Andy

Part of me smiles every time I see this, and I'm not ashamed to admit it

Well, this has been entertaining. Only the Bears could play the worst offense any team has ever played, turn the ball over 5 times, and still be in the game with 5 minutes to play.

You have been around long enough to know that it will never happen. If he wins they will say that Lou had nothing to do with it, if he loses it will be all his fault. Seriously, when will people stop bitching about this board? It's getting to be a friggin joke. The Cubs lost NINETY-SIX GAMES last year, how happy do you really expect this place to be??? Nobody said anything about "this board." Nobody said anything about how many games they lost either. :roll: The implication was obvious. And using the stupid rolleyes is neither original nor helpful to your point.

You have been around long enough to know that it will never happen. If he wins they will say that Lou had nothing to do with it, if he loses it will be all his fault. Seriously, when will people stop bitching about this board? It's getting to be a friggin joke. The Cubs lost NINETY-SIX GAMES last year, how happy do you really expect this place to be???

I think yearly games with Michigan, Purdue, USC, Michigan State (once they get rid of John L), plus the occasional tilts with Pitt, Florida State, Oklahoma (a series starting in 2011 I believe), Arizona State (starting in 2013), Rutgers (starting in 2010), etc. is a little better than "the West Virginia route".

I think that's the 12th game that was hastily added.

My mom and grandma always tell me that I should have been an announcer. I keep telling them they I dont have the patience and the teams dont have the sensor equipment when I watch a game. I swear a lot. Besides, I throw stuff. FWIW, I swear a lot when watching games, but haven't come close to doing so when broadcasting high school football or doing radio show for the last year. I think our built-in sensors are better than you think.

Where's cheapseats to bring us this: Lou should bring FIRE! and INTENSITY!

I went with the 2nd to last one. I don't like hiring him, but if part of the package was a higher payroll and a promise to bring in impact players, I can live with it.

They are also doing it for alumni. Their schedule is going to be super easy for the next few years. White decided that in order to compete they had to have a schedule filled with a bunch of weak teams. And I'm not sure I like that. Hell, just last year they were 6 points away from an undefeated season, and they at least tried to put together a strong schedule. The upcoming games with SDSU and Nevada are just going to rally the haters to say "Look at this, they whine every year about our soft opening games, look at who they are playing to open up". Isn't one of those two games not entirely ND's choice? I seem to remember that one of those two schools required us to schedule them 1 time in order for ND to rearrange the schedule. It was the year where ND was scheduled to open with Michigan. At the last minute, ND decided to try to move the BYU game in front of Michigan to give them a warmup game, but one of Nevada or SDSU was in the way-and in order for ND to make the scheduling change, they had to schedule that school for a game. Of course, they lost that BYU game. Does anybody remember which school that was? Both of the games actually were forced on ND via that arrangement, but that won't matter to anyone.

The best thing about the O$U-scUM game this year is that one team is guaranteed to lose and not play for the national championship. The other will win and will have me rooting against it in the Fiesta Bowl. Fiesta isn't the national title game...their site is just where it is. There's a separate game.

We were probably helped by Piniella's awful Tampa teams, by the fact that he didn't manage last season, and by the fact that he'd pretty much eliminated any alternatives, whereas Dusty could have gone anywhere with a vacancy.

They are also doing it for alumni. Their schedule is going to be super easy for the next few years. White decided that in order to compete they had to have a schedule filled with a bunch of weak teams. And I'm not sure I like that. Hell, just last year they were 6 points away from an undefeated season, and they at least tried to put together a strong schedule. The upcoming games with SDSU and Nevada are just going to rally the haters to say "Look at this, they whine every year about our soft opening games, look at who they are playing to open up".

Carolina is playing better football than anyone in the NFC save the Bears IMBO.

No joke. What are they going to put in the primetime slot? Miami-GT? What a shame. EDIT: Now it looks like regional coverage. Washington St.-UCLA and Tennessee-South Carolina. Is the Big 12 going to get a prime time game this year? Nebraska-Iowa State was a Saturday Night game two weeks ago.

