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QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Nov 25, 2009 -> 11:38 AM) His current contract at Florida pays him 24 million for 6 years. Yeah, totally on a different pay scale. Thank you. I'm glad someone else realized this. QUOTE (kev211 @ Nov 25, 2009 -> 05:04 PM) I'd rather have 50 million dollars then 24 million, but that's just me. Florida will give him a raise when he is extended. He's already making 4 million a year and that ND offer is 5. A raise puts him in the same ballpark.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 09:52 PM) Just wait for the big 12, Heads The conference looks notably deeper this year. Kansas and Texas top 5, Colorado and Iowa State better (even if still bubble teams at best), K State and Mizzou have solid tournament hopes. OU may be a bit overrated, but they should be there at the end. Ok St has looked solid early. QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 10:53 PM) Didn't think Illinois looked that bad tonight. Wofford played about as well as they will ever played, especially that first half. Nice play down the stretch and McCamey was brilliant tonight, other than that last possession. Wofford has played well so far this year. Won at Georgia, lost in the last minute at Pitt and Bradley. Not an embarrassing effort for Illinois.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Nov 25, 2009 -> 01:10 AM) I can think of 50 million reasons why he'd leave Florida. As opposed to Florida football, which is broke. He'll get paid either way. The pay difference isn't that big.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Nov 24, 2009 -> 07:14 PM) The ND job opened up a year too early for Meyer. I wont be surprised if he goes to Michigan in a year or two if Rodriguez doesnt get things going. I would be pretty stunned. Why would Meyer leave Florida? I think it's just wishful thinking on your part and I can't blame you.

Not to flame and possible fires, but this is a must post. ND fan sucker punches Clausen after UConn loss

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 10:49 PM) I'm not making a snobby statement. I'm stating collegiate academic rules versus athletics success. I'm just saying that Florida/Oklahoma/Texas/USC can recruit athletes easier than ND/BC/Duke/Northwestern because their academic standards aren't as high for their athletes. If you can recruit anyone you want no matter their academic background, you can win more games. Look, what you said is correct. Let's get that out of the way before I have to read the same response again. I'm just saying that as a typical Notre Dame fan you decided to be snobby and exaggerate how low the standards are for athletes at public schools by saying the athletes only have to be able to breathe.

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 09:00 PM) It is a fact. It is easier to get into a public college academically than it is a private college. That may be the case, but you also said you only have to breathe to get into a public school. Your statement was unnecessarily snobby, that was my point. QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 09:05 PM) Like it or not, this data exists as well. Graduation rates and admission standards are completely different things. For example, Nebraska is top 10 on the list. Not that Nebraska is a bad academic school, but it's certainly not a top 10 school among FBS. Notre Dame does have higher standards, but graduation rates aren't the proof.

QUOTE (knightni @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 08:35 PM) I wouldn't leave Florida for ND and I'm an ND fan. You can't recruit at ND like you can at Florida. If you can breathe, you are eligible at most state schools. Typical answer from an ND fan. Even in complimenting Florida, you find a way to bash Florida and come off as snobby for ND. Recruiting is also easier for Florida because of their state. Indiana isn't exactly a hotbed (and yes I realize the region isn't bad) and Florida is arguably the best state for HS talent.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 04:53 PM) But aren't you contradicting yourself? You can't call it a bad team and then say coaching is clearly the problem. Here's the issue: Illinois has a talented bunch of players. They are not a team. THAT is on the coaching staff which is why Zook should go (and I love me some Ron Zook). Enthusiasm only takes you so far. Coaching can only screw up so badly. The talent isn't as bad as the record, but the talent was never capable of competing for a Big Ten title as some Illinois fans believed.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Nov 23, 2009 -> 04:26 PM) You're still not really right, though. My argument was on the talent level, not the coaching at lllinois. You said they had a "crap" roster. I didn't agree with that then and I still don't agree with that. They have lots of talent. The coaching staff, however... that's another whole discussion. It's a fine line. My point is that they had a bad team the year before, returned a bad team, remained a bad team. Coaching is clearly the problem, but I stand by what I said.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jul 23, 2009 -> 02:00 PM) I know you're an Illini hater, but do you really believe that they're returning "crap?" Illinois is damn talented. Maybe overrated, but you make it sound like they're gonna have a losing record again, which will 100% not happen. Sorry to bring this up because I have nothing against you personally, but I took a lot of heat for saying Illinois wasn't going to be good this year. The talent level may be there, but it's certainly on Zook that they are this bad 2 years in a row.

