Derwood

That's fine. It's just that I, as a fan, don't define myself by who I hate. I love the Cubs, and I don't like whichever team they are playing at the time. When we play the Sox, I want the Cubs to win every game. Likewise, I'm not a "Packer Hating" Bears fan or a "Pistons hating" Bulls fan. Well, I have the teams I like. Cubs are obviously way atop that list. Then, I have the teams I absolutely hate. The White Sox and Cardinals are atop that list. There are then a number of teams that fall within the middle. The rankings of those depend on many factors, often which will benefit the Cubs...but if they were to make it to the postseason, might be affected by whether I like certain players or not. One day, just for the hell of it, I'll post a thread of all 30 teams and where they rank in my affinity level. I guess we're different types of fans. I don't really hate any other teams. Why waste my energy on a team I'm not a fan of? I take no pleasure in seeing other teams lose when it's not to the Cubs. Okay, perhaps I root against the Yankees every post season, but who doesn't? When the Cubs are out of it (which is always), I usually root for the best "story". I was very satisfied with the D-Backs and Angels WS wins because of that. This year, I think an Astros vs. White Sox series would be the best, simply because it's been 90 years since the Sox won, and Houston has never won.

Yes he is quite large. Sorry bout PSU Truffle. From what I hear it was a hell of a game; not to mention controversial from what I've read on hear. There schedule is pretty easy from here out though, right? Pretty good chance at winning the Big 10? at Illinois vs Wisconsin vs Purdont at Michigan State Apparently Derrick Williams' season may be over too. I don't think PSU recovers from this one - 1-3 the rest of the way, and then either blown out by a good opponent in a bowl game, or upset by a weak opponent. I don't think today's loss was a season breaker by any stretch. They played really tough, and I don't think they have anything to hang their heads about. I see them routing Illinois to build up confidence, and then have the crowd back on their side for the two home games. At worst I think they split the remaining 4, which still puts them at 8-3, which is about 4 games better than any of us expected.

Yes he is quite large. Sorry bout PSU Truffle. From what I hear it was a hell of a game; not to mention controversial from what I've read on hear. There schedule is pretty easy from here out though, right? Pretty good chance at winning the Big 10? The last game at Michigan State is worrisome. The other games (at Illinois, vs. Purdue, vs. Wisconsin) should be won. Yep, it's a 3 way tie for the Big 10 right now, but PSU still plays Wisconsin at home. The only thing that could screw things up is if both Penn State and Iowa win out (or win the same # of conference games) as they don't play eachother this season. As for the replayed PSU pass, A) It WAS incomplete and B) They should have ran to the line and spiked the ball to make sure the replay couldn't happen. That's poor coaching. The spots were definitely bad. But I don't think I ever thought "that is really going to cost us". Penn State went up 4 with 50 or so seconds to go, and just had to keep them out of the end zone. Didn't happen. No one to blame at that point but themselves.

I wasn't livid with the refs. Some bad calls, yeah, but that was PSU's game to win, they blew two field goals, allowed that big kickoff return for the final drive, etc. I think had the game been played here, they would have won. Exciting till the end. Time to go paste the Illini next week.

That's fine. It's just that I, as a fan, don't define myself by who I hate. I love the Cubs, and I don't like whichever team they are playing at the time. When we play the Sox, I want the Cubs to win every game. Likewise, I'm not a "Packer Hating" Bears fan or a "Pistons hating" Bulls fan.

I can separate the fans from the team. I think the city needs a champ, and while I would rather it be any other team than the Sox, I won't begrudge them a good season. It wasn't at the Cubs' expense. As for the argument (often heard here) that "I don't want to take all the crap from the Sox fans who will rub my face in their victory"....listen, you would do the EXACT same thing to them if the Cubs had won it all in 2003. Let's not pretend we wouldn't.

Lou Piniella is the worst announcer ever. Good lord.

not to beat a a dead horse, but that "non-marquee" matchup between UM and PSU has the 3-3 team favored by 3 1/2 over the 6-0 team....

