Banedon

Wii has made me a fantastic bowler. On wii. With a decent coach, you could translate most of that sucess on Wii to the lanes pretty easily-the motion and the spin are the same, the things that would change would be 1) the weight of the ball and 2) the amount of oil on the lane. With a little practice, those things could be worked out-I think people will be better bowlers then ever with the help of the Wii system. Actually the spin isn't terribly similar. You can back spin the ball on Wii MUCH more easily than you ever could in real life. That said it's a pretty realistic simulation...and it does have me wanting to join a bowling league.

Wii has made me a fantastic bowler. On wii. I've got a gold medal on power throws and spin control. Only 16 lanes on spares though...it's ticking me off. I have a pro ranking on bowling, and a high game of 243. I'm ready for the PBA. On Wii.

Teams don't throw at Vasher nearly as much as Tillman-I've heard that Tillman got thrown at twice as much as Vasher this year-in fact, Tillman was one of the league leaders at balls thrown his way. Because of this, it seems to reason that Tillman's stats would be a lot better than Vasher's, but he's not necessarily better. Edit: Here's the quote, from Football Outsider's Superbowl Preview: http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2007/02/01/ramblings/game-previews/4913/ There's a simple reason for that. More often than not, Tillman gets the #1 WR on the opposing team. There was some very lopsided matchups this year against teams with very weak #2 WRs. Roy Williams in Detroit to Tillman (twice), Vasher faced Furrey, who had a good year, but is not near the talent of Williams. Anquan Boldin in Arizona, Vasher faced Bryant Johnson with Fitzgerald out. Plaxico Burress in New York, Vasher faced guys who should have been #4 WRs. Lee Evans in Buffalo, Vasher again faced Josh Reed. In the playoff game in NO, Tillman got Colston, while Vash got Terrance Copper. Those are all guys who those teams' passing games revolved around. Those are guys that are gonna get the ball thrown to them regardless of who is on them. Vasher is a very good CB though. I think Nate could handle those matchups also. He did a great job whenever he did get a tough matchup. But to me, Tillman is a better keeper because he's a better tackler and he's miles better against the run. The top tier of CBs is Champ Bailey. After that, I think Vash and Peanut are in that next tier. Last thing, somebody posted that Ike Taylor had the most passes thrown his way in 2005. Well, I thought he played better CB than anybody in the NFL last season. Don't know what happened to him this year, though. I was going to post something similar, but I was too lazy to do the legwork on it. I completely agree with you.

anti-Wii? So are you anti-fun, anti-innovation, or anti-"low cost"? :wink:

I thought he was still on the lam.... :P

Don Banks is pretty sure Carr is going to get traded this offseason. Nothing about the Bears, or any place that he'd end up actually...just bashing the '02 draft class. But I'm still in favor of a trade for Carr.

Zambrano in a deal for ARod would be a no-brainer to me. Zambrano helps every 5th game. ARod helps every day. But overall I'd prefer to keep Big Z. That's what Banedon thinks. 3rd person, eh? Banedon doesn't like your tone... :wink:

Zambrano in a deal for ARod would be a no-brainer to me. Zambrano helps every 5th game. ARod helps every day. But overall I'd prefer to keep Big Z. That's what Banedon thinks.

Exactly. It's hard to begrudge Z for playing hardball, when the Cubs spent a ton of money on free agents like they have, before locking him up. What he's asking for isn't some crazy number given the pitching market. Maybe he's got some attitude, but that's part of what makes him a great pitcher. Trade him for Cabrera...hehe.

awful

This game shouldn't be in OT. Seems like they are always either coming back from a deficit in the 4th, or giving up a big lead.

Clue.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jon_heyman/02/09/scoop.friday/1.html *snicker*

Your feelings on Wade being HC? I like him better than I'd like Turner as HC. My concern with Phillips has more to do with Garrett than Phillips. I figure that Phillips will do a good job working with the defense and that Dallas will find ways to bring pressure with his schemes. On the other hand, there's really no one there to mentor Garrett with the offense. Hoepfully he's ready, but he hasn't had a lot of experience. Who were you wanting in there? And what did you think of Ron Rivera as a candidate? Just curious for a Cowboy fan perspective.

Trade him to the Pirates for Craig Wilson.

Completely meaningless fact: The last team to beat the Colts? The Texans, 27-24...led by David Carr. :P

Your feelings on Wade being HC?

Very true...

I freaking hate that there are games on WCIU. I cant see all of the rest of them down here except those, and those are never Wednesday afternoon games or something...they're always games I would normally get to watch...

Mel Kiper has a first round projection today with the Bears grabbing Arron Sears OL from Tennessee. http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft07/insider/columns/story?id=2748081&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab4pos1&univLogin02=stateChanged It also has Quinn going to Miami. If the Texans are serious about trading Carr, I wonder if they would go after Quinn. It's an insider article.

Carr would be a really, really interesting player to get. He and Berrian would have no issues, certainly. A competition between he and Grossman would be a very good thing. He's the one I'm really hoping for (which means of course it won't happen). I wish Casserly was still around though... :D

Considering that Garcia has had 1 season out of 8 where he played worse than Rex this year (and that year he only played 6 games behind one of the worst offensive lines I've seen with a huge deficit most of the time-otherwise known as the Lions :D )-I'm not sure how you can make such a definitive claim. Grossman is far more likely to improve than Garcia.

Count me in the "not interested in Garcia" crowd. Mcnabb and Carr are really the only two options that have perked my interest from what I've heard.

IMO it's not going to happen. The Bears aren't going to shell out FA money for Garcia unless they dump Griese. I don't think he would be that expensive. There's been rumors that the Vikings will offer Garcia over $4mil/season. What's Griese getting paid? I know it's a 5 year deal, but I can't find anything that lists his salary. EDIT: I think his deal with the Bucs before us was 5 years/$32 million

IMO it's not going to happen. The Bears aren't going to shell out FA money for Garcia unless they dump Griese. I don't think he would be that expensive. There's been rumors that the Vikings will offer Garcia over $4mil/season.