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I know there's at least 1 Raiders fan on here. Does Pryor have any legit shot at being the starting QB next year?

QUOTE (farmteam @ Dec 30, 2012 -> 03:42 PM) Neither would be fun, but I think I'd rather the Bears play the Seahawks. My choice would definitely be the Seahawks, if not for that great homefield advantage. On teams alone, the Niners scare me more. I'd rather have the Bears play SF. Their defense seems like it has been getting lit up lately. The Bears D can't stop mobile QB's, and I feel Wilson is the much better QB. Those 2 combined make me think the Bears have a better shot at SF, but both would be difficult.

What the hell are the Pirates doing? Wasn't hitting their issue last year? And they go out and sign 2 pitchers?

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Dec 14, 2012 -> 02:02 AM) NBC's TAKE IT ALL gameshow is f***ing despicable. I've never been so mad after watching a game show before. Wow. It's a ripoff of "Friend or Foe", nothing original.

But didn't Shumpert have his surgery almost immediately, while Rose rehabbed a bit before he had his surgery? Doesn't explain the 6-8 month time table compared to Rose's, but it would explain Shumpert coming back earlier than Rose.

I honestly do not understand that at all. If they fine him, they are saying the kick to the groin was intentional. With Suh's history, that should be a suspension. But they are saying even though it was intentional, it doesn't merit a suspension for him? I don't agree with that logic at all.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 19, 2012 -> 09:23 PM) ORLY? Yea, you think Cutler would be doing any better with the way this offensive line has fallen apart? He'd be running for his life with this garbage O-Line.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Nov 19, 2012 -> 05:07 PM) Current espn.com front story: In a matchup of backup quarterbacks, the Bears won't lose much with Jason Campbell taking snaps. *** Uh, no. Unfortunately they are kind of right. When you have the 30th ranked passing offense, there really isn't much worse you can do.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 15, 2012 -> 03:52 PM) Not quite that. Oregon plays a faster pace that produces a lot more possessions. The bigger the gap between them and their opponent, the more it inflates their margin of victory. Oregon is going to beat bad teams by 40 when ND and KSU are going to beat them by 20. Oregon is going to beat decent teams by 20 when ND and KSU are going to beat them by 10. This is going to make Oregon look like they're a lot better than ND and KSU when they really aren't, and that is borne out in the bowl games when they play evenly matched games against teams that they have been made significant favorites against because of their style of play. KSU beat ISU by 6 and Oklahoma by 5. Oregon beat USC by 11. These are their closest wins, not one of these went to OT. KSU, UO, and ND have all beaten the teams on their schedules. ND has had the hardest time beating the middle of the pack teams. As pointed out above, Purdue, BYU, and Pitt by 3. ND's struggles against these lesser teams is why a lot of people are not putting them above KSU or UO. When you consistently struggle to beat these middle teams, what are the odds you'll struggle against the best teams?

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 15, 2012 -> 03:32 PM) Yes, they lost 2 of 3 bowls against tough teams in low scoring games after running up scores all season long, thus proving that their huge margins of victory didn't mean a whole lot. They weren't any better than Big Ten teams that had been winning a lot of games by smaller margins. I don't understand what point you're trying to make, as your arguments have been flying in every direction. So, when Oregon plays garbage teams, they rack up large margins of victory, but when they play teams equal to them, it's a close game? That only makes sense... I don't expect them to throw up 70+ points against an equal team. Look at Alabama. They play the run first win with defense game (the argument you made for ND), and the only close games they have are against LSU and TAM. They blow out these middle of the pack teams. They aren't winning in the 3OT because the other team missed a gimmie FG.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 02:33 PM) Navy often fields a pretty respectable team. Army's always terrible though. I guess they don't always play Army, sometimes they switch it up and play Air Force... Either way, my point still stands. Even if they don't play second-tier conferences, they do play some pretty crappy independent teams.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Nov 14, 2012 -> 01:17 PM) Yes, ND has not played an FCS (I-AA) school since Division I split into two. They also rarely play teams from the "second-tier" FBS conferences. In the last 10 years, only one game each against CUSA, MAC, and WAC and none against the Sun Belt. It's easy to make that "second-tier" comment since Army and Navy are independents... factor them in every year and it doesn't sound so impressive.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Nov 10, 2012 -> 11:57 PM) I might be in the minority here, but I'd like to see a K State-Oregon national title game. Oregon's offense is absurd. I was hoping for a Bama Oregon national championship, but now that that's likely over, I'd take K State vs Oregon next.

That sure is one hell of a way for the game to end. It'll be interesting to see where Bama sits points wise in the BCS standings.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 10, 2012 -> 06:05 PM) Bama and AM are having themselves a game. This game is a great one.

Texas A&M up 20 in the 1st? Where's that Bama defense today?

Thanks for the input Badger. I've tried Ian's, which is some good drunk pizza. Maybe I'll try it in Madison, since I believe that's the original... I'm not a real club type of person, so I'll take your advice and walk down state street. Hopefully badger fans won't be too angry after the game. I know that some college campuses have their must visit spots. I saw "The Old Fashioned" was on the food channel for their cheese curds, that might be worth a visit as well.