FutureSox's AFL Recap

I'll believe it when I see it. It's good news that he will be pitching that soon, but the key is if he has his velocity back by then.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 07:33 PM) Pat Fitzgerald is one of the most likable coaches in college football. Wonder if a bigger program comes calling sooner or later. He just signed a long extension at NU and I really think he wants to be there. It's where he went to school after all. As for ND hate, it's generally the arrogance of a school/fanbase in the middle of Indiana that's too good for a conference and too good to not be on national TV every week. This coming from a program that has had one good season in the last several. All the attention gets annoying when it's no longer deserved.

Northwestern 8-4 after upsetting Wisconsin. This NU team has developed into a damn good one. Onto bowl speculation...

When did Forcier become awful? He looked like such a star early in the year. He still has shown talent, but he isn't performing like he was. Defenses are probably scheming for him though.

The game is also on MLB Network if you have it, which I do.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 21, 2009 -> 01:29 PM) 50 in HD SAmmy and the Big House is draped in red except for one corner. The buckeyes are just going to run and run and run now. If by draped you mean a bigger minority than most road games, possibly. You make me root against Ohio State.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 10:26 PM) Anyone catch Pods in the background at Buehrle's house? I am 99% sure that was him. I missed that. Didn't recognize any of the faces. I wonder if Buehrle has some clause in his contract about bikes ha.

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Nov 20, 2009 -> 03:45 PM) Marrero is eligible and was left off. He was 19 on the day he was drafted, and you have to be 18 to get the 5 evaluation years. Marrero was a draft and follow though. He was drafted in 2005, making him 18 when he was drafted. However, he signed in 2006 so I don't know what that does to his Rule V eligibility.

This Indiana Ole Miss game is like watching Indiana football. IU gets off to a nice lead early (20-11) and looks like they might pull the upset (Ole Miss was an 11.5 point favorite), but eventually the more talented team takes over and it starts going as expected. Currently 39-25 Ole Miss. Ole Miss is way more athletic. Hubert Davis said at the open that IU has the talent to beat anyone in the country, just not the experience. I don't think IU even has the talent yet. Not to bash their young guys, but you can't expect to get 4-5 good freshmen in one class and even then that's all the talent they have.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 02:27 PM) The rule 5 draft is the one where you have to keep the player on your roster for a full season to keep him, correct? Correct.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Nov 19, 2009 -> 01:40 AM) Wait a second. So if a person cheats in a sporting event and the refs don't catch it everything is absolved. I can get mad at Henry. Its not like his arm just accidentally came in contact with the ball. He purposely changed the course of the ball, set it on a tee so he could drive it in from less than a meter out. The blind ref just adds to it. The cheater is still culpable even though the blind ref didn't see it. World class football players don't just happen to palm the ball right in front of the goal mouth. I want players to do whatever possible to win. Henry already had the ball hit his arm and the ball was going out. He made a play on the ball to create this opportunity, all you can ask of a player. It's not his job to be a fair player (just don't be dirty), it's the refs jobs to catch him.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Nov 18, 2009 -> 11:45 PM) Interesting that Santeliz is a three star prospect while Jones is in the "four more" group. Does anyone have any ideas for the disparity? I was wondering the same thing. Santeliz has to work on his control, but I gotta say I don't know a lot about his stuff. BA had him 14 going into this year, but they said his fastball works from '90-96' so I have no idea what to think of that. That's far too big of a range to take anything from. I've heard before that his slider can be great so as a reliever there's some upside there, but BP might have seen him when he was on and not when he was off. As far as I can tell it seems like a consistency issue (which of course you can see just from his glaring lack of control). Still, he had a solid K rate and an ERA under 1 this year for the Barons so maybe BP is thinking he is starting to put it together. QUOTE (wsgdf_2 @ Nov 18, 2009 -> 11:51 PM) Thanks for the info. I remember some of that but hadn't read any reports. I think his placement on the list is not based on pure athleticism and frame but on the questions that remain about how they'll translate. Thompson seems to be the prototypical 'if he can figure it out' guy as SoxAce even said. He has big upside, but a LONG way to go. He struggled in rookie ball this year, to no surprise really, but to say 2012 could be his breakout year is going to an extreme. You can take a look at Chris Carter and see a guy out of high school that took a few years to get it together and gradually turned into a spectacular prospect. Carter fell to the Sox in the 15th round because of an injury (and signability questions because of the injury) so huge talent can slip through the cracks. Thompson even slipping to the 2nd could be a coup in the future. What's exciting about his pick is that it's not a pick the Sox have made often with a high draft pick recently. They did quite a bit of it this year.

Henry admitted in a quote that he handled the ball. I can't get mad at him. It's the ref's job (or sideline official) to make the call. Henry just kept playing. Don't hate him, hate the blown call.