Flames24Rulz

The UC crowd is a bad way to judge NBA crowds. Our "home-court advantage" is a joke. The only time the crowd gets really loud is during the lineups and if we're close to 100 points. Compare our crowd to crowds in Dallas, Detroit, Miami (well at least in the playoffs), Sacramento, Denver, etc. It's a far difference from the United Center crowd.

I'd also sign Suppan over Lilly.

16 game playoff sounds good.

SIU moves up to 30th and 33rd in the polls :) A win over surprising Western Kentucky would probably put us right on the edge of the top 25. Then a win over Indiana at Bloomington in 13 days should be able to finally put us in the top 25.

Samardizja is also projected to go ahead of him-in fact, I hate this bitterly because most mock drafts have Samardizja going to the Patriots in the first round. :( I'm curious if the Bears have given any thought to drafting Samardzija. Lord knows they probably won't pick defense yet again. Another WR that I forgot to list. If the Pack were to draft him, I wouldn't feel nearly as bad if he spurns the Cubs :wink:

The good thing about it is, it's like playing in the National League in baseball. It's never that bad because the rest of the league is so mediocre you can jump back in it with one decent offseason. Not that I want to see competition from the Packers, mind you 8-) The NFC North is going to be one of the stronger divisions in the next few years IMO. The Packers have the money to spend on FAs and figure to get a couple more decent draft picks this year. Once the Viqueens find a QB, I think that they'll be a legit team. They are already one of the best run stopping D's in the league. The Lions...well as long as Matt Millen is the GM, they won't do anything anytime soon. Our NFC North reign lasted 3 years. I think the Bears NFC North reign will also last 3 years. I feel that the Bears will be facing much stiffer compeitition in the division in the next few years.

Knowing my luck, we'll find some way to beat the Niners.

Every mock draft I've seen have the Cardinals taking him with a top 5 pick. Then I think the goal is to be worse than the Cardinals. ;) Given the Packers recent performance, futility is on their side... Don't forget the Texans could use OL help. I think the Texans have two more wins in them. I think the Pack will be lucky to win one. We will beat the Lions and 'Queens. I only wish we already played them. I don't think we will draft an OL in the 1st round. Tackles usually go in the first round and we already have a couple of good tackles in Clifton and Tauscher. Guards go in the later rounds. Our line needs 2 good guards and I think we will then have a decnt O-line. And yeah Raisin, I was talking about Steve Smith. For some reason I also forgot about Ginn. This year's WR class is a pretty good one, at least at the top. Clifton won't last much longer. He's been losing steam this year too. I'd grab a WR somehow because as much as I do like Driver, he should be the 2nd. Every time I watch the Pack it seems they have trouble in the secondary. The whole Ahmad Carroll thing really hurt----I think you need to find another CB, maybe a safety. A big beefer DT wouldn't hurt either. Yeah I agree. Our secondary gets burned becasue we have two run-stopping safeties that can't stop the pass to save their life. Our nickelback is a guy who started the season on OUR practice squad. That should tell you how bad he is. Secondary help would definitely be nice. Ken Hamlin is a FA this year, so he is definitely my #1 priority in terms of Free Agency. Ryan Pickett has been a good FA signing, but Cullen Jenkins/Corey Williams doesn't really get it done at the other DT spot. They're nice players; as 2nd and 3rd stringers. A big DT would definitely help us out as well.

Every mock draft I've seen have the Cardinals taking him with a top 5 pick. Then I think the goal is to be worse than the Cardinals. ;) Given the Packers recent performance, futility is on their side... Don't forget the Texans could use OL help. I think the Texans have two more wins in them. I think the Pack will be lucky to win one. We will beat the Lions and 'Queens. I only wish we already played them. I don't think we will draft an OL in the 1st round. Tackles usually go in the first round and we already have a couple of good tackles in Clifton and Tauscher. Guards go in the later rounds. Our line needs 2 good guards and I think we will then have a decnt O-line. And yeah Raisin, I was talking about Steve Smith. For some reason I also forgot about Ginn. This year's WR class is a pretty good one, at least at the top.

Don't worry. You'll get Calvin Johnson with the #2 pick. :wink: If they draft a WR I want Dwayne Jarrett. But as long as they draft offense, I won't complain too much. As long as the first round pick isn't an O-linemen. Just no defense. For the sake of my sanity. I hope the Pack take whatever WR Oakland doesn't take out of the combination of Jarrett, Johnson, and Smith, if they were to take a WR. I'd have to believe though that they would take a QB. As for the Packers, I don't know what we should do. A stud wideout would be nice. We already have our tackles and our center locked up long term, so I don't see us drafting an OL with our first pick. I'm pretty sure we'd either draft a RB, WR, or a safety. Michael Bush would be a real nice pick at the area where we'd be picking at as of right now.

I knew that was going to happen.

What a job by staying on his feet by Marshall. But just like the Dallas-NYG game, I think Denver scored too fast.

I'll call it. Florida will beat Ohio State.

Louisville-Wake Forest in the Orange Bowl.

Boise State-Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. No surprise there.

Come on Grammatica.

Wow that was fast. 44 yard completion to Witten. Cowboys are already in FG range; for most decent kickers. They may have to get 15 more yards to get in Grammatica range.

seems like something henry burriss could have done Somehow, he managed to get 78 in that one start he had against Tampa. Maybe go back to the Moses Moreno/Steve Stenstrom days?

TD Giants...but I think they may have scored too quickly.

Amen. Also, go Florida. Judging by the newly released BCS rankings, Florida *may* be able to jump over Michigan with a win over Arkansas and of course a USC loss to UCLA. Just wanted to point out that I was the first one to realize this :wink:

According to the LA Times, Florida will be playing Ohio State in the National Title game. http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/football/la-sp-bcs4dec04,0,6645854.story?coll=la-home-headlines :D

I'm jealous :cry:

7 central.

I really wish I got to see him play when he was playing college ball here. Jacobs and Michael Turner are definitely my two favorite non-Packers.

Playing the Viqueens definitely helps.