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would you rather Billy Packer announce this game? i thought Packer did a good job in the Memphis game

i didn't know Gus Johnson was black until I saw them at half time. am I racist?

there is a dangerous amount of optimism in these predictions

was he your wildcard? seems like a stretch for anything else. although I do not know too much about him. yeah, my WC (because I forgot about Hamilton). If he gets the right PT, he could hit 20-25 HR

it's so therapeutic to see this all happen to another team

if he benches encarnacion my HR Derby team is sca-rewed

Hendry is secretly trying to win the AAA championship this year. Expect Soto to be sent down soon. Pie and Cedeno as well

a little? they may very well beat UNC, but I just think that a team that leans so strongly on one player is risking a blow out if/when that player has a bad game. UNC can overcome a bad game by Hansborough

here or Social, but I figured people go here for game info

what's the tiebreaker for waiver claims?

I really don't want to see UNC get a cupcake Final Four game Davidson's definitely not a cupcake. if Curry suddenly has a bad shooting night, they're toast

I really don't want to see UNC get a cupcake Final Four game

haha, why the memphis hate TT? They're athletes before basketball players, as their shooting percentages show. Especially Dorsey though. He's Ben Wallace on a good college team, a goon that can't score if he's not a foot away from the basket. The main difference in the comparison being that Wallace doesn't think he's as good as Dorsey does, which makes it worse. I couldn't disagree more with this paragraph. they certainly haven't looked like a team that skated through a cupcake conference to me

Once again, DirecTV is offering a "freeview" of Extra Innings during the first week of the season. Channels 722-749

FYI, the game is also in HD on Extra Innings channel 728, but it's the Milwaukee feed.

so it started even though we don't have rosters set?

i didn't see the game, but did Wood really "dominate"? box score shows a hit and a walk in 1 inning. that's a 2.00 WHIP in my book

Exactly what I was thinking at least Meph's team was arguably good

they got that new Nationals stadium built pretty quickly.

i have a couple of things. i'm just contemplating whether i'm willing to part with them :)

weather.com is always wrong. never visit that site

from back in the day: http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2007/1126/mlb_g_dodgers_coliseum_300.jpg

http://www.goodexperience.com/broken/i/04/02/capslock-s.jpg

Which four are you talking about as being "very good to great teams?" Is it USC/Nebraska/Tennessee/Penn State or FSU/Florida/Miami/LSU? Because if you are talking about Group A: then I disagree. USC has been consistantly good, but the other three, are pretty much hit or miss at this time. They can be good, but as of right now, Tenn/PSU/Neb are middle of the pack average teams in their conferences. Now if you are talking about Group B: I disagree. Miami and FSU has basically been mediocre since the start of the new century. At this point of time, Miami and FSU are recognizable based on school rep, moreso then on-the-field production. Of those 8 teams, only three of them (less then half) can be caterize as "good to great teams." The other 5 teams are.......need things to break right to have a good season. While Tennessee isn't an elite program right now by any means, to say we're "middle of the pack average," is overexaggerating our recent downtimes a bit. 2007: 10 wins and an SEC East title - lost the SEC Championship game with 2 late picks 2006 : 9 wins and a second place finish in the East 2005: 5-6 - most definitely a terrible year where every break went against us 2004: 10 wins and an SEC East title - gave an unbeaten Auburn (should've been in the National title game) everything they wanted 2003: 10 wins and a 3-way tie for the SEC East title There's no doubt we haven't been quite as good as I would have liked, but 10 wins a year (save one) and top two in the East four of the last five years (including twice being in the SEC Championship game) is better than middle of the pack SEC. RedFlash is a Bammer. 'Nuff said. Damn straight. And in less then two yrs, people are going to be jealous at the amont of talent that Saban has brought in, to a point people are going to use the old standard cliche "the coach bought these players" comments. And if you hated to hear Alabama and their 2008 class, just right till you hear about their 2009 class with Tana Patrick, Nico Johnson, Kendall Kelly, AJ McCaron, etc, etc. I'm telling you...Alabama will be in a major bowl game in 2 yrs, and the National Championship game in 2/3 yrs. Get use to it, now, and your disgust of Alabama will be held to a minimum. And yes, Tennessee is or will be a middle of the pack SEC team. and by the time those players are in Alabama, Saban will have gone on to the next job

i'll be flipping back and forth from ESPN2 to WGN, if only because i'll get the game in HD on ESPN2 Not that it effects you but I believe the ESPN2 broadcast is blacked out in chicago. At least someone mentioned that today when I was at wrigley. They could have been wrong. i wouldn't be surprised if it was.