Louisville has more than one team? That's unfair! :lol:

Rich Aurilia "backing up" Ronnie Cedeno. ...after all the good free agents are signed, because once again Hendry sits back and "waits for the dust to settle" before making any mobes That's actually a very inaccurate assessment of Hendry's MO. He always seems to move quickly on players he has targeted and much slower on players that he just has an interest in acquiring. Following the 2002 and 2003 seasons, bullpen was the target area. He moved quickly both times to sign Remlinger in 2002 and Hawkins in 2003. Last season, re-signing Nomar was his target and he did it relatively efficiently. While we may disagree with the targets (and I do again in the case of Furcal and not Giles being the target), Hendry has shown an ability to go hard and rapidly after the players he deems to be the ones needed or desired. I was speaking more to signing Maddux in February and watching all the good OF's go off the board before settling with Burnitz.

Nice try on the Nowitski trade :D I had to try. I'm sure I don't have much you would want (whom I would be willing to give up) I trade you Brad Miller for Peja. Or..... No, Peja is like the only guy on my team who averaged over 20 points last year (maybe Ginobli)

Nice try on the Nowitski trade :D I had to try. I'm sure I don't have much you would want (whom I would be willing to give up)

Amare Stoudamire is out 4 months after knee surgery. Who was the sucka who drafted him? :lol: :lol: :lol:

I love how suddenly the Yankee loss is all A-Rod's fault. He's a big choker. Nevermind that his career postseason stats are better than Jeter's, who is lauded as a "clutch" postseason performer. But hey, what do stats mean?

We disagree, that's all. For Penn State fans, this game is as important as the Ohio State game (despite Michigan's record). The state of the Big 10 is such that just about any team can beat any other on any given Saturday. I don't think Michigan is less likely to play a good game just because they are 3-3.

How many times do I have to say this? Nobody is saying Michigan is marquee. They are saying the game is a marquee matchup. Nobody is claiming it is THE marquee matchup either, just one of the few. I think you should say it about 500 times. IMO it's not a marque matchup. If you're a Big 10 fan it probably is but it isn't for me. then don't watch. Save your TV time for the 1-47 Orange

Rich Aurilia "backing up" Ronnie Cedeno. ...after all the good free agents are signed, because once again Hendry sits back and "waits for the dust to settle" before making any mobes

I think the city of Chicago needs a champion, regardless of who it is

Tommorow's headline: Entire bench get 3 year deals, raises. Neifi Perez named opening day starter at SS, leadoff

Walter Young: http://www.jnevitt.com/Images/Walter-Young-first-hit.jpg looks like a tall Mo Vaughn

i'll getback to you. in the meantime, hold your breath :wink:

Well, I'm biased towards PSU, so I included it. It's only Penn State's 2nd road game, and it is ripe for a "let down" after the emotional high of the Ohio State victory.

The marquee matchups: (1) USC @ (9) Notre Dame (2) Texas @ (24) Colorado (11) Florida @ (10) LSU (8) Penn State @ Michigan (16) Michigan State @ (15) Ohio State (23) Wisconsin @ (22) Minnesota LA Lafayette @ Arkansas St. (jk)

Did anyone see Lou Holtz on ESPN right after the PSU game? I swear he didn't watch a second of the game. He was talking about how Paterno was running his traditional offense and so forth. The other analyst just looked at him and basically said "are you smoking crack old man?" I hate analysts. I'm really happy that Lee Corso (and his stupid buckeye head) were wrong...AGAIN.

As per ESPN: Bartolo Colon: 5-11, 250 lbs. Carsten Charles Sabathia: 6-7, 290 lbs. Carlos Zambrano: 6-5, 255 lbs. Jerome Williams: 6-3, 246 lbs. David Wells: 6-3, 248 lbs. Freddy Garcia: 6-4, 250 lbs. Bobby Jenks: 6-3, 270 lbs. Ray King: 6-1, 242 lbs. Ryan Bukvich: 6-2, 250 lbs. Livan Hernandez: 6-2, 245 lbs. Prince Fielder: 6-0, 260 lbs. (just like poppa) Walter Young (BAL): 6-5, 322 lb. :shock: