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Gould with a little bit of Endinger disease these days. c'mon Robbie, get back to driving those kickoffs

FG? you gotta go here.

Moosh comes up big here.

infuriating that their trying to paint this as the Bears getting the benefit of the calls. straight up refing and this game is well in the Bears hands.

same ref that missed the drop at the end of the first half ignores another pass intereference. feet got tangled because Berrian was pushed Troy.

credit where it's due. nice bounce TJ. thanks Seymour.

That's been happening more often lately. Maybe if the offense wasn't always giving away points, every series wouldn't be so crucial. Offense had nothing to do with them being able to stuff it down their throats on that drive. But, had we not turned it over what three times when we should have scored that series wouldn't have mattered that much. I agree, but we knew going in to the season the offense would not be a strength. Can't expect them to be perfect now. The D has to carry this team----it was always going to be great D or bust. Well then we won't be long for the playoffs again. You have to at lest have an O that doesn't give away points. nor are the Patriots because they have given away just as many today.

are you kidding me? when was the last time they even allowed any points on the road in the second half? T Harris was absolutely tackled on that long pass play, and Urlacher got deeked. this is a good team they are playing and that team needs the refs to keep them in.

naw. no holding there.

well the refs are starting to get it right. now if only the commentators would watch the same game the rest of the country is.

wtf maynard. Jones missed a hole on second down and tiptoed in a short yardage third down. why are the Bears and the media so enamored with this guy?

so with Bradley emerging and becoming a fourth threat for Rex, I sure would like to see Rasheed get some DB time.

Two!?!? There have been WAY more holding non-calls. the two that matter came on the blatant holds on two of the three key plays in the Patriots touchdown drive. I can live with some grabby grab. I'm also wondering how many more times Colvin is going to be allowed to sling Grossman to the ground and knock him in the head before he's called for it. all three would be ticky tacky, but dems the rules and I guaranty the Bears couldn't do that to Brady.

they've over come stuff like this a couple time before this year. both the Vikings and Giants games had the calls and the breaks going against them and they still won. granted this is the Patriots, but they are in a good chance to win this game.

the difference in this game right now is three pass interference non calls and two holding non calls. the refs get them right, and the Bears are dominating this game.

damn. nice leg. TO gonna backfire?

He was behind Watson and you couldn't see it hit the ground from that angle. where's the ref in front over ruling him?

it is nice to see the system work. unfortunately the system has to keep working instead of the calls going the right way in the first place.

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Supposedly his shoulder will be healthy going into spring training. Hes played the last two years with it being useless, trying to play through the pain and having cortisone shots. if Soriano had injuries that he played through in 04-05, would you excuse his drop in OPS? it's something that hasn't been discussed much around here. now Soriano was by no means my first choice for the Cubs, but the fact is the biggest ammunition that his critics have is his 04-05 seasons when he switched to a different division, Showalter gave him hell, and he played through injuries. Switching to different divisions? Seriously? Well he switched leagues last year and that didn't seem to hurt him. Plus he switched from the tough AL East to the less tough AL West. I've never heard anyone use the switching divisions excuse, thats hilarious. I don't know if Showalter gave him hell, I think Showalter gives everyone hell, but thats probably about on par with Torre and Piniella. And for the "playing through injuries" I assume you are talking about when Soriano tore his hamstring mid-sept in 2004. Well he actually didn't play another game the rest of the season. So there goes your theory for 04. He had a clean bill of health going into 05. He did reaggrivate it in June and sat out a few games. If playing through injuries was the case, then from this point on you would have seen his numbers go down. He had an 873 OPS at this point. However, he actually game back an hit better initially, reaching a high of 931 a few weeks later, ending June at 870. He ended July at 856, ending August at 852. He really struggled the last two weeks in Sept. There were no reports about the hammy nagging him or anything. Your points would hold water if they were actually true. when you go from playing on the Yankees and hitting against the pitching of the D-Rays, Toronto, Boston, and Baltimore to the larger parks in the AL West, and the significantly better pitching he faced and the larger ballparks he played in, yes, the differences in the two divisions is pretty significant. for playing through injuries, I am particularly talking about the leg injury he suffered in late ST 2004 which ailed him for about two and a half months and was aggrevated in late April 2004. not coincidentally, May 2004 dragged his season stats down significantly. regarding 2005, see your point about 2004's late season injury and look what month dragged his season stats down in in 2005 while his hammy was still a little ginger. Showalter also screwed with him from the second he arrived. this is about the best compilation of news and notes I've seen on Soriano. http://www.thomasgeorge.com/baseball/profile.cfm?playerId=1765&allNews=1 he was an immature kid, and probably remains so, but that was exacerbated by Showalter being a jerk to him all along. so. since my points hold water since they are actually true, I guess you are ready to back off of your criticism of Soriano and give his injuries and circumstances similar treatment as you do Wilkerson's, right?

I'd like to see Arkansas v. Wisconsin, and that may happen in the Cap One Bowl, but more than likely it ends up LSU v. UW. I don't think the Badgers would win, but I think it would be a close, tough, and exciting game.

very good post Diffusion. I just disagree with one point, which I have pointed out a few times before his monster year leading off in 06, Soriano's stats were indistinguishable between the 1, 5, 6, and 7 hole.

Supposedly his shoulder will be healthy going into spring training. Hes played the last two years with it being useless, trying to play through the pain and having cortisone shots. if Soriano had injuries that he played through in 04-05, would you excuse his drop in OPS? it's something that hasn't been discussed much around here. now Soriano was by no means my first choice for the Cubs, but the fact is the biggest ammunition that his critics have is his 04-05 seasons when he switched to a different division, Showalter gave him hell, and he played through injuries.

Too bad that Wisconsin didn't beat anybody and doesn't deserve to be ranked #3. hey man, I'm sorry I turn out to be right in all the rows we have, but that doesn't excuse failing to read anothers post before sounding off about it.

He's a college kid for christ sakes. These things happen. It's called school spirit. Heard of it? yep. sure have, and most quarterbacks that are ready to be number one draft choices don't wear it on their shirtsleeve. rather they exude a quiet confidence and focus. I didn't see that out of Quinn in the last week. look, I already backed off of my statements because of someone's assessment that those things I saw were out of character. you guys want to knock me around for my original statement when I leave the board, be my guest, but you look pretty petty doing so.