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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 27, 2009 -> 01:46 PM) Yes, I think he has an NBA future. i see you looked up his soph year stats, I am not basing it on his stats. He had an NBA body as a soph in really his second year of serious basketbal development. I see him as an NBA ready guy in two years. Lighty did not play last year FYI, he was a med redshirt. I have never seen anything from Lauderdale that indicates he has an NBA future but I guess we'll see. If you are counting him as an NBA prospect than there are an unbelievable amount of NBA prospects in college basketball. The guy has shown no offensive ability to speak of, has had bad rebounding numbers, is really small for an NBA center and doesn't show the skill that the NBA looks for out of NBA PF. He also isn't a great athlete. He could make a huge jump and be an NBA player but the same could be said about any number of college basketball players. Quick edit, sure he could be an NBA guy in 2 years but generally when college fans talk about their team having a certain amount of NBA players they are talking about guys that are no doubters (ex. Buford, Turner) if you are going to define Lauderdale as a potential NBA guy then I could see that. Just that if you argue it that way than a ton of teams have a bunch of "NBA" guys.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 27, 2009 -> 01:02 PM) Figgins is no savior; just as Pods is no savior. But Pods arguably was better than Figgo this season; Pods was better than a lot of players. If people watched all players as closely as they do the Sox they'd see it. That said ... the Yankees' dominance in the playoffs shows it truly was their year. Pods was not arguably better than Figgins this season. Pods was also worse than the vast majority of players around baseball and was generally better only than guys who are bad players.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 26, 2009 -> 12:13 PM) Pretty good prediction IMO. The league is going to beat up on itself however and i think that will hurt the overall records, but they will surprise some people in the tourney. On OSU, you are right, they have had some trouble reloading under Matta so far, but they do have 2 NBA players this year, 3 if Lauderdale wasnt hurt. However I am still not sold on Matta developing these young players. Dallas Lauderdale to the NBA really? A guy who had terrible rebounding numbers and has shown no offensive ability? Do you mean David Lighty? Because he hasn't shown anything in his first three years injury or not which would lead one to believe he is heading to the NBA. He had a lofty ranking coming out of HS and he certainly could have a huge SR year but his production to this point has been extremely mediocre.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 26, 2009 -> 12:53 PM) I like Clay a lot, but I'd agree that there aren't many game-changers on the offensive side of the football. Clay is solid, as is Royster from PSU actually, but those guys really aren't difference makers at RB. The Big 10 really needs to improve their recruiting at the skill positions.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 26, 2009 -> 12:39 PM) I agree. I said as much in my most recent post. I was rather stating that I don't think the SEC is greater than some other conferences. For example, I think the Pac 10 could argue that they are the best conference in college football this year. Mainly because I buy into USC and Oregon both being top tier schools, Arizona is very good, Stanford is good, Cal is solid (tons of talent...two beatdowns but to the two top-tier teams i mentioned). UCLA is solid (they beat Tenn, not that I think UCLA would beat them if they played again this year). Washington is a solid poor football team (Locker is legit, they beat USC and played with LSU). Oregon State has a legit RB and could make some noise. WSU is just terrible though. Out of the Big 5 conferences I agree that the Pac 10 and SEC are both very good and the best two conferences. The ACC is actually a solid conference this year. The Big 12 and Big 10 both suck. And the reason the Big 10 is so bad is on the offensive side of the ball is because as I've stated before the QB play in the conference is horrendous but there really just aren't very many play makers on the offensive side of the ball. Arguably the best two WRs on the conference are Decker and Benn and they both play have bad QBs and in Benn's case one of the worst offensive lines in the country so that lessens their impact (although Decker still is putting up huge numbers). I could be blanking on someone but there isn't a single game changing RB in the conference. A few solid guys but no Mendenhall, Beanie Wells caliber guys that change games. There are some solid defenses in the conference but I don't see an offense in the conference that can put up points against an elite team.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...=simmons/080501 This is an article from last year by Bill Simmons that basically discusses how the Suns being so cheap cost them a legit shot at a dynasty.

LOL at the Angels. Way to choke away any chance of making the WS by making errors on consecutive bunts.

Angels within 1, Vlad comes through in a big spot again.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 25, 2009 -> 09:57 PM) Mr. Playoffs Derek Jeter actually misses a ball, but somehow he makes sure it bounces to the 2nd baseman for the out. phil hughes was unhittable during the season, but has sucked in the playoffs, so the angels still got a shot in the 8th to come back I think the Yankees are going to Mariano for a six out save.

That was a huge break for the Yankees. Jeter gets eaten up by a ground ball and it bounces right to Cano for the out at 2nd.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 25, 2009 -> 09:06 PM) Williams is the only one that has a future with the team. I hope not he is freaking terrible.

