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That rule went away a while ago. Not sure exactly what year.

English is so confusing I can understand why people from there don't spend a lot of their time learning a language that they're finding so difficult.

If he's willing to take a hometown discount, great, but the Sox are not going to be his best offer.

Very surprised. I don't see him re-signing. He'll get at least a 2/$15M from somebody out there.

Bingo

I would have put MSU ahead of ND and maybe even Alabama. Doesn't matter a whole lot though, if MSU beats OSU they'll jump over both.

I think that's why it's bad to elect Governors in odd years.

Some people think MLB is the worst, some think NFL. Gee, what's the common thread there . . .

I was subjected to the endless commercials. Bevin is a slimeball. I thought after McConnell blew him away in the Senate primary last year that he had no chance to win anything.

I think both matter. Who you've beaten is important, and several wins over above average but not great teams like Navy, USC, Temple add up more than a win over one really good team and the rest being bottom feeders. Still, Clemson remaining undefeated helps as it makes the loss look less bad. In the end, ND has to beat Stanford (as well as not get upset at Pitt) to have a chance. That clinches being above anybody in the PAC-12. Then, ND also needs the Big 12 champ to have either two losses, or be a 1-loss Oklahoma or OSU team. I don't think ND ends up ranked ahead of a 1-loss TCU or Baylor. Finally, they need there to be no 1-loss SEC non-champions. Alabama beating LSU would leave the door open for both to end up ranked ahead of a 1-loss ND. Despite the #5 ranking right now, there are a lot of things that have to go ND's way to get into the playoff.

I would rank a couple more of the undefeated teams ahead of ND, but Bama and ND clearly have the two best resumes of 1-loss teams. Navy and Temple have their only loss to ND. Despite 3 losses, USC is very high in the computer ratings and handed Utah their only loss. Despite sub-500 records, Texas and Georgia Tech have both beaten Top 15 teams. Also, this committee doesn't operate like the AP/Coaches poll where you keep your spot as long as you win. Any Big 12 team that stays undefeated for a couple more weeks will jump ahead of ND once they start playing each other. I realize that you can't always predict who is going to be good in your conference, but the Big 12 is killing itself due to none of its top 4 teams playing each other before November 7.

I'm not by any means arguing for keeping Beckham, but if you let Saladino start the season as a bench player with the Sox instead of as a starter at Charlotte, then the organization is admitting that they don't think Saladino will ever be more than a bench player. Now that may very well be true, but if the Sox think Saladino has the potential to be a major league starter, then he needs to be playing every day in Charlotte and someone like Beckham, who is known to be nothing more than a bench player, can fill that role on the Sox.

First selection committee rankings released tonight. What I think their rankings will be (not my rankings): 1 LSU 2 Clemson 3 Ohio State 4 Alabama 5 TCU 6 Baylor 7 Michigan State 8 Florida 9 Iowa 10 Stanford 11 Notre Dame 12 Oklahoma State

Yeah I'd be working right now to get Albers signed. I wouldn't mind having Soto back but I'd wait to see what develops with outside options first and won't cry if he signs somewhere else. Samardzija will of course get the QO that he'll turn down and nobody is going to want Beckham.

So the refs threw a bunch of flags to help Duke score the go-ahead touchdown, and then ignored four things on the kickoff return to help Miami score the winning touchdown, which got the over there. Hmmm . . . .

Keep Albers, Jones, Robertson, Duke, Petricka. All had an ERA+ of 108 or better. That's a good start.

Yes, Def Leppard is a much bigger name than Styx, though I really like them both. You should know if you go see Styx that they rarely do any of the songs Dennis DeYoung wrote.

The Broncos are 8-0 with half a quarterback. Their defense must be pretty awesome.

Yeah, apparently moving forward at the snap is no longer an illegal motion penalty. Lost track of how many times that has been missed. That, and every single touch is now pass interference, offense and defense both.

Because that's boring and doesn't attract voters.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/28/politics/loo...rad-east-coast/ They need to act fast in order to prvent a tragic accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

If his name wasn't Mark Buehrle, he wouldn't be considering coming to the Sox on a 1-year, team-friendly contract. The Sox should absolutely leverage this advantage if Mark ultimately chooses to provide it.

Yes, sit there and wait her out. She'll get up eventually, and then you take her into custody. If she physically resists once she's standing, then force is justifiable.

Bernie voted against it.

They appear to not be terribly fond of Cuddyer.