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I'm more upset about him getting that other 21.

What an awesome, awesome play from Khryapa to Hinrich with a few seconds left for the three point play.

since alvarez took over, they've been recruiting kids that fit their system. they realize they probably won't get a lot of gulf kids or california kids to fill skill positions so they get the big road-graders up front and base their team on size and strength. doing this probably won't allow them to compete with the faster SEC schools for the national championship year in and year out, but it will allow them to compete for the Big Ten title perrenially. If I'm not mistaken, the only Big Ten school that spends less money recruiting than Wisconsin , is Northwestern. makes sense. i don't think that either school really leaves the midwest very much in terms of recruiting. At least as of a couple of years ago, Minnesota spent the least amount of money on their football program in most categories. They're spending more on coaching now, though, so maybe that's changing. I'll have to find the link when I get home. Northwestern does recruit mostly in Illinois and Ohio, but they do quite a bit in Texas and California, as well. Pennsylvania, too, among others. And recruit talent is still probably less than 50% of the overall picture. Coaching, makeup, and how they fit into the system is the majority of it. EDIT: This year broke down like this Illinois - 5 Ohio - 5 Missouri - 2 Wisconsin - 1 Michigan - 2 Minnesota - 1 California - 1 Pennsylvania - 1 Kansas - 1 In 2006, though, for recruits outside of the midwest, they had 3 from Texas, 1 from Jersey, 1 from Georgia, 2 from Pennsylvania, 1 from Florida, and 1 from Arizona. Pretty much depends on the coaching staff changes.

That's from Teddy Greenstein. Lemming only said what he was quoted as saying there and on the next page:

I can't say I'm going to be a fan of slowing down the draft, though.

Weis is hilarious. But I did find this funnier: Lemming seems to like Northwestern's class a little more than Rivals or Scout. Recruiting certainly ended with a bit of a whimper, but it's pretty darn strong, especially in the secondary.

Actually, what you heard was that season ticket prices would not be increased -- which is still true. Effectively, season ticket holders are able to get the same tickets for $2 less than the general public. The Cubs said that they didn't think general ticket prices would increase, but that they hadn't made an official decision yet. Word got out a week or two ago that they were going up.

Regardless of when it happened, Brewster deciding to follow his dad isn't a big surprise.

Three national telecasts coming up. WGN/TNT on Thursday, WGN/ESPN on Friday, and CSN/ESPN on Sunday.

Benson's knee injury came when his leg was bent back towards his body after he was already on the ground.

Nothing is going to happen with the QB spot this offseason. Nor should it. OL is probably my biggest concern. There's no depth, they're inconsistent, and rather old.

Pretty sure it was Harris. It was Manning. He played FS. Urlacher ripped into Manning on the sideline following that TD.

Seriously, he had no business throwing that. He had Moose with the clear inside track, though. The throw was terrible, yet Moose has no excuse for not knocking it down. Just zip it to him then. WTF with the loopy desperation lob? That was mind-bogglingly dumb. As I said, the throw was terrible.

Seriously, he had no business throwing that. He had Moose with the clear inside track, though. The throw was terrible, yet Moose has no excuse for not knocking it down.

ARE YOU A FREAKIN' SPECTATOR, MOOSE?

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE

Yeah, call that against the Bears now when you've ignored it all freakin' day when Indy has the ball.

PHEW. But my goodness. When are they finally going to hit Manning before he releases it?

Mediocre might've done it. Same with below average.

Sigh. Sure looked like a false start, too.

COME ON, D.

He had Jones in front of him, as well. Either run or throw it to Jones and they get the first.

Where's the offensive line...

Great block by McKie.

Wow. Stupid late hit by the Colts.