I'm heading up to Madison, WI next weekend to catch the Badgers vs Bucks game. Anyone have any suggestions on can't miss spots to drink/eat? I've never been.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 3, 2012 -> 07:29 PM) Being a hater has nothing to do with being right or wrong. I never said he was wrong about anything, but he is definitely a hater of Notre Dame, as are apparently a ton of people here. I don't think most people are "haters" of Notre Dame, I think they're haters of the fan base. Notre Dame fans seem to think the past 20 years never happened, and that their team still matters. I could care less about their team, but living in Chicago and hearing their fans spout off like they've done something makes me root against them. It's the reason I root for them to lose every single game. If they had won even 1 BCS bowl game they could brag. They haven't. In fact, every single time they played a good school in a bowl game since 95, they choked. That is not a reason to be cocky. And winning on a shady call against Stanford, and barely escaping Pitt is no reason to "spout off".

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Nov 3, 2012 -> 02:25 PM) I keep hearing people on other sites say ND plays a cupcake schedule, and they are way overrated because they play all these easy teams. But then I found this link.... http://www.teamrankings.com/college-footba...chedule-by-team ^Is that completely inaccurate? It says ND has played the 6th hardest schedule in the nation. I'm not a big NCAAFB guy, I don't follow too many teams outside of ND, so are these rankings completely off? I think it really depends on how you look at it. At the beginning of the year it looked like a very difficult schedule, but Michigan and Michigan state were highly overrated, and did not deserve their high rankings. That being said, Stanford and Oklahoma were impressive wins over very good teams. Outside of those 2 teams though, I wouldn't say it was a difficult schedule. Date Opponent Result Location W/L Conf 09/01 Navy W 50-10 Neutral 1-0 1-0 09/08 Purdue W 20-17 Home 2-0 1-0 09/15 Michigan St W 20-3 Away 3-0 1-0 09/22 Michigan W 13-6 Home 4-0 1-0 10/06 Miami (FL) W 41-3 Neutral 5-0 1-0 10/13 Stanford W 20-13 Home 6-0 1-0 10/20 BYU W 17-14 Home 7-0 2-0 10/27 Oklahoma W 30-13 Away 8-0 2-0 None of those teams scare anyone outside of the 2 I mentioned, before. And now that I look at that, they barely scraped out some wins against some poor teams (7 to Michigan, 3 to BYU, 3 to PU). But a win's a win I suppose.

It's not "ghosties"... Some more examples are closet lights on that I'd never turn on, my TV on Spanish channels (I thought maybe I hit the remote on accident before leaving, but it's happened multiple times). My landlord is lazy as s***, I had to go to his house to get my keys, I had to mail him my lease because he couldn't meet me, I am slightly worried that he may have given a copy of my keys to the painters or repairmen before I moved in and they never gave them back. I'd like to record my front door but not make it obvious.

This might seem weird, but does anyone have any experience with hidden cameras? I have had a lot of weird stuff happen in my apartment, and I'm looking for something to record what is going on. I've had stuff on in my apartment that I wouldn't turn on, stuff that looked like it was moved around, my tv was on channels I'd never watch... And when I got home today I went to make popcorn, and my microwave was unplugged... None of this makes sense. I'm looking for something that would record my front door but also have decent images. Any advice would be appreciated.

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Oct 15, 2012 -> 10:09 PM) Hey man, it's not my fault that these guys decided to throw a fit about me including Deng with the bench players, despite the fact that he plays so much with them. If anybody other than me said that I doubt they would have made such a big issue out of it. I still think I'm right. Lu is an honorary member of the bench mob. I don't come here for insightful basketball discussion any way, I can go to realgm for that. They have higher standards. I come here for entertainment. And to argue about nothing. Hah, I knew it, but I didn't want to call you out on it. I've seen quite a few threads over that that you then come over here and spout about, such as the "hockey lines" bench mob...

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/...prices-decrease The White Sox dropped ticket prices 29% this year. Did the attendance go up? People say parking is too high, tickets are too high, concessions are too high. Well, if they drop all these, then they have to sell MORE just to return to the same level they were at. At some point there is a point of no return. I hate to say it, but this is professional sports at the highest level. If you want to take a family of 4, park, get food, and have a night out, expect to pay for it. If you want to do this stuff at $100 total, there are other options. Go to the Cougars, etc. People are always going to have excuses. To me, the way to get more fans into the stadium isn't to drop prices, it's to make it more appealing. How do you do this? 1) Advertising. Appreciate the game? Does that push your average baseball fan over the line to buy a ticket? No. Does the GM coming out and saying in a round about way that this is a rebuilding year? No... You need to advertise the team as a winner, and focus on fans "having" to come out to see the game. 2) Win. This team would go out and beat the top dogs, then come back and lay an egg to the KC's of the world. Building a consistent winner will build the fan base. My own personal issue, was why would I want to go to a Wednesday Mariners game when I could go to a Saturday Angels game? The price didn't matter, it's how am I going to spend my time. I'd rather see the better games. You need to fill up the stadium for the Angels games, and then people will have to go to the Wednesday night games if they want to see their team. This is done (in my mind) by the above.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Oct 11, 2012 -> 03:35 PM) The other thing people hold against LBJ is that he's a douche, so effing what, so was MJ, Kobe is a dick, KG is a major a-hole... Give me a team full of pricks who win over nice guys who lose. What a lame argument. Go be a Cubs fan. My statement is i dislike LBJ because he's a douche. It also has nothing to do with him choosing the heat over the bulls. It has to do with him as a person. This has nothing to do with if I want him on the Bulls. I'd take him in a heartbeat. I can separate the 2. I never could understand why people are so obsessed with having "good guys" on their favorite teams. I can dislike a player and still like the team. I want talent on my favorite team. KG may be the exception to this rule. I didn't see people jump off the Bears wagon because we signed a #1 wr who happens to have a troubled past...