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we need to drop the Morneau comparison. Morneau isn't going to be a Cub next year. Dunn could be. It's a useless comparison. Guess what? Pujols is better than Dunn w/RISP so Dunn sucks!

Yeah, that's not suprising. Between the drugs, the cheating and the grades, Sampson did a bang-up job. Jesus. Quick question; how common do you think something like this is? I mean, it is college afterall. I'm sure some teams are much worse than others, but I always kind of wonder. when I was at DePaul, the basketball team got to live in these swanky, condo-style dorms. I'm positive that all those dudes did was smoke pot and bang white girls. You would be correct. My girlfriend (now wife) was on the volleyball team. Some of her teammates were those white girls getting banged. Apparently Steven Hunter was quite popular with the white girl population at DePaul. this hot (but dumb) blonde chick down the hall from me was over there all the time. she also just happened to be Kid Rock's sister, which was funny to us at the time, because Kid Rock wasn't well known yet but we played his self-released stuff on our college radio show. we tried to get her to hook us up for an interview but she never would. too bad, we could have bragged on a Kid Rock interview before we broke it big

no, YOU'RE missing the point. batting average DOESN'T MATTER when his OBP is .416 w/ RISP. his OPS is .890. With a runner on 3rd, his OPS is 1.000. his career OBP and OPS w/RISP are better than Derrek Lee stop using batting average, PLEASE. it does NOT tell you the whole story

Yeah, that's not suprising. Between the drugs, the cheating and the grades, Sampson did a bang-up job. Jesus. Quick question; how common do you think something like this is? I mean, it is college afterall. I'm sure some teams are much worse than others, but I always kind of wonder. when I was at DePaul, the basketball team got to live in these swanky, condo-style dorms. I'm positive that all those dudes did was smoke pot and bang white girls.

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if he'd just accepted a trade to the Cubs none of this would have ever happened

Hinrich had the pin removed yesterday and is not expected back until early February

2009 Lineup 1. Baldelli 2. Towles 3. Greene 4. Tebow 5.-8. Doesn't matter 120 wins book it done

he could play LF at Iowa (with Pie in CF and Gathright in RF)

so is the Bears' only shot to go 2-0 while the Vikings go 0-2?

The fact that I am guaranteed to get the Browns vs. Bengals game is just the worst

it will be ch. 213/213-1 on DirecTV

it's harder in College Football than in most other sports. The Bears can lose to the Packers twice but still win the Super Bowl. The Cubs can go 0-17 against the Cardinals but make the playoffs. In College Football, 2 losses almost always means you're out of the NC picture. If that's the criteria for success, then you pretty much can't lose to anyone That's a good point, but leading up to the 07 year, Tennessee fans were saying that an SEC Championship (or at least contending for one) was all that mattered. Then Tennessee did and they were pissed that the Vols lost badly to UF and Bama. I was just curious to get input from the board. I put beating rivals as secondary to winning championships - no matter the sport. If my team can win (or play for) a title (conference or national) without beating its major rivals, I'm cool with that. It's a bit hard to answer as a PSU fan, as we don't really have a rivalry on the level of UM/OSU, Auburn/Bama, or the like. It used to be Pitt, but they fell off the schedule after PSU joined the Big Ten (for reasons no one can answer). They play MSU for the Land Grant Trophy, but that's a completely made up rivalry that neither school puts much thought into. For fans, Michigan and Ohio St. are the two big games every year, but neither of those schools consider PSU a rival

it's harder in College Football than in most other sports. The Bears can lose to the Packers twice but still win the Super Bowl. The Cubs can go 0-17 against the Cardinals but make the playoffs. In College Football, 2 losses almost always means you're out of the NC picture. If that's the criteria for success, then you pretty much can't lose to anyone

so going 2-10 with your only victories being the Buckeyes and Spartans is better than the Capital One Bowl?

That's what I would have thought too. But every college football fan I've asked has replied 2-10. It's utterly befuddling. yo need to stop asking stupid people this question.

this question is so retardedly obvious that we're sure to have many people answer wrong

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who's Eva?

Paterno signs extension through 2011 (age 85)

Fixed. a home run is the best possible result of any at-bat. why do you discredit them so much? also, since we're continuing this weird Dunn vs. Morneau comparison w/RISP: Dunn made an out in 58.4% of his plate appearances Morneau made an out in 60.6% of his plate appearances other notables: Bradley - 61.5% Abreu - 56.1% Ibanez - 62% Gathright - 64.2%

they've FINALLY replaced Cal Ripken.

Not sure when that will be. I hear Cowher's and (from extremely back channel whispers) Saban's names associated with that job when it opens. I don't see either of those being a 3-5 year job. Well... Saban, maybe. Cowher would be the dream, but Paterno will more or less demand that Tom Bradley gets the promotion when he steps down. That said, I see no reason that Penn State won't be like any other school in terms of coaches in the future. Paterno is a complete anomaly in the modern coaching world (along with Bowden) in that they've survived some poor seasons due to their reputation and long-standing contributions. If any other coach had posted losing seasons in 4 out of 5 years (like PSU did in the late 90's/early 00's) they would have been canned for sure. A new PSU coach won't have all the rope Paterno has had