I don't have a problem with Pujols posing any more than I do with Aramis doing it or with Zambrano's antics. I personally like that Z is hypercompetitive and though I could do without Aramis's poses, they don't bother me that much as long as he gets it done. And he should be a jerk to people if he's struggling. I would be too.

Not until 2011 at the earliest. Link Yeah well...there's no way the NFL would allow a Super Bowl game to be played in a non-domed stadium in a non-weather climate. Hell, it's rare for a domed cold-weather climate stadium to get a game, like Detroit did last year. The NFL said that if KC builds a new stadium, they'll get a Super Bowl soon. I think they were ready to give them SB XLIV if it was ready by then, but clearly it won't be which probably explains why Miami is getting games only 3 years apart.

I think it's a shame that most fans of the Super Bowl teams won't be able to see the game in person. I doubt that season ticket holders get any sort of priority for SB tickets either. Sometimes I also wish that college bowl games were played at a home stadium, but that doesn't bother me as much Most fans of football teams don't get to see any particular game in person. I think the tradition of going to the Rose Bowl, or the Orange Bowl, or any other bowl, is much better than having another home game. The Bowl season would be meaningless if the better record simply hosted another game. Aside from the national championship game, there would be no buzz. In a year when the Rose Bowl is all but meaningless, there is meaning in two teams travelling to southern California to play a game. Likewise, home field has a huge advantage in football. The super bowl allows you to play the proverbial "on a neutral field" game to determine the champion. It's a great option. Homefield is a bonus for getting to the super bowl, but there's no reason to have it affect the super bowl. They don't play the same teams in the regular season, so the record against those teams shouldn't matter. Then the choices for which city to play the Super Bowl in should not be limited to San Diego, New Orleans and Miami. EDIT: And there IS the chance a team gets homefield, if the team's city happens to be hosting the game that year. Granted, there isn't much chance that Miami will make it this year (or Arizona next year), but you get my point The game was in Detroit last year, and isn't one coming to Kansas City soon?

2004: Boston wins World Series with "Idiots" clubhouse. Hendry copies it, unaware that Boston also won the Series because they had a fantastic lineup, two ace-quality pitchers, and two of the five best hitters in the major leagues. 2005: White Sox win World Series. Hendry copies "Ozzieball" with speedy leadoff man + middle infielders who like to bunt in the 2 hole, unaware that the Sox won the Series because they hit 200 home runs and had fantastic pitching. 2006: Tigers (probably) win World Series. Hendry copies the "let's hire journeyman, supposed no-nonsense manager who's been out of the game for a while" approach, unaware that the Tigers won the Series because they had a high-OBP top of the order and they had fantastic pitching.

Don't forget Navy, and USC if the Irish can beat them.

Piniella was not my first choice. But I'll give him a chance. Of course if the Cubs pull a 180 next season the stat monkee's will be hard at work spinning the fact that Lou deserve's no credit whatsoever. Stat monkees? Are you trying to get banned? Misspelling aside, that's hardly the most offensive thing I've ever read about statheads on here.

Not cool. Now this gives me some hope.

My general rule is that if there is no way I can rationally envision the unranked team winning, it's a mismatch, and I cannot in any way imagine IU managing to pull that one off, or stay within 17 for that matter.

If the Mets make it, they'll win 1. If the Cards make it, they'll probably win 4 just to make me gouge my eyes out.

Piniella was not my first choice. But I'll give him a chance. Of course if the Cubs pull a 180 next season that stat monkee's will be hard at work spinning the fact that Lou deserve's no credit whatsoever. If the Cubs pull a 180 next season, it will be because the team has a lot of better players than they did this season, and because they didn't get injured at the rate they have been over the last three years. It will not be because of anything Lou did - unless he's savvy enough to bat a Murton second as opposed to a Cedeno/Bynum.