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 25, 2009 -> 09:29 PM) What is Brandon Paul's role gonna be? I'm guessing he will be starting by years end. Richardson is without a doubt the best of the freshmen and he will be the starting 2G with McCamey locked in at the PG and Tisdale and Davis the starting C and PF. I think Legion is the starting 3/WG and Paul the first guard off the bench playing 20+ minutes per game. I could see Paul starting by the end of the year but that will depend on how well Legion plays. Keller and Griffey will be the first two bigs off of the bench and then Bertrand and Jordan will also get playing time.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 25, 2009 -> 08:56 PM) looked like a strike to me...either way I have a feeling this game might get out of hand super quick, unless the Angels bullpen steps up. Jared Weaver should pitch the next few innings I thought it was a strike as well. Of course with the way ARod is swinging the bat and the fact Posada just grounded into a double play that call might not have been the worst case scenario for the Angels since it would have only been a full count if that is a strike.

No one watching game 6? Anyways huge AB coming up with ARod up with the bases loaded.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Oct 25, 2009 -> 05:26 PM) When does JA get the blame? Honestly, it was great bringing in Cutler. But Omiyale is awful at his current position of RG, Kreutz is old, Pace is f***ing awful (I see why the Rams couldn't use him), Garza is average, and Williams isn't very good. Ron Turner is using Olsen like he's f***ing Alge Crumpler. Hey dips***, he's 6'6 and he runs like a deer. What about this f***ing DL? I thought Marinelli was supposed to be like the Holy Lord Savior? Harris is just as bad as last year, Ogunleye and Alex Brown have been MIA for the past 2 weeks, and we traded a 2nd round pick for Gaines Adams yet he doesn't see the field except to block opposing teams' extra points. Kevin Payne just blows a** and Bowman is getting toasted out there. you are giving Chris Williams way too much credit. He is the 2nd worst lineman on the team.

Is there a worse starting OL in the NFL than Omiyale?

The Bears secondary is a joke.

The Bears defense really blows right now. Hillenmeyer and Roach are huge downgrades from Urlacher and Tinoisamoa and we don't have any impact players at DT. Add in a bad secondary and you have a bad defense. Also on offense, f*** running the ball. Let Cutler just throw on basically every play.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 25, 2009 -> 11:14 AM) It was the right call though. Called late, absolutely, right call, yep. Helmet to helmet gets flagged everytime. Just because your helmet makes contact with the helmet of an offensive player doesn't mean there should be a penalty. He didn't launch and really didn't lead more with his helmet than any other tackle.

Absolute bulls*** call in the Iowa game. They called that personal foul on MSU literally minutes after the play was over and it isn't like he launched with head.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 11:33 PM) I don't think they can get much worse. But even if we assume you are right, it's possible that 9 of the 11 teams in the league could improve. Even a person such as myself who generally snipes on the Big 10 (and usually deservedly so) can admit the league is pretty good this year. They can't get much worse, but it is hard to image that a team that brings in no impact freshmen and loses by far its best player and 2 of its 3 best players (who were also their two primary ballhandlers) as well as their top interior player in Cyrus Tate can get better. IU will be better but they will still struggle a lot but I think they will get a team or two at their place. PSU will be really bad but Taylor Battle likely gets them an upset or two by himself. IMO the Big 10 is the best basketball conference this year but they have to prove it by knocking off the ACC in the ACC/Big 10 challenge and by winning their big non conference games. I hope they can do that.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 11:12 PM) The Big 10 actually has the potential to be a very good league this season. I think Illinois is more likely to win the league or come very close in 2010-2011 though. I think MSU and Purdue will be fighting for the league crown this year, with Illinois, Ohio State, and perhaps Minnesota all fighting for 3rd. Combine that with Northwestern, Michigan, and Wisconsin all being pretty solid, and the league in my opinion has 8 teams who are definitely good enough to make the field of 65. Although we all know it'll probably be more like 6 teams making it since the league teams will beat each other up and the games will be too poorly officiated and low scoring for national perception to allow 7 or 8 teams in. In addition to those problems, it's feasible that even among the bottom 3, Iowa and Indiana will improve (Penn State is the only Big 10 team I am confident will be worse this season than they were a year ago) so you might see some upsets which hurt bubble teams chances. Iowa is going to be horrible, and I really can't see them improving. They were awful last year, didn't bring in a good recruiting class, and lost two of their three best players. Not to mention that they lost 5 of their top 8 scorers.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 10:51 PM) Well, for one thing, he was benched for Dewayne Wise. I would have been a little pissed too, if I were him. Even still, the amount of s*** the guy gets goes waaaayy beyond his performance on the field last year. People generally hate this guy. I don't actually hate him, I've just been commenting on his play in this postseason which has been embarrassingly bad.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 10:44 PM) I am not privy to everything that Swish does in his private life, nor what occurred in our clubhouse last season, but wow, I'm not sure I have ever seen a guy go from generally liked to completely reviled so quickly (and without anyone really knowing what he even did in the first place). I don't care about his personality but he was absolutely terrible for the Sox last year and then b****ed about being benched when the Sox were in a pennant chase. It has also been hilarious watching him try to hit with RISP this postseason.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 10:35 PM) Ah, yes. Nick Swisher everyone. Once it got to 3-2 Fuentes is probably just thinking, this guy really sucks so if I get over a BP fastball Swisher won't do anything with it so just throw a strike.