 PM) You already have weird ass s*** in your signature. Theyre illusions!

I would really like to see what Charest can do for the Illini, from all Ive heard he has a fantastic arm and we really do have a lot of talent at the WR position. They havent performed yet up to expectations but I would like to see what someone other than Juice and McGhee have to offer.

It all depends on what he thinks of the franchise, if he is comfortable there and believes they will be more committed to winning (well, higher payroll) then I believe he stays. If he believes his contract will be most of the new revenue and they wont make big additions to the team, I dont think he will.