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QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 10, 2010 -> 03:00 PM) Brady is playing like ass but I'm not putting this game on him. Of his 3 picks so far, 1 was because he chucked it up, but 2 were off his WRs hands. The fumble got knocked right out of his hand, I guess he should've felt the pressure coming, but what can you do when it's right in your face? That last interception was definitely Brady's fault. Watson got hit as the ball was getting to him and didn't have a chance of making that play.

Great comeback again today. This team has the talent to be very good they just don't play hard enough and with enough intensity until they get down. I'm still hoping that at some point the upper classmen develop a killer instinct and get after from the opening tip. Not holding my breath though.

Illinois comes back to tie it. I'll be interested to see if they can complete the comeback and win tonight. And I still hope at some point this year they play with the same intensity they do when down double digits at the start of games.

I still can't believe I am seeing a Weber coached team not play hard and not play D. He has flaws as a coach certainly but he has never had a team at Southern Illinois or Illinois that didn't play hard and wasn't at least very good defensively.

I am so sick of this Illinois team. What a waste of talent the upperclassmen are proving to be. No toughness in that group at all.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 7, 2010 -> 11:58 PM) What happens if Colt doesn't get hurt? Bama’s offense really struggled. The 2nd half Gilbert played well so that may not have been too different, but the 2nd quarter lull (and that’s an understatement) from Texas wouldn’t have gone down the same. I picked Texas beforehand, but this game actually makes me MORE sure a healthy Texas team beats Bama. And there is a good chance Texas would have scored at least a TD and maybe two at the beginning of the game and would have been in complete control right off of the bat. Also, the unbelievably stupid decision to run that shovel pass really killed Texas. Granted you don't think that will be a pick 6 but no reason to even run a play there.

QUOTE (BaseballNick @ Jan 6, 2010 -> 03:06 PM) That's a great point. Some of these guys just don't get it. How a writer does not vote for a 12X All-Star, and 10X Gold Glove Award winner is beyond me. I'm ready to see the voting go to the players (peers of the nominees) and let the writers stick to writing. I'm not convinced former players would do a good job voting for the HOF.

How does Tim Raines only get 30% of the vote? That is even more ridiculous than Alomar not getting in on the 1st ballot.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 6, 2010 -> 02:36 PM) I'm sorry, but Alomar and Bly>Dawson Hell, Tim Raines is a more deserving candidate than Dawson. As is Barry Larkin.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 6, 2010 -> 02:06 PM) They'll get there eventually. Sure it doesn't change the fact that Alomar not being a first ballot HOF is ridiculous.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 6, 2010 -> 02:04 PM) No Alomar, Larkin, or anyone else. The people who vote on the HOF are morons.

Do Bears WR ever make tough plays?

QUOTE (Brian @ Jan 2, 2010 -> 03:22 PM) Horrible last possession by Illinois. Go to the bucket! McCamey refuses to push the ball in those situations. Mind boggling really, and even then he had the lane to the basket and kicked it out to Paul for some reason. But the bottom line is you can't spot a team 20 and expect to come back and win. Hopefully at some point this team realizes that if they play defense for 40 minutes they have a chance to be really good. Because once they turned up the defensive pressure they were the better team by far.

Cincinnati sucks. This was a terrible matchup from the beginning.

QUOTE (chimpy2121 @ Dec 31, 2009 -> 02:19 PM) Bang! With the assist to urban. If I'm a big recruit there isn't a chance in hell I'm going to play for Florida right now. Urban will try to tell you he will be back but can you really believe him? He already lied to his family and the world by saying he was resigning and now he saying he will probably be back in August. I'm not believing that and I'm not committing to a school if I don't know who my head coach will be. I think we see a lot more recruits bail in the next few weeks.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 31, 2009 -> 01:59 PM) These refs must be proud that they are gonna help decide the outcome of Michigan/Indiana. Calling fouls on both sides that aren't even there. Sims didn't even touch Rivers on that drive. I know people like to complain about the reffing in the NBA but it is vastly superior to college officiating. There are times I wonder if college refs are even watching the game.

QUOTE (hitlesswonder @ Dec 31, 2009 -> 12:22 PM) I'm no Illinois fanboy, but I think that the criticism of Davis and McCamey may have gone from justified to excessive at this point. They obviously don't play mistake free ball and both have defensive issues but they had good games last night: McCamey had 8 assists to 2 turnovers and while he only had 9 points it was clear that that his job was to feed the ball inside not shoot. I thought he did a good job handling the ball and pushing the tempo. And Davis...the guy has 20pts on 9-14 with 17 boards. It's true that both could/should have played better defense, but I think it's funny to see people (not just here) rip Davis and say things like if he had any intensity and desire he would easily have had 25 boards instead that 17. And at the same time I see posts about how great Bill Cole is. It's odd. I have a much bigger problem with lack of effort than lack of talent. Davis didn't play defense at all yesterday and had a bunch of mental lapses. And then to stand and watch NW grab a rebound that tied the game ? That just can't happen. My problem with Davis is that I think he can be an absolute star at this level and while he is a very good player his lack of intensity is keeping him from reach his potential.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 11:15 PM) Frustrating loss, they just took too many stupid, contested shots in the second half. Illinois played a lot better down the stretch, NU had no answer for them inside. NU is better than I expected and Illinois just didn't play defense in the first half, bad combination. NW really needed to not go to Mirkovic (Sp?) he was horrid.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 11:10 PM) And Tisdale wasn't set. Clear foul. He wasn't taking a charge, Shurna jumped into him when he was on the side, you don't have to be set for there to be an offensive foul or no call. I don't know why people have that misconception.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 11:07 PM) Nice blinders. NU playing in a high scoring game, not something I expected them to have a shot at tonight. LOL if you think that is a foul then you need to take off the NU blinders. Shurna created all the contact.

And Tisdale's 5th foul is complete bulls***. Shocking that a crew with Burr and Hightower is incompetent.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 10:53 PM) Nice of Mike Davis to allow that tip in Yep didn't even move. I can't stand him. What a waste of ability.

Also, Jim Burr really needs to retire. That dude is blind. Worst official in any sport at any level.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 10:03 PM) Weber start Cole over Paul tonight? No Paul started, had a bad half. Cole played ok and started the 2nd half.

QUOTE (JDsDirtySox @ Dec 30, 2009 -> 09:59 PM) Illinois D will always be weak against the 3 until DJ Richardson learns how to back off his man. Watch the dribble drive kick out for three on every attempt. Richardson plays up too tight on his man and is easily beat to the paint every singe time. Dribble drive hasn't been much of an issue tonight. It has been mostly lazy D fighting through picks. And on that last 3 Richardson was still with Thompson, Davis can't help there. Make Thompson hit a tough contested two rather than giving up a wide open 3. I don't understand why Illinois continues to have guys help off of players that are only one pass away. Help form the weak side dumbasses.