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QUOTE(nitetrain8601 @ Oct 13, 2006 -> 02:40 PM) You know for damn sure Rose isn't committing to Illinois. That's not even a question. He'll probably committ to Indiana since all I've been hearing is that if Gordon committs to Indiana, he would like to as well. And yes, they need to start picking guys off other staffs from Chicago because they are losing guys left and right. Chicago hasn't been friendly to Illinois since Deon Thomas. Kruger couldn't recruit Chicago for s***, and Self didn't do well in Chicago either till he left Illinois.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Oct 13, 2006 -> 02:34 PM) my point exactly...bravo to you, great post. Weber has lost Chicago, which Self won back for Illinois, and is now taking for himself .Sampson and Izzo and Motta are going to eat up the midwest. Diamonds in a rough only come once in a while. Self never had Chicago while he was at Illinois. He didn't have Chicago till he moved to KU. His Chicago recruits were Head who wasn't at top 100 player and Aaron Spears who wasn't good. He lost out on Dockery and Thompson who were the two big recruits from Chicago. Illinois hasn't been able to recruit Chicago since the Deon Thomas affair. Proviso East isn't the CPL and Weber has already landed a pretty big recruit from there in Brian Carlwell.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Oct 13, 2006 -> 02:09 PM) Haha awesome. I know just about anything I say is going to make me look like an asshole, but I'm sorry Illini fans. I know this is a huge blow, and there's nothing enjoyable about it. However, I hope you guys can still pull a solid class, and we've definitely got one solid rivalry on our hands now. Honestly I don't think IU or Sampson did anything wrong in this case. Sampson is a scumbag for other reasons, but not for this. He calculated right hiring his entire staff to entice EJ. My entire problem with the situation was that EJ and his father are liars who handled this situation as poorly as possible.

QUOTE(SnB @ Oct 13, 2006 -> 01:38 PM) f***ing god damnit son of a b****. Well our kickoff tonight certainly should have a somber mood. At least Jeremy Piven is going to be there.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Oct 13, 2006 -> 11:38 AM) Since you believe he was not really torn and was just leading illinois along, why did he do it? I'm curious about the anti-illini consipiracy... Where did I say he wasn't really torn? I'm saying that if he was torn which he clearly was, you don't tell Weber you are still going to be an Illini. He told McCamey this week that he was still going to Illinois. It is complete bulls***.

QUOTE(aboz56 @ Oct 13, 2006 -> 11:17 AM) EJ ending up where he belongs is just how it needs to be. Had KS been with us to begin with, he would have never even committed to Illinois. This is so BIG. Huge for Indiana. This really hurts Weber and the program. To the Gordon family, you handled this terribly and you are a bunch of liars with no character. I was going to be pissed if he decommitted but I would have understood. But you don't continuously tell the coaching staff at UI you are committed. You don't consistently tell the other recruits going there you are committed. You don't tell the fans you don't feel any differently about Illinois. That is bulls***. And don't tell me that he is a 17 year old kid. They know exactly what they are doing.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 11, 2006 -> 10:48 PM) There is a better chance of Rose to Illinois than Gordon to Indiana. Only reason this story has been this crazy is the peegs dorks that are speculating and starting rumors (and that's not hating on the Indiana fans here, who aren't stupid). Gordon will re affirm publicly to Illinois soon, and the peegs dorks will go crazy, even though they will be fine since Sampson is doing a great job recruiting. This isn't true. It is clear he was at least thinking about Indiana. Now unless Gordon is constantly lying to McCamey, the other recruits, and the coaching staff I think he will be an Illini. But stranger things have happened.

QUOTE(whitesoxin @ Oct 11, 2006 -> 07:46 PM) Uncalled for. Really dumb and not funny at all.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Oct 7, 2006 -> 02:28 PM) Game of the century!!! That was a fun watch and love the outcome. Thank god Zook can recruit because outside of John L. Smith he is the worst in game coach in the conference. Going for 2 twice in the first half? Seriously what the hell is that. And then rushing 3, with 2 minutes left and IU only needing a FG. Terrible.

