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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 1, 2009 -> 11:06 AM) Just wait till Lickliter can get a few more of his guys in, there style of play will be very unique in the big ten and they should become a consistent top 4 big ten team. Nice win for the Buckeyes though as at times Iowa looks like a borderline tourney team (at other times, not so much). They are extremely young though. Consistent top 4 Big 10 team? Illinois and OSU are recruiting pretty much as well as anyone in the country. They aren't going to jump MSU. IU has a strong 09 class and Crean will probably do a good job there. They are going to have a hard time leaping Wisconsin and Purdue as well. Their ceiling with Lickliter will be a middle of the pack Big 10 team and then in their off years they will be bad. Then of course there is Michigan who will be running an offensive system where they do nothing but shoot 3s as well. Tubby at Minnesota will have more talent then Iowa as well. A system will not make you a top 4 team in a conference when the teams you are facing have significantly more talent night in and night out. And before anyone brings up Wisconsin, Ryan actually recruits very well and also does recruit for his system. It almost seems like the reason that they always get stuck with the lack of talent label is due to the fact they have a ton of white players and they aren't great athletically most of the time.

Louisville is still overrated. That team simply cannot shoot the basketball.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 31, 2008 -> 07:52 PM) Oh snap, WSOX99 pwns. Iowa scored about 99 percent of their points on 3's today, kept me on the edge of my seat. Bawinkel from Iowa has now taken 55 shots on the season and they are all 3s. He also hasn't attempted a FT. That has to be some kind of record for consecutive FG attempts that are 3s.

QUOTE (IamPabloOzuna @ Dec 31, 2008 -> 06:28 PM) hey id be sour too if i were a saluki fan Wow, one good season where so far they have done nothing but beat cupcakes and suddenly the ISU fans are talking trash. Hilarious. Oh, and you guys really haven't been pummeling people. Actually they have struggled against a lot of their schedule. 3 pt win against Central Michigan. OT to beat Missouri St. 6 pt win against Morehead State. Struggled against Nichols State, only won by 6 against Alabama State, and they only beat Wright State by 8. They pummeled Evansville which is impressive but their other blowouts were Houston Baptist, Winston Salem and Cal Santa Barbara. And since Houston Baptist and Winston Salem are both unbelievably bad those games don't mean anything.

Freaking awesome win. That is really all that needs to be said.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Dec 30, 2008 -> 08:58 PM) Since when am I an Illini fan? When the other team shoots 20+ more fts, youd hope that the ref wouldnt call a touch foul to determine the game. Havent they given Purdue enough breaks... The bigger problem with that play is Johnson traveled before the weak contact.

Refs just stole the game from Illinois. f***ing pathetic.

Manning playing just a wonderful football game.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Dec 23, 2008 -> 08:45 PM) Looks like Mizzou is not as good as you thought. Muck Fizzou. 9 in a row now and it is going to take a huge upset for Missouri to win any time soon.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Dec 23, 2008 -> 04:00 PM) The Tigers rotation can't come close to sniffing what the Yanks have. Not only that but Rivera is just slightly better than what the Tigers had closing games for them.

QUOTE (lord chas @ Dec 23, 2008 -> 03:37 PM) hes not worth that much No, but the Yankees can clearly afford it and they keep him from the Red Sox. Plus they were paying Giambi this much the last couple of years so why not do the same for Teixeira. This is simply another case of a contract that would be bad for other teams just not being a big deal for the Yankees.

QUOTE (GreatScott82 @ Dec 23, 2008 -> 03:30 PM) wow. has the yankee payroll hit 300 mill/season yet? The crazy thing is they really haven't raised their payroll from last season. Abreu, Giambi, Mussina, Pavano, along with currently Pettitte are all off the books. Giambi was making 23 million, Abreu 16, Pettitte 16, Pavano and Mussina about 11.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Dec 23, 2008 -> 03:25 PM) Is there a link anywhere? Is this running on the ESPN crawl? Being reported on the bottom line on ESPN. I didn't see a link on espn.com yet.

Unbelievable. They might as well just sign Manny as well now.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 21, 2008 -> 01:56 PM) Manual is 2A, Lawndale is 3A. Crap, that post was worded horribly. Meant to imply that I think De La Salle and Manual will be in the title game if they are both in 2A.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 21, 2008 -> 10:59 AM) De La Salle is 2A correct? With North Lawndale 3A now, De La Salle should win state easily. Is Peoria Manual still 2A? They are a very good team and actually beat North Lawndale last weekend in a rematch of last years 2A state title game. If both those teams are 2A I would bet heavily that they would be in the finals.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 18, 2008 -> 08:15 PM) I wouldn't get too high on Bertrand. I haven't heard good things about him so far this season. From who? He has played well but he is never going to be a big time scorer. He would be a double digit assist man if his teammates finished. He handles the ball extremely well, has great court vision, and has good size and athleticism. I would like to see him attack the basket more than he does and he needs to assert himself more but there is no question about his talent. He is a 6'6 PG who will be coming in with a bunch of big time athletes and scorers. He won't need to be a star.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Dec 18, 2008 -> 07:00 PM) Even with your "super class", KU for instance is still ranked higher with just 2 commitments at the moment. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/c...mp;viewmore=yes We still have a strong chance at Withey, Wall and Stephenson. ESPN's rankings also are terrible and laughably don't have Brandon Paul in their top 100. And our super class is 2010 where we have 2 top 25 players and another guy who is top 30 on scout and top 70 on Rivals.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Dec 18, 2008 -> 06:41 PM) Class of 2011, jesus. Just wait till Self, Coach K, Roy Williams and Crean ask to talk to these long term studs. Yeah, like Richmond and Crandall Head?

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Dec 18, 2008 -> 05:14 PM) That's a huge get... Well the good thing for Depaul is that even if Illinois gets who they want there will still be some good players left in Illinois. That class is loaded in Illinois.

Tracy Abrams (class of 2011) to Illinois. That kid is big time and he is good friends with Shaw, Blackshear and Thompson. Recruiting is so fun to follow right now, Illinois is going to be absolutely loaded.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 17, 2008 -> 09:13 PM) Just found the Redbirds schedule online. Let me post it below. You weren't kidding, that is quite possibly the weakest non conference schedule ever up to this point.

QUOTE (TheBlackSox8 @ Dec 16, 2008 -> 02:46 AM) Gears of War, Prince of Persia, Metal Gear Solid, God of War, HALO, and even The Sims...have been talked about. Both GoW's, PoP, and MGS are actually happening in time...PoP filming at the moment PoP could be a pretty awesome movie if it is done well.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 15, 2008 -> 12:45 PM) It's a shot at Auburn too. I'm not knocking Chizik, he was a good hire for Iowa State. The key is Iowa State. Auburn is only a few years removed from being a split national champion and forced out a guy that did a pretty darn good job only to hire someone that has never proven anything at the head coaching level. Auburn didn't get a share of the national championship when they went undefeated.

QUOTE (fathom @ Dec 11, 2008 -> 11:36 PM) If the Bears run the table, what are their chances at getting the Wild Card. If the Bears run the table I would almost guarantee they are in.