QUOTE(Brian @ Oct 3, 2006 -> 08:04 PM) FNL was very fast paced. Hour was over before I knew it. Lots of similarities to the movie and book, but it will have to branch out further as a TV show and judging by previews, it will. I wasn't a big fan. I thought the football scenes were awful and that really takes away from the show. The game winning play was so unrealistic it killed the entire episode for me.

QUOTE(Brian @ Oct 3, 2006 -> 10:23 PM) Jeter only 5-5 tonight. You just can't get him out in the playoffs/october. No matter what you think of him, he's awesome this time of year, Not including today, his career playoff numbers were actually slightly below his career regular season numbers.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Sep 30, 2006 -> 03:27 AM) Love the enthusiasm, but Bill Self recruited that team...Bruce Weber would never bring in studs like that team had. Self did not recruit anything like he has at KU at Illinois. Our top 6 guys on the final 4 team were Brown, Williams, Head, Powell, Augustine, and Ingram. Ingram was a walkon. Powell actually committed to Kruger. Head was not a top 100 recruit. Augustine was ranked around 75. Deron around 50. Dee was around 20. Not exactly can't miss stud talent there.

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Sep 27, 2006 -> 08:18 PM) Zibby has speed. Either way you get near him hes gonna fu*ck your ass up. Every offensive player fears him. Michigan State's running back looked terrified as he was running Zbikowski over.

Kurt Warner sucks. That is all.

MSU with an epic choke job. Stanton pissed himself down the stretch. What absolutely horrible decision making to go along with pathetic play calling by their coaching staff.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 20, 2006 -> 09:35 PM) Well...how dare SSI bring up a player's stats. Don't you know that it is trying hard that wins, not actual talent.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Sep 19, 2006 -> 08:17 PM) Was it through the Wild Card then? But either way you are right, they lost to the Mariners, I remember that. Yes, and actually they lost to the Indians. They lost to the Mariners in 95.

QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Sep 19, 2006 -> 04:34 PM) Don't blow it up, look at the Yankees. They won it all in 96 and didn't even make the playoffs in 97 but won it all in 98, 99, and 2000. The Yankees did make the playoffs in 97.

You don't just let Buehrle walk. But I wouldn't be opposed to trading him if the right deal came along.

QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Sep 18, 2006 -> 11:01 PM) I'm with you. Ozzie has been bad this year overall. But blaming him alone let's the players off the hook. They deserve as much blame as Ozzie does, maybe more. Players always deserve more blame than the manager in situations such as these. That doesn't excuse Ozzie's awful managing this year though.

QUOTE(longshot7 @ Sep 15, 2006 -> 01:03 PM) It looks like I'm in the minority, but so what? Unless the US is being directly threatened in this conflict, we should not be involved. Same goes for Iraq. We are not the World's Policeman. Wow, just wow. If I ever see you getting mugged on the street I hope you don't mind if I just stand and watch. Seeing as how I'm not a policeman.

QUOTE(Jimbo @ Sep 15, 2006 -> 02:33 PM) But, how the hell did the jayhawks get on national TV???Hey at least we are still undefeated or something. I'm still asking that question about Illinois vs. Rutgers last week.

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 12:05 PM) The rule itself seems shady. Why should it matter? Unless they were intentional walks, he had pitches to swing at. Why should a guy lose an individual streak by helping his team by reaching base in every one of his at bats without making an out? Should he be penalized for trying to help his team?

QUOTE(knightni @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 11:58 AM) http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/teams/report/NYY/9657228 Seems shady to me. Why?? His streak continues because he didn't get an official plate appearance. MLB doesn't want someone to lose a hit streak because they didn't get a chance to extend it.

QUOTE(fathom @ Sep 11, 2006 -> 11:22 PM) Jenks is coming into the game. Hopefully on a very short leash.